Word Stress Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 17: Word stress: nouns and verbs · Set 521 · 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.“There is a strange object on the table.” — where is the stress in “object” here? (a) OB-ject (1st) (b) ob-JECT (2nd)
2. 2.“I got a birthday present from Grandma.” — where is the stress in “present” here? (a) PRE-sent (1st) (b) pre-SENT (2nd)
3. 3.“Camels can live in the desert.” — where is the stress in “desert” here? (a) de-SERT (2nd) (b) DE-sert (1st)
4. 4.“She made good progress in English.” — where is the stress in “progress” here? (a) PROG-ress (1st) (b) prog-RESS (2nd)
5. 5.Listen to “doctor”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) doc-TOR (2nd) (b) DOC-tor (1st)
6. 6.Listen to “garden”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) gar-DEN (2nd) (b) GAR-den (1st)
7. 7.Which syllable is stressed in “modern”? (a) mod-ERN (2nd) (b) MOD-ern (1st)
8. 8.Listen to “water”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) wa-TER (2nd) (b) WA-ter (1st)
9. 9.“The workers held a protest outside.” — where is the stress in “protest” here? (a) PRO-test (1st) (b) pro-TEST (2nd)
10. 10.“Add a little vanilla extract to the cake.” — where is the stress in “extract” here? (a) ex-TRACT (2nd) (b) EX-tract (1st)
11. 11.Which syllable is stressed in “summer”? (a) sum-MER (2nd) (b) SUM-mer (1st)
12. 12.“Calling names is an insult.” — where is the stress in “insult” here? (a) in-SULT (2nd) (b) IN-sult (1st)
13. 13.“This toy is an import from Japan.” — where is the stress in “import” here? (a) IM-port (1st) (b) im-PORT (2nd)
14. 14.Which syllable is stressed in “pencil”? (a) PEN-cil (1st) (b) pen-CIL (2nd)
15. 15.Listen to “carpet”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) CAR-pet (1st) (b) car-PET (2nd)
16. 16.Which syllable is stressed in “carpet”? (a) car-PET (2nd) (b) CAR-pet (1st)
17. 17.Listen to “table”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) TA-ble (1st) (b) ta-BLE (2nd)
18. 18.Which syllable is stressed in “decide”? (a) DE-cide (1st) (b) de-CIDE (2nd)
19. 19.Listen to “delete”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) de-LETE (2nd) (b) DE-lete (1st)
20. 20.Which syllable is stressed in “monkey”? (a) mon-KEY (2nd) (b) MON-key (1st)
21. 21.“You need a permit to park here.” — where is the stress in “permit” here? (a) PER-mit (1st) (b) per-MIT (2nd)
22. 22.Which syllable is stressed in “prefer”? (a) PRE-fer (1st) (b) pre-FER (2nd)
23. 23.Listen to “believe”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) be-LIEVE (2nd) (b) BE-lieve (1st)
24. 24.“The rules do not permit phones in exams.” — where is the stress in “permit” here? (a) PER-mit (1st) (b) per-MIT (2nd)
25. 25.Which syllable is stressed in “forgive”? (a) for-GIVE (2nd) (b) FOR-give (1st)
26. 26.Listen to “receive”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) re-CEIVE (2nd) (b) RE-ceive (1st)
27. 27.Listen to “apple”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) AP-ple (1st) (b) ap-PLE (2nd)
28. 28.Which syllable is stressed in “garden”? (a) gar-DEN (2nd) (b) GAR-den (1st)
29. 29.“The shop gave me a full refund.” — where is the stress in “refund” here? (a) RE-fund (1st) (b) re-FUND (2nd)
30. 30.Listen to “collect”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) col-LECT (2nd) (b) COL-lect (1st)
31. 31.“Your answer is perfect.” — where is the stress in “perfect” here? (a) per-FECT (2nd) (b) PER-fect (1st)
32. 32.“There is an increase in prices this year.” — where is the stress in “increase” here? (a) IN-crease (1st) (b) in-CREASE (2nd)
33. 33.“She won the singing contest.” — where is the stress in “contest” here? (a) con-TEST (2nd) (b) CON-test (1st)
34. 34.“Let us record a video of the dance.” — where is the stress in “record” here? (a) re-CORD (2nd) (b) RE-cord (1st)
35. 35.“Teenagers sometimes rebel against rules.” — where is the stress in “rebel” here? (a) RE-bel (1st) (b) re-BEL (2nd)
36. 36.Which syllable is stressed in “prepare”? (a) pre-PARE (2nd) (b) PRE-pare (1st)
37. 37.Which syllable is stressed in “invite”? (a) in-VITE (2nd) (b) IN-vite (1st)
38. 38.Which syllable is stressed in “complete”? (a) COM-plete (1st) (b) com-PLETE (2nd)
39. 39.Which syllable is stressed in “forget”? (a) FOR-get (1st) (b) for-GET (2nd)
40. 40.Which syllable is stressed in “protect”? (a) pro-TECT (2nd) (b) PRO-tect (1st)

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