Word Stress Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 17: Word stress: nouns and verbs · Set 398 · 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.“She broke the world record in the race.” — where is the stress in “record” here? (a) RE-cord (1st) (b) re-CORD (2nd)
2. 2.Which syllable is stressed in “doctor”? (a) DOC-tor (1st) (b) doc-TOR (2nd)
3. 3.“Camels can live in the desert.” — where is the stress in “desert” here? (a) de-SERT (2nd) (b) DE-sert (1st)
4. 4.Which syllable is stressed in “reply”? (a) re-PLY (2nd) (b) RE-ply (1st)
5. 5.Listen to “prepare”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) PRE-pare (1st) (b) pre-PARE (2nd)
6. 6.“Teenagers sometimes rebel against rules.” — where is the stress in “rebel” here? (a) RE-bel (1st) (b) re-BEL (2nd)
7. 7.Which syllable is stressed in “begin”? (a) BE-gin (1st) (b) be-GIN (2nd)
8. 8.Which syllable is stressed in “complete”? (a) com-PLETE (2nd) (b) COM-plete (1st)
9. 9.Listen to “monkey”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) mon-KEY (2nd) (b) MON-key (1st)
10. 10.“Bees produce honey.” — where is the stress in “produce” here? (a) pro-DUCE (2nd) (b) PRO-duce (1st)
11. 11.“There is an increase in prices this year.” — where is the stress in “increase” here? (a) in-CREASE (2nd) (b) IN-crease (1st)
12. 12.“The police caught the suspect.” — where is the stress in “suspect” here? (a) SUS-pect (1st) (b) sus-PECT (2nd)
13. 13.Which syllable is stressed in “table”? (a) ta-BLE (2nd) (b) TA-ble (1st)
14. 14.Which syllable is stressed in “market”? (a) mar-KET (2nd) (b) MAR-ket (1st)
15. 15.Which syllable is stressed in “decide”? (a) de-CIDE (2nd) (b) DE-cide (1st)
16. 16.“The rebel refused to obey the king.” — where is the stress in “rebel” here? (a) re-BEL (2nd) (b) RE-bel (1st)
17. 17.Which syllable is stressed in “parrot”? (a) par-ROT (2nd) (b) PAR-rot (1st)
18. 18.“As the days progress, it gets colder.” — where is the stress in “progress” here? (a) PROG-ress (1st) (b) prog-RESS (2nd)
19. 19.“She won the singing contest.” — where is the stress in “contest” here? (a) CON-test (1st) (b) con-TEST (2nd)
20. 20.“Our teacher will conduct the test.” — where is the stress in “conduct” here? (a) con-DUCT (2nd) (b) CON-duct (1st)
21. 21.Which syllable is stressed in “rabbit”? (a) rab-BIT (2nd) (b) RAB-bit (1st)
22. 22.“Let us record a video of the dance.” — where is the stress in “record” here? (a) RE-cord (1st) (b) re-CORD (2nd)
23. 23.Which syllable is stressed in “famous”? (a) fa-MOUS (2nd) (b) FA-mous (1st)
24. 24.“The rules do not permit phones in exams.” — where is the stress in “permit” here? (a) per-MIT (2nd) (b) PER-mit (1st)
25. 25.Listen to “receive”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) RE-ceive (1st) (b) re-CEIVE (2nd)
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.“The workers held a protest outside.” — where is the stress in “protest” here? (a) pro-TEST (2nd) (b) PRO-test (1st)
28. 28.“Never insult your friends.” — where is the stress in “insult” here? (a) IN-sult (1st) (b) in-SULT (2nd)
29. 29.“Your answer is perfect.” — where is the stress in “perfect” here? (a) per-FECT (2nd) (b) PER-fect (1st)
30. 30.Listen to “invite”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) IN-vite (1st) (b) in-VITE (2nd)
31. 31.“Did anyone object to the new rule?” — where is the stress in “object” here? (a) ob-JECT (2nd) (b) OB-ject (1st)
32. 32.“Maths is my favourite subject.” — where is the stress in “subject” here? (a) sub-JECT (2nd) (b) SUB-ject (1st)
33. 33.Listen to “yellow”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) YEL-low (1st) (b) yel-LOW (2nd)
34. 34.Listen to “table”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) TA-ble (1st) (b) ta-BLE (2nd)
35. 35.Which syllable is stressed in “enjoy”? (a) EN-joy (1st) (b) en-JOY (2nd)
36. 36.Which syllable is stressed in “monkey”? (a) mon-KEY (2nd) (b) MON-key (1st)
37. 37.“Calling names is an insult.” — where is the stress in “insult” here? (a) IN-sult (1st) (b) in-SULT (2nd)
38. 38.Which syllable is stressed in “window”? (a) WIN-dow (1st) (b) win-DOW (2nd)
39. 39.“I got a birthday present from Grandma.” — where is the stress in “present” here? (a) pre-SENT (2nd) (b) PRE-sent (1st)
40. 40.Which syllable is stressed in “collect”? (a) col-LECT (2nd) (b) COL-lect (1st)

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