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Pronunciation lesson 17: Word stress: nouns and verbs · Set 492 · 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.“As the days progress, it gets colder.” — where is the stress in “progress” here? (a) prog-RESS (2nd) (b) PROG-ress (1st)
  2. 2.“There is an increase in prices this year.” — where is the stress in “increase” here? (a) in-CREASE (2nd) (b) IN-crease (1st)
  3. 3.Which syllable is stressed in “rabbit”? (a) RAB-bit (1st) (b) rab-BIT (2nd)
  4. 4.Listen to “reply”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) re-PLY (2nd) (b) RE-ply (1st)
  5. 5.Which syllable is stressed in “modern”? (a) MOD-ern (1st) (b) mod-ERN (2nd)
  6. 6.Listen to “doctor”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) doc-TOR (2nd) (b) DOC-tor (1st)
  7. 7.Which syllable is stressed in “teacher”? (a) TEACH-er (1st) (b) teach-ER (2nd)
  8. 8.Which syllable is stressed in “repeat”? (a) RE-peat (1st) (b) re-PEAT (2nd)
  9. 9.Which syllable is stressed in “yellow”? (a) YEL-low (1st) (b) yel-LOW (2nd)
  10. 10.Listen to “teacher”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) TEACH-er (1st) (b) teach-ER (2nd)
  11. 11.“The shop gave me a full refund.” — where is the stress in “refund” here? (a) re-FUND (2nd) (b) RE-fund (1st)
  12. 12.Which syllable is stressed in “receive”? (a) RE-ceive (1st) (b) re-CEIVE (2nd)
  13. 13.Which syllable is stressed in “prefer”? (a) PRE-fer (1st) (b) pre-FER (2nd)
  14. 14.Which syllable is stressed in “prepare”? (a) pre-PARE (2nd) (b) PRE-pare (1st)
  15. 15.“The workers held a protest outside.” — where is the stress in “protest” here? (a) pro-TEST (2nd) (b) PRO-test (1st)
  16. 16.Which syllable is stressed in “deny”? (a) DE-ny (1st) (b) de-NY (2nd)
  17. 17.Which syllable is stressed in “happy”? (a) HAP-py (1st) (b) hap-PY (2nd)
  18. 18.Listen to “repeat”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) RE-peat (1st) (b) re-PEAT (2nd)
  19. 19.Listen to “believe”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) BE-lieve (1st) (b) be-LIEVE (2nd)
  20. 20.“A good friend will never desert you.” — where is the stress in “desert” here? (a) de-SERT (2nd) (b) DE-sert (1st)
  21. 21.“Let us record a video of the dance.” — where is the stress in “record” here? (a) RE-cord (1st) (b) re-CORD (2nd)
  22. 22.“There is a strange object on the table.” — where is the stress in “object” here? (a) OB-ject (1st) (b) ob-JECT (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.Listen to “basket”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) bas-KET (2nd) (b) BAS-ket (1st)
  25. 25.“He will contest the election.” — where is the stress in “contest” here? (a) con-TEST (2nd) (b) CON-test (1st)
  26. 26.“The rebel refused to obey the king.” — where is the stress in “rebel” here? (a) re-BEL (2nd) (b) RE-bel (1st)
  27. 27.“Calling names is an insult.” — where is the stress in “insult” here? (a) IN-sult (1st) (b) in-SULT (2nd)
  28. 28.Which syllable is stressed in “believe”? (a) BE-lieve (1st) (b) be-LIEVE (2nd)
  29. 29.Listen to “protect”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) PRO-tect (1st) (b) pro-TECT (2nd)
  30. 30.Which syllable is stressed in “sister”? (a) sis-TER (2nd) (b) SIS-ter (1st)
  31. 31.“Maths is my favourite subject.” — where is the stress in “subject” here? (a) SUB-ject (1st) (b) sub-JECT (2nd)
  32. 32.Listen to “forgive”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) for-GIVE (2nd) (b) FOR-give (1st)
  33. 33.Listen to “return”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) re-TURN (2nd) (b) RE-turn (1st)
  34. 34.“This toy is an import from Japan.” — where is the stress in “import” here? (a) IM-port (1st) (b) im-PORT (2nd)
  35. 35.“Did anyone object to the new rule?” — where is the stress in “object” here? (a) OB-ject (1st) (b) ob-JECT (2nd)
  36. 36.Listen to “window”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) WIN-dow (1st) (b) win-DOW (2nd)
  37. 37.Which syllable is stressed in “reply”? (a) re-PLY (2nd) (b) RE-ply (1st)
  38. 38.Listen to “pencil”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) PEN-cil (1st) (b) pen-CIL (2nd)
  39. 39.Listen to “enjoy”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) EN-joy (1st) (b) en-JOY (2nd)
  40. 40.Which syllable is stressed in “doctor”? (a) doc-TOR (2nd) (b) DOC-tor (1st)

Answer key

  1. prog-RESS (2nd)
  2. IN-crease (1st)
  3. RAB-bit (1st)
  4. re-PLY (2nd)
  5. MOD-ern (1st)
  6. DOC-tor (1st)
  7. TEACH-er (1st)
  8. re-PEAT (2nd)
  9. YEL-low (1st)
  10. TEACH-er (1st)
  11. RE-fund (1st)
  12. re-CEIVE (2nd)
  13. pre-FER (2nd)
  14. pre-PARE (2nd)
  15. PRO-test (1st)
  16. de-NY (2nd)
  17. HAP-py (1st)
  18. re-PEAT (2nd)
  19. be-LIEVE (2nd)
  20. de-SERT (2nd)
  21. re-CORD (2nd)
  22. OB-ject (1st)
  23. PROG-ress (1st)
  24. BAS-ket (1st)
  25. con-TEST (2nd)
  26. RE-bel (1st)
  27. IN-sult (1st)
  28. be-LIEVE (2nd)
  29. pro-TECT (2nd)
  30. SIS-ter (1st)
  31. SUB-ject (1st)
  32. for-GIVE (2nd)
  33. re-TURN (2nd)
  34. IM-port (1st)
  35. ob-JECT (2nd)
  36. WIN-dow (1st)
  37. re-PLY (2nd)
  38. PEN-cil (1st)
  39. en-JOY (2nd)
  40. DOC-tor (1st)

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