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Word Stress Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 17: Word stress: nouns and verbs · Set 380 · 40 questions
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How to say it (Nouns at the front, verbs at the back): Find the job of the word in the sentence: thing (noun) or action (verb)? Noun or adjective: stress the 1st syllable — RE-cord, PRE-sent, OB-ject. Verb: stress the 2nd syllable — re-CORD, pre-SENT, ob-JECT.

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  1. 1.Listen to “enjoy”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) EN-joy (1st) (b) en-JOY (2nd)
  2. 2.“The workers held a protest outside.” — where is the stress in “protest” here? (a) PRO-test (1st) (b) pro-TEST (2nd)
  3. 3.“He will contest the election.” — where is the stress in “contest” here? (a) CON-test (1st) (b) con-TEST (2nd)
  4. 4.Which syllable is stressed in “explain”? (a) EX-plain (1st) (b) ex-PLAIN (2nd)
  5. 5.“She made good progress in English.” — where is the stress in “progress” here? (a) prog-RESS (2nd) (b) PROG-ress (1st)
  6. 6.Listen to “respect”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) RE-spect (1st) (b) re-SPECT (2nd)
  7. 7.Listen to “picture”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) pic-TURE (2nd) (b) PIC-ture (1st)
  8. 8.“Buses are public transport.” — where is the stress in “transport” here? (a) TRANS-port (1st) (b) trans-PORT (2nd)
  9. 9.“We saw a decrease in rainfall.” — where is the stress in “decrease” here? (a) DE-crease (1st) (b) de-CREASE (2nd)
  10. 10.Which syllable is stressed in “window”? (a) WIN-dow (1st) (b) win-DOW (2nd)
  11. 11.Listen to “reply”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) RE-ply (1st) (b) re-PLY (2nd)
  12. 12.Which syllable is stressed in “begin”? (a) be-GIN (2nd) (b) BE-gin (1st)
  13. 13.Listen to “yellow”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) yel-LOW (2nd) (b) YEL-low (1st)
  14. 14.“I got a birthday present from Grandma.” — where is the stress in “present” here? (a) pre-SENT (2nd) (b) PRE-sent (1st)
  15. 15.“Calling names is an insult.” — where is the stress in “insult” here? (a) IN-sult (1st) (b) in-SULT (2nd)
  16. 16.“There is an increase in prices this year.” — where is the stress in “increase” here? (a) IN-crease (1st) (b) in-CREASE (2nd)
  17. 17.Which syllable is stressed in “garden”? (a) GAR-den (1st) (b) gar-DEN (2nd)
  18. 18.Which syllable is stressed in “protect”? (a) PRO-tect (1st) (b) pro-TECT (2nd)
  19. 19.Which syllable is stressed in “monkey”? (a) mon-KEY (2nd) (b) MON-key (1st)
  20. 20.“As the days progress, it gets colder.” — where is the stress in “progress” here? (a) prog-RESS (2nd) (b) PROG-ress (1st)
  21. 21.“Metals contract when they cool.” — where is the stress in “contract” here? (a) CON-tract (1st) (b) con-TRACT (2nd)
  22. 22.“Camels can live in the desert.” — where is the stress in “desert” here? (a) DE-sert (1st) (b) de-SERT (2nd)
  23. 23.Which syllable is stressed in “rabbit”? (a) RAB-bit (1st) (b) rab-BIT (2nd)
  24. 24.Which syllable is stressed in “forgive”? (a) for-GIVE (2nd) (b) FOR-give (1st)
  25. 25.“His conduct in class is excellent.” — where is the stress in “conduct” here? (a) CON-duct (1st) (b) con-DUCT (2nd)
  26. 26.Which syllable is stressed in “water”? (a) WA-ter (1st) (b) wa-TER (2nd)
  27. 27.Which syllable is stressed in “collect”? (a) COL-lect (1st) (b) col-LECT (2nd)
  28. 28.“You need a permit to park here.” — where is the stress in “permit” here? (a) PER-mit (1st) (b) per-MIT (2nd)
  29. 29.“She broke the world record in the race.” — where is the stress in “record” here? (a) re-CORD (2nd) (b) RE-cord (1st)
  30. 30.“Did anyone object to the new rule?” — where is the stress in “object” here? (a) ob-JECT (2nd) (b) OB-ject (1st)
  31. 31.“Teenagers sometimes rebel against rules.” — where is the stress in “rebel” here? (a) RE-bel (1st) (b) re-BEL (2nd)
  32. 32.Listen to “table”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) TA-ble (1st) (b) ta-BLE (2nd)
  33. 33.Listen to “basket”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) BAS-ket (1st) (b) bas-KET (2nd)
  34. 34.Which syllable is stressed in “invite”? (a) in-VITE (2nd) (b) IN-vite (1st)
  35. 35.Listen to “pencil”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) pen-CIL (2nd) (b) PEN-cil (1st)
  36. 36.Which syllable is stressed in “pencil”? (a) pen-CIL (2nd) (b) PEN-cil (1st)
  37. 37.Which syllable is stressed in “receive”? (a) RE-ceive (1st) (b) re-CEIVE (2nd)
  38. 38.Which syllable is stressed in “market”? (a) mar-KET (2nd) (b) MAR-ket (1st)
  39. 39.Listen to “survive”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) SUR-vive (1st) (b) sur-VIVE (2nd)
  40. 40.“Bees produce honey.” — where is the stress in “produce” here? (a) pro-DUCE (2nd) (b) PRO-duce (1st)

Answer key

  1. en-JOY (2nd)
  2. PRO-test (1st)
  3. con-TEST (2nd)
  4. ex-PLAIN (2nd)
  5. PROG-ress (1st)
  6. re-SPECT (2nd)
  7. PIC-ture (1st)
  8. TRANS-port (1st)
  9. DE-crease (1st)
  10. WIN-dow (1st)
  11. re-PLY (2nd)
  12. be-GIN (2nd)
  13. YEL-low (1st)
  14. PRE-sent (1st)
  15. IN-sult (1st)
  16. IN-crease (1st)
  17. GAR-den (1st)
  18. pro-TECT (2nd)
  19. MON-key (1st)
  20. prog-RESS (2nd)
  21. con-TRACT (2nd)
  22. DE-sert (1st)
  23. RAB-bit (1st)
  24. for-GIVE (2nd)
  25. CON-duct (1st)
  26. WA-ter (1st)
  27. col-LECT (2nd)
  28. PER-mit (1st)
  29. RE-cord (1st)
  30. ob-JECT (2nd)
  31. re-BEL (2nd)
  32. TA-ble (1st)
  33. BAS-ket (1st)
  34. in-VITE (2nd)
  35. PEN-cil (1st)
  36. PEN-cil (1st)
  37. re-CEIVE (2nd)
  38. MAR-ket (1st)
  39. sur-VIVE (2nd)
  40. pro-DUCE (2nd)

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