Word Stress Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 17: Word stress: nouns and verbs · Set 465 · 40 questions

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.

1. 1.Which syllable is stressed in “parrot”? (a) PAR-rot (1st) (b) par-ROT (2nd)
2. 2.“She won the singing contest.” — where is the stress in “contest” here? (a) CON-test (1st) (b) con-TEST (2nd)
3. 3.“The rebel refused to obey the king.” — where is the stress in “rebel” here? (a) re-BEL (2nd) (b) RE-bel (1st)
4. 4.“He will contest the election.” — where is the stress in “contest” here? (a) CON-test (1st) (b) con-TEST (2nd)
5. 5.“She broke the world record in the race.” — where is the stress in “record” here? (a) re-CORD (2nd) (b) RE-cord (1st)
6. 6.“Maths is my favourite subject.” — where is the stress in “subject” here? (a) SUB-ject (1st) (b) sub-JECT (2nd)
7. 7.Which syllable is stressed in “paper”? (a) PA-per (1st) (b) pa-PER (2nd)
8. 8.“Add a little vanilla extract to the cake.” — where is the stress in “extract” here? (a) ex-TRACT (2nd) (b) EX-tract (1st)
9. 9.Listen to “complete”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) COM-plete (1st) (b) com-PLETE (2nd)
10. 10.Which syllable is stressed in “believe”? (a) BE-lieve (1st) (b) be-LIEVE (2nd)
11. 11.“Did anyone object to the new rule?” — where is the stress in “object” here? (a) OB-ject (1st) (b) ob-JECT (2nd)
12. 12.“You need a permit to park here.” — where is the stress in “permit” here? (a) PER-mit (1st) (b) per-MIT (2nd)
13. 13.“We saw a decrease in rainfall.” — where is the stress in “decrease” here? (a) de-CREASE (2nd) (b) DE-crease (1st)
14. 14.“Your answer is perfect.” — where is the stress in “perfect” here? (a) per-FECT (2nd) (b) PER-fect (1st)
15. 15.Which syllable is stressed in “pencil”? (a) PEN-cil (1st) (b) pen-CIL (2nd)
16. 16.“He signed a contract with the company.” — where is the stress in “contract” here? (a) con-TRACT (2nd) (b) CON-tract (1st)
17. 17.Listen to “yellow”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) yel-LOW (2nd) (b) YEL-low (1st)
18. 18.“As the days progress, it gets colder.” — where is the stress in “progress” here? (a) PROG-ress (1st) (b) prog-RESS (2nd)
19. 19.Which syllable is stressed in “carpet”? (a) CAR-pet (1st) (b) car-PET (2nd)
20. 20.Listen to “doctor”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) DOC-tor (1st) (b) doc-TOR (2nd)
21. 21.Which syllable is stressed in “apple”? (a) ap-PLE (2nd) (b) AP-ple (1st)
22. 22.“Never insult your friends.” — where is the stress in “insult” here? (a) in-SULT (2nd) (b) IN-sult (1st)
23. 23.“A good friend will never desert you.” — where is the stress in “desert” here? (a) de-SERT (2nd) (b) DE-sert (1st)
24. 24.“Our teacher will conduct the test.” — where is the stress in “conduct” here? (a) con-DUCT (2nd) (b) CON-duct (1st)
25. 25.Listen to “invite”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) IN-vite (1st) (b) in-VITE (2nd)
26. 26.“There is an increase in prices this year.” — where is the stress in “increase” here? (a) in-CREASE (2nd) (b) IN-crease (1st)
27. 27.“The police caught the suspect.” — where is the stress in “suspect” here? (a) SUS-pect (1st) (b) sus-PECT (2nd)
28. 28.“She made good progress in English.” — where is the stress in “progress” here? (a) PROG-ress (1st) (b) prog-RESS (2nd)
29. 29.Which syllable is stressed in “describe”? (a) DE-scribe (1st) (b) de-SCRIBE (2nd)
30. 30.Listen to “believe”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) be-LIEVE (2nd) (b) BE-lieve (1st)
31. 31.“Each team will present its project to the class.” — where is the stress in “present” here? (a) PRE-sent (1st) (b) pre-SENT (2nd)
32. 32.“The dentist will extract the tooth.” — where is the stress in “extract” here? (a) EX-tract (1st) (b) ex-TRACT (2nd)
33. 33.Which syllable is stressed in “table”? (a) ta-BLE (2nd) (b) TA-ble (1st)
34. 34.“Let us record a video of the dance.” — where is the stress in “record” here? (a) RE-cord (1st) (b) re-CORD (2nd)
35. 35.“The workers held a protest outside.” — where is the stress in “protest” here? (a) PRO-test (1st) (b) pro-TEST (2nd)
36. 36.Which syllable is stressed in “respect”? (a) re-SPECT (2nd) (b) RE-spect (1st)
37. 37.“There is a strange object on the table.” — where is the stress in “object” here? (a) ob-JECT (2nd) (b) OB-ject (1st)
38. 38.Which syllable is stressed in “window”? (a) win-DOW (2nd) (b) WIN-dow (1st)
39. 39.Which syllable is stressed in “return”? (a) RE-turn (1st) (b) re-TURN (2nd)
40. 40.Which syllable is stressed in “market”? (a) mar-KET (2nd) (b) MAR-ket (1st)

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