Word Stress Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 17: Word stress: nouns and verbs · Set 6 · 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.Which syllable is stressed in “yellow”? (a) yel-LOW (2nd) (b) YEL-low (1st)
2. 2.Which syllable is stressed in “rabbit”? (a) RAB-bit (1st) (b) rab-BIT (2nd)
3. 3.Listen to “reply”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) RE-ply (1st) (b) re-PLY (2nd)
4. 4.Which syllable is stressed in “sister”? (a) sis-TER (2nd) (b) SIS-ter (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.Listen to “winter”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) win-TER (2nd) (b) WIN-ter (1st)
7. 7.Which syllable is stressed in “suggest”? (a) SUG-gest (1st) (b) sug-GEST (2nd)
8. 8.“I got a birthday present from Grandma.” — where is the stress in “present” here? (a) pre-SENT (2nd) (b) PRE-sent (1st)
9. 9.“Our teacher will conduct the test.” — where is the stress in “conduct” here? (a) CON-duct (1st) (b) con-DUCT (2nd)
10. 10.“The rules do not permit phones in exams.” — where is the stress in “permit” here? (a) per-MIT (2nd) (b) PER-mit (1st)
11. 11.Which syllable is stressed in “window”? (a) WIN-dow (1st) (b) win-DOW (2nd)
12. 12.Which syllable is stressed in “modern”? (a) MOD-ern (1st) (b) mod-ERN (2nd)
13. 13.“Let us record a video of the dance.” — where is the stress in “record” here? (a) re-CORD (2nd) (b) RE-cord (1st)
14. 14.Which syllable is stressed in “pencil”? (a) PEN-cil (1st) (b) pen-CIL (2nd)
15. 15.Which syllable is stressed in “repeat”? (a) re-PEAT (2nd) (b) RE-peat (1st)
16. 16.Which syllable is stressed in “summer”? (a) sum-MER (2nd) (b) SUM-mer (1st)
17. 17.Which syllable is stressed in “garden”? (a) GAR-den (1st) (b) gar-DEN (2nd)
18. 18.“Did anyone object to the new rule?” — where is the stress in “object” here? (a) ob-JECT (2nd) (b) OB-ject (1st)
19. 19.“Each team will present its project to the class.” — where is the stress in “present” here? (a) pre-SENT (2nd) (b) PRE-sent (1st)
20. 20.“Teenagers sometimes rebel against rules.” — where is the stress in “rebel” here? (a) re-BEL (2nd) (b) RE-bel (1st)
21. 21.“There is a strange object on the table.” — where is the stress in “object” here? (a) OB-ject (1st) (b) ob-JECT (2nd)
22. 22.“You need a permit to park here.” — where is the stress in “permit” here? (a) PER-mit (1st) (b) per-MIT (2nd)
23. 23.“She won the singing contest.” — where is the stress in “contest” here? (a) con-TEST (2nd) (b) CON-test (1st)
24. 24.“The rebel refused to obey the king.” — where is the stress in “rebel” here? (a) re-BEL (2nd) (b) RE-bel (1st)
25. 25.Which syllable is stressed in “deny”? (a) de-NY (2nd) (b) DE-ny (1st)
26. 26.“This toy is an import from Japan.” — where is the stress in “import” here? (a) IM-port (1st) (b) im-PORT (2nd)
27. 27.Which syllable is stressed in “invite”? (a) in-VITE (2nd) (b) IN-vite (1st)
28. 28.Listen to “deny”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) DE-ny (1st) (b) de-NY (2nd)
29. 29.Which syllable is stressed in “market”? (a) mar-KET (2nd) (b) MAR-ket (1st)
30. 30.Listen to “complete”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) COM-plete (1st) (b) com-PLETE (2nd)
31. 31.“The police caught the suspect.” — where is the stress in “suspect” here? (a) SUS-pect (1st) (b) sus-PECT (2nd)
32. 32.“The market sells fresh farm produce.” — where is the stress in “produce” here? (a) pro-DUCE (2nd) (b) PRO-duce (1st)
33. 33.Which syllable is stressed in “happy”? (a) hap-PY (2nd) (b) HAP-py (1st)
34. 34.“Add a little vanilla extract to the cake.” — where is the stress in “extract” here? (a) ex-TRACT (2nd) (b) EX-tract (1st)
35. 35.“Buses are public transport.” — where is the stress in “transport” here? (a) TRANS-port (1st) (b) trans-PORT (2nd)
36. 36.“Metals contract when they cool.” — where is the stress in “contract” here? (a) CON-tract (1st) (b) con-TRACT (2nd)
37. 37.Listen to “parrot”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) par-ROT (2nd) (b) PAR-rot (1st)
38. 38.Listen to “survive”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) SUR-vive (1st) (b) sur-VIVE (2nd)
39. 39.Which syllable is stressed in “forget”? (a) for-GET (2nd) (b) FOR-get (1st)
40. 40.Listen to “apple”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ap-PLE (2nd) (b) AP-ple (1st)

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