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Pronunciation lesson 17: Word stress: nouns and verbs · Set 502 · 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.Listen to “respect”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) RE-spect (1st) (b) re-SPECT (2nd)
  2. 2.Which syllable is stressed in “complete”? (a) com-PLETE (2nd) (b) COM-plete (1st)
  3. 3.Which syllable is stressed in “protect”? (a) pro-TECT (2nd) (b) PRO-tect (1st)
  4. 4.“He will contest the election.” — where is the stress in “contest” here? (a) con-TEST (2nd) (b) CON-test (1st)
  5. 5.“Buses are public transport.” — where is the stress in “transport” here? (a) trans-PORT (2nd) (b) TRANS-port (1st)
  6. 6.Which syllable is stressed in “market”? (a) MAR-ket (1st) (b) mar-KET (2nd)
  7. 7.Listen to “enjoy”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) en-JOY (2nd) (b) EN-joy (1st)
  8. 8.Listen to “deny”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) de-NY (2nd) (b) DE-ny (1st)
  9. 9.Listen to “believe”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) be-LIEVE (2nd) (b) BE-lieve (1st)
  10. 10.“Let us record a video of the dance.” — where is the stress in “record” here? (a) re-CORD (2nd) (b) RE-cord (1st)
  11. 11.Which syllable is stressed in “famous”? (a) fa-MOUS (2nd) (b) FA-mous (1st)
  12. 12.Listen to “famous”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) FA-mous (1st) (b) fa-MOUS (2nd)
  13. 13.“Bees produce honey.” — where is the stress in “produce” here? (a) PRO-duce (1st) (b) pro-DUCE (2nd)
  14. 14.Which syllable is stressed in “believe”? (a) be-LIEVE (2nd) (b) BE-lieve (1st)
  15. 15.Which syllable is stressed in “water”? (a) wa-TER (2nd) (b) WA-ter (1st)
  16. 16.Which syllable is stressed in “sister”? (a) SIS-ter (1st) (b) sis-TER (2nd)
  17. 17.Listen to “garden”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) gar-DEN (2nd) (b) GAR-den (1st)
  18. 18.Listen to “prefer”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) pre-FER (2nd) (b) PRE-fer (1st)
  19. 19.Which syllable is stressed in “describe”? (a) DE-scribe (1st) (b) de-SCRIBE (2nd)
  20. 20.Which syllable is stressed in “window”? (a) WIN-dow (1st) (b) win-DOW (2nd)
  21. 21.Which syllable is stressed in “enjoy”? (a) EN-joy (1st) (b) en-JOY (2nd)
  22. 22.Which syllable is stressed in “yellow”? (a) yel-LOW (2nd) (b) YEL-low (1st)
  23. 23.Listen to “relax”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) RE-lax (1st) (b) re-LAX (2nd)
  24. 24.Which syllable is stressed in “happy”? (a) hap-PY (2nd) (b) HAP-py (1st)
  25. 25.“His conduct in class is excellent.” — where is the stress in “conduct” here? (a) CON-duct (1st) (b) con-DUCT (2nd)
  26. 26.Listen to “monkey”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) MON-key (1st) (b) mon-KEY (2nd)
  27. 27.Listen to “happy”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) hap-PY (2nd) (b) HAP-py (1st)
  28. 28.“Our teacher will conduct the test.” — where is the stress in “conduct” here? (a) CON-duct (1st) (b) con-DUCT (2nd)
  29. 29.“Teenagers sometimes rebel against rules.” — where is the stress in “rebel” here? (a) re-BEL (2nd) (b) RE-bel (1st)
  30. 30.“A good friend will never desert you.” — where is the stress in “desert” here? (a) DE-sert (1st) (b) de-SERT (2nd)
  31. 31.Listen to “modern”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) MOD-ern (1st) (b) mod-ERN (2nd)
  32. 32.“She won the singing contest.” — where is the stress in “contest” here? (a) CON-test (1st) (b) con-TEST (2nd)
  33. 33.“This toy is an import from Japan.” — where is the stress in “import” here? (a) IM-port (1st) (b) im-PORT (2nd)
  34. 34.“The rebel refused to obey the king.” — where is the stress in “rebel” here? (a) re-BEL (2nd) (b) RE-bel (1st)
  35. 35.Which syllable is stressed in “decide”? (a) de-CIDE (2nd) (b) DE-cide (1st)
  36. 36.“Maths is my favourite subject.” — where is the stress in “subject” here? (a) SUB-ject (1st) (b) sub-JECT (2nd)
  37. 37.“I got a birthday present from Grandma.” — where is the stress in “present” here? (a) PRE-sent (1st) (b) pre-SENT (2nd)
  38. 38.Listen to “doctor”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) doc-TOR (2nd) (b) DOC-tor (1st)
  39. 39.“Your answer is perfect.” — where is the stress in “perfect” here? (a) PER-fect (1st) (b) per-FECT (2nd)
  40. 40.“I suspect that he ate my cake.” — where is the stress in “suspect” here? (a) SUS-pect (1st) (b) sus-PECT (2nd)

Answer key

  1. re-SPECT (2nd)
  2. com-PLETE (2nd)
  3. pro-TECT (2nd)
  4. con-TEST (2nd)
  5. TRANS-port (1st)
  6. MAR-ket (1st)
  7. en-JOY (2nd)
  8. de-NY (2nd)
  9. be-LIEVE (2nd)
  10. re-CORD (2nd)
  11. FA-mous (1st)
  12. FA-mous (1st)
  13. pro-DUCE (2nd)
  14. be-LIEVE (2nd)
  15. WA-ter (1st)
  16. SIS-ter (1st)
  17. GAR-den (1st)
  18. pre-FER (2nd)
  19. de-SCRIBE (2nd)
  20. WIN-dow (1st)
  21. en-JOY (2nd)
  22. YEL-low (1st)
  23. re-LAX (2nd)
  24. HAP-py (1st)
  25. CON-duct (1st)
  26. MON-key (1st)
  27. HAP-py (1st)
  28. con-DUCT (2nd)
  29. re-BEL (2nd)
  30. de-SERT (2nd)
  31. MOD-ern (1st)
  32. CON-test (1st)
  33. IM-port (1st)
  34. RE-bel (1st)
  35. de-CIDE (2nd)
  36. SUB-ject (1st)
  37. PRE-sent (1st)
  38. DOC-tor (1st)
  39. PER-fect (1st)
  40. sus-PECT (2nd)

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