Word Stress Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 17: Word stress: nouns and verbs · Set 66 · 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.“The police caught the suspect.” — where is the stress in “suspect” here? (a) SUS-pect (1st) (b) sus-PECT (2nd)
2. 2.Listen to “suggest”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) sug-GEST (2nd) (b) SUG-gest (1st)
3. 3.“A good friend will never desert you.” — where is the stress in “desert” here? (a) de-SERT (2nd) (b) DE-sert (1st)
4. 4.“Each team will present its project to the class.” — where is the stress in “present” here? (a) pre-SENT (2nd) (b) PRE-sent (1st)
5. 5.Listen to “doctor”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) doc-TOR (2nd) (b) DOC-tor (1st)
6. 6.Which syllable is stressed in “happy”? (a) HAP-py (1st) (b) hap-PY (2nd)
7. 7.Listen to “parrot”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) par-ROT (2nd) (b) PAR-rot (1st)
8. 8.“The dentist will extract the tooth.” — where is the stress in “extract” here? (a) ex-TRACT (2nd) (b) EX-tract (1st)
9. 9.Which syllable is stressed in “parrot”? (a) par-ROT (2nd) (b) PAR-rot (1st)
10. 10.Which syllable is stressed in “forget”? (a) FOR-get (1st) (b) for-GET (2nd)
11. 11.“She made good progress in English.” — where is the stress in “progress” here? (a) PROG-ress (1st) (b) prog-RESS (2nd)
12. 12.“He signed a contract with the company.” — where is the stress in “contract” here? (a) CON-tract (1st) (b) con-TRACT (2nd)
13. 13.Which syllable is stressed in “famous”? (a) fa-MOUS (2nd) (b) FA-mous (1st)
14. 14.Listen to “return”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) re-TURN (2nd) (b) RE-turn (1st)
15. 15.“There is an increase in prices this year.” — where is the stress in “increase” here? (a) IN-crease (1st) (b) in-CREASE (2nd)
16. 16.Which syllable is stressed in “delete”? (a) de-LETE (2nd) (b) DE-lete (1st)
17. 17.Which syllable is stressed in “yellow”? (a) yel-LOW (2nd) (b) YEL-low (1st)
18. 18.Listen to “table”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ta-BLE (2nd) (b) TA-ble (1st)
19. 19.“She broke the world record in the race.” — where is the stress in “record” here? (a) re-CORD (2nd) (b) RE-cord (1st)
20. 20.“There is a strange object on the table.” — where is the stress in “object” here? (a) OB-ject (1st) (b) ob-JECT (2nd)
21. 21.“Bees produce honey.” — where is the stress in “produce” here? (a) pro-DUCE (2nd) (b) PRO-duce (1st)
22. 22.Which syllable is stressed in “sister”? (a) SIS-ter (1st) (b) sis-TER (2nd)
23. 23.Listen to “prefer”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) PRE-fer (1st) (b) pre-FER (2nd)
24. 24.Listen to “respect”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) RE-spect (1st) (b) re-SPECT (2nd)
25. 25.“We saw a decrease in rainfall.” — where is the stress in “decrease” here? (a) de-CREASE (2nd) (b) DE-crease (1st)
26. 26.“Your answer is perfect.” — where is the stress in “perfect” here? (a) per-FECT (2nd) (b) PER-fect (1st)
27. 27.Which syllable is stressed in “return”? (a) RE-turn (1st) (b) re-TURN (2nd)
28. 28.“Camels can live in the desert.” — where is the stress in “desert” here? (a) DE-sert (1st) (b) de-SERT (2nd)
29. 29.Listen to “believe”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) BE-lieve (1st) (b) be-LIEVE (2nd)
30. 30.“She won the singing contest.” — where is the stress in “contest” here? (a) con-TEST (2nd) (b) CON-test (1st)
31. 31.Listen to “receive”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) re-CEIVE (2nd) (b) RE-ceive (1st)
32. 32.“Calling names is an insult.” — where is the stress in “insult” here? (a) in-SULT (2nd) (b) IN-sult (1st)
33. 33.Listen to “carpet”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) CAR-pet (1st) (b) car-PET (2nd)
34. 34.Listen to “invite”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) IN-vite (1st) (b) in-VITE (2nd)
35. 35.“Teenagers sometimes rebel against rules.” — where is the stress in “rebel” here? (a) re-BEL (2nd) (b) RE-bel (1st)
36. 36.“Metals contract when they cool.” — where is the stress in “contract” here? (a) CON-tract (1st) (b) con-TRACT (2nd)
37. 37.Which syllable is stressed in “garden”? (a) gar-DEN (2nd) (b) GAR-den (1st)
38. 38.Listen to “paper”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) pa-PER (2nd) (b) PA-per (1st)
39. 39.“Never insult your friends.” — where is the stress in “insult” here? (a) IN-sult (1st) (b) in-SULT (2nd)
40. 40.Which syllable is stressed in “water”? (a) wa-TER (2nd) (b) WA-ter (1st)

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