Word Stress Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 17: Word stress: nouns and verbs · Set 583 · 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.Listen to “begin”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) BE-gin (1st) (b) be-GIN (2nd)
3. 3.Which syllable is stressed in “forgive”? (a) for-GIVE (2nd) (b) FOR-give (1st)
4. 4.Which syllable is stressed in “deny”? (a) DE-ny (1st) (b) de-NY (2nd)
5. 5.“The dentist will extract the tooth.” — where is the stress in “extract” here? (a) ex-TRACT (2nd) (b) EX-tract (1st)
6. 6.Which syllable is stressed in “suggest”? (a) sug-GEST (2nd) (b) SUG-gest (1st)
7. 7.“She broke the world record in the race.” — where is the stress in “record” here? (a) RE-cord (1st) (b) re-CORD (2nd)
8. 8.“His conduct in class is excellent.” — where is the stress in “conduct” here? (a) con-DUCT (2nd) (b) CON-duct (1st)
9. 9.“Each team will present its project to the class.” — where is the stress in “present” here? (a) pre-SENT (2nd) (b) PRE-sent (1st)
10. 10.“Our teacher will conduct the test.” — where is the stress in “conduct” here? (a) CON-duct (1st) (b) con-DUCT (2nd)
11. 11.“Camels can live in the desert.” — where is the stress in “desert” here? (a) DE-sert (1st) (b) de-SERT (2nd)
12. 12.Which syllable is stressed in “return”? (a) re-TURN (2nd) (b) RE-turn (1st)
13. 13.Which syllable is stressed in “summer”? (a) sum-MER (2nd) (b) SUM-mer (1st)
14. 14.Listen to “repeat”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) RE-peat (1st) (b) re-PEAT (2nd)
15. 15.Which syllable is stressed in “survive”? (a) sur-VIVE (2nd) (b) SUR-vive (1st)
16. 16.“The workers held a protest outside.” — where is the stress in “protest” here? (a) PRO-test (1st) (b) pro-TEST (2nd)
17. 17.“I got a birthday present from Grandma.” — where is the stress in “present” here? (a) PRE-sent (1st) (b) pre-SENT (2nd)
18. 18.“The police caught the suspect.” — where is the stress in “suspect” here? (a) SUS-pect (1st) (b) sus-PECT (2nd)
19. 19.Which syllable is stressed in “yellow”? (a) yel-LOW (2nd) (b) YEL-low (1st)
20. 20.Which syllable is stressed in “delete”? (a) DE-lete (1st) (b) de-LETE (2nd)
21. 21.Which syllable is stressed in “rabbit”? (a) rab-BIT (2nd) (b) RAB-bit (1st)
22. 22.Listen to “doctor”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) DOC-tor (1st) (b) doc-TOR (2nd)
23. 23.Which syllable is stressed in “relax”? (a) RE-lax (1st) (b) re-LAX (2nd)
24. 24.“There is a strange object on the table.” — where is the stress in “object” here? (a) ob-JECT (2nd) (b) OB-ject (1st)
25. 25.Listen to “complete”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) COM-plete (1st) (b) com-PLETE (2nd)
26. 26.Which syllable is stressed in “begin”? (a) be-GIN (2nd) (b) BE-gin (1st)
27. 27.“Tea is an important export for India.” — where is the stress in “export” here? (a) EX-port (1st) (b) ex-PORT (2nd)
28. 28.“This toy is an import from Japan.” — where is the stress in “import” here? (a) im-PORT (2nd) (b) IM-port (1st)
29. 29.“Teenagers sometimes rebel against rules.” — where is the stress in “rebel” here? (a) re-BEL (2nd) (b) RE-bel (1st)
30. 30.“You need a permit to park here.” — where is the stress in “permit” here? (a) per-MIT (2nd) (b) PER-mit (1st)
31. 31.Listen to “pencil”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) PEN-cil (1st) (b) pen-CIL (2nd)
32. 32.Listen to “delete”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) DE-lete (1st) (b) de-LETE (2nd)
33. 33.Listen to “basket”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) BAS-ket (1st) (b) bas-KET (2nd)
34. 34.“Your answer is perfect.” — where is the stress in “perfect” here? (a) per-FECT (2nd) (b) PER-fect (1st)
35. 35.Listen to “forget”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) FOR-get (1st) (b) for-GET (2nd)
36. 36.Listen to “picture”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) pic-TURE (2nd) (b) PIC-ture (1st)
37. 37.“We saw a decrease in rainfall.” — where is the stress in “decrease” here? (a) de-CREASE (2nd) (b) DE-crease (1st)
38. 38.Which syllable is stressed in “explain”? (a) ex-PLAIN (2nd) (b) EX-plain (1st)
39. 39.Which syllable is stressed in “protect”? (a) PRO-tect (1st) (b) pro-TECT (2nd)
40. 40.Listen to “forgive”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) FOR-give (1st) (b) for-GIVE (2nd)

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