Word Stress Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 17: Word stress: nouns and verbs · Set 468 · 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 “modern”? (a) MOD-ern (1st) (b) mod-ERN (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.“This toy is an import from Japan.” — where is the stress in “import” here? (a) im-PORT (2nd) (b) IM-port (1st)
4. 4.Which syllable is stressed in “apple”? (a) ap-PLE (2nd) (b) AP-ple (1st)
5. 5.“Teenagers sometimes rebel against rules.” — where is the stress in “rebel” here? (a) re-BEL (2nd) (b) RE-bel (1st)
6. 6.“Camels can live in the desert.” — where is the stress in “desert” here? (a) de-SERT (2nd) (b) DE-sert (1st)
7. 7.Which syllable is stressed in “complete”? (a) COM-plete (1st) (b) com-PLETE (2nd)
8. 8.“Never insult your friends.” — where is the stress in “insult” here? (a) in-SULT (2nd) (b) IN-sult (1st)
9. 9.“His conduct in class is excellent.” — where is the stress in “conduct” here? (a) CON-duct (1st) (b) con-DUCT (2nd)
10. 10.Listen to “modern”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) mod-ERN (2nd) (b) MOD-ern (1st)
11. 11.Listen to “reply”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) RE-ply (1st) (b) re-PLY (2nd)
12. 12.“Bees produce honey.” — where is the stress in “produce” here? (a) pro-DUCE (2nd) (b) PRO-duce (1st)
13. 13.Listen to “suggest”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) sug-GEST (2nd) (b) SUG-gest (1st)
14. 14.Which syllable is stressed in “enjoy”? (a) EN-joy (1st) (b) en-JOY (2nd)
15. 15.Listen to “carpet”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) car-PET (2nd) (b) CAR-pet (1st)
16. 16.Which syllable is stressed in “picture”? (a) pic-TURE (2nd) (b) PIC-ture (1st)
17. 17.“The shop gave me a full refund.” — where is the stress in “refund” here? (a) re-FUND (2nd) (b) RE-fund (1st)
18. 18.Which syllable is stressed in “summer”? (a) sum-MER (2nd) (b) SUM-mer (1st)
19. 19.Listen to “receive”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) re-CEIVE (2nd) (b) RE-ceive (1st)
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.“You need a permit to park here.” — where is the stress in “permit” here? (a) per-MIT (2nd) (b) PER-mit (1st)
22. 22.“There is an increase in prices this year.” — where is the stress in “increase” here? (a) IN-crease (1st) (b) in-CREASE (2nd)
23. 23.“She made good progress in English.” — where is the stress in “progress” here? (a) prog-RESS (2nd) (b) PROG-ress (1st)
24. 24.Which syllable is stressed in “begin”? (a) be-GIN (2nd) (b) BE-gin (1st)
25. 25.“Our teacher will conduct the test.” — where is the stress in “conduct” here? (a) con-DUCT (2nd) (b) CON-duct (1st)
26. 26.Which syllable is stressed in “collect”? (a) COL-lect (1st) (b) col-LECT (2nd)
27. 27.Which syllable is stressed in “delete”? (a) DE-lete (1st) (b) de-LETE (2nd)
28. 28.Listen to “enjoy”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) en-JOY (2nd) (b) EN-joy (1st)
29. 29.“The rebel refused to obey the king.” — where is the stress in “rebel” here? (a) re-BEL (2nd) (b) RE-bel (1st)
30. 30.Listen to “explain”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ex-PLAIN (2nd) (b) EX-plain (1st)
31. 31.Listen to “respect”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) re-SPECT (2nd) (b) RE-spect (1st)
32. 32.Listen to “yellow”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) yel-LOW (2nd) (b) YEL-low (1st)
33. 33.“There is a strange object on the table.” — where is the stress in “object” here? (a) ob-JECT (2nd) (b) OB-ject (1st)
34. 34.Which syllable is stressed in “believe”? (a) be-LIEVE (2nd) (b) BE-lieve (1st)
35. 35.Listen to “decide”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) DE-cide (1st) (b) de-CIDE (2nd)
36. 36.“The police caught the suspect.” — where is the stress in “suspect” here? (a) SUS-pect (1st) (b) sus-PECT (2nd)
37. 37.Listen to “apple”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ap-PLE (2nd) (b) AP-ple (1st)
38. 38.Which syllable is stressed in “happy”? (a) HAP-py (1st) (b) hap-PY (2nd)
39. 39.“Each team will present its project to the class.” — where is the stress in “present” here? (a) PRE-sent (1st) (b) pre-SENT (2nd)
40. 40.Listen to “doctor”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) DOC-tor (1st) (b) doc-TOR (2nd)

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