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Pronunciation lesson 17: Word stress: nouns and verbs · Set 610 · 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 “decide”? (a) de-CIDE (2nd) (b) DE-cide (1st)
  2. 2.“A good friend will never desert you.” — where is the stress in “desert” here? (a) DE-sert (1st) (b) de-SERT (2nd)
  3. 3.“His conduct in class is excellent.” — where is the stress in “conduct” here? (a) con-DUCT (2nd) (b) CON-duct (1st)
  4. 4.Listen to “prefer”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) pre-FER (2nd) (b) PRE-fer (1st)
  5. 5.“Let us record a video of the dance.” — where is the stress in “record” here? (a) RE-cord (1st) (b) re-CORD (2nd)
  6. 6.“You need a permit to park here.” — where is the stress in “permit” here? (a) PER-mit (1st) (b) per-MIT (2nd)
  7. 7.“Maths is my favourite subject.” — where is the stress in “subject” here? (a) SUB-ject (1st) (b) sub-JECT (2nd)
  8. 8.Listen to “respect”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) re-SPECT (2nd) (b) RE-spect (1st)
  9. 9.“He will contest the election.” — where is the stress in “contest” here? (a) CON-test (1st) (b) con-TEST (2nd)
  10. 10.Which syllable is stressed in “forget”? (a) for-GET (2nd) (b) FOR-get (1st)
  11. 11.Which syllable is stressed in “picture”? (a) PIC-ture (1st) (b) pic-TURE (2nd)
  12. 12.“Tea is an important export for India.” — where is the stress in “export” here? (a) ex-PORT (2nd) (b) EX-port (1st)
  13. 13.Which syllable is stressed in “respect”? (a) RE-spect (1st) (b) re-SPECT (2nd)
  14. 14.“Metals contract when they cool.” — where is the stress in “contract” here? (a) con-TRACT (2nd) (b) CON-tract (1st)
  15. 15.Which syllable is stressed in “pencil”? (a) pen-CIL (2nd) (b) PEN-cil (1st)
  16. 16.Listen to “relax”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) RE-lax (1st) (b) re-LAX (2nd)
  17. 17.Listen to “modern”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) mod-ERN (2nd) (b) MOD-ern (1st)
  18. 18.“The rules do not permit phones in exams.” — where is the stress in “permit” here? (a) PER-mit (1st) (b) per-MIT (2nd)
  19. 19.Listen to “yellow”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) YEL-low (1st) (b) yel-LOW (2nd)
  20. 20.Which syllable is stressed in “garden”? (a) GAR-den (1st) (b) gar-DEN (2nd)
  21. 21.Listen to “apple”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) AP-ple (1st) (b) ap-PLE (2nd)
  22. 22.Listen to “garden”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) GAR-den (1st) (b) gar-DEN (2nd)
  23. 23.“Calling names is an insult.” — where is the stress in “insult” here? (a) in-SULT (2nd) (b) IN-sult (1st)
  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.Which syllable is stressed in “suggest”? (a) sug-GEST (2nd) (b) SUG-gest (1st)
  26. 26.“The market sells fresh farm produce.” — where is the stress in “produce” here? (a) PRO-duce (1st) (b) pro-DUCE (2nd)
  27. 27.Which syllable is stressed in “return”? (a) re-TURN (2nd) (b) RE-turn (1st)
  28. 28.Listen to “teacher”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) teach-ER (2nd) (b) TEACH-er (1st)
  29. 29.Which syllable is stressed in “basket”? (a) bas-KET (2nd) (b) BAS-ket (1st)
  30. 30.Listen to “basket”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) bas-KET (2nd) (b) BAS-ket (1st)
  31. 31.Listen to “winter”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) win-TER (2nd) (b) WIN-ter (1st)
  32. 32.“Your answer is perfect.” — where is the stress in “perfect” here? (a) PER-fect (1st) (b) per-FECT (2nd)
  33. 33.“The police caught the suspect.” — where is the stress in “suspect” here? (a) sus-PECT (2nd) (b) SUS-pect (1st)
  34. 34.Which syllable is stressed in “receive”? (a) RE-ceive (1st) (b) re-CEIVE (2nd)
  35. 35.Listen to “describe”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) de-SCRIBE (2nd) (b) DE-scribe (1st)
  36. 36.Listen to “survive”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) SUR-vive (1st) (b) sur-VIVE (2nd)
  37. 37.Which syllable is stressed in “invite”? (a) IN-vite (1st) (b) in-VITE (2nd)
  38. 38.Which syllable is stressed in “carpet”? (a) CAR-pet (1st) (b) car-PET (2nd)
  39. 39.“This toy is an import from Japan.” — where is the stress in “import” here? (a) IM-port (1st) (b) im-PORT (2nd)
  40. 40.Listen to “receive”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) RE-ceive (1st) (b) re-CEIVE (2nd)

Answer key

  1. de-CIDE (2nd)
  2. de-SERT (2nd)
  3. CON-duct (1st)
  4. pre-FER (2nd)
  5. re-CORD (2nd)
  6. PER-mit (1st)
  7. SUB-ject (1st)
  8. re-SPECT (2nd)
  9. con-TEST (2nd)
  10. for-GET (2nd)
  11. PIC-ture (1st)
  12. EX-port (1st)
  13. re-SPECT (2nd)
  14. con-TRACT (2nd)
  15. PEN-cil (1st)
  16. re-LAX (2nd)
  17. MOD-ern (1st)
  18. per-MIT (2nd)
  19. YEL-low (1st)
  20. GAR-den (1st)
  21. AP-ple (1st)
  22. GAR-den (1st)
  23. IN-sult (1st)
  24. OB-ject (1st)
  25. sug-GEST (2nd)
  26. PRO-duce (1st)
  27. re-TURN (2nd)
  28. TEACH-er (1st)
  29. BAS-ket (1st)
  30. BAS-ket (1st)
  31. WIN-ter (1st)
  32. PER-fect (1st)
  33. SUS-pect (1st)
  34. re-CEIVE (2nd)
  35. de-SCRIBE (2nd)
  36. sur-VIVE (2nd)
  37. in-VITE (2nd)
  38. CAR-pet (1st)
  39. IM-port (1st)
  40. re-CEIVE (2nd)

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