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Word Stress Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 17: Word stress: nouns and verbs · Set 44 · 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 “monkey”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) MON-key (1st) (b) mon-KEY (2nd)
  2. 2.“Calling names is an insult.” — where is the stress in “insult” here? (a) IN-sult (1st) (b) in-SULT (2nd)
  3. 3.Which syllable is stressed in “return”? (a) RE-turn (1st) (b) re-TURN (2nd)
  4. 4.“She won the singing contest.” — where is the stress in “contest” here? (a) CON-test (1st) (b) con-TEST (2nd)
  5. 5.Listen to “winter”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) WIN-ter (1st) (b) win-TER (2nd)
  6. 6.“Our teacher will conduct the test.” — where is the stress in “conduct” here? (a) CON-duct (1st) (b) con-DUCT (2nd)
  7. 7.“She broke the world record in the race.” — where is the stress in “record” here? (a) re-CORD (2nd) (b) RE-cord (1st)
  8. 8.Listen to “market”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) MAR-ket (1st) (b) mar-KET (2nd)
  9. 9.Listen to “delete”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) de-LETE (2nd) (b) DE-lete (1st)
  10. 10.Listen to “parrot”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) par-ROT (2nd) (b) PAR-rot (1st)
  11. 11.“There is a strange object on the table.” — where is the stress in “object” here? (a) ob-JECT (2nd) (b) OB-ject (1st)
  12. 12.“Add a little vanilla extract to the cake.” — where is the stress in “extract” here? (a) EX-tract (1st) (b) ex-TRACT (2nd)
  13. 13.Listen to “suggest”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) SUG-gest (1st) (b) sug-GEST (2nd)
  14. 14.Which syllable is stressed in “market”? (a) mar-KET (2nd) (b) MAR-ket (1st)
  15. 15.Listen to “paper”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) PA-per (1st) (b) pa-PER (2nd)
  16. 16.Listen to “table”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ta-BLE (2nd) (b) TA-ble (1st)
  17. 17.“The rebel refused to obey the king.” — where is the stress in “rebel” here? (a) re-BEL (2nd) (b) RE-bel (1st)
  18. 18.Which syllable is stressed in “garden”? (a) GAR-den (1st) (b) gar-DEN (2nd)
  19. 19.Which syllable is stressed in “water”? (a) WA-ter (1st) (b) wa-TER (2nd)
  20. 20.Listen to “happy”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) HAP-py (1st) (b) hap-PY (2nd)
  21. 21.Which syllable is stressed in “forget”? (a) for-GET (2nd) (b) FOR-get (1st)
  22. 22.Listen to “reply”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) RE-ply (1st) (b) re-PLY (2nd)
  23. 23.“Let us record a video of the dance.” — where is the stress in “record” here? (a) RE-cord (1st) (b) re-CORD (2nd)
  24. 24.Which syllable is stressed in “summer”? (a) sum-MER (2nd) (b) SUM-mer (1st)
  25. 25.“Metals contract when they cool.” — where is the stress in “contract” here? (a) con-TRACT (2nd) (b) CON-tract (1st)
  26. 26.“The police caught the suspect.” — where is the stress in “suspect” here? (a) SUS-pect (1st) (b) sus-PECT (2nd)
  27. 27.Listen to “garden”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) GAR-den (1st) (b) gar-DEN (2nd)
  28. 28.Which syllable is stressed in “parrot”? (a) par-ROT (2nd) (b) PAR-rot (1st)
  29. 29.“He will contest the election.” — where is the stress in “contest” here? (a) CON-test (1st) (b) con-TEST (2nd)
  30. 30.Which syllable is stressed in “enjoy”? (a) EN-joy (1st) (b) en-JOY (2nd)
  31. 31.“A good friend will never desert you.” — where is the stress in “desert” here? (a) DE-sert (1st) (b) de-SERT (2nd)
  32. 32.Which syllable is stressed in “sister”? (a) sis-TER (2nd) (b) SIS-ter (1st)
  33. 33.Which syllable is stressed in “reply”? (a) RE-ply (1st) (b) re-PLY (2nd)
  34. 34.“His conduct in class is excellent.” — where is the stress in “conduct” here? (a) con-DUCT (2nd) (b) CON-duct (1st)
  35. 35.Listen to “forget”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) for-GET (2nd) (b) FOR-get (1st)
  36. 36.“We saw a decrease in rainfall.” — where is the stress in “decrease” here? (a) de-CREASE (2nd) (b) DE-crease (1st)
  37. 37.Which syllable is stressed in “decide”? (a) DE-cide (1st) (b) de-CIDE (2nd)
  38. 38.Which syllable is stressed in “famous”? (a) FA-mous (1st) (b) fa-MOUS (2nd)
  39. 39.“The market sells fresh farm produce.” — where is the stress in “produce” here? (a) pro-DUCE (2nd) (b) PRO-duce (1st)
  40. 40.“As the days progress, it gets colder.” — where is the stress in “progress” here? (a) PROG-ress (1st) (b) prog-RESS (2nd)

Answer key

  1. MON-key (1st)
  2. IN-sult (1st)
  3. re-TURN (2nd)
  4. CON-test (1st)
  5. WIN-ter (1st)
  6. con-DUCT (2nd)
  7. RE-cord (1st)
  8. MAR-ket (1st)
  9. de-LETE (2nd)
  10. PAR-rot (1st)
  11. OB-ject (1st)
  12. EX-tract (1st)
  13. sug-GEST (2nd)
  14. MAR-ket (1st)
  15. PA-per (1st)
  16. TA-ble (1st)
  17. RE-bel (1st)
  18. GAR-den (1st)
  19. WA-ter (1st)
  20. HAP-py (1st)
  21. for-GET (2nd)
  22. re-PLY (2nd)
  23. re-CORD (2nd)
  24. SUM-mer (1st)
  25. con-TRACT (2nd)
  26. SUS-pect (1st)
  27. GAR-den (1st)
  28. PAR-rot (1st)
  29. con-TEST (2nd)
  30. en-JOY (2nd)
  31. de-SERT (2nd)
  32. SIS-ter (1st)
  33. re-PLY (2nd)
  34. CON-duct (1st)
  35. for-GET (2nd)
  36. DE-crease (1st)
  37. de-CIDE (2nd)
  38. FA-mous (1st)
  39. PRO-duce (1st)
  40. prog-RESS (2nd)

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