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Pronunciation lesson 17: Word stress: nouns and verbs · Set 708 · 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 “collect”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) col-LECT (2nd) (b) COL-lect (1st)
  2. 2.“She broke the world record in the race.” — where is the stress in “record” here? (a) RE-cord (1st) (b) re-CORD (2nd)
  3. 3.Listen to “window”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) win-DOW (2nd) (b) WIN-dow (1st)
  4. 4.Listen to “sister”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) sis-TER (2nd) (b) SIS-ter (1st)
  5. 5.Listen to “prepare”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) PRE-pare (1st) (b) pre-PARE (2nd)
  6. 6.Listen to “market”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) MAR-ket (1st) (b) mar-KET (2nd)
  7. 7.Listen to “modern”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) mod-ERN (2nd) (b) MOD-ern (1st)
  8. 8.“The market sells fresh farm produce.” — where is the stress in “produce” here? (a) pro-DUCE (2nd) (b) PRO-duce (1st)
  9. 9.“I suspect that he ate my cake.” — where is the stress in “suspect” here? (a) sus-PECT (2nd) (b) SUS-pect (1st)
  10. 10.Listen to “relax”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) RE-lax (1st) (b) re-LAX (2nd)
  11. 11.Which syllable is stressed in “respect”? (a) RE-spect (1st) (b) re-SPECT (2nd)
  12. 12.Which syllable is stressed in “apple”? (a) ap-PLE (2nd) (b) AP-ple (1st)
  13. 13.Listen to “water”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) wa-TER (2nd) (b) WA-ter (1st)
  14. 14.“A good friend will never desert you.” — where is the stress in “desert” here? (a) DE-sert (1st) (b) de-SERT (2nd)
  15. 15.Listen to “garden”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) GAR-den (1st) (b) gar-DEN (2nd)
  16. 16.“Maths is my favourite subject.” — where is the stress in “subject” here? (a) sub-JECT (2nd) (b) SUB-ject (1st)
  17. 17.“The rebel refused to obey the king.” — where is the stress in “rebel” here? (a) RE-bel (1st) (b) re-BEL (2nd)
  18. 18.“Your answer is perfect.” — where is the stress in “perfect” here? (a) per-FECT (2nd) (b) PER-fect (1st)
  19. 19.“He signed a contract with the company.” — where is the stress in “contract” here? (a) CON-tract (1st) (b) con-TRACT (2nd)
  20. 20.Listen to “begin”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) BE-gin (1st) (b) be-GIN (2nd)
  21. 21.Which syllable is stressed in “receive”? (a) RE-ceive (1st) (b) re-CEIVE (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.Listen to “repeat”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) RE-peat (1st) (b) re-PEAT (2nd)
  24. 24.Which syllable is stressed in “market”? (a) MAR-ket (1st) (b) mar-KET (2nd)
  25. 25.Which syllable is stressed in “suggest”? (a) sug-GEST (2nd) (b) SUG-gest (1st)
  26. 26.Which syllable is stressed in “decide”? (a) de-CIDE (2nd) (b) DE-cide (1st)
  27. 27.Which syllable is stressed in “prefer”? (a) pre-FER (2nd) (b) PRE-fer (1st)
  28. 28.“The workers held a protest outside.” — where is the stress in “protest” here? (a) PRO-test (1st) (b) pro-TEST (2nd)
  29. 29.“She won the singing contest.” — where is the stress in “contest” here? (a) CON-test (1st) (b) con-TEST (2nd)
  30. 30.“Did anyone object to the new rule?” — where is the stress in “object” here? (a) ob-JECT (2nd) (b) OB-ject (1st)
  31. 31.Which syllable is stressed in “survive”? (a) sur-VIVE (2nd) (b) SUR-vive (1st)
  32. 32.“The police caught the suspect.” — where is the stress in “suspect” here? (a) SUS-pect (1st) (b) sus-PECT (2nd)
  33. 33.Which syllable is stressed in “modern”? (a) MOD-ern (1st) (b) mod-ERN (2nd)
  34. 34.Listen to “winter”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) win-TER (2nd) (b) WIN-ter (1st)
  35. 35.Listen to “reply”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) re-PLY (2nd) (b) RE-ply (1st)
  36. 36.Listen to “monkey”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) MON-key (1st) (b) mon-KEY (2nd)
  37. 37.“This toy is an import from Japan.” — where is the stress in “import” here? (a) im-PORT (2nd) (b) IM-port (1st)
  38. 38.“Teenagers sometimes rebel against rules.” — where is the stress in “rebel” here? (a) RE-bel (1st) (b) re-BEL (2nd)
  39. 39.Listen to “suggest”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) sug-GEST (2nd) (b) SUG-gest (1st)
  40. 40.Which syllable is stressed in “window”? (a) WIN-dow (1st) (b) win-DOW (2nd)

Answer key

  1. col-LECT (2nd)
  2. RE-cord (1st)
  3. WIN-dow (1st)
  4. SIS-ter (1st)
  5. pre-PARE (2nd)
  6. MAR-ket (1st)
  7. MOD-ern (1st)
  8. PRO-duce (1st)
  9. sus-PECT (2nd)
  10. re-LAX (2nd)
  11. re-SPECT (2nd)
  12. AP-ple (1st)
  13. WA-ter (1st)
  14. de-SERT (2nd)
  15. GAR-den (1st)
  16. SUB-ject (1st)
  17. RE-bel (1st)
  18. PER-fect (1st)
  19. CON-tract (1st)
  20. be-GIN (2nd)
  21. re-CEIVE (2nd)
  22. OB-ject (1st)
  23. re-PEAT (2nd)
  24. MAR-ket (1st)
  25. sug-GEST (2nd)
  26. de-CIDE (2nd)
  27. pre-FER (2nd)
  28. PRO-test (1st)
  29. CON-test (1st)
  30. ob-JECT (2nd)
  31. sur-VIVE (2nd)
  32. SUS-pect (1st)
  33. MOD-ern (1st)
  34. WIN-ter (1st)
  35. re-PLY (2nd)
  36. MON-key (1st)
  37. IM-port (1st)
  38. re-BEL (2nd)
  39. sug-GEST (2nd)
  40. WIN-dow (1st)

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