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Pronunciation lesson 17: Word stress: nouns and verbs · Set 587 · 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.“I got a birthday present from Grandma.” — where is the stress in “present” here? (a) PRE-sent (1st) (b) pre-SENT (2nd)
  2. 2.“Teenagers sometimes rebel against rules.” — where is the stress in “rebel” here? (a) re-BEL (2nd) (b) RE-bel (1st)
  3. 3.“The police caught the suspect.” — where is the stress in “suspect” here? (a) sus-PECT (2nd) (b) SUS-pect (1st)
  4. 4.Listen to “receive”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) re-CEIVE (2nd) (b) RE-ceive (1st)
  5. 5.Which syllable is stressed in “market”? (a) mar-KET (2nd) (b) MAR-ket (1st)
  6. 6.“She made good progress in English.” — where is the stress in “progress” here? (a) prog-RESS (2nd) (b) PROG-ress (1st)
  7. 7.Listen to “garden”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) GAR-den (1st) (b) gar-DEN (2nd)
  8. 8.“Buses are public transport.” — where is the stress in “transport” here? (a) trans-PORT (2nd) (b) TRANS-port (1st)
  9. 9.Which syllable is stressed in “rabbit”? (a) RAB-bit (1st) (b) rab-BIT (2nd)
  10. 10.Which syllable is stressed in “carpet”? (a) car-PET (2nd) (b) CAR-pet (1st)
  11. 11.“Tea is an important export for India.” — where is the stress in “export” here? (a) EX-port (1st) (b) ex-PORT (2nd)
  12. 12.“The shop gave me a full refund.” — where is the stress in “refund” here? (a) re-FUND (2nd) (b) RE-fund (1st)
  13. 13.Which syllable is stressed in “doctor”? (a) doc-TOR (2nd) (b) DOC-tor (1st)
  14. 14.“As the days progress, it gets colder.” — where is the stress in “progress” here? (a) PROG-ress (1st) (b) prog-RESS (2nd)
  15. 15.Listen to “happy”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) HAP-py (1st) (b) hap-PY (2nd)
  16. 16.Listen to “paper”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) PA-per (1st) (b) pa-PER (2nd)
  17. 17.Listen to “rabbit”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) RAB-bit (1st) (b) rab-BIT (2nd)
  18. 18.Which syllable is stressed in “begin”? (a) be-GIN (2nd) (b) BE-gin (1st)
  19. 19.“Did anyone object to the new rule?” — where is the stress in “object” here? (a) OB-ject (1st) (b) ob-JECT (2nd)
  20. 20.“Never insult your friends.” — where is the stress in “insult” here? (a) IN-sult (1st) (b) in-SULT (2nd)
  21. 21.“There is a strange object on the table.” — where is the stress in “object” here? (a) ob-JECT (2nd) (b) OB-ject (1st)
  22. 22.Listen to “protect”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) PRO-tect (1st) (b) pro-TECT (2nd)
  23. 23.Listen to “basket”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) bas-KET (2nd) (b) BAS-ket (1st)
  24. 24.“Our teacher will conduct the test.” — where is the stress in “conduct” here? (a) CON-duct (1st) (b) con-DUCT (2nd)
  25. 25.Which syllable is stressed in “decide”? (a) de-CIDE (2nd) (b) DE-cide (1st)
  26. 26.Listen to “teacher”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) TEACH-er (1st) (b) teach-ER (2nd)
  27. 27.Which syllable is stressed in “garden”? (a) gar-DEN (2nd) (b) GAR-den (1st)
  28. 28.“He signed a contract with the company.” — where is the stress in “contract” here? (a) con-TRACT (2nd) (b) CON-tract (1st)
  29. 29.Which syllable is stressed in “enjoy”? (a) en-JOY (2nd) (b) EN-joy (1st)
  30. 30.Which syllable is stressed in “sister”? (a) SIS-ter (1st) (b) sis-TER (2nd)
  31. 31.“Let us record a video of the dance.” — where is the stress in “record” here? (a) RE-cord (1st) (b) re-CORD (2nd)
  32. 32.“Bees produce honey.” — where is the stress in “produce” here? (a) pro-DUCE (2nd) (b) PRO-duce (1st)
  33. 33.Which syllable is stressed in “famous”? (a) fa-MOUS (2nd) (b) FA-mous (1st)
  34. 34.Listen to “pencil”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) PEN-cil (1st) (b) pen-CIL (2nd)
  35. 35.“There is an increase in prices this year.” — where is the stress in “increase” here? (a) IN-crease (1st) (b) in-CREASE (2nd)
  36. 36.Which syllable is stressed in “collect”? (a) COL-lect (1st) (b) col-LECT (2nd)
  37. 37.Which syllable is stressed in “forget”? (a) FOR-get (1st) (b) for-GET (2nd)
  38. 38.Which syllable is stressed in “describe”? (a) de-SCRIBE (2nd) (b) DE-scribe (1st)
  39. 39.Which syllable is stressed in “window”? (a) WIN-dow (1st) (b) win-DOW (2nd)
  40. 40.Which syllable is stressed in “respect”? (a) RE-spect (1st) (b) re-SPECT (2nd)

Answer key

  1. PRE-sent (1st)
  2. re-BEL (2nd)
  3. SUS-pect (1st)
  4. re-CEIVE (2nd)
  5. MAR-ket (1st)
  6. PROG-ress (1st)
  7. GAR-den (1st)
  8. TRANS-port (1st)
  9. RAB-bit (1st)
  10. CAR-pet (1st)
  11. EX-port (1st)
  12. RE-fund (1st)
  13. DOC-tor (1st)
  14. prog-RESS (2nd)
  15. HAP-py (1st)
  16. PA-per (1st)
  17. RAB-bit (1st)
  18. be-GIN (2nd)
  19. ob-JECT (2nd)
  20. in-SULT (2nd)
  21. OB-ject (1st)
  22. pro-TECT (2nd)
  23. BAS-ket (1st)
  24. con-DUCT (2nd)
  25. de-CIDE (2nd)
  26. TEACH-er (1st)
  27. GAR-den (1st)
  28. CON-tract (1st)
  29. en-JOY (2nd)
  30. SIS-ter (1st)
  31. re-CORD (2nd)
  32. pro-DUCE (2nd)
  33. FA-mous (1st)
  34. PEN-cil (1st)
  35. IN-crease (1st)
  36. col-LECT (2nd)
  37. for-GET (2nd)
  38. de-SCRIBE (2nd)
  39. WIN-dow (1st)
  40. re-SPECT (2nd)

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