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Pronunciation lesson 17: Word stress: nouns and verbs · Set 588 · 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.Which syllable is stressed in “deny”? (a) de-NY (2nd) (b) DE-ny (1st)
  2. 2.Listen to “receive”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) RE-ceive (1st) (b) re-CEIVE (2nd)
  3. 3.“Metals contract when they cool.” — where is the stress in “contract” here? (a) con-TRACT (2nd) (b) CON-tract (1st)
  4. 4.Which syllable is stressed in “water”? (a) WA-ter (1st) (b) wa-TER (2nd)
  5. 5.Which syllable is stressed in “describe”? (a) de-SCRIBE (2nd) (b) DE-scribe (1st)
  6. 6.“Did anyone object to the new rule?” — where is the stress in “object” here? (a) ob-JECT (2nd) (b) OB-ject (1st)
  7. 7.Listen to “table”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) TA-ble (1st) (b) ta-BLE (2nd)
  8. 8.Which syllable is stressed in “forget”? (a) for-GET (2nd) (b) FOR-get (1st)
  9. 9.Which syllable is stressed in “parrot”? (a) PAR-rot (1st) (b) par-ROT (2nd)
  10. 10.Listen to “delete”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) de-LETE (2nd) (b) DE-lete (1st)
  11. 11.“He signed a contract with the company.” — where is the stress in “contract” here? (a) con-TRACT (2nd) (b) CON-tract (1st)
  12. 12.Listen to “complete”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) COM-plete (1st) (b) com-PLETE (2nd)
  13. 13.Which syllable is stressed in “relax”? (a) re-LAX (2nd) (b) RE-lax (1st)
  14. 14.“She broke the world record in the race.” — where is the stress in “record” here? (a) RE-cord (1st) (b) re-CORD (2nd)
  15. 15.“The rebel refused to obey the king.” — where is the stress in “rebel” here? (a) RE-bel (1st) (b) re-BEL (2nd)
  16. 16.“You need a permit to park here.” — where is the stress in “permit” here? (a) per-MIT (2nd) (b) PER-mit (1st)
  17. 17.“The rules do not permit phones in exams.” — where is the stress in “permit” here? (a) PER-mit (1st) (b) per-MIT (2nd)
  18. 18.Which syllable is stressed in “monkey”? (a) mon-KEY (2nd) (b) MON-key (1st)
  19. 19.“Bees produce honey.” — where is the stress in “produce” here? (a) PRO-duce (1st) (b) pro-DUCE (2nd)
  20. 20.Which syllable is stressed in “return”? (a) RE-turn (1st) (b) re-TURN (2nd)
  21. 21.Listen to “collect”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) COL-lect (1st) (b) col-LECT (2nd)
  22. 22.“The police caught the suspect.” — where is the stress in “suspect” here? (a) sus-PECT (2nd) (b) SUS-pect (1st)
  23. 23.Listen to “parrot”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) par-ROT (2nd) (b) PAR-rot (1st)
  24. 24.“This toy is an import from Japan.” — where is the stress in “import” here? (a) im-PORT (2nd) (b) IM-port (1st)
  25. 25.Listen to “suggest”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) sug-GEST (2nd) (b) SUG-gest (1st)
  26. 26.Listen to “yellow”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) YEL-low (1st) (b) yel-LOW (2nd)
  27. 27.Listen to “market”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) MAR-ket (1st) (b) mar-KET (2nd)
  28. 28.Which syllable is stressed in “yellow”? (a) YEL-low (1st) (b) yel-LOW (2nd)
  29. 29.“Add a little vanilla extract to the cake.” — where is the stress in “extract” here? (a) EX-tract (1st) (b) ex-TRACT (2nd)
  30. 30.Listen to “enjoy”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) en-JOY (2nd) (b) EN-joy (1st)
  31. 31.Which syllable is stressed in “delete”? (a) DE-lete (1st) (b) de-LETE (2nd)
  32. 32.Listen to “window”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) WIN-dow (1st) (b) win-DOW (2nd)
  33. 33.Listen to “believe”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) be-LIEVE (2nd) (b) BE-lieve (1st)
  34. 34.Which syllable is stressed in “invite”? (a) in-VITE (2nd) (b) IN-vite (1st)
  35. 35.“Let us record a video of the dance.” — where is the stress in “record” here? (a) RE-cord (1st) (b) re-CORD (2nd)
  36. 36.“Never insult your friends.” — where is the stress in “insult” here? (a) in-SULT (2nd) (b) IN-sult (1st)
  37. 37.Listen to “paper”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) PA-per (1st) (b) pa-PER (2nd)
  38. 38.“His conduct in class is excellent.” — where is the stress in “conduct” here? (a) con-DUCT (2nd) (b) CON-duct (1st)
  39. 39.“Our teacher will conduct the test.” — where is the stress in “conduct” here? (a) CON-duct (1st) (b) con-DUCT (2nd)
  40. 40.Which syllable is stressed in “prefer”? (a) PRE-fer (1st) (b) pre-FER (2nd)

Answer key

  1. de-NY (2nd)
  2. re-CEIVE (2nd)
  3. con-TRACT (2nd)
  4. WA-ter (1st)
  5. de-SCRIBE (2nd)
  6. ob-JECT (2nd)
  7. TA-ble (1st)
  8. for-GET (2nd)
  9. PAR-rot (1st)
  10. de-LETE (2nd)
  11. CON-tract (1st)
  12. com-PLETE (2nd)
  13. re-LAX (2nd)
  14. RE-cord (1st)
  15. RE-bel (1st)
  16. PER-mit (1st)
  17. per-MIT (2nd)
  18. MON-key (1st)
  19. pro-DUCE (2nd)
  20. re-TURN (2nd)
  21. col-LECT (2nd)
  22. SUS-pect (1st)
  23. PAR-rot (1st)
  24. IM-port (1st)
  25. sug-GEST (2nd)
  26. YEL-low (1st)
  27. MAR-ket (1st)
  28. YEL-low (1st)
  29. EX-tract (1st)
  30. en-JOY (2nd)
  31. de-LETE (2nd)
  32. WIN-dow (1st)
  33. be-LIEVE (2nd)
  34. in-VITE (2nd)
  35. re-CORD (2nd)
  36. in-SULT (2nd)
  37. PA-per (1st)
  38. CON-duct (1st)
  39. con-DUCT (2nd)
  40. pre-FER (2nd)

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