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Word Stress Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 17: Word stress: nouns and verbs · Set 686 · 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.“I suspect that he ate my cake.” — where is the stress in “suspect” here? (a) SUS-pect (1st) (b) sus-PECT (2nd)
  2. 2.Which syllable is stressed in “enjoy”? (a) en-JOY (2nd) (b) EN-joy (1st)
  3. 3.“She broke the world record in the race.” — where is the stress in “record” here? (a) re-CORD (2nd) (b) RE-cord (1st)
  4. 4.“As the days progress, it gets colder.” — where is the stress in “progress” here? (a) prog-RESS (2nd) (b) PROG-ress (1st)
  5. 5.Which syllable is stressed in “paper”? (a) PA-per (1st) (b) pa-PER (2nd)
  6. 6.“Bees produce honey.” — where is the stress in “produce” here? (a) pro-DUCE (2nd) (b) PRO-duce (1st)
  7. 7.Which syllable is stressed in “carpet”? (a) CAR-pet (1st) (b) car-PET (2nd)
  8. 8.“Camels can live in the desert.” — where is the stress in “desert” here? (a) DE-sert (1st) (b) de-SERT (2nd)
  9. 9.Listen to “receive”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) RE-ceive (1st) (b) re-CEIVE (2nd)
  10. 10.“She made good progress in English.” — where is the stress in “progress” here? (a) PROG-ress (1st) (b) prog-RESS (2nd)
  11. 11.“The shop gave me a full refund.” — where is the stress in “refund” here? (a) RE-fund (1st) (b) re-FUND (2nd)
  12. 12.“We saw a decrease in rainfall.” — where is the stress in “decrease” here? (a) de-CREASE (2nd) (b) DE-crease (1st)
  13. 13.Which syllable is stressed in “reply”? (a) re-PLY (2nd) (b) RE-ply (1st)
  14. 14.“He will contest the election.” — where is the stress in “contest” here? (a) con-TEST (2nd) (b) CON-test (1st)
  15. 15.Which syllable is stressed in “water”? (a) wa-TER (2nd) (b) WA-ter (1st)
  16. 16.Listen to “pencil”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) pen-CIL (2nd) (b) PEN-cil (1st)
  17. 17.Which syllable is stressed in “prefer”? (a) pre-FER (2nd) (b) PRE-fer (1st)
  18. 18.Listen to “window”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) win-DOW (2nd) (b) WIN-dow (1st)
  19. 19.Which syllable is stressed in “forget”? (a) for-GET (2nd) (b) FOR-get (1st)
  20. 20.Which syllable is stressed in “doctor”? (a) DOC-tor (1st) (b) doc-TOR (2nd)
  21. 21.Listen to “return”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) RE-turn (1st) (b) re-TURN (2nd)
  22. 22.“The rebel refused to obey the king.” — where is the stress in “rebel” here? (a) RE-bel (1st) (b) re-BEL (2nd)
  23. 23.Which syllable is stressed in “apple”? (a) AP-ple (1st) (b) ap-PLE (2nd)
  24. 24.“Metals contract when they cool.” — where is the stress in “contract” here? (a) con-TRACT (2nd) (b) CON-tract (1st)
  25. 25.Which syllable is stressed in “believe”? (a) be-LIEVE (2nd) (b) BE-lieve (1st)
  26. 26.Which syllable is stressed in “sister”? (a) SIS-ter (1st) (b) sis-TER (2nd)
  27. 27.Listen to “carpet”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) car-PET (2nd) (b) CAR-pet (1st)
  28. 28.“Did anyone object to the new rule?” — where is the stress in “object” here? (a) ob-JECT (2nd) (b) OB-ject (1st)
  29. 29.Listen to “famous”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) fa-MOUS (2nd) (b) FA-mous (1st)
  30. 30.“Maths is my favourite subject.” — where is the stress in “subject” here? (a) sub-JECT (2nd) (b) SUB-ject (1st)
  31. 31.Listen to “forgive”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) FOR-give (1st) (b) for-GIVE (2nd)
  32. 32.“Let us record a video of the dance.” — where is the stress in “record” here? (a) RE-cord (1st) (b) re-CORD (2nd)
  33. 33.Which syllable is stressed in “monkey”? (a) mon-KEY (2nd) (b) MON-key (1st)
  34. 34.Listen to “sister”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) sis-TER (2nd) (b) SIS-ter (1st)
  35. 35.Which syllable is stressed in “teacher”? (a) TEACH-er (1st) (b) teach-ER (2nd)
  36. 36.Listen to “begin”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) be-GIN (2nd) (b) BE-gin (1st)
  37. 37.Listen to “believe”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) BE-lieve (1st) (b) be-LIEVE (2nd)
  38. 38.Which syllable is stressed in “begin”? (a) BE-gin (1st) (b) be-GIN (2nd)
  39. 39.Which syllable is stressed in “picture”? (a) pic-TURE (2nd) (b) PIC-ture (1st)
  40. 40.“He signed a contract with the company.” — where is the stress in “contract” here? (a) CON-tract (1st) (b) con-TRACT (2nd)

Answer key

  1. sus-PECT (2nd)
  2. en-JOY (2nd)
  3. RE-cord (1st)
  4. prog-RESS (2nd)
  5. PA-per (1st)
  6. pro-DUCE (2nd)
  7. CAR-pet (1st)
  8. DE-sert (1st)
  9. re-CEIVE (2nd)
  10. PROG-ress (1st)
  11. RE-fund (1st)
  12. DE-crease (1st)
  13. re-PLY (2nd)
  14. con-TEST (2nd)
  15. WA-ter (1st)
  16. PEN-cil (1st)
  17. pre-FER (2nd)
  18. WIN-dow (1st)
  19. for-GET (2nd)
  20. DOC-tor (1st)
  21. re-TURN (2nd)
  22. RE-bel (1st)
  23. AP-ple (1st)
  24. con-TRACT (2nd)
  25. be-LIEVE (2nd)
  26. SIS-ter (1st)
  27. CAR-pet (1st)
  28. ob-JECT (2nd)
  29. FA-mous (1st)
  30. SUB-ject (1st)
  31. for-GIVE (2nd)
  32. re-CORD (2nd)
  33. MON-key (1st)
  34. SIS-ter (1st)
  35. TEACH-er (1st)
  36. be-GIN (2nd)
  37. be-LIEVE (2nd)
  38. be-GIN (2nd)
  39. PIC-ture (1st)
  40. CON-tract (1st)

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