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Pronunciation lesson 17: Word stress: nouns and verbs · Set 699 · 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 “receive”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) re-CEIVE (2nd) (b) RE-ceive (1st)
  2. 2.“Each team will present its project to the class.” — where is the stress in “present” here? (a) pre-SENT (2nd) (b) PRE-sent (1st)
  3. 3.“Your answer is perfect.” — where is the stress in “perfect” here? (a) PER-fect (1st) (b) per-FECT (2nd)
  4. 4.“Add a little vanilla extract to the cake.” — where is the stress in “extract” here? (a) EX-tract (1st) (b) ex-TRACT (2nd)
  5. 5.Which syllable is stressed in “delete”? (a) de-LETE (2nd) (b) DE-lete (1st)
  6. 6.“Camels can live in the desert.” — where is the stress in “desert” here? (a) DE-sert (1st) (b) de-SERT (2nd)
  7. 7.Which syllable is stressed in “deny”? (a) de-NY (2nd) (b) DE-ny (1st)
  8. 8.Listen to “paper”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) PA-per (1st) (b) pa-PER (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.“The rules do not permit phones in exams.” — where is the stress in “permit” here? (a) PER-mit (1st) (b) per-MIT (2nd)
  11. 11.“Let us record a video of the dance.” — where is the stress in “record” here? (a) re-CORD (2nd) (b) RE-cord (1st)
  12. 12.Listen to “reply”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) re-PLY (2nd) (b) RE-ply (1st)
  13. 13.Which syllable is stressed in “decide”? (a) DE-cide (1st) (b) de-CIDE (2nd)
  14. 14.“The market sells fresh farm produce.” — where is the stress in “produce” here? (a) PRO-duce (1st) (b) pro-DUCE (2nd)
  15. 15.Listen to “relax”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) re-LAX (2nd) (b) RE-lax (1st)
  16. 16.“As the days progress, it gets colder.” — where is the stress in “progress” here? (a) PROG-ress (1st) (b) prog-RESS (2nd)
  17. 17.Which syllable is stressed in “respect”? (a) RE-spect (1st) (b) re-SPECT (2nd)
  18. 18.Listen to “forget”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) for-GET (2nd) (b) FOR-get (1st)
  19. 19.Listen to “doctor”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) doc-TOR (2nd) (b) DOC-tor (1st)
  20. 20.“The shop gave me a full refund.” — where is the stress in “refund” here? (a) RE-fund (1st) (b) re-FUND (2nd)
  21. 21.Which syllable is stressed in “famous”? (a) FA-mous (1st) (b) fa-MOUS (2nd)
  22. 22.Which syllable is stressed in “table”? (a) TA-ble (1st) (b) ta-BLE (2nd)
  23. 23.“The dentist will extract the tooth.” — where is the stress in “extract” here? (a) EX-tract (1st) (b) ex-TRACT (2nd)
  24. 24.Which syllable is stressed in “apple”? (a) AP-ple (1st) (b) ap-PLE (2nd)
  25. 25.Listen to “suggest”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) sug-GEST (2nd) (b) SUG-gest (1st)
  26. 26.Listen to “explain”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ex-PLAIN (2nd) (b) EX-plain (1st)
  27. 27.“I suspect that he ate my cake.” — where is the stress in “suspect” here? (a) sus-PECT (2nd) (b) SUS-pect (1st)
  28. 28.Which syllable is stressed in “market”? (a) MAR-ket (1st) (b) mar-KET (2nd)
  29. 29.Which syllable is stressed in “forgive”? (a) for-GIVE (2nd) (b) FOR-give (1st)
  30. 30.“There is a strange object on the table.” — where is the stress in “object” here? (a) ob-JECT (2nd) (b) OB-ject (1st)
  31. 31.“Did anyone object to the new rule?” — where is the stress in “object” here? (a) ob-JECT (2nd) (b) OB-ject (1st)
  32. 32.“Maths is my favourite subject.” — where is the stress in “subject” here? (a) SUB-ject (1st) (b) sub-JECT (2nd)
  33. 33.“The police caught the suspect.” — where is the stress in “suspect” here? (a) SUS-pect (1st) (b) sus-PECT (2nd)
  34. 34.Which syllable is stressed in “repeat”? (a) RE-peat (1st) (b) re-PEAT (2nd)
  35. 35.Which syllable is stressed in “monkey”? (a) MON-key (1st) (b) mon-KEY (2nd)
  36. 36.Which syllable is stressed in “summer”? (a) SUM-mer (1st) (b) sum-MER (2nd)
  37. 37.Listen to “garden”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) GAR-den (1st) (b) gar-DEN (2nd)
  38. 38.Listen to “market”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) mar-KET (2nd) (b) MAR-ket (1st)
  39. 39.Which syllable is stressed in “paper”? (a) pa-PER (2nd) (b) PA-per (1st)
  40. 40.Listen to “respect”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) RE-spect (1st) (b) re-SPECT (2nd)

Answer key

  1. re-CEIVE (2nd)
  2. pre-SENT (2nd)
  3. PER-fect (1st)
  4. EX-tract (1st)
  5. de-LETE (2nd)
  6. DE-sert (1st)
  7. de-NY (2nd)
  8. PA-per (1st)
  9. re-BEL (2nd)
  10. per-MIT (2nd)
  11. re-CORD (2nd)
  12. re-PLY (2nd)
  13. de-CIDE (2nd)
  14. PRO-duce (1st)
  15. re-LAX (2nd)
  16. prog-RESS (2nd)
  17. re-SPECT (2nd)
  18. for-GET (2nd)
  19. DOC-tor (1st)
  20. RE-fund (1st)
  21. FA-mous (1st)
  22. TA-ble (1st)
  23. ex-TRACT (2nd)
  24. AP-ple (1st)
  25. sug-GEST (2nd)
  26. ex-PLAIN (2nd)
  27. sus-PECT (2nd)
  28. MAR-ket (1st)
  29. for-GIVE (2nd)
  30. OB-ject (1st)
  31. ob-JECT (2nd)
  32. SUB-ject (1st)
  33. SUS-pect (1st)
  34. re-PEAT (2nd)
  35. MON-key (1st)
  36. SUM-mer (1st)
  37. GAR-den (1st)
  38. MAR-ket (1st)
  39. PA-per (1st)
  40. re-SPECT (2nd)

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