Word Stress Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 17: Word stress: nouns and verbs · Set 501 · 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.Listen to “water”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) WA-ter (1st) (b) wa-TER (2nd)
2. 2.“We saw a decrease in rainfall.” — where is the stress in “decrease” here? (a) DE-crease (1st) (b) de-CREASE (2nd)
3. 3.“The rules do not permit phones in exams.” — where is the stress in “permit” here? (a) PER-mit (1st) (b) per-MIT (2nd)
4. 4.“The workers held a protest outside.” — where is the stress in “protest” here? (a) PRO-test (1st) (b) pro-TEST (2nd)
5. 5.“Metals contract when they cool.” — where is the stress in “contract” here? (a) CON-tract (1st) (b) con-TRACT (2nd)
6. 6.Listen to “garden”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) gar-DEN (2nd) (b) GAR-den (1st)
7. 7.“Calling names is an insult.” — where is the stress in “insult” here? (a) in-SULT (2nd) (b) IN-sult (1st)
8. 8.Listen to “monkey”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) mon-KEY (2nd) (b) MON-key (1st)
9. 9.“I suspect that he ate my cake.” — where is the stress in “suspect” here? (a) sus-PECT (2nd) (b) SUS-pect (1st)
10. 10.“As the days progress, it gets colder.” — where is the stress in “progress” here? (a) prog-RESS (2nd) (b) PROG-ress (1st)
11. 11.“The dentist will extract the tooth.” — where is the stress in “extract” here? (a) ex-TRACT (2nd) (b) EX-tract (1st)
12. 12.Which syllable is stressed in “monkey”? (a) MON-key (1st) (b) mon-KEY (2nd)
13. 13.“Teenagers sometimes rebel against rules.” — where is the stress in “rebel” here? (a) RE-bel (1st) (b) re-BEL (2nd)
14. 14.Which syllable is stressed in “collect”? (a) col-LECT (2nd) (b) COL-lect (1st)
15. 15.Which syllable is stressed in “basket”? (a) BAS-ket (1st) (b) bas-KET (2nd)
16. 16.“There is a strange object on the table.” — where is the stress in “object” here? (a) OB-ject (1st) (b) ob-JECT (2nd)
17. 17.Listen to “basket”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) bas-KET (2nd) (b) BAS-ket (1st)
18. 18.“His conduct in class is excellent.” — where is the stress in “conduct” here? (a) con-DUCT (2nd) (b) CON-duct (1st)
19. 19.Listen to “picture”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) pic-TURE (2nd) (b) PIC-ture (1st)
20. 20.Which syllable is stressed in “garden”? (a) gar-DEN (2nd) (b) GAR-den (1st)
21. 21.Which syllable is stressed in “yellow”? (a) yel-LOW (2nd) (b) YEL-low (1st)
22. 22.Which syllable is stressed in “window”? (a) WIN-dow (1st) (b) win-DOW (2nd)
23. 23.“Maths is my favourite subject.” — where is the stress in “subject” here? (a) SUB-ject (1st) (b) sub-JECT (2nd)
24. 24.“Camels can live in the desert.” — where is the stress in “desert” here? (a) de-SERT (2nd) (b) DE-sert (1st)
25. 25.Listen to “forgive”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) for-GIVE (2nd) (b) FOR-give (1st)
26. 26.Listen to “winter”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) win-TER (2nd) (b) WIN-ter (1st)
27. 27.“She broke the world record in the race.” — where is the stress in “record” here? (a) re-CORD (2nd) (b) RE-cord (1st)
28. 28.“Never insult your friends.” — where is the stress in “insult” here? (a) IN-sult (1st) (b) in-SULT (2nd)
29. 29.Which syllable is stressed in “suggest”? (a) SUG-gest (1st) (b) sug-GEST (2nd)
30. 30.“He signed a contract with the company.” — where is the stress in “contract” here? (a) CON-tract (1st) (b) con-TRACT (2nd)
31. 31.Which syllable is stressed in “picture”? (a) pic-TURE (2nd) (b) PIC-ture (1st)
32. 32.“Our teacher will conduct the test.” — where is the stress in “conduct” here? (a) con-DUCT (2nd) (b) CON-duct (1st)
33. 33.Which syllable is stressed in “happy”? (a) hap-PY (2nd) (b) HAP-py (1st)
34. 34.“She made good progress in English.” — where is the stress in “progress” here? (a) PROG-ress (1st) (b) prog-RESS (2nd)
35. 35.“Let us record a video of the dance.” — where is the stress in “record” here? (a) RE-cord (1st) (b) re-CORD (2nd)
36. 36.Listen to “explain”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ex-PLAIN (2nd) (b) EX-plain (1st)
37. 37.Which syllable is stressed in “protect”? (a) PRO-tect (1st) (b) pro-TECT (2nd)
38. 38.“She won the singing contest.” — where is the stress in “contest” here? (a) con-TEST (2nd) (b) CON-test (1st)
39. 39.Listen to “famous”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) FA-mous (1st) (b) fa-MOUS (2nd)
40. 40.“Your answer is perfect.” — where is the stress in “perfect” here? (a) per-FECT (2nd) (b) PER-fect (1st)

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