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Word Stress Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 17: Word stress: nouns and verbs · Set 557 · 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.“Let us record a video of the dance.” — where is the stress in “record” here? (a) RE-cord (1st) (b) re-CORD (2nd)
  2. 2.Which syllable is stressed in “enjoy”? (a) EN-joy (1st) (b) en-JOY (2nd)
  3. 3.“I got a birthday present from Grandma.” — where is the stress in “present” here? (a) pre-SENT (2nd) (b) PRE-sent (1st)
  4. 4.“Never insult your friends.” — where is the stress in “insult” here? (a) IN-sult (1st) (b) in-SULT (2nd)
  5. 5.Which syllable is stressed in “prefer”? (a) PRE-fer (1st) (b) pre-FER (2nd)
  6. 6.“Your answer is perfect.” — where is the stress in “perfect” here? (a) PER-fect (1st) (b) per-FECT (2nd)
  7. 7.Listen to “pencil”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) pen-CIL (2nd) (b) PEN-cil (1st)
  8. 8.Which syllable is stressed in “doctor”? (a) doc-TOR (2nd) (b) DOC-tor (1st)
  9. 9.Listen to “believe”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) BE-lieve (1st) (b) be-LIEVE (2nd)
  10. 10.“The police caught the suspect.” — where is the stress in “suspect” here? (a) sus-PECT (2nd) (b) SUS-pect (1st)
  11. 11.Listen to “invite”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) IN-vite (1st) (b) in-VITE (2nd)
  12. 12.Listen to “prepare”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) pre-PARE (2nd) (b) PRE-pare (1st)
  13. 13.Listen to “yellow”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) YEL-low (1st) (b) yel-LOW (2nd)
  14. 14.Which syllable is stressed in “survive”? (a) sur-VIVE (2nd) (b) SUR-vive (1st)
  15. 15.“The market sells fresh farm produce.” — where is the stress in “produce” here? (a) PRO-duce (1st) (b) pro-DUCE (2nd)
  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 “believe”? (a) BE-lieve (1st) (b) be-LIEVE (2nd)
  18. 18.Listen to “water”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) WA-ter (1st) (b) wa-TER (2nd)
  19. 19.Which syllable is stressed in “prepare”? (a) PRE-pare (1st) (b) pre-PARE (2nd)
  20. 20.Which syllable is stressed in “receive”? (a) re-CEIVE (2nd) (b) RE-ceive (1st)
  21. 21.“He will contest the election.” — where is the stress in “contest” here? (a) con-TEST (2nd) (b) CON-test (1st)
  22. 22.Which syllable is stressed in “summer”? (a) SUM-mer (1st) (b) sum-MER (2nd)
  23. 23.Which syllable is stressed in “happy”? (a) hap-PY (2nd) (b) HAP-py (1st)
  24. 24.“Maths is my favourite subject.” — where is the stress in “subject” here? (a) SUB-ject (1st) (b) sub-JECT (2nd)
  25. 25.“Metals contract when they cool.” — where is the stress in “contract” here? (a) con-TRACT (2nd) (b) CON-tract (1st)
  26. 26.Listen to “prefer”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) PRE-fer (1st) (b) pre-FER (2nd)
  27. 27.Which syllable is stressed in “monkey”? (a) mon-KEY (2nd) (b) MON-key (1st)
  28. 28.“Did anyone object to the new rule?” — where is the stress in “object” here? (a) ob-JECT (2nd) (b) OB-ject (1st)
  29. 29.“This toy is an import from Japan.” — where is the stress in “import” here? (a) IM-port (1st) (b) im-PORT (2nd)
  30. 30.Which syllable is stressed in “describe”? (a) DE-scribe (1st) (b) de-SCRIBE (2nd)
  31. 31.“A good friend will never desert you.” — where is the stress in “desert” here? (a) de-SERT (2nd) (b) DE-sert (1st)
  32. 32.Listen to “window”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) win-DOW (2nd) (b) WIN-dow (1st)
  33. 33.Which syllable is stressed in “picture”? (a) pic-TURE (2nd) (b) PIC-ture (1st)
  34. 34.Which syllable is stressed in “decide”? (a) DE-cide (1st) (b) de-CIDE (2nd)
  35. 35.Which syllable is stressed in “famous”? (a) FA-mous (1st) (b) fa-MOUS (2nd)
  36. 36.“The dentist will extract the tooth.” — where is the stress in “extract” here? (a) EX-tract (1st) (b) ex-TRACT (2nd)
  37. 37.“Buses are public transport.” — where is the stress in “transport” here? (a) trans-PORT (2nd) (b) TRANS-port (1st)
  38. 38.Listen to “deny”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) de-NY (2nd) (b) DE-ny (1st)
  39. 39.Which syllable is stressed in “garden”? (a) gar-DEN (2nd) (b) GAR-den (1st)
  40. 40.Which syllable is stressed in “pencil”? (a) pen-CIL (2nd) (b) PEN-cil (1st)

Answer key

  1. re-CORD (2nd)
  2. en-JOY (2nd)
  3. PRE-sent (1st)
  4. in-SULT (2nd)
  5. pre-FER (2nd)
  6. PER-fect (1st)
  7. PEN-cil (1st)
  8. DOC-tor (1st)
  9. be-LIEVE (2nd)
  10. SUS-pect (1st)
  11. in-VITE (2nd)
  12. pre-PARE (2nd)
  13. YEL-low (1st)
  14. sur-VIVE (2nd)
  15. PRO-duce (1st)
  16. sus-PECT (2nd)
  17. be-LIEVE (2nd)
  18. WA-ter (1st)
  19. pre-PARE (2nd)
  20. re-CEIVE (2nd)
  21. con-TEST (2nd)
  22. SUM-mer (1st)
  23. HAP-py (1st)
  24. SUB-ject (1st)
  25. con-TRACT (2nd)
  26. pre-FER (2nd)
  27. MON-key (1st)
  28. ob-JECT (2nd)
  29. IM-port (1st)
  30. de-SCRIBE (2nd)
  31. de-SERT (2nd)
  32. WIN-dow (1st)
  33. PIC-ture (1st)
  34. de-CIDE (2nd)
  35. FA-mous (1st)
  36. ex-TRACT (2nd)
  37. TRANS-port (1st)
  38. de-NY (2nd)
  39. GAR-den (1st)
  40. PEN-cil (1st)

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