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Word Stress Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 17: Word stress: nouns and verbs · Set 449 · 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.Which syllable is stressed in “return”? (a) re-TURN (2nd) (b) RE-turn (1st)
  2. 2.“There is a strange object on the table.” — where is the stress in “object” here? (a) OB-ject (1st) (b) ob-JECT (2nd)
  3. 3.Which syllable is stressed in “pencil”? (a) pen-CIL (2nd) (b) PEN-cil (1st)
  4. 4.“She broke the world record in the race.” — where is the stress in “record” here? (a) re-CORD (2nd) (b) RE-cord (1st)
  5. 5.Listen to “suggest”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) SUG-gest (1st) (b) sug-GEST (2nd)
  6. 6.Which syllable is stressed in “basket”? (a) BAS-ket (1st) (b) bas-KET (2nd)
  7. 7.Listen to “summer”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) sum-MER (2nd) (b) SUM-mer (1st)
  8. 8.Listen to “receive”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) RE-ceive (1st) (b) re-CEIVE (2nd)
  9. 9.“Each team will present its project to the class.” — where is the stress in “present” here? (a) PRE-sent (1st) (b) pre-SENT (2nd)
  10. 10.Listen to “forgive”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) FOR-give (1st) (b) for-GIVE (2nd)
  11. 11.Listen to “teacher”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) TEACH-er (1st) (b) teach-ER (2nd)
  12. 12.“Metals contract when they cool.” — where is the stress in “contract” here? (a) CON-tract (1st) (b) con-TRACT (2nd)
  13. 13.Listen to “basket”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) bas-KET (2nd) (b) BAS-ket (1st)
  14. 14.“We saw a decrease in rainfall.” — where is the stress in “decrease” here? (a) de-CREASE (2nd) (b) DE-crease (1st)
  15. 15.Listen to “doctor”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) doc-TOR (2nd) (b) DOC-tor (1st)
  16. 16.Listen to “yellow”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) YEL-low (1st) (b) yel-LOW (2nd)
  17. 17.Listen to “happy”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) HAP-py (1st) (b) hap-PY (2nd)
  18. 18.“Let us record a video of the dance.” — where is the stress in “record” here? (a) re-CORD (2nd) (b) RE-cord (1st)
  19. 19.“The workers held a protest outside.” — where is the stress in “protest” here? (a) PRO-test (1st) (b) pro-TEST (2nd)
  20. 20.“I suspect that he ate my cake.” — where is the stress in “suspect” here? (a) sus-PECT (2nd) (b) SUS-pect (1st)
  21. 21.Listen to “table”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ta-BLE (2nd) (b) TA-ble (1st)
  22. 22.“Maths is my favourite subject.” — where is the stress in “subject” here? (a) SUB-ject (1st) (b) sub-JECT (2nd)
  23. 23.Which syllable is stressed in “collect”? (a) col-LECT (2nd) (b) COL-lect (1st)
  24. 24.Listen to “sister”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) SIS-ter (1st) (b) sis-TER (2nd)
  25. 25.“Never insult your friends.” — where is the stress in “insult” here? (a) IN-sult (1st) (b) in-SULT (2nd)
  26. 26.“There is an increase in prices this year.” — where is the stress in “increase” here? (a) IN-crease (1st) (b) in-CREASE (2nd)
  27. 27.Which syllable is stressed in “monkey”? (a) MON-key (1st) (b) mon-KEY (2nd)
  28. 28.Listen to “complete”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) com-PLETE (2nd) (b) COM-plete (1st)
  29. 29.Listen to “repeat”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) RE-peat (1st) (b) re-PEAT (2nd)
  30. 30.Which syllable is stressed in “garden”? (a) gar-DEN (2nd) (b) GAR-den (1st)
  31. 31.Listen to “return”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) re-TURN (2nd) (b) RE-turn (1st)
  32. 32.Which syllable is stressed in “prefer”? (a) pre-FER (2nd) (b) PRE-fer (1st)
  33. 33.Which syllable is stressed in “complete”? (a) com-PLETE (2nd) (b) COM-plete (1st)
  34. 34.“She made good progress in English.” — where is the stress in “progress” here? (a) prog-RESS (2nd) (b) PROG-ress (1st)
  35. 35.Listen to “respect”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) RE-spect (1st) (b) re-SPECT (2nd)
  36. 36.Which syllable is stressed in “explain”? (a) EX-plain (1st) (b) ex-PLAIN (2nd)
  37. 37.Which syllable is stressed in “decide”? (a) DE-cide (1st) (b) de-CIDE (2nd)
  38. 38.“A good friend will never desert you.” — where is the stress in “desert” here? (a) de-SERT (2nd) (b) DE-sert (1st)
  39. 39.Which syllable is stressed in “prepare”? (a) pre-PARE (2nd) (b) PRE-pare (1st)
  40. 40.Which syllable is stressed in “happy”? (a) HAP-py (1st) (b) hap-PY (2nd)

Answer key

  1. re-TURN (2nd)
  2. OB-ject (1st)
  3. PEN-cil (1st)
  4. RE-cord (1st)
  5. sug-GEST (2nd)
  6. BAS-ket (1st)
  7. SUM-mer (1st)
  8. re-CEIVE (2nd)
  9. pre-SENT (2nd)
  10. for-GIVE (2nd)
  11. TEACH-er (1st)
  12. con-TRACT (2nd)
  13. BAS-ket (1st)
  14. DE-crease (1st)
  15. DOC-tor (1st)
  16. YEL-low (1st)
  17. HAP-py (1st)
  18. re-CORD (2nd)
  19. PRO-test (1st)
  20. sus-PECT (2nd)
  21. TA-ble (1st)
  22. SUB-ject (1st)
  23. col-LECT (2nd)
  24. SIS-ter (1st)
  25. in-SULT (2nd)
  26. IN-crease (1st)
  27. MON-key (1st)
  28. com-PLETE (2nd)
  29. re-PEAT (2nd)
  30. GAR-den (1st)
  31. re-TURN (2nd)
  32. pre-FER (2nd)
  33. com-PLETE (2nd)
  34. PROG-ress (1st)
  35. re-SPECT (2nd)
  36. ex-PLAIN (2nd)
  37. de-CIDE (2nd)
  38. de-SERT (2nd)
  39. pre-PARE (2nd)
  40. HAP-py (1st)

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