Word Stress Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 17: Word stress: nouns and verbs · Set 690 · 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.Listen to “forget”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) FOR-get (1st) (b) for-GET (2nd)
2. 2.“Maths is my favourite subject.” — where is the stress in “subject” here? (a) sub-JECT (2nd) (b) SUB-ject (1st)
3. 3.“Camels can live in the desert.” — where is the stress in “desert” here? (a) DE-sert (1st) (b) de-SERT (2nd)
4. 4.Which syllable is stressed in “picture”? (a) PIC-ture (1st) (b) pic-TURE (2nd)
5. 5.“His conduct in class is excellent.” — where is the stress in “conduct” here? (a) con-DUCT (2nd) (b) CON-duct (1st)
6. 6.Which syllable is stressed in “receive”? (a) re-CEIVE (2nd) (b) RE-ceive (1st)
7. 7.Listen to “receive”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) re-CEIVE (2nd) (b) RE-ceive (1st)
8. 8.“I suspect that he ate my cake.” — where is the stress in “suspect” here? (a) SUS-pect (1st) (b) sus-PECT (2nd)
9. 9.“The dentist will extract the tooth.” — where is the stress in “extract” here? (a) ex-TRACT (2nd) (b) EX-tract (1st)
10. 10.“He will contest the election.” — where is the stress in “contest” here? (a) con-TEST (2nd) (b) CON-test (1st)
11. 11.Which syllable is stressed in “basket”? (a) bas-KET (2nd) (b) BAS-ket (1st)
12. 12.“There is an increase in prices this year.” — where is the stress in “increase” here? (a) in-CREASE (2nd) (b) IN-crease (1st)
13. 13.Listen to “sister”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) SIS-ter (1st) (b) sis-TER (2nd)
14. 14.Listen to “famous”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) fa-MOUS (2nd) (b) FA-mous (1st)
15. 15.Listen to “happy”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) hap-PY (2nd) (b) HAP-py (1st)
16. 16.“Never insult your friends.” — where is the stress in “insult” here? (a) IN-sult (1st) (b) in-SULT (2nd)
17. 17.Which syllable is stressed in “prefer”? (a) pre-FER (2nd) (b) PRE-fer (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.“She broke the world record in the race.” — where is the stress in “record” here? (a) re-CORD (2nd) (b) RE-cord (1st)
20. 20.Listen to “basket”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) bas-KET (2nd) (b) BAS-ket (1st)
21. 21.Listen to “protect”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) PRO-tect (1st) (b) pro-TECT (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.“Teenagers sometimes rebel against rules.” — where is the stress in “rebel” here? (a) re-BEL (2nd) (b) RE-bel (1st)
24. 24.Which syllable is stressed in “water”? (a) wa-TER (2nd) (b) WA-ter (1st)
25. 25.“The shop gave me a full refund.” — where is the stress in “refund” here? (a) RE-fund (1st) (b) re-FUND (2nd)
26. 26.“She made good progress in English.” — where is the stress in “progress” here? (a) prog-RESS (2nd) (b) PROG-ress (1st)
27. 27.Which syllable is stressed in “monkey”? (a) mon-KEY (2nd) (b) MON-key (1st)
28. 28.“Metals contract when they cool.” — where is the stress in “contract” here? (a) CON-tract (1st) (b) con-TRACT (2nd)
29. 29.Which syllable is stressed in “delete”? (a) de-LETE (2nd) (b) DE-lete (1st)
30. 30.Listen to “teacher”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) teach-ER (2nd) (b) TEACH-er (1st)
31. 31.Listen to “rabbit”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) RAB-bit (1st) (b) rab-BIT (2nd)
32. 32.Which syllable is stressed in “summer”? (a) SUM-mer (1st) (b) sum-MER (2nd)
33. 33.Listen to “repeat”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) RE-peat (1st) (b) re-PEAT (2nd)
34. 34.Listen to “picture”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) pic-TURE (2nd) (b) PIC-ture (1st)
35. 35.“The market sells fresh farm produce.” — where is the stress in “produce” here? (a) PRO-duce (1st) (b) pro-DUCE (2nd)
36. 36.Listen to “deny”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) DE-ny (1st) (b) de-NY (2nd)
37. 37.“Tea is an important export for India.” — where is the stress in “export” here? (a) EX-port (1st) (b) ex-PORT (2nd)
38. 38.“The rebel refused to obey the king.” — where is the stress in “rebel” here? (a) RE-bel (1st) (b) re-BEL (2nd)
39. 39.“You need a permit to park here.” — where is the stress in “permit” here? (a) PER-mit (1st) (b) per-MIT (2nd)
40. 40.Which syllable is stressed in “happy”? (a) hap-PY (2nd) (b) HAP-py (1st)

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