Word Stress Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 17: Word stress: nouns and verbs · Set 533 · 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 market sells fresh farm produce.” — where is the stress in “produce” here? (a) PRO-duce (1st) (b) pro-DUCE (2nd)
2. 2.Which syllable is stressed in “relax”? (a) re-LAX (2nd) (b) RE-lax (1st)
3. 3.Which syllable is stressed in “return”? (a) re-TURN (2nd) (b) RE-turn (1st)
4. 4.“Teenagers sometimes rebel against rules.” — where is the stress in “rebel” here? (a) re-BEL (2nd) (b) RE-bel (1st)
5. 5.Listen to “garden”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) gar-DEN (2nd) (b) GAR-den (1st)
6. 6.Listen to “market”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) MAR-ket (1st) (b) mar-KET (2nd)
7. 7.“This toy is an import from Japan.” — where is the stress in “import” here? (a) im-PORT (2nd) (b) IM-port (1st)
8. 8.Listen to “paper”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) PA-per (1st) (b) pa-PER (2nd)
9. 9.Which syllable is stressed in “deny”? (a) DE-ny (1st) (b) de-NY (2nd)
10. 10.Listen to “respect”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) RE-spect (1st) (b) re-SPECT (2nd)
11. 11.“Camels can live in the desert.” — where is the stress in “desert” here? (a) de-SERT (2nd) (b) DE-sert (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.“He will contest the election.” — where is the stress in “contest” here? (a) CON-test (1st) (b) con-TEST (2nd)
14. 14.Listen to “happy”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) hap-PY (2nd) (b) HAP-py (1st)
15. 15.“Never insult your friends.” — where is the stress in “insult” here? (a) in-SULT (2nd) (b) IN-sult (1st)
16. 16.Which syllable is stressed in “monkey”? (a) MON-key (1st) (b) mon-KEY (2nd)
17. 17.Which syllable is stressed in “prepare”? (a) PRE-pare (1st) (b) pre-PARE (2nd)
18. 18.Listen to “famous”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) FA-mous (1st) (b) fa-MOUS (2nd)
19. 19.“She broke the world record in the race.” — where is the stress in “record” here? (a) re-CORD (2nd) (b) RE-cord (1st)
20. 20.Which syllable is stressed in “market”? (a) mar-KET (2nd) (b) MAR-ket (1st)
21. 21.Listen to “forget”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) for-GET (2nd) (b) FOR-get (1st)
22. 22.“The shop gave me a full refund.” — where is the stress in “refund” here? (a) re-FUND (2nd) (b) RE-fund (1st)
23. 23.Listen to “complete”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) COM-plete (1st) (b) com-PLETE (2nd)
24. 24.Listen to “carpet”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) CAR-pet (1st) (b) car-PET (2nd)
25. 25.Which syllable is stressed in “teacher”? (a) TEACH-er (1st) (b) teach-ER (2nd)
26. 26.Listen to “pencil”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) PEN-cil (1st) (b) pen-CIL (2nd)
27. 27.Listen to “summer”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) sum-MER (2nd) (b) SUM-mer (1st)
28. 28.“Did anyone object to the new rule?” — where is the stress in “object” here? (a) OB-ject (1st) (b) ob-JECT (2nd)
29. 29.“As the days progress, it gets colder.” — where is the stress in “progress” here? (a) prog-RESS (2nd) (b) PROG-ress (1st)
30. 30.“His conduct in class is excellent.” — where is the stress in “conduct” here? (a) CON-duct (1st) (b) con-DUCT (2nd)
31. 31.Which syllable is stressed in “window”? (a) WIN-dow (1st) (b) win-DOW (2nd)
32. 32.Which syllable is stressed in “receive”? (a) RE-ceive (1st) (b) re-CEIVE (2nd)
33. 33.Which syllable is stressed in “complete”? (a) COM-plete (1st) (b) com-PLETE (2nd)
34. 34.“He signed a contract with the company.” — where is the stress in “contract” here? (a) con-TRACT (2nd) (b) CON-tract (1st)
35. 35.Which syllable is stressed in “protect”? (a) PRO-tect (1st) (b) pro-TECT (2nd)
36. 36.Which syllable is stressed in “begin”? (a) BE-gin (1st) (b) be-GIN (2nd)
37. 37.“You need a permit to park here.” — where is the stress in “permit” here? (a) PER-mit (1st) (b) per-MIT (2nd)
38. 38.“There is a strange object on the table.” — where is the stress in “object” here? (a) ob-JECT (2nd) (b) OB-ject (1st)
39. 39.“Your answer is perfect.” — where is the stress in “perfect” here? (a) PER-fect (1st) (b) per-FECT (2nd)
40. 40.Listen to “forgive”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) FOR-give (1st) (b) for-GIVE (2nd)

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