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Pronunciation lesson 17: Word stress: nouns and verbs · Set 719 · 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 (1st) (b) de-SERT (2nd)
  2. 2.Listen to “rabbit”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) RAB-bit (1st) (b) rab-BIT (2nd)
  3. 3.Listen to “enjoy”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) EN-joy (1st) (b) en-JOY (2nd)
  4. 4.Listen to “forgive”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) for-GIVE (2nd) (b) FOR-give (1st)
  5. 5.Which syllable is stressed in “modern”? (a) MOD-ern (1st) (b) mod-ERN (2nd)
  6. 6.Listen to “yellow”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) YEL-low (1st) (b) yel-LOW (2nd)
  7. 7.“Tea is an important export for India.” — where is the stress in “export” here? (a) EX-port (1st) (b) ex-PORT (2nd)
  8. 8.“He will contest the election.” — where is the stress in “contest” here? (a) CON-test (1st) (b) con-TEST (2nd)
  9. 9.Listen to “relax”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) RE-lax (1st) (b) re-LAX (2nd)
  10. 10.“You need a permit to park here.” — where is the stress in “permit” here? (a) per-MIT (2nd) (b) PER-mit (1st)
  11. 11.Listen to “garden”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) GAR-den (1st) (b) gar-DEN (2nd)
  12. 12.“The workers held a protest outside.” — where is the stress in “protest” here? (a) pro-TEST (2nd) (b) PRO-test (1st)
  13. 13.Which syllable is stressed in “pencil”? (a) pen-CIL (2nd) (b) PEN-cil (1st)
  14. 14.“The rules do not permit phones in exams.” — where is the stress in “permit” here? (a) per-MIT (2nd) (b) PER-mit (1st)
  15. 15.“Metals contract when they cool.” — where is the stress in “contract” here? (a) CON-tract (1st) (b) con-TRACT (2nd)
  16. 16.Which syllable is stressed in “apple”? (a) ap-PLE (2nd) (b) AP-ple (1st)
  17. 17.Which syllable is stressed in “forget”? (a) FOR-get (1st) (b) for-GET (2nd)
  18. 18.“There is a strange object on the table.” — where is the stress in “object” here? (a) OB-ject (1st) (b) ob-JECT (2nd)
  19. 19.Which syllable is stressed in “market”? (a) mar-KET (2nd) (b) MAR-ket (1st)
  20. 20.Which syllable is stressed in “winter”? (a) win-TER (2nd) (b) WIN-ter (1st)
  21. 21.“The rebel refused to obey the king.” — where is the stress in “rebel” here? (a) re-BEL (2nd) (b) RE-bel (1st)
  22. 22.Listen to “prefer”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) PRE-fer (1st) (b) pre-FER (2nd)
  23. 23.Listen to “happy”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) HAP-py (1st) (b) hap-PY (2nd)
  24. 24.“Buses are public transport.” — where is the stress in “transport” here? (a) trans-PORT (2nd) (b) TRANS-port (1st)
  25. 25.Listen to “protect”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) pro-TECT (2nd) (b) PRO-tect (1st)
  26. 26.Listen to “invite”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) in-VITE (2nd) (b) IN-vite (1st)
  27. 27.“He signed a contract with the company.” — where is the stress in “contract” here? (a) con-TRACT (2nd) (b) CON-tract (1st)
  28. 28.“His conduct in class is excellent.” — where is the stress in “conduct” here? (a) con-DUCT (2nd) (b) CON-duct (1st)
  29. 29.Which syllable is stressed in “doctor”? (a) DOC-tor (1st) (b) doc-TOR (2nd)
  30. 30.Which syllable is stressed in “reply”? (a) re-PLY (2nd) (b) RE-ply (1st)
  31. 31.“The police caught the suspect.” — where is the stress in “suspect” here? (a) sus-PECT (2nd) (b) SUS-pect (1st)
  32. 32.“This toy is an import from Japan.” — where is the stress in “import” here? (a) im-PORT (2nd) (b) IM-port (1st)
  33. 33.Which syllable is stressed in “picture”? (a) PIC-ture (1st) (b) pic-TURE (2nd)
  34. 34.Which syllable is stressed in “summer”? (a) sum-MER (2nd) (b) SUM-mer (1st)
  35. 35.Which syllable is stressed in “enjoy”? (a) EN-joy (1st) (b) en-JOY (2nd)
  36. 36.“Did anyone object to the new rule?” — where is the stress in “object” here? (a) ob-JECT (2nd) (b) OB-ject (1st)
  37. 37.Listen to “return”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) re-TURN (2nd) (b) RE-turn (1st)
  38. 38.“Maths is my favourite subject.” — where is the stress in “subject” here? (a) SUB-ject (1st) (b) sub-JECT (2nd)
  39. 39.“I suspect that he ate my cake.” — where is the stress in “suspect” here? (a) sus-PECT (2nd) (b) SUS-pect (1st)
  40. 40.Which syllable is stressed in “survive”? (a) sur-VIVE (2nd) (b) SUR-vive (1st)

Answer key

  1. de-SERT (2nd)
  2. RAB-bit (1st)
  3. en-JOY (2nd)
  4. for-GIVE (2nd)
  5. MOD-ern (1st)
  6. YEL-low (1st)
  7. EX-port (1st)
  8. con-TEST (2nd)
  9. re-LAX (2nd)
  10. PER-mit (1st)
  11. GAR-den (1st)
  12. PRO-test (1st)
  13. PEN-cil (1st)
  14. per-MIT (2nd)
  15. con-TRACT (2nd)
  16. AP-ple (1st)
  17. for-GET (2nd)
  18. OB-ject (1st)
  19. MAR-ket (1st)
  20. WIN-ter (1st)
  21. RE-bel (1st)
  22. pre-FER (2nd)
  23. HAP-py (1st)
  24. TRANS-port (1st)
  25. pro-TECT (2nd)
  26. in-VITE (2nd)
  27. CON-tract (1st)
  28. CON-duct (1st)
  29. DOC-tor (1st)
  30. re-PLY (2nd)
  31. SUS-pect (1st)
  32. IM-port (1st)
  33. PIC-ture (1st)
  34. SUM-mer (1st)
  35. en-JOY (2nd)
  36. ob-JECT (2nd)
  37. re-TURN (2nd)
  38. SUB-ject (1st)
  39. sus-PECT (2nd)
  40. sur-VIVE (2nd)

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