Word Stress Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 17: Word stress: nouns and verbs · Set 42 · 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.“The market sells fresh farm produce.” — where is the stress in “produce” here? (a) pro-DUCE (2nd) (b) PRO-duce (1st)
2. 2.Which syllable is stressed in “monkey”? (a) mon-KEY (2nd) (b) MON-key (1st)
3. 3.Listen to “suggest”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) SUG-gest (1st) (b) sug-GEST (2nd)
4. 4.“Let us record a video of the dance.” — where is the stress in “record” here? (a) re-CORD (2nd) (b) RE-cord (1st)
5. 5.Listen to “decide”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) DE-cide (1st) (b) de-CIDE (2nd)
6. 6.Listen to “delete”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) de-LETE (2nd) (b) DE-lete (1st)
7. 7.Which syllable is stressed in “enjoy”? (a) EN-joy (1st) (b) en-JOY (2nd)
8. 8.“This toy is an import from Japan.” — where is the stress in “import” here? (a) im-PORT (2nd) (b) IM-port (1st)
9. 9.Listen to “yellow”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) YEL-low (1st) (b) yel-LOW (2nd)
10. 10.Which syllable is stressed in “market”? (a) mar-KET (2nd) (b) MAR-ket (1st)
11. 11.Listen to “forgive”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) FOR-give (1st) (b) for-GIVE (2nd)
12. 12.“The police caught the suspect.” — where is the stress in “suspect” here? (a) sus-PECT (2nd) (b) SUS-pect (1st)
13. 13.Which syllable is stressed in “relax”? (a) re-LAX (2nd) (b) RE-lax (1st)
14. 14.“Buses are public transport.” — where is the stress in “transport” here? (a) TRANS-port (1st) (b) trans-PORT (2nd)
15. 15.“Our teacher will conduct the test.” — where is the stress in “conduct” here? (a) CON-duct (1st) (b) con-DUCT (2nd)
16. 16.Listen to “paper”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) PA-per (1st) (b) pa-PER (2nd)
17. 17.Which syllable is stressed in “forgive”? (a) FOR-give (1st) (b) for-GIVE (2nd)
18. 18.“As the days progress, it gets colder.” — where is the stress in “progress” here? (a) prog-RESS (2nd) (b) PROG-ress (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.“Calling names is an insult.” — where is the stress in “insult” here? (a) IN-sult (1st) (b) in-SULT (2nd)
21. 21.Which syllable is stressed in “doctor”? (a) DOC-tor (1st) (b) doc-TOR (2nd)
22. 22.“Teenagers sometimes rebel against rules.” — where is the stress in “rebel” here? (a) re-BEL (2nd) (b) RE-bel (1st)
23. 23.Listen to “parrot”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) par-ROT (2nd) (b) PAR-rot (1st)
24. 24.“The workers held a protest outside.” — where is the stress in “protest” here? (a) pro-TEST (2nd) (b) PRO-test (1st)
25. 25.Which syllable is stressed in “yellow”? (a) YEL-low (1st) (b) yel-LOW (2nd)
26. 26.“Did anyone object to the new rule?” — where is the stress in “object” here? (a) ob-JECT (2nd) (b) OB-ject (1st)
27. 27.“The rules do not permit phones in exams.” — where is the stress in “permit” here? (a) PER-mit (1st) (b) per-MIT (2nd)
28. 28.Which syllable is stressed in “collect”? (a) COL-lect (1st) (b) col-LECT (2nd)
29. 29.“She made good progress in English.” — where is the stress in “progress” here? (a) prog-RESS (2nd) (b) PROG-ress (1st)
30. 30.“Bees produce honey.” — where is the stress in “produce” here? (a) pro-DUCE (2nd) (b) PRO-duce (1st)
31. 31.Listen to “modern”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) mod-ERN (2nd) (b) MOD-ern (1st)
32. 32.“Camels can live in the desert.” — where is the stress in “desert” here? (a) de-SERT (2nd) (b) DE-sert (1st)
33. 33.Listen to “teacher”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) teach-ER (2nd) (b) TEACH-er (1st)
34. 34.Which syllable is stressed in “water”? (a) WA-ter (1st) (b) wa-TER (2nd)
35. 35.Which syllable is stressed in “prefer”? (a) PRE-fer (1st) (b) pre-FER (2nd)
36. 36.“I got a birthday present from Grandma.” — where is the stress in “present” here? (a) PRE-sent (1st) (b) pre-SENT (2nd)
37. 37.“Your answer is perfect.” — where is the stress in “perfect” here? (a) per-FECT (2nd) (b) PER-fect (1st)
38. 38.Listen to “carpet”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) CAR-pet (1st) (b) car-PET (2nd)
39. 39.Listen to “famous”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) fa-MOUS (2nd) (b) FA-mous (1st)
40. 40.Which syllable is stressed in “reply”? (a) re-PLY (2nd) (b) RE-ply (1st)

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