Word Stress Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 17: Word stress: nouns and verbs · Set 532 · 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.“The police caught the suspect.” — where is the stress in “suspect” here? (a) sus-PECT (2nd) (b) SUS-pect (1st)
2. 2.Which syllable is stressed in “rabbit”? (a) rab-BIT (2nd) (b) RAB-bit (1st)
3. 3.“Did anyone object to the new rule?” — where is the stress in “object” here? (a) ob-JECT (2nd) (b) OB-ject (1st)
4. 4.“The market sells fresh farm produce.” — where is the stress in “produce” here? (a) pro-DUCE (2nd) (b) PRO-duce (1st)
5. 5.Which syllable is stressed in “water”? (a) wa-TER (2nd) (b) WA-ter (1st)
6. 6.“There is an increase in prices this year.” — where is the stress in “increase” here? (a) in-CREASE (2nd) (b) IN-crease (1st)
7. 7.“Add a little vanilla extract to the cake.” — where is the stress in “extract” here? (a) EX-tract (1st) (b) ex-TRACT (2nd)
8. 8.Listen to “picture”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) PIC-ture (1st) (b) pic-TURE (2nd)
9. 9.“We saw a decrease in rainfall.” — where is the stress in “decrease” here? (a) DE-crease (1st) (b) de-CREASE (2nd)
10. 10.Listen to “winter”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) WIN-ter (1st) (b) win-TER (2nd)
11. 11.“Never insult your friends.” — where is the stress in “insult” here? (a) IN-sult (1st) (b) in-SULT (2nd)
12. 12.Listen to “basket”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) BAS-ket (1st) (b) bas-KET (2nd)
13. 13.Listen to “suggest”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) SUG-gest (1st) (b) sug-GEST (2nd)
14. 14.Listen to “believe”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) be-LIEVE (2nd) (b) BE-lieve (1st)
15. 15.“Camels can live in the desert.” — where is the stress in “desert” here? (a) de-SERT (2nd) (b) DE-sert (1st)
16. 16.Which syllable is stressed in “prefer”? (a) PRE-fer (1st) (b) pre-FER (2nd)
17. 17.Which syllable is stressed in “happy”? (a) hap-PY (2nd) (b) HAP-py (1st)
18. 18.Listen to “forgive”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) for-GIVE (2nd) (b) FOR-give (1st)
19. 19.Listen to “famous”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) FA-mous (1st) (b) fa-MOUS (2nd)
20. 20.“Each team will present its project to the class.” — where is the stress in “present” here? (a) PRE-sent (1st) (b) pre-SENT (2nd)
21. 21.Which syllable is stressed in “prepare”? (a) pre-PARE (2nd) (b) PRE-pare (1st)
22. 22.Listen to “repeat”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) RE-peat (1st) (b) re-PEAT (2nd)
23. 23.“Tea is an important export for India.” — where is the stress in “export” here? (a) EX-port (1st) (b) ex-PORT (2nd)
24. 24.“This toy is an import from Japan.” — where is the stress in “import” here? (a) IM-port (1st) (b) im-PORT (2nd)
25. 25.Listen to “garden”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) gar-DEN (2nd) (b) GAR-den (1st)
26. 26.Which syllable is stressed in “teacher”? (a) TEACH-er (1st) (b) teach-ER (2nd)
27. 27.“You need a permit to park here.” — where is the stress in “permit” here? (a) per-MIT (2nd) (b) PER-mit (1st)
28. 28.“The shop gave me a full refund.” — where is the stress in “refund” here? (a) re-FUND (2nd) (b) RE-fund (1st)
29. 29.Which syllable is stressed in “survive”? (a) sur-VIVE (2nd) (b) SUR-vive (1st)
30. 30.Which syllable is stressed in “forgive”? (a) FOR-give (1st) (b) for-GIVE (2nd)
31. 31.“As the days progress, it gets colder.” — where is the stress in “progress” here? (a) PROG-ress (1st) (b) prog-RESS (2nd)
32. 32.“Metals contract when they cool.” — where is the stress in “contract” here? (a) CON-tract (1st) (b) con-TRACT (2nd)
33. 33.“I suspect that he ate my cake.” — where is the stress in “suspect” here? (a) sus-PECT (2nd) (b) SUS-pect (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.Which syllable is stressed in “monkey”? (a) MON-key (1st) (b) mon-KEY (2nd)
36. 36.“A good friend will never desert you.” — where is the stress in “desert” here? (a) de-SERT (2nd) (b) DE-sert (1st)
37. 37.“She won the singing contest.” — where is the stress in “contest” here? (a) con-TEST (2nd) (b) CON-test (1st)
38. 38.“The dentist will extract the tooth.” — where is the stress in “extract” here? (a) ex-TRACT (2nd) (b) EX-tract (1st)
39. 39.Listen to “pencil”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) pen-CIL (2nd) (b) PEN-cil (1st)
40. 40.Listen to “yellow”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) yel-LOW (2nd) (b) YEL-low (1st)

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