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Word Stress Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 17: Word stress: nouns and verbs · Set 55 · 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.“Metals contract when they cool.” — where is the stress in “contract” here? (a) con-TRACT (2nd) (b) CON-tract (1st)
  2. 2.“The dentist will extract the tooth.” — where is the stress in “extract” here? (a) EX-tract (1st) (b) ex-TRACT (2nd)
  3. 3.Listen to “pencil”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) pen-CIL (2nd) (b) PEN-cil (1st)
  4. 4.Which syllable is stressed in “begin”? (a) be-GIN (2nd) (b) BE-gin (1st)
  5. 5.“His conduct in class is excellent.” — where is the stress in “conduct” here? (a) con-DUCT (2nd) (b) CON-duct (1st)
  6. 6.“The police caught the suspect.” — where is the stress in “suspect” here? (a) SUS-pect (1st) (b) sus-PECT (2nd)
  7. 7.Which syllable is stressed in “protect”? (a) pro-TECT (2nd) (b) PRO-tect (1st)
  8. 8.Listen to “begin”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) be-GIN (2nd) (b) BE-gin (1st)
  9. 9.“Let us record a video of the dance.” — where is the stress in “record” here? (a) re-CORD (2nd) (b) RE-cord (1st)
  10. 10.“He will contest the election.” — where is the stress in “contest” here? (a) CON-test (1st) (b) con-TEST (2nd)
  11. 11.Which syllable is stressed in “prepare”? (a) pre-PARE (2nd) (b) PRE-pare (1st)
  12. 12.“She made good progress in English.” — where is the stress in “progress” here? (a) PROG-ress (1st) (b) prog-RESS (2nd)
  13. 13.“He signed a contract with the company.” — where is the stress in “contract” here? (a) con-TRACT (2nd) (b) CON-tract (1st)
  14. 14.“A good friend will never desert you.” — where is the stress in “desert” here? (a) de-SERT (2nd) (b) DE-sert (1st)
  15. 15.Which syllable is stressed in “rabbit”? (a) rab-BIT (2nd) (b) RAB-bit (1st)
  16. 16.Listen to “protect”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) PRO-tect (1st) (b) pro-TECT (2nd)
  17. 17.Listen to “summer”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) sum-MER (2nd) (b) SUM-mer (1st)
  18. 18.Listen to “relax”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) re-LAX (2nd) (b) RE-lax (1st)
  19. 19.“The rules do not permit phones in exams.” — where is the stress in “permit” here? (a) per-MIT (2nd) (b) PER-mit (1st)
  20. 20.“Tea is an important export for India.” — where is the stress in “export” here? (a) EX-port (1st) (b) ex-PORT (2nd)
  21. 21.“I got a birthday present from Grandma.” — where is the stress in “present” here? (a) pre-SENT (2nd) (b) PRE-sent (1st)
  22. 22.“There is an increase in prices this year.” — where is the stress in “increase” here? (a) in-CREASE (2nd) (b) IN-crease (1st)
  23. 23.Listen to “sister”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) sis-TER (2nd) (b) SIS-ter (1st)
  24. 24.Which syllable is stressed in “collect”? (a) COL-lect (1st) (b) col-LECT (2nd)
  25. 25.“Buses are public transport.” — where is the stress in “transport” here? (a) TRANS-port (1st) (b) trans-PORT (2nd)
  26. 26.“The workers held a protest outside.” — where is the stress in “protest” here? (a) PRO-test (1st) (b) pro-TEST (2nd)
  27. 27.Which syllable is stressed in “summer”? (a) sum-MER (2nd) (b) SUM-mer (1st)
  28. 28.“Our teacher will conduct the test.” — where is the stress in “conduct” here? (a) con-DUCT (2nd) (b) CON-duct (1st)
  29. 29.Listen to “invite”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) IN-vite (1st) (b) in-VITE (2nd)
  30. 30.Which syllable is stressed in “reply”? (a) re-PLY (2nd) (b) RE-ply (1st)
  31. 31.Which syllable is stressed in “doctor”? (a) DOC-tor (1st) (b) doc-TOR (2nd)
  32. 32.“Never insult your friends.” — where is the stress in “insult” here? (a) IN-sult (1st) (b) in-SULT (2nd)
  33. 33.Which syllable is stressed in “receive”? (a) RE-ceive (1st) (b) re-CEIVE (2nd)
  34. 34.Listen to “complete”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) COM-plete (1st) (b) com-PLETE (2nd)
  35. 35.“You need a permit to park here.” — where is the stress in “permit” here? (a) per-MIT (2nd) (b) PER-mit (1st)
  36. 36.Which syllable is stressed in “water”? (a) wa-TER (2nd) (b) WA-ter (1st)
  37. 37.Which syllable is stressed in “complete”? (a) COM-plete (1st) (b) com-PLETE (2nd)
  38. 38.Which syllable is stressed in “happy”? (a) hap-PY (2nd) (b) HAP-py (1st)
  39. 39.Listen to “parrot”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) PAR-rot (1st) (b) par-ROT (2nd)
  40. 40.Which syllable is stressed in “apple”? (a) AP-ple (1st) (b) ap-PLE (2nd)

Answer key

  1. con-TRACT (2nd)
  2. ex-TRACT (2nd)
  3. PEN-cil (1st)
  4. be-GIN (2nd)
  5. CON-duct (1st)
  6. SUS-pect (1st)
  7. pro-TECT (2nd)
  8. be-GIN (2nd)
  9. re-CORD (2nd)
  10. con-TEST (2nd)
  11. pre-PARE (2nd)
  12. PROG-ress (1st)
  13. CON-tract (1st)
  14. de-SERT (2nd)
  15. RAB-bit (1st)
  16. pro-TECT (2nd)
  17. SUM-mer (1st)
  18. re-LAX (2nd)
  19. per-MIT (2nd)
  20. EX-port (1st)
  21. PRE-sent (1st)
  22. IN-crease (1st)
  23. SIS-ter (1st)
  24. col-LECT (2nd)
  25. TRANS-port (1st)
  26. PRO-test (1st)
  27. SUM-mer (1st)
  28. con-DUCT (2nd)
  29. in-VITE (2nd)
  30. re-PLY (2nd)
  31. DOC-tor (1st)
  32. in-SULT (2nd)
  33. re-CEIVE (2nd)
  34. com-PLETE (2nd)
  35. PER-mit (1st)
  36. WA-ter (1st)
  37. com-PLETE (2nd)
  38. HAP-py (1st)
  39. PAR-rot (1st)
  40. AP-ple (1st)

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