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Pronunciation lesson 17: Word stress: nouns and verbs · Set 687 · 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.“A good friend will never desert you.” — where is the stress in “desert” here? (a) de-SERT (2nd) (b) DE-sert (1st)
  2. 2.“This toy is an import from Japan.” — where is the stress in “import” here? (a) im-PORT (2nd) (b) IM-port (1st)
  3. 3.Which syllable is stressed in “teacher”? (a) teach-ER (2nd) (b) TEACH-er (1st)
  4. 4.Which syllable is stressed in “window”? (a) win-DOW (2nd) (b) WIN-dow (1st)
  5. 5.Listen to “modern”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) mod-ERN (2nd) (b) MOD-ern (1st)
  6. 6.“He will contest the election.” — where is the stress in “contest” here? (a) CON-test (1st) (b) con-TEST (2nd)
  7. 7.“The dentist will extract the tooth.” — where is the stress in “extract” here? (a) EX-tract (1st) (b) ex-TRACT (2nd)
  8. 8.Listen to “table”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) TA-ble (1st) (b) ta-BLE (2nd)
  9. 9.“Teenagers sometimes rebel against rules.” — where is the stress in “rebel” here? (a) RE-bel (1st) (b) re-BEL (2nd)
  10. 10.“Maths is my favourite subject.” — where is the stress in “subject” here? (a) SUB-ject (1st) (b) sub-JECT (2nd)
  11. 11.“I suspect that he ate my cake.” — where is the stress in “suspect” here? (a) SUS-pect (1st) (b) sus-PECT (2nd)
  12. 12.Listen to “parrot”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) PAR-rot (1st) (b) par-ROT (2nd)
  13. 13.“He signed a contract with the company.” — where is the stress in “contract” here? (a) CON-tract (1st) (b) con-TRACT (2nd)
  14. 14.“There is an increase in prices this year.” — where is the stress in “increase” here? (a) in-CREASE (2nd) (b) IN-crease (1st)
  15. 15.“Never insult your friends.” — where is the stress in “insult” here? (a) IN-sult (1st) (b) in-SULT (2nd)
  16. 16.“Bees produce honey.” — where is the stress in “produce” here? (a) PRO-duce (1st) (b) pro-DUCE (2nd)
  17. 17.“Did anyone object to the new rule?” — where is the stress in “object” here? (a) OB-ject (1st) (b) ob-JECT (2nd)
  18. 18.Which syllable is stressed in “reply”? (a) RE-ply (1st) (b) re-PLY (2nd)
  19. 19.Listen to “apple”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) AP-ple (1st) (b) ap-PLE (2nd)
  20. 20.Listen to “happy”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) HAP-py (1st) (b) hap-PY (2nd)
  21. 21.Which syllable is stressed in “enjoy”? (a) EN-joy (1st) (b) en-JOY (2nd)
  22. 22.“There is a strange object on the table.” — where is the stress in “object” here? (a) ob-JECT (2nd) (b) OB-ject (1st)
  23. 23.“I got a birthday present from Grandma.” — where is the stress in “present” here? (a) pre-SENT (2nd) (b) PRE-sent (1st)
  24. 24.Listen to “prepare”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) pre-PARE (2nd) (b) PRE-pare (1st)
  25. 25.“The rebel refused to obey the king.” — where is the stress in “rebel” here? (a) RE-bel (1st) (b) re-BEL (2nd)
  26. 26.Which syllable is stressed in “water”? (a) WA-ter (1st) (b) wa-TER (2nd)
  27. 27.“Our teacher will conduct the test.” — where is the stress in “conduct” here? (a) con-DUCT (2nd) (b) CON-duct (1st)
  28. 28.Listen to “respect”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) RE-spect (1st) (b) re-SPECT (2nd)
  29. 29.Listen to “sister”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) SIS-ter (1st) (b) sis-TER (2nd)
  30. 30.“Your answer is perfect.” — where is the stress in “perfect” here? (a) per-FECT (2nd) (b) PER-fect (1st)
  31. 31.Which syllable is stressed in “apple”? (a) AP-ple (1st) (b) ap-PLE (2nd)
  32. 32.Which syllable is stressed in “protect”? (a) pro-TECT (2nd) (b) PRO-tect (1st)
  33. 33.“She won the singing contest.” — where is the stress in “contest” here? (a) CON-test (1st) (b) con-TEST (2nd)
  34. 34.Which syllable is stressed in “famous”? (a) fa-MOUS (2nd) (b) FA-mous (1st)
  35. 35.Listen to “reply”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) RE-ply (1st) (b) re-PLY (2nd)
  36. 36.Which syllable is stressed in “yellow”? (a) yel-LOW (2nd) (b) YEL-low (1st)
  37. 37.“The shop gave me a full refund.” — where is the stress in “refund” here? (a) re-FUND (2nd) (b) RE-fund (1st)
  38. 38.Listen to “rabbit”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) rab-BIT (2nd) (b) RAB-bit (1st)
  39. 39.Listen to “monkey”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) MON-key (1st) (b) mon-KEY (2nd)
  40. 40.Listen to “repeat”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) re-PEAT (2nd) (b) RE-peat (1st)

Answer key

  1. de-SERT (2nd)
  2. IM-port (1st)
  3. TEACH-er (1st)
  4. WIN-dow (1st)
  5. MOD-ern (1st)
  6. con-TEST (2nd)
  7. ex-TRACT (2nd)
  8. TA-ble (1st)
  9. re-BEL (2nd)
  10. SUB-ject (1st)
  11. sus-PECT (2nd)
  12. PAR-rot (1st)
  13. CON-tract (1st)
  14. IN-crease (1st)
  15. in-SULT (2nd)
  16. pro-DUCE (2nd)
  17. ob-JECT (2nd)
  18. re-PLY (2nd)
  19. AP-ple (1st)
  20. HAP-py (1st)
  21. en-JOY (2nd)
  22. OB-ject (1st)
  23. PRE-sent (1st)
  24. pre-PARE (2nd)
  25. RE-bel (1st)
  26. WA-ter (1st)
  27. con-DUCT (2nd)
  28. re-SPECT (2nd)
  29. SIS-ter (1st)
  30. PER-fect (1st)
  31. AP-ple (1st)
  32. pro-TECT (2nd)
  33. CON-test (1st)
  34. FA-mous (1st)
  35. re-PLY (2nd)
  36. YEL-low (1st)
  37. RE-fund (1st)
  38. RAB-bit (1st)
  39. MON-key (1st)
  40. re-PEAT (2nd)

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