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Word Stress Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 17: Word stress: nouns and verbs · Set 452 · 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 “enjoy”? (a) EN-joy (1st) (b) en-JOY (2nd)
  2. 2.Which syllable is stressed in “summer”? (a) sum-MER (2nd) (b) SUM-mer (1st)
  3. 3.“Add a little vanilla extract to the cake.” — where is the stress in “extract” here? (a) EX-tract (1st) (b) ex-TRACT (2nd)
  4. 4.“I got a birthday present from Grandma.” — where is the stress in “present” here? (a) pre-SENT (2nd) (b) PRE-sent (1st)
  5. 5.Listen to “winter”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) win-TER (2nd) (b) WIN-ter (1st)
  6. 6.“This toy is an import from Japan.” — where is the stress in “import” here? (a) IM-port (1st) (b) im-PORT (2nd)
  7. 7.Listen to “collect”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) col-LECT (2nd) (b) COL-lect (1st)
  8. 8.“The workers held a protest outside.” — where is the stress in “protest” here? (a) PRO-test (1st) (b) pro-TEST (2nd)
  9. 9.Which syllable is stressed in “begin”? (a) BE-gin (1st) (b) be-GIN (2nd)
  10. 10.Which syllable is stressed in “repeat”? (a) re-PEAT (2nd) (b) RE-peat (1st)
  11. 11.Which syllable is stressed in “complete”? (a) com-PLETE (2nd) (b) COM-plete (1st)
  12. 12.Which syllable is stressed in “window”? (a) WIN-dow (1st) (b) win-DOW (2nd)
  13. 13.Listen to “table”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) TA-ble (1st) (b) ta-BLE (2nd)
  14. 14.“She won the singing contest.” — where is the stress in “contest” here? (a) CON-test (1st) (b) con-TEST (2nd)
  15. 15.Which syllable is stressed in “prepare”? (a) pre-PARE (2nd) (b) PRE-pare (1st)
  16. 16.Listen to “sister”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) SIS-ter (1st) (b) sis-TER (2nd)
  17. 17.Listen to “forget”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) FOR-get (1st) (b) for-GET (2nd)
  18. 18.“Did anyone object to the new rule?” — where is the stress in “object” here? (a) OB-ject (1st) (b) ob-JECT (2nd)
  19. 19.Listen to “begin”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) BE-gin (1st) (b) be-GIN (2nd)
  20. 20.Listen to “famous”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) FA-mous (1st) (b) fa-MOUS (2nd)
  21. 21.Listen to “forgive”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) FOR-give (1st) (b) for-GIVE (2nd)
  22. 22.Which syllable is stressed in “garden”? (a) GAR-den (1st) (b) gar-DEN (2nd)
  23. 23.Listen to “decide”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) DE-cide (1st) (b) de-CIDE (2nd)
  24. 24.“The dentist will extract the tooth.” — where is the stress in “extract” here? (a) EX-tract (1st) (b) ex-TRACT (2nd)
  25. 25.“As the days progress, it gets colder.” — where is the stress in “progress” here? (a) PROG-ress (1st) (b) prog-RESS (2nd)
  26. 26.Which syllable is stressed in “market”? (a) MAR-ket (1st) (b) mar-KET (2nd)
  27. 27.Listen to “return”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) re-TURN (2nd) (b) RE-turn (1st)
  28. 28.“Calling names is an insult.” — where is the stress in “insult” here? (a) in-SULT (2nd) (b) IN-sult (1st)
  29. 29.“Your answer is perfect.” — where is the stress in “perfect” here? (a) PER-fect (1st) (b) per-FECT (2nd)
  30. 30.Which syllable is stressed in “respect”? (a) re-SPECT (2nd) (b) RE-spect (1st)
  31. 31.Which syllable is stressed in “protect”? (a) PRO-tect (1st) (b) pro-TECT (2nd)
  32. 32.Which syllable is stressed in “suggest”? (a) SUG-gest (1st) (b) sug-GEST (2nd)
  33. 33.Listen to “window”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) WIN-dow (1st) (b) win-DOW (2nd)
  34. 34.“A good friend will never desert you.” — where is the stress in “desert” here? (a) DE-sert (1st) (b) de-SERT (2nd)
  35. 35.“Teenagers sometimes rebel against rules.” — where is the stress in “rebel” here? (a) RE-bel (1st) (b) re-BEL (2nd)
  36. 36.“You need a permit to park here.” — where is the stress in “permit” here? (a) per-MIT (2nd) (b) PER-mit (1st)
  37. 37.“The shop gave me a full refund.” — where is the stress in “refund” here? (a) RE-fund (1st) (b) re-FUND (2nd)
  38. 38.“She broke the world record in the race.” — where is the stress in “record” here? (a) RE-cord (1st) (b) re-CORD (2nd)
  39. 39.Which syllable is stressed in “parrot”? (a) par-ROT (2nd) (b) PAR-rot (1st)
  40. 40.“There is an increase in prices this year.” — where is the stress in “increase” here? (a) in-CREASE (2nd) (b) IN-crease (1st)

Answer key

  1. en-JOY (2nd)
  2. SUM-mer (1st)
  3. EX-tract (1st)
  4. PRE-sent (1st)
  5. WIN-ter (1st)
  6. IM-port (1st)
  7. col-LECT (2nd)
  8. PRO-test (1st)
  9. be-GIN (2nd)
  10. re-PEAT (2nd)
  11. com-PLETE (2nd)
  12. WIN-dow (1st)
  13. TA-ble (1st)
  14. CON-test (1st)
  15. pre-PARE (2nd)
  16. SIS-ter (1st)
  17. for-GET (2nd)
  18. ob-JECT (2nd)
  19. be-GIN (2nd)
  20. FA-mous (1st)
  21. for-GIVE (2nd)
  22. GAR-den (1st)
  23. de-CIDE (2nd)
  24. ex-TRACT (2nd)
  25. prog-RESS (2nd)
  26. MAR-ket (1st)
  27. re-TURN (2nd)
  28. IN-sult (1st)
  29. PER-fect (1st)
  30. re-SPECT (2nd)
  31. pro-TECT (2nd)
  32. sug-GEST (2nd)
  33. WIN-dow (1st)
  34. de-SERT (2nd)
  35. re-BEL (2nd)
  36. PER-mit (1st)
  37. RE-fund (1st)
  38. RE-cord (1st)
  39. PAR-rot (1st)
  40. IN-crease (1st)

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