Word Stress Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 17: Word stress: nouns and verbs · Set 384 · 40 questions

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.

1. 1.Which syllable is stressed in “respect”? (a) RE-spect (1st) (b) re-SPECT (2nd)
2. 2.Which syllable is stressed in “protect”? (a) pro-TECT (2nd) (b) PRO-tect (1st)
3. 3.Which syllable is stressed in “water”? (a) WA-ter (1st) (b) wa-TER (2nd)
4. 4.Which syllable is stressed in “summer”? (a) sum-MER (2nd) (b) SUM-mer (1st)
5. 5.Listen to “pencil”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) PEN-cil (1st) (b) pen-CIL (2nd)
6. 6.Listen to “teacher”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) teach-ER (2nd) (b) TEACH-er (1st)
7. 7.“He signed a contract with the company.” — where is the stress in “contract” here? (a) CON-tract (1st) (b) con-TRACT (2nd)
8. 8.“Our teacher will conduct the test.” — where is the stress in “conduct” here? (a) con-DUCT (2nd) (b) CON-duct (1st)
9. 9.“She broke the world record in the race.” — where is the stress in “record” here? (a) RE-cord (1st) (b) re-CORD (2nd)
10. 10.Which syllable is stressed in “modern”? (a) mod-ERN (2nd) (b) MOD-ern (1st)
11. 11.Which syllable is stressed in “enjoy”? (a) en-JOY (2nd) (b) EN-joy (1st)
12. 12.Listen to “begin”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) be-GIN (2nd) (b) BE-gin (1st)
13. 13.Which syllable is stressed in “begin”? (a) BE-gin (1st) (b) be-GIN (2nd)
14. 14.Listen to “protect”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) pro-TECT (2nd) (b) PRO-tect (1st)
15. 15.“He will contest the election.” — where is the stress in “contest” here? (a) CON-test (1st) (b) con-TEST (2nd)
16. 16.Listen to “picture”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) PIC-ture (1st) (b) pic-TURE (2nd)
17. 17.“The shop gave me a full refund.” — where is the stress in “refund” here? (a) re-FUND (2nd) (b) RE-fund (1st)
18. 18.Which syllable is stressed in “forgive”? (a) for-GIVE (2nd) (b) FOR-give (1st)
19. 19.“The dentist will extract the tooth.” — where is the stress in “extract” here? (a) ex-TRACT (2nd) (b) EX-tract (1st)
20. 20.Listen to “deny”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) de-NY (2nd) (b) DE-ny (1st)
21. 21.Which syllable is stressed in “decide”? (a) DE-cide (1st) (b) de-CIDE (2nd)
22. 22.“We saw a decrease in rainfall.” — where is the stress in “decrease” here? (a) de-CREASE (2nd) (b) DE-crease (1st)
23. 23.Which syllable is stressed in “deny”? (a) de-NY (2nd) (b) DE-ny (1st)
24. 24.Listen to “return”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) RE-turn (1st) (b) re-TURN (2nd)
25. 25.Listen to “yellow”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) yel-LOW (2nd) (b) YEL-low (1st)
26. 26.“Add a little vanilla extract to the cake.” — where is the stress in “extract” here? (a) EX-tract (1st) (b) ex-TRACT (2nd)
27. 27.“A good friend will never desert you.” — where is the stress in “desert” here? (a) de-SERT (2nd) (b) DE-sert (1st)
28. 28.“As the days progress, it gets colder.” — where is the stress in “progress” here? (a) PROG-ress (1st) (b) prog-RESS (2nd)
29. 29.“Let us record a video of the dance.” — where is the stress in “record” here? (a) RE-cord (1st) (b) re-CORD (2nd)
30. 30.“The workers held a protest outside.” — where is the stress in “protest” here? (a) PRO-test (1st) (b) pro-TEST (2nd)
31. 31.Which syllable is stressed in “carpet”? (a) CAR-pet (1st) (b) car-PET (2nd)
32. 32.“There is a strange object on the table.” — where is the stress in “object” here? (a) ob-JECT (2nd) (b) OB-ject (1st)
33. 33.“Each team will present its project to the class.” — where is the stress in “present” here? (a) pre-SENT (2nd) (b) PRE-sent (1st)
34. 34.Which syllable is stressed in “forget”? (a) FOR-get (1st) (b) for-GET (2nd)
35. 35.“Your answer is perfect.” — where is the stress in “perfect” here? (a) per-FECT (2nd) (b) PER-fect (1st)
36. 36.“The market sells fresh farm produce.” — where is the stress in “produce” here? (a) pro-DUCE (2nd) (b) PRO-duce (1st)
37. 37.Which syllable is stressed in “famous”? (a) fa-MOUS (2nd) (b) FA-mous (1st)
38. 38.Which syllable is stressed in “rabbit”? (a) RAB-bit (1st) (b) rab-BIT (2nd)
39. 39.Which syllable is stressed in “apple”? (a) AP-ple (1st) (b) ap-PLE (2nd)
40. 40.“Calling names is an insult.” — where is the stress in “insult” here? (a) IN-sult (1st) (b) in-SULT (2nd)

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