Word Stress Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 17: Word stress: nouns and verbs · Set 671 · 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.“Never insult your friends.” — where is the stress in “insult” here? (a) in-SULT (2nd) (b) IN-sult (1st)
2. 2.Which syllable is stressed in “carpet”? (a) car-PET (2nd) (b) CAR-pet (1st)
3. 3.“There is a strange object on the table.” — where is the stress in “object” here? (a) OB-ject (1st) (b) ob-JECT (2nd)
4. 4.Listen to “begin”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) be-GIN (2nd) (b) BE-gin (1st)
5. 5.“Did anyone object to the new rule?” — where is the stress in “object” here? (a) OB-ject (1st) (b) ob-JECT (2nd)
6. 6.Listen to “forget”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) for-GET (2nd) (b) FOR-get (1st)
7. 7.“Tea is an important export for India.” — where is the stress in “export” here? (a) ex-PORT (2nd) (b) EX-port (1st)
8. 8.“I got a birthday present from Grandma.” — where is the stress in “present” here? (a) PRE-sent (1st) (b) pre-SENT (2nd)
9. 9.Listen to “enjoy”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) en-JOY (2nd) (b) EN-joy (1st)
10. 10.“She won the singing contest.” — where is the stress in “contest” here? (a) CON-test (1st) (b) con-TEST (2nd)
11. 11.“Our teacher will conduct the test.” — where is the stress in “conduct” here? (a) con-DUCT (2nd) (b) CON-duct (1st)
12. 12.“There is an increase in prices this year.” — where is the stress in “increase” here? (a) IN-crease (1st) (b) in-CREASE (2nd)
13. 13.Which syllable is stressed in “paper”? (a) PA-per (1st) (b) pa-PER (2nd)
14. 14.Which syllable is stressed in “doctor”? (a) doc-TOR (2nd) (b) DOC-tor (1st)
15. 15.Which syllable is stressed in “explain”? (a) ex-PLAIN (2nd) (b) EX-plain (1st)
16. 16.Listen to “market”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) MAR-ket (1st) (b) mar-KET (2nd)
17. 17.“The rebel refused to obey the king.” — where is the stress in “rebel” here? (a) re-BEL (2nd) (b) RE-bel (1st)
18. 18.“Add a little vanilla extract to the cake.” — where is the stress in “extract” here? (a) EX-tract (1st) (b) ex-TRACT (2nd)
19. 19.Listen to “suggest”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) sug-GEST (2nd) (b) SUG-gest (1st)
20. 20.Listen to “forgive”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) FOR-give (1st) (b) for-GIVE (2nd)
21. 21.“Camels can live in the desert.” — where is the stress in “desert” here? (a) DE-sert (1st) (b) de-SERT (2nd)
22. 22.“This toy is an import from Japan.” — where is the stress in “import” here? (a) im-PORT (2nd) (b) IM-port (1st)
23. 23.Which syllable is stressed in “prepare”? (a) PRE-pare (1st) (b) pre-PARE (2nd)
24. 24.Listen to “doctor”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) DOC-tor (1st) (b) doc-TOR (2nd)
25. 25.“The workers held a protest outside.” — where is the stress in “protest” here? (a) pro-TEST (2nd) (b) PRO-test (1st)
26. 26.“The police caught the suspect.” — where is the stress in “suspect” here? (a) SUS-pect (1st) (b) sus-PECT (2nd)
27. 27.Which syllable is stressed in “summer”? (a) sum-MER (2nd) (b) SUM-mer (1st)
28. 28.Listen to “survive”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) sur-VIVE (2nd) (b) SUR-vive (1st)
29. 29.Which syllable is stressed in “modern”? (a) mod-ERN (2nd) (b) MOD-ern (1st)
30. 30.Listen to “basket”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) bas-KET (2nd) (b) BAS-ket (1st)
31. 31.“I suspect that he ate my cake.” — where is the stress in “suspect” here? (a) sus-PECT (2nd) (b) SUS-pect (1st)
32. 32.Which syllable is stressed in “parrot”? (a) PAR-rot (1st) (b) par-ROT (2nd)
33. 33.Listen to “collect”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) COL-lect (1st) (b) col-LECT (2nd)
34. 34.“Calling names is an insult.” — where is the stress in “insult” here? (a) in-SULT (2nd) (b) IN-sult (1st)
35. 35.Listen to “invite”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) in-VITE (2nd) (b) IN-vite (1st)
36. 36.Listen to “paper”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) PA-per (1st) (b) pa-PER (2nd)
37. 37.“She made good progress in English.” — where is the stress in “progress” here? (a) PROG-ress (1st) (b) prog-RESS (2nd)
38. 38.Listen to “return”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) RE-turn (1st) (b) re-TURN (2nd)
39. 39.“The rules do not permit phones in exams.” — where is the stress in “permit” here? (a) PER-mit (1st) (b) per-MIT (2nd)
40. 40.Listen to “garden”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) GAR-den (1st) (b) gar-DEN (2nd)

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