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Word Stress Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 17: Word stress: nouns and verbs · Set 415 · 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 “describe”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) de-SCRIBE (2nd) (b) DE-scribe (1st)
  2. 2.“As the days progress, it gets colder.” — where is the stress in “progress” here? (a) prog-RESS (2nd) (b) PROG-ress (1st)
  3. 3.Listen to “receive”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) RE-ceive (1st) (b) re-CEIVE (2nd)
  4. 4.“The rebel refused to obey the king.” — where is the stress in “rebel” here? (a) RE-bel (1st) (b) re-BEL (2nd)
  5. 5.“This toy is an import from Japan.” — where is the stress in “import” here? (a) im-PORT (2nd) (b) IM-port (1st)
  6. 6.Which syllable is stressed in “explain”? (a) EX-plain (1st) (b) ex-PLAIN (2nd)
  7. 7.“The shop gave me a full refund.” — where is the stress in “refund” here? (a) re-FUND (2nd) (b) RE-fund (1st)
  8. 8.Listen to “parrot”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) par-ROT (2nd) (b) PAR-rot (1st)
  9. 9.Which syllable is stressed in “collect”? (a) col-LECT (2nd) (b) COL-lect (1st)
  10. 10.Which syllable is stressed in “return”? (a) RE-turn (1st) (b) re-TURN (2nd)
  11. 11.Which syllable is stressed in “deny”? (a) de-NY (2nd) (b) DE-ny (1st)
  12. 12.Listen to “garden”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) GAR-den (1st) (b) gar-DEN (2nd)
  13. 13.Which syllable is stressed in “relax”? (a) RE-lax (1st) (b) re-LAX (2nd)
  14. 14.Which syllable is stressed in “sister”? (a) SIS-ter (1st) (b) sis-TER (2nd)
  15. 15.“The workers held a protest outside.” — where is the stress in “protest” here? (a) pro-TEST (2nd) (b) PRO-test (1st)
  16. 16.Listen to “apple”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) AP-ple (1st) (b) ap-PLE (2nd)
  17. 17.Listen to “begin”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) be-GIN (2nd) (b) BE-gin (1st)
  18. 18.“Metals contract when they cool.” — where is the stress in “contract” here? (a) con-TRACT (2nd) (b) CON-tract (1st)
  19. 19.“She broke the world record in the race.” — where is the stress in “record” here? (a) re-CORD (2nd) (b) RE-cord (1st)
  20. 20.Listen to “respect”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) RE-spect (1st) (b) re-SPECT (2nd)
  21. 21.“Camels can live in the desert.” — where is the stress in “desert” here? (a) de-SERT (2nd) (b) DE-sert (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.“Maths is my favourite subject.” — where is the stress in “subject” here? (a) sub-JECT (2nd) (b) SUB-ject (1st)
  24. 24.“Calling names is an insult.” — where is the stress in “insult” here? (a) IN-sult (1st) (b) in-SULT (2nd)
  25. 25.“He signed a contract with the company.” — where is the stress in “contract” here? (a) con-TRACT (2nd) (b) CON-tract (1st)
  26. 26.Which syllable is stressed in “invite”? (a) in-VITE (2nd) (b) IN-vite (1st)
  27. 27.Listen to “reply”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) RE-ply (1st) (b) re-PLY (2nd)
  28. 28.Which syllable is stressed in “doctor”? (a) DOC-tor (1st) (b) doc-TOR (2nd)
  29. 29.Listen to “protect”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) pro-TECT (2nd) (b) PRO-tect (1st)
  30. 30.Which syllable is stressed in “complete”? (a) com-PLETE (2nd) (b) COM-plete (1st)
  31. 31.Which syllable is stressed in “teacher”? (a) teach-ER (2nd) (b) TEACH-er (1st)
  32. 32.“Never insult your friends.” — where is the stress in “insult” here? (a) in-SULT (2nd) (b) IN-sult (1st)
  33. 33.Listen to “relax”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) RE-lax (1st) (b) re-LAX (2nd)
  34. 34.Which syllable is stressed in “winter”? (a) win-TER (2nd) (b) WIN-ter (1st)
  35. 35.“I suspect that he ate my cake.” — where is the stress in “suspect” here? (a) SUS-pect (1st) (b) sus-PECT (2nd)
  36. 36.“We saw a decrease in rainfall.” — where is the stress in “decrease” here? (a) DE-crease (1st) (b) de-CREASE (2nd)
  37. 37.Which syllable is stressed in “paper”? (a) PA-per (1st) (b) pa-PER (2nd)
  38. 38.Which syllable is stressed in “describe”? (a) DE-scribe (1st) (b) de-SCRIBE (2nd)
  39. 39.Listen to “suggest”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) SUG-gest (1st) (b) sug-GEST (2nd)
  40. 40.“Did anyone object to the new rule?” — where is the stress in “object” here? (a) ob-JECT (2nd) (b) OB-ject (1st)

Answer key

  1. de-SCRIBE (2nd)
  2. prog-RESS (2nd)
  3. re-CEIVE (2nd)
  4. RE-bel (1st)
  5. IM-port (1st)
  6. ex-PLAIN (2nd)
  7. RE-fund (1st)
  8. PAR-rot (1st)
  9. col-LECT (2nd)
  10. re-TURN (2nd)
  11. de-NY (2nd)
  12. GAR-den (1st)
  13. re-LAX (2nd)
  14. SIS-ter (1st)
  15. PRO-test (1st)
  16. AP-ple (1st)
  17. be-GIN (2nd)
  18. con-TRACT (2nd)
  19. RE-cord (1st)
  20. re-SPECT (2nd)
  21. DE-sert (1st)
  22. re-CORD (2nd)
  23. SUB-ject (1st)
  24. IN-sult (1st)
  25. CON-tract (1st)
  26. in-VITE (2nd)
  27. re-PLY (2nd)
  28. DOC-tor (1st)
  29. pro-TECT (2nd)
  30. com-PLETE (2nd)
  31. TEACH-er (1st)
  32. in-SULT (2nd)
  33. re-LAX (2nd)
  34. WIN-ter (1st)
  35. sus-PECT (2nd)
  36. DE-crease (1st)
  37. PA-per (1st)
  38. de-SCRIBE (2nd)
  39. sug-GEST (2nd)
  40. ob-JECT (2nd)

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