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Word Stress Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 17: Word stress: nouns and verbs · Set 437 · 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.“Did anyone object to the new rule?” — where is the stress in “object” here? (a) ob-JECT (2nd) (b) OB-ject (1st)
  2. 2.Which syllable is stressed in “receive”? (a) re-CEIVE (2nd) (b) RE-ceive (1st)
  3. 3.Listen to “prefer”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) PRE-fer (1st) (b) pre-FER (2nd)
  4. 4.“Let us record a video of the dance.” — where is the stress in “record” here? (a) RE-cord (1st) (b) re-CORD (2nd)
  5. 5.Listen to “happy”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) hap-PY (2nd) (b) HAP-py (1st)
  6. 6.“The shop gave me a full refund.” — where is the stress in “refund” here? (a) RE-fund (1st) (b) re-FUND (2nd)
  7. 7.“As the days progress, it gets colder.” — where is the stress in “progress” here? (a) PROG-ress (1st) (b) prog-RESS (2nd)
  8. 8.“Each team will present its project to the class.” — where is the stress in “present” here? (a) PRE-sent (1st) (b) pre-SENT (2nd)
  9. 9.“There is a strange object on the table.” — where is the stress in “object” here? (a) ob-JECT (2nd) (b) OB-ject (1st)
  10. 10.“Camels can live in the desert.” — where is the stress in “desert” here? (a) de-SERT (2nd) (b) DE-sert (1st)
  11. 11.“Buses are public transport.” — where is the stress in “transport” here? (a) trans-PORT (2nd) (b) TRANS-port (1st)
  12. 12.Which syllable is stressed in “famous”? (a) FA-mous (1st) (b) fa-MOUS (2nd)
  13. 13.Listen to “explain”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) EX-plain (1st) (b) ex-PLAIN (2nd)
  14. 14.Which syllable is stressed in “deny”? (a) de-NY (2nd) (b) DE-ny (1st)
  15. 15.Which syllable is stressed in “teacher”? (a) teach-ER (2nd) (b) TEACH-er (1st)
  16. 16.Which syllable is stressed in “prefer”? (a) PRE-fer (1st) (b) pre-FER (2nd)
  17. 17.Which syllable is stressed in “basket”? (a) BAS-ket (1st) (b) bas-KET (2nd)
  18. 18.“The police caught the suspect.” — where is the stress in “suspect” here? (a) sus-PECT (2nd) (b) SUS-pect (1st)
  19. 19.Which syllable is stressed in “happy”? (a) HAP-py (1st) (b) hap-PY (2nd)
  20. 20.Listen to “forget”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) for-GET (2nd) (b) FOR-get (1st)
  21. 21.“Never insult your friends.” — where is the stress in “insult” here? (a) in-SULT (2nd) (b) IN-sult (1st)
  22. 22.Listen to “invite”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) in-VITE (2nd) (b) IN-vite (1st)
  23. 23.“The rebel refused to obey the king.” — where is the stress in “rebel” here? (a) RE-bel (1st) (b) re-BEL (2nd)
  24. 24.Listen to “parrot”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) par-ROT (2nd) (b) PAR-rot (1st)
  25. 25.“She broke the world record in the race.” — where is the stress in “record” here? (a) re-CORD (2nd) (b) RE-cord (1st)
  26. 26.Listen to “begin”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) BE-gin (1st) (b) be-GIN (2nd)
  27. 27.Listen to “teacher”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) teach-ER (2nd) (b) TEACH-er (1st)
  28. 28.Listen to “believe”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) BE-lieve (1st) (b) be-LIEVE (2nd)
  29. 29.Listen to “garden”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) gar-DEN (2nd) (b) GAR-den (1st)
  30. 30.Which syllable is stressed in “carpet”? (a) CAR-pet (1st) (b) car-PET (2nd)
  31. 31.“I suspect that he ate my cake.” — where is the stress in “suspect” here? (a) SUS-pect (1st) (b) sus-PECT (2nd)
  32. 32.“A good friend will never desert you.” — where is the stress in “desert” here? (a) DE-sert (1st) (b) de-SERT (2nd)
  33. 33.Listen to “enjoy”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) EN-joy (1st) (b) en-JOY (2nd)
  34. 34.“You need a permit to park here.” — where is the stress in “permit” here? (a) per-MIT (2nd) (b) PER-mit (1st)
  35. 35.“Maths is my favourite subject.” — where is the stress in “subject” here? (a) SUB-ject (1st) (b) sub-JECT (2nd)
  36. 36.Listen to “relax”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) RE-lax (1st) (b) re-LAX (2nd)
  37. 37.Listen to “survive”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) SUR-vive (1st) (b) sur-VIVE (2nd)
  38. 38.Which syllable is stressed in “garden”? (a) gar-DEN (2nd) (b) GAR-den (1st)
  39. 39.Which syllable is stressed in “yellow”? (a) yel-LOW (2nd) (b) YEL-low (1st)
  40. 40.Listen to “paper”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) PA-per (1st) (b) pa-PER (2nd)

Answer key

  1. ob-JECT (2nd)
  2. re-CEIVE (2nd)
  3. pre-FER (2nd)
  4. re-CORD (2nd)
  5. HAP-py (1st)
  6. RE-fund (1st)
  7. prog-RESS (2nd)
  8. pre-SENT (2nd)
  9. OB-ject (1st)
  10. DE-sert (1st)
  11. TRANS-port (1st)
  12. FA-mous (1st)
  13. ex-PLAIN (2nd)
  14. de-NY (2nd)
  15. TEACH-er (1st)
  16. pre-FER (2nd)
  17. BAS-ket (1st)
  18. SUS-pect (1st)
  19. HAP-py (1st)
  20. for-GET (2nd)
  21. in-SULT (2nd)
  22. in-VITE (2nd)
  23. RE-bel (1st)
  24. PAR-rot (1st)
  25. RE-cord (1st)
  26. be-GIN (2nd)
  27. TEACH-er (1st)
  28. be-LIEVE (2nd)
  29. GAR-den (1st)
  30. CAR-pet (1st)
  31. sus-PECT (2nd)
  32. de-SERT (2nd)
  33. en-JOY (2nd)
  34. PER-mit (1st)
  35. SUB-ject (1st)
  36. re-LAX (2nd)
  37. sur-VIVE (2nd)
  38. GAR-den (1st)
  39. YEL-low (1st)
  40. PA-per (1st)

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