Word Stress Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 17: Word stress: nouns and verbs · Set 491 · 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.“Calling names is an insult.” — where is the stress in “insult” here? (a) IN-sult (1st) (b) in-SULT (2nd)
2. 2.Listen to “doctor”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) DOC-tor (1st) (b) doc-TOR (2nd)
3. 3.“His conduct in class is excellent.” — where is the stress in “conduct” here? (a) CON-duct (1st) (b) con-DUCT (2nd)
4. 4.Listen to “deny”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) de-NY (2nd) (b) DE-ny (1st)
5. 5.“Did anyone object to the new rule?” — where is the stress in “object” here? (a) OB-ject (1st) (b) ob-JECT (2nd)
6. 6.“He signed a contract with the company.” — where is the stress in “contract” here? (a) con-TRACT (2nd) (b) CON-tract (1st)
7. 7.Which syllable is stressed in “sister”? (a) sis-TER (2nd) (b) SIS-ter (1st)
8. 8.“Metals contract when they cool.” — where is the stress in “contract” here? (a) con-TRACT (2nd) (b) CON-tract (1st)
9. 9.“There is a strange object on the table.” — where is the stress in “object” here? (a) OB-ject (1st) (b) ob-JECT (2nd)
10. 10.“You need a permit to park here.” — where is the stress in “permit” here? (a) per-MIT (2nd) (b) PER-mit (1st)
11. 11.Which syllable is stressed in “return”? (a) re-TURN (2nd) (b) RE-turn (1st)
12. 12.Listen to “receive”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) re-CEIVE (2nd) (b) RE-ceive (1st)
13. 13.Which syllable is stressed in “garden”? (a) GAR-den (1st) (b) gar-DEN (2nd)
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.Which syllable is stressed in “famous”? (a) FA-mous (1st) (b) fa-MOUS (2nd)
16. 16.Which syllable is stressed in “happy”? (a) HAP-py (1st) (b) hap-PY (2nd)
17. 17.Which syllable is stressed in “rabbit”? (a) RAB-bit (1st) (b) rab-BIT (2nd)
18. 18.“A good friend will never desert you.” — where is the stress in “desert” here? (a) de-SERT (2nd) (b) DE-sert (1st)
19. 19.Which syllable is stressed in “basket”? (a) BAS-ket (1st) (b) bas-KET (2nd)
20. 20.Which syllable is stressed in “monkey”? (a) mon-KEY (2nd) (b) MON-key (1st)
21. 21.“This toy is an import from Japan.” — where is the stress in “import” here? (a) IM-port (1st) (b) im-PORT (2nd)
22. 22.Which syllable is stressed in “survive”? (a) SUR-vive (1st) (b) sur-VIVE (2nd)
23. 23.Listen to “modern”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) MOD-ern (1st) (b) mod-ERN (2nd)
24. 24.Which syllable is stressed in “paper”? (a) pa-PER (2nd) (b) PA-per (1st)
25. 25.Which syllable is stressed in “pencil”? (a) pen-CIL (2nd) (b) PEN-cil (1st)
26. 26.Listen to “relax”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) re-LAX (2nd) (b) RE-lax (1st)
27. 27.“Our teacher will conduct the test.” — where is the stress in “conduct” here? (a) CON-duct (1st) (b) con-DUCT (2nd)
28. 28.Listen to “apple”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ap-PLE (2nd) (b) AP-ple (1st)
29. 29.Which syllable is stressed in “yellow”? (a) yel-LOW (2nd) (b) YEL-low (1st)
30. 30.“She broke the world record in the race.” — where is the stress in “record” here? (a) re-CORD (2nd) (b) RE-cord (1st)
31. 31.Which syllable is stressed in “invite”? (a) in-VITE (2nd) (b) IN-vite (1st)
32. 32.“Camels can live in the desert.” — where is the stress in “desert” here? (a) DE-sert (1st) (b) de-SERT (2nd)
33. 33.“Add a little vanilla extract to the cake.” — where is the stress in “extract” here? (a) ex-TRACT (2nd) (b) EX-tract (1st)
34. 34.“Never insult your friends.” — where is the stress in “insult” here? (a) in-SULT (2nd) (b) IN-sult (1st)
35. 35.Which syllable is stressed in “describe”? (a) de-SCRIBE (2nd) (b) DE-scribe (1st)
36. 36.Which syllable is stressed in “summer”? (a) SUM-mer (1st) (b) sum-MER (2nd)
37. 37.“The workers held a protest outside.” — where is the stress in “protest” here? (a) PRO-test (1st) (b) pro-TEST (2nd)
38. 38.“Each team will present its project to the class.” — where is the stress in “present” here? (a) PRE-sent (1st) (b) pre-SENT (2nd)
39. 39.Listen to “repeat”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) re-PEAT (2nd) (b) RE-peat (1st)
40. 40.“The rebel refused to obey the king.” — where is the stress in “rebel” here? (a) RE-bel (1st) (b) re-BEL (2nd)

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