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Word Stress Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 17: Word stress: nouns and verbs · Set 642 · 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 “relax”? (a) RE-lax (1st) (b) re-LAX (2nd)
  2. 2.Listen to “yellow”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) YEL-low (1st) (b) yel-LOW (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.“I got a birthday present from Grandma.” — where is the stress in “present” here? (a) PRE-sent (1st) (b) pre-SENT (2nd)
  5. 5.Which syllable is stressed in “reply”? (a) RE-ply (1st) (b) re-PLY (2nd)
  6. 6.Listen to “deny”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) DE-ny (1st) (b) de-NY (2nd)
  7. 7.Which syllable is stressed in “decide”? (a) de-CIDE (2nd) (b) DE-cide (1st)
  8. 8.Listen to “describe”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) DE-scribe (1st) (b) de-SCRIBE (2nd)
  9. 9.Which syllable is stressed in “monkey”? (a) mon-KEY (2nd) (b) MON-key (1st)
  10. 10.“The shop gave me a full refund.” — where is the stress in “refund” here? (a) RE-fund (1st) (b) re-FUND (2nd)
  11. 11.Listen to “pencil”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) PEN-cil (1st) (b) pen-CIL (2nd)
  12. 12.Which syllable is stressed in “window”? (a) win-DOW (2nd) (b) WIN-dow (1st)
  13. 13.“The market sells fresh farm produce.” — where is the stress in “produce” here? (a) pro-DUCE (2nd) (b) PRO-duce (1st)
  14. 14.“The dentist will extract the tooth.” — where is the stress in “extract” here? (a) EX-tract (1st) (b) ex-TRACT (2nd)
  15. 15.“Our teacher will conduct the test.” — where is the stress in “conduct” here? (a) con-DUCT (2nd) (b) CON-duct (1st)
  16. 16.Listen to “garden”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) gar-DEN (2nd) (b) GAR-den (1st)
  17. 17.Listen to “monkey”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) mon-KEY (2nd) (b) MON-key (1st)
  18. 18.“Teenagers sometimes rebel against rules.” — where is the stress in “rebel” here? (a) RE-bel (1st) (b) re-BEL (2nd)
  19. 19.“Never insult your friends.” — where is the stress in “insult” here? (a) IN-sult (1st) (b) in-SULT (2nd)
  20. 20.“He signed a contract with the company.” — where is the stress in “contract” here? (a) CON-tract (1st) (b) con-TRACT (2nd)
  21. 21.“Each team will present its project to the class.” — where is the stress in “present” here? (a) pre-SENT (2nd) (b) PRE-sent (1st)
  22. 22.Listen to “picture”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) PIC-ture (1st) (b) pic-TURE (2nd)
  23. 23.Listen to “reply”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) re-PLY (2nd) (b) RE-ply (1st)
  24. 24.“Buses are public transport.” — where is the stress in “transport” here? (a) TRANS-port (1st) (b) trans-PORT (2nd)
  25. 25.Which syllable is stressed in “believe”? (a) BE-lieve (1st) (b) be-LIEVE (2nd)
  26. 26.“The police caught the suspect.” — where is the stress in “suspect” here? (a) sus-PECT (2nd) (b) SUS-pect (1st)
  27. 27.Listen to “teacher”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) TEACH-er (1st) (b) teach-ER (2nd)
  28. 28.Which syllable is stressed in “enjoy”? (a) en-JOY (2nd) (b) EN-joy (1st)
  29. 29.Listen to “protect”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) PRO-tect (1st) (b) pro-TECT (2nd)
  30. 30.Which syllable is stressed in “pencil”? (a) pen-CIL (2nd) (b) PEN-cil (1st)
  31. 31.“Add a little vanilla extract to the cake.” — where is the stress in “extract” here? (a) ex-TRACT (2nd) (b) EX-tract (1st)
  32. 32.Listen to “famous”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) FA-mous (1st) (b) fa-MOUS (2nd)
  33. 33.Listen to “repeat”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) re-PEAT (2nd) (b) RE-peat (1st)
  34. 34.“This toy is an import from Japan.” — where is the stress in “import” here? (a) im-PORT (2nd) (b) IM-port (1st)
  35. 35.“The rebel refused to obey the king.” — where is the stress in “rebel” here? (a) RE-bel (1st) (b) re-BEL (2nd)
  36. 36.Which syllable is stressed in “carpet”? (a) car-PET (2nd) (b) CAR-pet (1st)
  37. 37.Listen to “modern”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) mod-ERN (2nd) (b) MOD-ern (1st)
  38. 38.Listen to “explain”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ex-PLAIN (2nd) (b) EX-plain (1st)
  39. 39.Listen to “delete”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) de-LETE (2nd) (b) DE-lete (1st)
  40. 40.Listen to “begin”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) be-GIN (2nd) (b) BE-gin (1st)

Answer key

  1. re-LAX (2nd)
  2. YEL-low (1st)
  3. con-TRACT (2nd)
  4. PRE-sent (1st)
  5. re-PLY (2nd)
  6. de-NY (2nd)
  7. de-CIDE (2nd)
  8. de-SCRIBE (2nd)
  9. MON-key (1st)
  10. RE-fund (1st)
  11. PEN-cil (1st)
  12. WIN-dow (1st)
  13. PRO-duce (1st)
  14. ex-TRACT (2nd)
  15. con-DUCT (2nd)
  16. GAR-den (1st)
  17. MON-key (1st)
  18. re-BEL (2nd)
  19. in-SULT (2nd)
  20. CON-tract (1st)
  21. pre-SENT (2nd)
  22. PIC-ture (1st)
  23. re-PLY (2nd)
  24. TRANS-port (1st)
  25. be-LIEVE (2nd)
  26. SUS-pect (1st)
  27. TEACH-er (1st)
  28. en-JOY (2nd)
  29. pro-TECT (2nd)
  30. PEN-cil (1st)
  31. EX-tract (1st)
  32. FA-mous (1st)
  33. re-PEAT (2nd)
  34. IM-port (1st)
  35. RE-bel (1st)
  36. CAR-pet (1st)
  37. MOD-ern (1st)
  38. ex-PLAIN (2nd)
  39. de-LETE (2nd)
  40. be-GIN (2nd)

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