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Word Stress Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 17: Word stress: nouns and verbs · Set 510 · 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.Which syllable is stressed in “describe”? (a) DE-scribe (1st) (b) de-SCRIBE (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.“There is an increase in prices this year.” — where is the stress in “increase” here? (a) in-CREASE (2nd) (b) IN-crease (1st)
  4. 4.Listen to “relax”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) RE-lax (1st) (b) re-LAX (2nd)
  5. 5.Which syllable is stressed in “monkey”? (a) MON-key (1st) (b) mon-KEY (2nd)
  6. 6.“Each team will present its project to the class.” — where is the stress in “present” here? (a) PRE-sent (1st) (b) pre-SENT (2nd)
  7. 7.Which syllable is stressed in “paper”? (a) pa-PER (2nd) (b) PA-per (1st)
  8. 8.“The dentist will extract the tooth.” — where is the stress in “extract” here? (a) EX-tract (1st) (b) ex-TRACT (2nd)
  9. 9.Which syllable is stressed in “parrot”? (a) par-ROT (2nd) (b) PAR-rot (1st)
  10. 10.“The police caught the suspect.” — where is the stress in “suspect” here? (a) sus-PECT (2nd) (b) SUS-pect (1st)
  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.“A good friend will never desert you.” — where is the stress in “desert” here? (a) DE-sert (1st) (b) de-SERT (2nd)
  13. 13.Which syllable is stressed in “receive”? (a) RE-ceive (1st) (b) re-CEIVE (2nd)
  14. 14.Listen to “yellow”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) YEL-low (1st) (b) yel-LOW (2nd)
  15. 15.“As the days progress, it gets colder.” — where is the stress in “progress” here? (a) prog-RESS (2nd) (b) PROG-ress (1st)
  16. 16.“I suspect that he ate my cake.” — where is the stress in “suspect” here? (a) SUS-pect (1st) (b) sus-PECT (2nd)
  17. 17.Which syllable is stressed in “sister”? (a) sis-TER (2nd) (b) SIS-ter (1st)
  18. 18.Which syllable is stressed in “water”? (a) wa-TER (2nd) (b) WA-ter (1st)
  19. 19.Which syllable is stressed in “repeat”? (a) RE-peat (1st) (b) re-PEAT (2nd)
  20. 20.Which syllable is stressed in “window”? (a) WIN-dow (1st) (b) win-DOW (2nd)
  21. 21.Listen to “rabbit”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) RAB-bit (1st) (b) rab-BIT (2nd)
  22. 22.“This toy is an import from Japan.” — where is the stress in “import” here? (a) im-PORT (2nd) (b) IM-port (1st)
  23. 23.Listen to “water”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) wa-TER (2nd) (b) WA-ter (1st)
  24. 24.“His conduct in class is excellent.” — where is the stress in “conduct” here? (a) CON-duct (1st) (b) con-DUCT (2nd)
  25. 25.Which syllable is stressed in “prefer”? (a) pre-FER (2nd) (b) PRE-fer (1st)
  26. 26.Listen to “teacher”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) TEACH-er (1st) (b) teach-ER (2nd)
  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.“Camels can live in the desert.” — where is the stress in “desert” here? (a) de-SERT (2nd) (b) DE-sert (1st)
  29. 29.Listen to “parrot”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) par-ROT (2nd) (b) PAR-rot (1st)
  30. 30.“Did anyone object to the new rule?” — where is the stress in “object” here? (a) OB-ject (1st) (b) ob-JECT (2nd)
  31. 31.Listen to “complete”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) com-PLETE (2nd) (b) COM-plete (1st)
  32. 32.Which syllable is stressed in “basket”? (a) bas-KET (2nd) (b) BAS-ket (1st)
  33. 33.Which syllable is stressed in “protect”? (a) PRO-tect (1st) (b) pro-TECT (2nd)
  34. 34.“He will contest the election.” — where is the stress in “contest” here? (a) con-TEST (2nd) (b) CON-test (1st)
  35. 35.Listen to “explain”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) EX-plain (1st) (b) ex-PLAIN (2nd)
  36. 36.Which syllable is stressed in “happy”? (a) hap-PY (2nd) (b) HAP-py (1st)
  37. 37.Which syllable is stressed in “modern”? (a) mod-ERN (2nd) (b) MOD-ern (1st)
  38. 38.Listen to “delete”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) DE-lete (1st) (b) de-LETE (2nd)
  39. 39.Listen to “table”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) TA-ble (1st) (b) ta-BLE (2nd)
  40. 40.Listen to “deny”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) de-NY (2nd) (b) DE-ny (1st)

Answer key

  1. de-SCRIBE (2nd)
  2. DE-crease (1st)
  3. IN-crease (1st)
  4. re-LAX (2nd)
  5. MON-key (1st)
  6. pre-SENT (2nd)
  7. PA-per (1st)
  8. ex-TRACT (2nd)
  9. PAR-rot (1st)
  10. SUS-pect (1st)
  11. RE-fund (1st)
  12. de-SERT (2nd)
  13. re-CEIVE (2nd)
  14. YEL-low (1st)
  15. prog-RESS (2nd)
  16. sus-PECT (2nd)
  17. SIS-ter (1st)
  18. WA-ter (1st)
  19. re-PEAT (2nd)
  20. WIN-dow (1st)
  21. RAB-bit (1st)
  22. IM-port (1st)
  23. WA-ter (1st)
  24. CON-duct (1st)
  25. pre-FER (2nd)
  26. TEACH-er (1st)
  27. RE-cord (1st)
  28. DE-sert (1st)
  29. PAR-rot (1st)
  30. ob-JECT (2nd)
  31. com-PLETE (2nd)
  32. BAS-ket (1st)
  33. pro-TECT (2nd)
  34. con-TEST (2nd)
  35. ex-PLAIN (2nd)
  36. HAP-py (1st)
  37. MOD-ern (1st)
  38. de-LETE (2nd)
  39. TA-ble (1st)
  40. de-NY (2nd)

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