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Pronunciation lesson 17: Word stress: nouns and verbs · Set 660 · 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 “modern”? (a) MOD-ern (1st) (b) mod-ERN (2nd)
  2. 2.Listen to “pencil”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) pen-CIL (2nd) (b) PEN-cil (1st)
  3. 3.Which syllable is stressed in “receive”? (a) re-CEIVE (2nd) (b) RE-ceive (1st)
  4. 4.Which syllable is stressed in “return”? (a) RE-turn (1st) (b) re-TURN (2nd)
  5. 5.Listen to “window”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) win-DOW (2nd) (b) WIN-dow (1st)
  6. 6.Listen to “protect”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) PRO-tect (1st) (b) pro-TECT (2nd)
  7. 7.Listen to “complete”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) COM-plete (1st) (b) com-PLETE (2nd)
  8. 8.“Bees produce honey.” — where is the stress in “produce” here? (a) PRO-duce (1st) (b) pro-DUCE (2nd)
  9. 9.“Metals contract when they cool.” — where is the stress in “contract” here? (a) CON-tract (1st) (b) con-TRACT (2nd)
  10. 10.Which syllable is stressed in “basket”? (a) bas-KET (2nd) (b) BAS-ket (1st)
  11. 11.“Our teacher will conduct the test.” — where is the stress in “conduct” here? (a) CON-duct (1st) (b) con-DUCT (2nd)
  12. 12.“Let us record a video of the dance.” — where is the stress in “record” here? (a) RE-cord (1st) (b) re-CORD (2nd)
  13. 13.Which syllable is stressed in “believe”? (a) be-LIEVE (2nd) (b) BE-lieve (1st)
  14. 14.“She won the singing contest.” — where is the stress in “contest” here? (a) CON-test (1st) (b) con-TEST (2nd)
  15. 15.Listen to “table”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ta-BLE (2nd) (b) TA-ble (1st)
  16. 16.Listen to “market”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) mar-KET (2nd) (b) MAR-ket (1st)
  17. 17.Which syllable is stressed in “summer”? (a) SUM-mer (1st) (b) sum-MER (2nd)
  18. 18.Which syllable is stressed in “explain”? (a) EX-plain (1st) (b) ex-PLAIN (2nd)
  19. 19.Listen to “happy”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) hap-PY (2nd) (b) HAP-py (1st)
  20. 20.“I got a birthday present from Grandma.” — where is the stress in “present” here? (a) pre-SENT (2nd) (b) PRE-sent (1st)
  21. 21.Listen to “water”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) WA-ter (1st) (b) wa-TER (2nd)
  22. 22.Which syllable is stressed in “decide”? (a) DE-cide (1st) (b) de-CIDE (2nd)
  23. 23.Listen to “paper”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) PA-per (1st) (b) pa-PER (2nd)
  24. 24.Listen to “decide”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) DE-cide (1st) (b) de-CIDE (2nd)
  25. 25.Listen to “yellow”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) yel-LOW (2nd) (b) YEL-low (1st)
  26. 26.Which syllable is stressed in “winter”? (a) WIN-ter (1st) (b) win-TER (2nd)
  27. 27.“The police caught the suspect.” — where is the stress in “suspect” here? (a) SUS-pect (1st) (b) sus-PECT (2nd)
  28. 28.Which syllable is stressed in “famous”? (a) FA-mous (1st) (b) fa-MOUS (2nd)
  29. 29.“A good friend will never desert you.” — where is the stress in “desert” here? (a) DE-sert (1st) (b) de-SERT (2nd)
  30. 30.“The rules do not permit phones in exams.” — where is the stress in “permit” here? (a) PER-mit (1st) (b) per-MIT (2nd)
  31. 31.Which syllable is stressed in “describe”? (a) DE-scribe (1st) (b) de-SCRIBE (2nd)
  32. 32.“We saw a decrease in rainfall.” — where is the stress in “decrease” here? (a) DE-crease (1st) (b) de-CREASE (2nd)
  33. 33.Which syllable is stressed in “invite”? (a) in-VITE (2nd) (b) IN-vite (1st)
  34. 34.Which syllable is stressed in “parrot”? (a) par-ROT (2nd) (b) PAR-rot (1st)
  35. 35.“Tea is an important export for India.” — where is the stress in “export” here? (a) ex-PORT (2nd) (b) EX-port (1st)
  36. 36.“Never insult your friends.” — where is the stress in “insult” here? (a) IN-sult (1st) (b) in-SULT (2nd)
  37. 37.“His conduct in class is excellent.” — where is the stress in “conduct” here? (a) CON-duct (1st) (b) con-DUCT (2nd)
  38. 38.Listen to “teacher”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) TEACH-er (1st) (b) teach-ER (2nd)
  39. 39.Which syllable is stressed in “garden”? (a) gar-DEN (2nd) (b) GAR-den (1st)
  40. 40.Listen to “sister”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) sis-TER (2nd) (b) SIS-ter (1st)

Answer key

  1. MOD-ern (1st)
  2. PEN-cil (1st)
  3. re-CEIVE (2nd)
  4. re-TURN (2nd)
  5. WIN-dow (1st)
  6. pro-TECT (2nd)
  7. com-PLETE (2nd)
  8. pro-DUCE (2nd)
  9. con-TRACT (2nd)
  10. BAS-ket (1st)
  11. con-DUCT (2nd)
  12. re-CORD (2nd)
  13. be-LIEVE (2nd)
  14. CON-test (1st)
  15. TA-ble (1st)
  16. MAR-ket (1st)
  17. SUM-mer (1st)
  18. ex-PLAIN (2nd)
  19. HAP-py (1st)
  20. PRE-sent (1st)
  21. WA-ter (1st)
  22. de-CIDE (2nd)
  23. PA-per (1st)
  24. de-CIDE (2nd)
  25. YEL-low (1st)
  26. WIN-ter (1st)
  27. SUS-pect (1st)
  28. FA-mous (1st)
  29. de-SERT (2nd)
  30. per-MIT (2nd)
  31. de-SCRIBE (2nd)
  32. DE-crease (1st)
  33. in-VITE (2nd)
  34. PAR-rot (1st)
  35. EX-port (1st)
  36. in-SULT (2nd)
  37. CON-duct (1st)
  38. TEACH-er (1st)
  39. GAR-den (1st)
  40. SIS-ter (1st)

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