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Pronunciation lesson 17: Word stress: nouns and verbs · Set 394 · 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.“I suspect that he ate my cake.” — where is the stress in “suspect” here? (a) SUS-pect (1st) (b) sus-PECT (2nd)
  2. 2.“Did anyone object to the new rule?” — where is the stress in “object” here? (a) OB-ject (1st) (b) ob-JECT (2nd)
  3. 3.Which syllable is stressed in “relax”? (a) RE-lax (1st) (b) re-LAX (2nd)
  4. 4.“We saw a decrease in rainfall.” — where is the stress in “decrease” here? (a) de-CREASE (2nd) (b) DE-crease (1st)
  5. 5.“The shop gave me a full refund.” — where is the stress in “refund” here? (a) RE-fund (1st) (b) re-FUND (2nd)
  6. 6.“There is an increase in prices this year.” — where is the stress in “increase” here? (a) in-CREASE (2nd) (b) IN-crease (1st)
  7. 7.Listen to “paper”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) pa-PER (2nd) (b) PA-per (1st)
  8. 8.“Teenagers sometimes rebel against rules.” — where is the stress in “rebel” here? (a) re-BEL (2nd) (b) RE-bel (1st)
  9. 9.“He will contest the election.” — where is the stress in “contest” here? (a) con-TEST (2nd) (b) CON-test (1st)
  10. 10.Listen to “monkey”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) mon-KEY (2nd) (b) MON-key (1st)
  11. 11.“Let us record a video of the dance.” — where is the stress in “record” here? (a) re-CORD (2nd) (b) RE-cord (1st)
  12. 12.“Never insult your friends.” — where is the stress in “insult” here? (a) in-SULT (2nd) (b) IN-sult (1st)
  13. 13.“She broke the world record in the race.” — where is the stress in “record” here? (a) re-CORD (2nd) (b) RE-cord (1st)
  14. 14.Which syllable is stressed in “delete”? (a) DE-lete (1st) (b) de-LETE (2nd)
  15. 15.Which syllable is stressed in “return”? (a) RE-turn (1st) (b) re-TURN (2nd)
  16. 16.Listen to “window”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) WIN-dow (1st) (b) win-DOW (2nd)
  17. 17.Listen to “return”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) RE-turn (1st) (b) re-TURN (2nd)
  18. 18.Listen to “protect”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) PRO-tect (1st) (b) pro-TECT (2nd)
  19. 19.“There is a strange object on the table.” — where is the stress in “object” here? (a) OB-ject (1st) (b) ob-JECT (2nd)
  20. 20.“The dentist will extract the tooth.” — where is the stress in “extract” here? (a) EX-tract (1st) (b) ex-TRACT (2nd)
  21. 21.Listen to “deny”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) de-NY (2nd) (b) DE-ny (1st)
  22. 22.Listen to “decide”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) de-CIDE (2nd) (b) DE-cide (1st)
  23. 23.Which syllable is stressed in “repeat”? (a) re-PEAT (2nd) (b) RE-peat (1st)
  24. 24.“Our teacher will conduct the test.” — where is the stress in “conduct” here? (a) con-DUCT (2nd) (b) CON-duct (1st)
  25. 25.Which syllable is stressed in “enjoy”? (a) en-JOY (2nd) (b) EN-joy (1st)
  26. 26.Which syllable is stressed in “paper”? (a) pa-PER (2nd) (b) PA-per (1st)
  27. 27.“The rebel refused to obey the king.” — where is the stress in “rebel” here? (a) RE-bel (1st) (b) re-BEL (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.“The police caught the suspect.” — where is the stress in “suspect” here? (a) SUS-pect (1st) (b) sus-PECT (2nd)
  30. 30.“She won the singing contest.” — where is the stress in “contest” here? (a) CON-test (1st) (b) con-TEST (2nd)
  31. 31.Which syllable is stressed in “doctor”? (a) DOC-tor (1st) (b) doc-TOR (2nd)
  32. 32.Listen to “pencil”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) pen-CIL (2nd) (b) PEN-cil (1st)
  33. 33.Listen to “winter”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) win-TER (2nd) (b) WIN-ter (1st)
  34. 34.Listen to “water”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) WA-ter (1st) (b) wa-TER (2nd)
  35. 35.Listen to “summer”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) sum-MER (2nd) (b) SUM-mer (1st)
  36. 36.Listen to “forgive”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) FOR-give (1st) (b) for-GIVE (2nd)
  37. 37.Listen to “table”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ta-BLE (2nd) (b) TA-ble (1st)
  38. 38.Which syllable is stressed in “pencil”? (a) PEN-cil (1st) (b) pen-CIL (2nd)
  39. 39.Listen to “invite”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) IN-vite (1st) (b) in-VITE (2nd)
  40. 40.Which syllable is stressed in “parrot”? (a) par-ROT (2nd) (b) PAR-rot (1st)

Answer key

  1. sus-PECT (2nd)
  2. ob-JECT (2nd)
  3. re-LAX (2nd)
  4. DE-crease (1st)
  5. RE-fund (1st)
  6. IN-crease (1st)
  7. PA-per (1st)
  8. re-BEL (2nd)
  9. con-TEST (2nd)
  10. MON-key (1st)
  11. re-CORD (2nd)
  12. in-SULT (2nd)
  13. RE-cord (1st)
  14. de-LETE (2nd)
  15. re-TURN (2nd)
  16. WIN-dow (1st)
  17. re-TURN (2nd)
  18. pro-TECT (2nd)
  19. OB-ject (1st)
  20. ex-TRACT (2nd)
  21. de-NY (2nd)
  22. de-CIDE (2nd)
  23. re-PEAT (2nd)
  24. con-DUCT (2nd)
  25. en-JOY (2nd)
  26. PA-per (1st)
  27. RE-bel (1st)
  28. PER-mit (1st)
  29. SUS-pect (1st)
  30. CON-test (1st)
  31. DOC-tor (1st)
  32. PEN-cil (1st)
  33. WIN-ter (1st)
  34. WA-ter (1st)
  35. SUM-mer (1st)
  36. for-GIVE (2nd)
  37. TA-ble (1st)
  38. PEN-cil (1st)
  39. in-VITE (2nd)
  40. PAR-rot (1st)

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