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Pronunciation lesson 17: Word stress: nouns and verbs · Set 688 · 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.Listen to “reply”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) RE-ply (1st) (b) re-PLY (2nd)
  2. 2.Listen to “describe”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) DE-scribe (1st) (b) de-SCRIBE (2nd)
  3. 3.“The workers held a protest outside.” — where is the stress in “protest” here? (a) pro-TEST (2nd) (b) PRO-test (1st)
  4. 4.“I got a birthday present from Grandma.” — where is the stress in “present” here? (a) PRE-sent (1st) (b) pre-SENT (2nd)
  5. 5.Listen to “happy”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) HAP-py (1st) (b) hap-PY (2nd)
  6. 6.“I suspect that he ate my cake.” — where is the stress in “suspect” here? (a) sus-PECT (2nd) (b) SUS-pect (1st)
  7. 7.“We saw a decrease in rainfall.” — where is the stress in “decrease” here? (a) de-CREASE (2nd) (b) DE-crease (1st)
  8. 8.“Let us record a video of the dance.” — where is the stress in “record” here? (a) RE-cord (1st) (b) re-CORD (2nd)
  9. 9.“Never insult your friends.” — where is the stress in “insult” here? (a) in-SULT (2nd) (b) IN-sult (1st)
  10. 10.Which syllable is stressed in “happy”? (a) HAP-py (1st) (b) hap-PY (2nd)
  11. 11.Which syllable is stressed in “teacher”? (a) teach-ER (2nd) (b) TEACH-er (1st)
  12. 12.Which syllable is stressed in “picture”? (a) pic-TURE (2nd) (b) PIC-ture (1st)
  13. 13.Listen to “enjoy”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) en-JOY (2nd) (b) EN-joy (1st)
  14. 14.Which syllable is stressed in “respect”? (a) RE-spect (1st) (b) re-SPECT (2nd)
  15. 15.Listen to “suggest”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) SUG-gest (1st) (b) sug-GEST (2nd)
  16. 16.“The police caught the suspect.” — where is the stress in “suspect” here? (a) SUS-pect (1st) (b) sus-PECT (2nd)
  17. 17.Which syllable is stressed in “apple”? (a) AP-ple (1st) (b) ap-PLE (2nd)
  18. 18.“This toy is an import from Japan.” — where is the stress in “import” here? (a) im-PORT (2nd) (b) IM-port (1st)
  19. 19.Which syllable is stressed in “paper”? (a) PA-per (1st) (b) pa-PER (2nd)
  20. 20.Which syllable is stressed in “believe”? (a) be-LIEVE (2nd) (b) BE-lieve (1st)
  21. 21.“Bees produce honey.” — where is the stress in “produce” here? (a) pro-DUCE (2nd) (b) PRO-duce (1st)
  22. 22.Listen to “complete”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) COM-plete (1st) (b) com-PLETE (2nd)
  23. 23.“His conduct in class is excellent.” — where is the stress in “conduct” here? (a) con-DUCT (2nd) (b) CON-duct (1st)
  24. 24.Which syllable is stressed in “doctor”? (a) DOC-tor (1st) (b) doc-TOR (2nd)
  25. 25.“Metals contract when they cool.” — where is the stress in “contract” here? (a) con-TRACT (2nd) (b) CON-tract (1st)
  26. 26.Listen to “doctor”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) DOC-tor (1st) (b) doc-TOR (2nd)
  27. 27.Listen to “forgive”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) for-GIVE (2nd) (b) FOR-give (1st)
  28. 28.Which syllable is stressed in “prefer”? (a) PRE-fer (1st) (b) pre-FER (2nd)
  29. 29.Which syllable is stressed in “monkey”? (a) mon-KEY (2nd) (b) MON-key (1st)
  30. 30.Listen to “receive”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) re-CEIVE (2nd) (b) RE-ceive (1st)
  31. 31.Which syllable is stressed in “complete”? (a) com-PLETE (2nd) (b) COM-plete (1st)
  32. 32.“Buses are public transport.” — where is the stress in “transport” here? (a) TRANS-port (1st) (b) trans-PORT (2nd)
  33. 33.Which syllable is stressed in “describe”? (a) DE-scribe (1st) (b) de-SCRIBE (2nd)
  34. 34.Which syllable is stressed in “relax”? (a) re-LAX (2nd) (b) RE-lax (1st)
  35. 35.Listen to “collect”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) COL-lect (1st) (b) col-LECT (2nd)
  36. 36.“The rules do not permit phones in exams.” — where is the stress in “permit” here? (a) PER-mit (1st) (b) per-MIT (2nd)
  37. 37.Listen to “repeat”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) RE-peat (1st) (b) re-PEAT (2nd)
  38. 38.Listen to “teacher”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) TEACH-er (1st) (b) teach-ER (2nd)
  39. 39.Listen to “water”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) wa-TER (2nd) (b) WA-ter (1st)
  40. 40.Which syllable is stressed in “decide”? (a) DE-cide (1st) (b) de-CIDE (2nd)

Answer key

  1. re-PLY (2nd)
  2. de-SCRIBE (2nd)
  3. PRO-test (1st)
  4. PRE-sent (1st)
  5. HAP-py (1st)
  6. sus-PECT (2nd)
  7. DE-crease (1st)
  8. re-CORD (2nd)
  9. in-SULT (2nd)
  10. HAP-py (1st)
  11. TEACH-er (1st)
  12. PIC-ture (1st)
  13. en-JOY (2nd)
  14. re-SPECT (2nd)
  15. sug-GEST (2nd)
  16. SUS-pect (1st)
  17. AP-ple (1st)
  18. IM-port (1st)
  19. PA-per (1st)
  20. be-LIEVE (2nd)
  21. pro-DUCE (2nd)
  22. com-PLETE (2nd)
  23. CON-duct (1st)
  24. DOC-tor (1st)
  25. con-TRACT (2nd)
  26. DOC-tor (1st)
  27. for-GIVE (2nd)
  28. pre-FER (2nd)
  29. MON-key (1st)
  30. re-CEIVE (2nd)
  31. com-PLETE (2nd)
  32. TRANS-port (1st)
  33. de-SCRIBE (2nd)
  34. re-LAX (2nd)
  35. col-LECT (2nd)
  36. per-MIT (2nd)
  37. re-PEAT (2nd)
  38. TEACH-er (1st)
  39. WA-ter (1st)
  40. de-CIDE (2nd)

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