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Word Stress Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 17: Word stress: nouns and verbs · Set 470 · 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 “basket”? (a) BAS-ket (1st) (b) bas-KET (2nd)
  2. 2.“Did anyone object to the new rule?” — where is the stress in “object” here? (a) OB-ject (1st) (b) ob-JECT (2nd)
  3. 3.Which syllable is stressed in “summer”? (a) sum-MER (2nd) (b) SUM-mer (1st)
  4. 4.“You need a permit to park here.” — where is the stress in “permit” here? (a) PER-mit (1st) (b) per-MIT (2nd)
  5. 5.Which syllable is stressed in “monkey”? (a) mon-KEY (2nd) (b) MON-key (1st)
  6. 6.“Each team will present its project to the class.” — where is the stress in “present” here? (a) PRE-sent (1st) (b) pre-SENT (2nd)
  7. 7.Which syllable is stressed in “market”? (a) MAR-ket (1st) (b) mar-KET (2nd)
  8. 8.Listen to “explain”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ex-PLAIN (2nd) (b) EX-plain (1st)
  9. 9.Which syllable is stressed in “complete”? (a) COM-plete (1st) (b) com-PLETE (2nd)
  10. 10.“She made good progress in English.” — where is the stress in “progress” here? (a) PROG-ress (1st) (b) prog-RESS (2nd)
  11. 11.Which syllable is stressed in “return”? (a) re-TURN (2nd) (b) RE-turn (1st)
  12. 12.Which syllable is stressed in “deny”? (a) DE-ny (1st) (b) de-NY (2nd)
  13. 13.“Tea is an important export for India.” — where is the stress in “export” here? (a) ex-PORT (2nd) (b) EX-port (1st)
  14. 14.“She broke the world record in the race.” — where is the stress in “record” here? (a) RE-cord (1st) (b) re-CORD (2nd)
  15. 15.“Our teacher will conduct the test.” — where is the stress in “conduct” here? (a) con-DUCT (2nd) (b) CON-duct (1st)
  16. 16.Which syllable is stressed in “pencil”? (a) pen-CIL (2nd) (b) PEN-cil (1st)
  17. 17.Which syllable is stressed in “prepare”? (a) pre-PARE (2nd) (b) PRE-pare (1st)
  18. 18.“A good friend will never desert you.” — where is the stress in “desert” here? (a) DE-sert (1st) (b) de-SERT (2nd)
  19. 19.Which syllable is stressed in “begin”? (a) BE-gin (1st) (b) be-GIN (2nd)
  20. 20.Listen to “summer”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) sum-MER (2nd) (b) SUM-mer (1st)
  21. 21.Which syllable is stressed in “forget”? (a) for-GET (2nd) (b) FOR-get (1st)
  22. 22.“The police caught the suspect.” — where is the stress in “suspect” here? (a) sus-PECT (2nd) (b) SUS-pect (1st)
  23. 23.“Metals contract when they cool.” — where is the stress in “contract” here? (a) con-TRACT (2nd) (b) CON-tract (1st)
  24. 24.Which syllable is stressed in “modern”? (a) mod-ERN (2nd) (b) MOD-ern (1st)
  25. 25.“There is an increase in prices this year.” — where is the stress in “increase” here? (a) IN-crease (1st) (b) in-CREASE (2nd)
  26. 26.Which syllable is stressed in “teacher”? (a) TEACH-er (1st) (b) teach-ER (2nd)
  27. 27.“The rebel refused to obey the king.” — where is the stress in “rebel” here? (a) RE-bel (1st) (b) re-BEL (2nd)
  28. 28.Listen to “parrot”. Which syllable is stressed? (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.Listen to “prefer”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) PRE-fer (1st) (b) pre-FER (2nd)
  31. 31.“Maths is my favourite subject.” — where is the stress in “subject” here? (a) SUB-ject (1st) (b) sub-JECT (2nd)
  32. 32.“Never insult your friends.” — where is the stress in “insult” here? (a) IN-sult (1st) (b) in-SULT (2nd)
  33. 33.“As the days progress, it gets colder.” — where is the stress in “progress” here? (a) PROG-ress (1st) (b) prog-RESS (2nd)
  34. 34.Listen to “apple”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) AP-ple (1st) (b) ap-PLE (2nd)
  35. 35.Which syllable is stressed in “repeat”? (a) RE-peat (1st) (b) re-PEAT (2nd)
  36. 36.Which syllable is stressed in “paper”? (a) pa-PER (2nd) (b) PA-per (1st)
  37. 37.Listen to “teacher”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) TEACH-er (1st) (b) teach-ER (2nd)
  38. 38.Which syllable is stressed in “decide”? (a) de-CIDE (2nd) (b) DE-cide (1st)
  39. 39.Listen to “reply”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) RE-ply (1st) (b) re-PLY (2nd)
  40. 40.Which syllable is stressed in “apple”? (a) AP-ple (1st) (b) ap-PLE (2nd)

Answer key

  1. BAS-ket (1st)
  2. ob-JECT (2nd)
  3. SUM-mer (1st)
  4. PER-mit (1st)
  5. MON-key (1st)
  6. pre-SENT (2nd)
  7. MAR-ket (1st)
  8. ex-PLAIN (2nd)
  9. com-PLETE (2nd)
  10. PROG-ress (1st)
  11. re-TURN (2nd)
  12. de-NY (2nd)
  13. EX-port (1st)
  14. RE-cord (1st)
  15. con-DUCT (2nd)
  16. PEN-cil (1st)
  17. pre-PARE (2nd)
  18. de-SERT (2nd)
  19. be-GIN (2nd)
  20. SUM-mer (1st)
  21. for-GET (2nd)
  22. SUS-pect (1st)
  23. con-TRACT (2nd)
  24. MOD-ern (1st)
  25. IN-crease (1st)
  26. TEACH-er (1st)
  27. RE-bel (1st)
  28. PAR-rot (1st)
  29. con-TEST (2nd)
  30. pre-FER (2nd)
  31. SUB-ject (1st)
  32. in-SULT (2nd)
  33. prog-RESS (2nd)
  34. AP-ple (1st)
  35. re-PEAT (2nd)
  36. PA-per (1st)
  37. TEACH-er (1st)
  38. de-CIDE (2nd)
  39. re-PLY (2nd)
  40. AP-ple (1st)

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