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Pronunciation lesson 17: Word stress: nouns and verbs · Set 729 · 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.“Your answer is perfect.” — where is the stress in “perfect” here? (a) PER-fect (1st) (b) per-FECT (2nd)
  2. 2.“He will contest the election.” — where is the stress in “contest” here? (a) con-TEST (2nd) (b) CON-test (1st)
  3. 3.Which syllable is stressed in “summer”? (a) sum-MER (2nd) (b) SUM-mer (1st)
  4. 4.Listen to “picture”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) PIC-ture (1st) (b) pic-TURE (2nd)
  5. 5.Listen to “modern”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) mod-ERN (2nd) (b) MOD-ern (1st)
  6. 6.“Teenagers sometimes rebel against rules.” — where is the stress in “rebel” here? (a) re-BEL (2nd) (b) RE-bel (1st)
  7. 7.Listen to “parrot”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) par-ROT (2nd) (b) PAR-rot (1st)
  8. 8.Which syllable is stressed in “monkey”? (a) MON-key (1st) (b) mon-KEY (2nd)
  9. 9.Listen to “water”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) WA-ter (1st) (b) wa-TER (2nd)
  10. 10.“The workers held a protest outside.” — where is the stress in “protest” here? (a) pro-TEST (2nd) (b) PRO-test (1st)
  11. 11.Which syllable is stressed in “return”? (a) RE-turn (1st) (b) re-TURN (2nd)
  12. 12.Listen to “relax”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) re-LAX (2nd) (b) RE-lax (1st)
  13. 13.Which syllable is stressed in “parrot”? (a) par-ROT (2nd) (b) PAR-rot (1st)
  14. 14.Which syllable is stressed in “begin”? (a) be-GIN (2nd) (b) BE-gin (1st)
  15. 15.Listen to “table”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) TA-ble (1st) (b) ta-BLE (2nd)
  16. 16.“She made good progress in English.” — where is the stress in “progress” here? (a) PROG-ress (1st) (b) prog-RESS (2nd)
  17. 17.Which syllable is stressed in “repeat”? (a) re-PEAT (2nd) (b) RE-peat (1st)
  18. 18.“Each team will present its project to the class.” — where is the stress in “present” here? (a) PRE-sent (1st) (b) pre-SENT (2nd)
  19. 19.Listen to “paper”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) pa-PER (2nd) (b) PA-per (1st)
  20. 20.“Tea is an important export for India.” — where is the stress in “export” here? (a) EX-port (1st) (b) ex-PORT (2nd)
  21. 21.Listen to “teacher”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) TEACH-er (1st) (b) teach-ER (2nd)
  22. 22.“Our teacher will conduct the test.” — where is the stress in “conduct” here? (a) con-DUCT (2nd) (b) CON-duct (1st)
  23. 23.Listen to “pencil”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) pen-CIL (2nd) (b) PEN-cil (1st)
  24. 24.“Maths is my favourite subject.” — where is the stress in “subject” here? (a) sub-JECT (2nd) (b) SUB-ject (1st)
  25. 25.Listen to “market”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) MAR-ket (1st) (b) mar-KET (2nd)
  26. 26.Which syllable is stressed in “winter”? (a) win-TER (2nd) (b) WIN-ter (1st)
  27. 27.Listen to “monkey”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) MON-key (1st) (b) mon-KEY (2nd)
  28. 28.“The market sells fresh farm produce.” — where is the stress in “produce” here? (a) PRO-duce (1st) (b) pro-DUCE (2nd)
  29. 29.Which syllable is stressed in “describe”? (a) DE-scribe (1st) (b) de-SCRIBE (2nd)
  30. 30.“Add a little vanilla extract to the cake.” — where is the stress in “extract” here? (a) ex-TRACT (2nd) (b) EX-tract (1st)
  31. 31.“The shop gave me a full refund.” — where is the stress in “refund” here? (a) RE-fund (1st) (b) re-FUND (2nd)
  32. 32.Listen to “carpet”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) CAR-pet (1st) (b) car-PET (2nd)
  33. 33.“This toy is an import from Japan.” — where is the stress in “import” here? (a) im-PORT (2nd) (b) IM-port (1st)
  34. 34.Which syllable is stressed in “table”? (a) TA-ble (1st) (b) ta-BLE (2nd)
  35. 35.Listen to “invite”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) in-VITE (2nd) (b) IN-vite (1st)
  36. 36.“His conduct in class is excellent.” — where is the stress in “conduct” here? (a) CON-duct (1st) (b) con-DUCT (2nd)
  37. 37.Which syllable is stressed in “invite”? (a) IN-vite (1st) (b) in-VITE (2nd)
  38. 38.“Bees produce honey.” — where is the stress in “produce” here? (a) PRO-duce (1st) (b) pro-DUCE (2nd)
  39. 39.Which syllable is stressed in “suggest”? (a) sug-GEST (2nd) (b) SUG-gest (1st)
  40. 40.Listen to “happy”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) HAP-py (1st) (b) hap-PY (2nd)

Answer key

  1. PER-fect (1st)
  2. con-TEST (2nd)
  3. SUM-mer (1st)
  4. PIC-ture (1st)
  5. MOD-ern (1st)
  6. re-BEL (2nd)
  7. PAR-rot (1st)
  8. MON-key (1st)
  9. WA-ter (1st)
  10. PRO-test (1st)
  11. re-TURN (2nd)
  12. re-LAX (2nd)
  13. PAR-rot (1st)
  14. be-GIN (2nd)
  15. TA-ble (1st)
  16. PROG-ress (1st)
  17. re-PEAT (2nd)
  18. pre-SENT (2nd)
  19. PA-per (1st)
  20. EX-port (1st)
  21. TEACH-er (1st)
  22. con-DUCT (2nd)
  23. PEN-cil (1st)
  24. SUB-ject (1st)
  25. MAR-ket (1st)
  26. WIN-ter (1st)
  27. MON-key (1st)
  28. PRO-duce (1st)
  29. de-SCRIBE (2nd)
  30. EX-tract (1st)
  31. RE-fund (1st)
  32. CAR-pet (1st)
  33. IM-port (1st)
  34. TA-ble (1st)
  35. in-VITE (2nd)
  36. CON-duct (1st)
  37. in-VITE (2nd)
  38. pro-DUCE (2nd)
  39. sug-GEST (2nd)
  40. HAP-py (1st)

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