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Word Stress Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 17: Word stress: nouns and verbs · Set 428 · 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.“He signed a contract with the company.” — where is the stress in “contract” here? (a) con-TRACT (2nd) (b) CON-tract (1st)
  2. 2.Listen to “rabbit”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) RAB-bit (1st) (b) rab-BIT (2nd)
  3. 3.Listen to “market”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) mar-KET (2nd) (b) MAR-ket (1st)
  4. 4.Listen to “famous”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) fa-MOUS (2nd) (b) FA-mous (1st)
  5. 5.Listen to “relax”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) re-LAX (2nd) (b) RE-lax (1st)
  6. 6.Listen to “collect”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) COL-lect (1st) (b) col-LECT (2nd)
  7. 7.“She won the singing contest.” — where is the stress in “contest” here? (a) con-TEST (2nd) (b) CON-test (1st)
  8. 8.Which syllable is stressed in “sister”? (a) sis-TER (2nd) (b) SIS-ter (1st)
  9. 9.“She made good progress in English.” — where is the stress in “progress” here? (a) PROG-ress (1st) (b) prog-RESS (2nd)
  10. 10.Which syllable is stressed in “picture”? (a) pic-TURE (2nd) (b) PIC-ture (1st)
  11. 11.Listen to “summer”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) SUM-mer (1st) (b) sum-MER (2nd)
  12. 12.Which syllable is stressed in “believe”? (a) BE-lieve (1st) (b) be-LIEVE (2nd)
  13. 13.Listen to “paper”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) pa-PER (2nd) (b) PA-per (1st)
  14. 14.Listen to “apple”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) AP-ple (1st) (b) ap-PLE (2nd)
  15. 15.“The market sells fresh farm produce.” — where is the stress in “produce” here? (a) pro-DUCE (2nd) (b) PRO-duce (1st)
  16. 16.Listen to “monkey”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) MON-key (1st) (b) mon-KEY (2nd)
  17. 17.Listen to “reply”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) re-PLY (2nd) (b) RE-ply (1st)
  18. 18.Listen to “yellow”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) YEL-low (1st) (b) yel-LOW (2nd)
  19. 19.“Let us record a video of the dance.” — where is the stress in “record” here? (a) re-CORD (2nd) (b) RE-cord (1st)
  20. 20.“Maths is my favourite subject.” — where is the stress in “subject” here? (a) SUB-ject (1st) (b) sub-JECT (2nd)
  21. 21.Which syllable is stressed in “doctor”? (a) doc-TOR (2nd) (b) DOC-tor (1st)
  22. 22.Listen to “doctor”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) DOC-tor (1st) (b) doc-TOR (2nd)
  23. 23.Listen to “teacher”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) TEACH-er (1st) (b) teach-ER (2nd)
  24. 24.“The dentist will extract the tooth.” — where is the stress in “extract” here? (a) ex-TRACT (2nd) (b) EX-tract (1st)
  25. 25.Listen to “decide”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) de-CIDE (2nd) (b) DE-cide (1st)
  26. 26.Which syllable is stressed in “window”? (a) WIN-dow (1st) (b) win-DOW (2nd)
  27. 27.“He will contest the election.” — where is the stress in “contest” here? (a) CON-test (1st) (b) con-TEST (2nd)
  28. 28.Which syllable is stressed in “teacher”? (a) teach-ER (2nd) (b) TEACH-er (1st)
  29. 29.“I suspect that he ate my cake.” — where is the stress in “suspect” here? (a) sus-PECT (2nd) (b) SUS-pect (1st)
  30. 30.Listen to “window”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) win-DOW (2nd) (b) WIN-dow (1st)
  31. 31.Which syllable is stressed in “modern”? (a) MOD-ern (1st) (b) mod-ERN (2nd)
  32. 32.Which syllable is stressed in “deny”? (a) de-NY (2nd) (b) DE-ny (1st)
  33. 33.“The police caught the suspect.” — where is the stress in “suspect” here? (a) sus-PECT (2nd) (b) SUS-pect (1st)
  34. 34.Which syllable is stressed in “winter”? (a) WIN-ter (1st) (b) win-TER (2nd)
  35. 35.“His conduct in class is excellent.” — where is the stress in “conduct” here? (a) CON-duct (1st) (b) con-DUCT (2nd)
  36. 36.“This toy is an import from Japan.” — where is the stress in “import” here? (a) im-PORT (2nd) (b) IM-port (1st)
  37. 37.Which syllable is stressed in “water”? (a) wa-TER (2nd) (b) WA-ter (1st)
  38. 38.Listen to “delete”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) DE-lete (1st) (b) de-LETE (2nd)
  39. 39.“Calling names is an insult.” — where is the stress in “insult” here? (a) in-SULT (2nd) (b) IN-sult (1st)
  40. 40.Which syllable is stressed in “invite”? (a) in-VITE (2nd) (b) IN-vite (1st)

Answer key

  1. CON-tract (1st)
  2. RAB-bit (1st)
  3. MAR-ket (1st)
  4. FA-mous (1st)
  5. re-LAX (2nd)
  6. col-LECT (2nd)
  7. CON-test (1st)
  8. SIS-ter (1st)
  9. PROG-ress (1st)
  10. PIC-ture (1st)
  11. SUM-mer (1st)
  12. be-LIEVE (2nd)
  13. PA-per (1st)
  14. AP-ple (1st)
  15. PRO-duce (1st)
  16. MON-key (1st)
  17. re-PLY (2nd)
  18. YEL-low (1st)
  19. re-CORD (2nd)
  20. SUB-ject (1st)
  21. DOC-tor (1st)
  22. DOC-tor (1st)
  23. TEACH-er (1st)
  24. ex-TRACT (2nd)
  25. de-CIDE (2nd)
  26. WIN-dow (1st)
  27. con-TEST (2nd)
  28. TEACH-er (1st)
  29. sus-PECT (2nd)
  30. WIN-dow (1st)
  31. MOD-ern (1st)
  32. de-NY (2nd)
  33. SUS-pect (1st)
  34. WIN-ter (1st)
  35. CON-duct (1st)
  36. IM-port (1st)
  37. WA-ter (1st)
  38. de-LETE (2nd)
  39. IN-sult (1st)
  40. in-VITE (2nd)

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