Word Stress Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 17: Word stress: nouns and verbs · Set 509 · 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 “winter”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) win-TER (2nd) (b) WIN-ter (1st)
2. 2.“I got a birthday present from Grandma.” — where is the stress in “present” here? (a) pre-SENT (2nd) (b) PRE-sent (1st)
3. 3.“There is a strange object on the table.” — where is the stress in “object” here? (a) OB-ject (1st) (b) ob-JECT (2nd)
4. 4.Which syllable is stressed in “table”? (a) TA-ble (1st) (b) ta-BLE (2nd)
5. 5.Which syllable is stressed in “modern”? (a) mod-ERN (2nd) (b) MOD-ern (1st)
6. 6.Listen to “paper”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) PA-per (1st) (b) pa-PER (2nd)
7. 7.Listen to “picture”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) PIC-ture (1st) (b) pic-TURE (2nd)
8. 8.Which syllable is stressed in “forgive”? (a) for-GIVE (2nd) (b) FOR-give (1st)
9. 9.Which syllable is stressed in “enjoy”? (a) EN-joy (1st) (b) en-JOY (2nd)
10. 10.“Calling names is an insult.” — where is the stress in “insult” here? (a) IN-sult (1st) (b) in-SULT (2nd)
11. 11.“The police caught the suspect.” — where is the stress in “suspect” here? (a) SUS-pect (1st) (b) sus-PECT (2nd)
12. 12.Listen to “enjoy”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) EN-joy (1st) (b) en-JOY (2nd)
13. 13.“Never insult your friends.” — where is the stress in “insult” here? (a) in-SULT (2nd) (b) IN-sult (1st)
14. 14.“Bees produce honey.” — where is the stress in “produce” here? (a) PRO-duce (1st) (b) pro-DUCE (2nd)
15. 15.Which syllable is stressed in “relax”? (a) re-LAX (2nd) (b) RE-lax (1st)
16. 16.Which syllable is stressed in “pencil”? (a) pen-CIL (2nd) (b) PEN-cil (1st)
17. 17.Which syllable is stressed in “happy”? (a) hap-PY (2nd) (b) HAP-py (1st)
18. 18.“Our teacher will conduct the test.” — where is the stress in “conduct” here? (a) con-DUCT (2nd) (b) CON-duct (1st)
19. 19.“Tea is an important export for India.” — where is the stress in “export” here? (a) ex-PORT (2nd) (b) EX-port (1st)
20. 20.“Each team will present its project to the class.” — where is the stress in “present” here? (a) pre-SENT (2nd) (b) PRE-sent (1st)
21. 21.“Camels can live in the desert.” — where is the stress in “desert” here? (a) de-SERT (2nd) (b) DE-sert (1st)
22. 22.“We saw a decrease in rainfall.” — where is the stress in “decrease” here? (a) DE-crease (1st) (b) de-CREASE (2nd)
23. 23.Which syllable is stressed in “parrot”? (a) par-ROT (2nd) (b) PAR-rot (1st)
24. 24.Listen to “return”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) RE-turn (1st) (b) re-TURN (2nd)
25. 25.“I suspect that he ate my cake.” — where is the stress in “suspect” here? (a) SUS-pect (1st) (b) sus-PECT (2nd)
26. 26.Which syllable is stressed in “reply”? (a) RE-ply (1st) (b) re-PLY (2nd)
27. 27.“Let us record a video of the dance.” — where is the stress in “record” here? (a) RE-cord (1st) (b) re-CORD (2nd)
28. 28.Listen to “forget”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) for-GET (2nd) (b) FOR-get (1st)
29. 29.Which syllable is stressed in “believe”? (a) BE-lieve (1st) (b) be-LIEVE (2nd)
30. 30.Which syllable is stressed in “carpet”? (a) car-PET (2nd) (b) CAR-pet (1st)
31. 31.Which syllable is stressed in “explain”? (a) EX-plain (1st) (b) ex-PLAIN (2nd)
32. 32.“As the days progress, it gets colder.” — where is the stress in “progress” here? (a) prog-RESS (2nd) (b) PROG-ress (1st)
33. 33.Which syllable is stressed in “decide”? (a) DE-cide (1st) (b) de-CIDE (2nd)
34. 34.Listen to “carpet”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) CAR-pet (1st) (b) car-PET (2nd)
35. 35.“His conduct in class is excellent.” — where is the stress in “conduct” here? (a) CON-duct (1st) (b) con-DUCT (2nd)
36. 36.Listen to “begin”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) BE-gin (1st) (b) be-GIN (2nd)
37. 37.Which syllable is stressed in “picture”? (a) PIC-ture (1st) (b) pic-TURE (2nd)
38. 38.Which syllable is stressed in “collect”? (a) COL-lect (1st) (b) col-LECT (2nd)
39. 39.Listen to “receive”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) RE-ceive (1st) (b) re-CEIVE (2nd)
40. 40.Listen to “delete”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) de-LETE (2nd) (b) DE-lete (1st)

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