Word Stress Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 17: Word stress: nouns and verbs · Set 74 · 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.“The rebel refused to obey the king.” — where is the stress in “rebel” here? (a) RE-bel (1st) (b) re-BEL (2nd)
2. 2.Which syllable is stressed in “yellow”? (a) yel-LOW (2nd) (b) YEL-low (1st)
3. 3.Which syllable is stressed in “collect”? (a) col-LECT (2nd) (b) COL-lect (1st)
4. 4.Listen to “garden”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) GAR-den (1st) (b) gar-DEN (2nd)
5. 5.Which syllable is stressed in “complete”? (a) COM-plete (1st) (b) com-PLETE (2nd)
6. 6.“Calling names is an insult.” — where is the stress in “insult” here? (a) in-SULT (2nd) (b) IN-sult (1st)
7. 7.Listen to “respect”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) RE-spect (1st) (b) re-SPECT (2nd)
8. 8.“Maths is my favourite subject.” — where is the stress in “subject” here? (a) sub-JECT (2nd) (b) SUB-ject (1st)
9. 9.“This toy is an import from Japan.” — where is the stress in “import” here? (a) im-PORT (2nd) (b) IM-port (1st)
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.Which syllable is stressed in “prefer”? (a) pre-FER (2nd) (b) PRE-fer (1st)
12. 12.“There is a strange object on the table.” — where is the stress in “object” here? (a) OB-ject (1st) (b) ob-JECT (2nd)
13. 13.“Let us record a video of the dance.” — where is the stress in “record” here? (a) re-CORD (2nd) (b) RE-cord (1st)
14. 14.“Your answer is perfect.” — where is the stress in “perfect” here? (a) per-FECT (2nd) (b) PER-fect (1st)
15. 15.“He will contest the election.” — where is the stress in “contest” here? (a) CON-test (1st) (b) con-TEST (2nd)
16. 16.“A good friend will never desert you.” — where is the stress in “desert” here? (a) de-SERT (2nd) (b) DE-sert (1st)
17. 17.“Metals contract when they cool.” — where is the stress in “contract” here? (a) CON-tract (1st) (b) con-TRACT (2nd)
18. 18.Listen to “invite”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) in-VITE (2nd) (b) IN-vite (1st)
19. 19.“She broke the world record in the race.” — where is the stress in “record” here? (a) RE-cord (1st) (b) re-CORD (2nd)
20. 20.“The dentist will extract the tooth.” — where is the stress in “extract” here? (a) EX-tract (1st) (b) ex-TRACT (2nd)
21. 21.Listen to “forgive”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) FOR-give (1st) (b) for-GIVE (2nd)
22. 22.Which syllable is stressed in “carpet”? (a) CAR-pet (1st) (b) car-PET (2nd)
23. 23.Listen to “table”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ta-BLE (2nd) (b) TA-ble (1st)
24. 24.Listen to “return”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) re-TURN (2nd) (b) RE-turn (1st)
25. 25.Which syllable is stressed in “sister”? (a) sis-TER (2nd) (b) SIS-ter (1st)
26. 26.Listen to “carpet”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) CAR-pet (1st) (b) car-PET (2nd)
27. 27.Which syllable is stressed in “respect”? (a) RE-spect (1st) (b) re-SPECT (2nd)
28. 28.“There is an increase in prices this year.” — where is the stress in “increase” here? (a) in-CREASE (2nd) (b) IN-crease (1st)
29. 29.Which syllable is stressed in “invite”? (a) IN-vite (1st) (b) in-VITE (2nd)
30. 30.Which syllable is stressed in “forgive”? (a) FOR-give (1st) (b) for-GIVE (2nd)
31. 31.Listen to “deny”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) de-NY (2nd) (b) DE-ny (1st)
32. 32.Which syllable is stressed in “teacher”? (a) TEACH-er (1st) (b) teach-ER (2nd)
33. 33.Which syllable is stressed in “window”? (a) win-DOW (2nd) (b) WIN-dow (1st)
34. 34.Which syllable is stressed in “water”? (a) WA-ter (1st) (b) wa-TER (2nd)
35. 35.“The workers held a protest outside.” — where is the stress in “protest” here? (a) PRO-test (1st) (b) pro-TEST (2nd)
36. 36.Listen to “paper”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) pa-PER (2nd) (b) PA-per (1st)
37. 37.“The market sells fresh farm produce.” — where is the stress in “produce” here? (a) pro-DUCE (2nd) (b) PRO-duce (1st)
38. 38.Listen to “apple”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) AP-ple (1st) (b) ap-PLE (2nd)
39. 39.Listen to “relax”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) re-LAX (2nd) (b) RE-lax (1st)
40. 40.“Add a little vanilla extract to the cake.” — where is the stress in “extract” here? (a) EX-tract (1st) (b) ex-TRACT (2nd)

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