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Word Stress Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 17: Word stress: nouns and verbs · Set 759 · 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.“He will contest the election.” — where is the stress in “contest” here? (a) CON-test (1st) (b) con-TEST (2nd)
  2. 2.Listen to “forget”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) for-GET (2nd) (b) FOR-get (1st)
  3. 3.Listen to “relax”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) re-LAX (2nd) (b) RE-lax (1st)
  4. 4.Listen to “sister”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) sis-TER (2nd) (b) SIS-ter (1st)
  5. 5.“I got a birthday present from Grandma.” — where is the stress in “present” here? (a) pre-SENT (2nd) (b) PRE-sent (1st)
  6. 6.“She broke the world record in the race.” — where is the stress in “record” here? (a) RE-cord (1st) (b) re-CORD (2nd)
  7. 7.Which syllable is stressed in “sister”? (a) sis-TER (2nd) (b) SIS-ter (1st)
  8. 8.Listen to “repeat”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) re-PEAT (2nd) (b) RE-peat (1st)
  9. 9.“The workers held a protest outside.” — where is the stress in “protest” here? (a) PRO-test (1st) (b) pro-TEST (2nd)
  10. 10.Listen to “table”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) TA-ble (1st) (b) ta-BLE (2nd)
  11. 11.Listen to “picture”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) pic-TURE (2nd) (b) PIC-ture (1st)
  12. 12.Which syllable is stressed in “survive”? (a) sur-VIVE (2nd) (b) SUR-vive (1st)
  13. 13.Listen to “complete”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) COM-plete (1st) (b) com-PLETE (2nd)
  14. 14.“The rules do not permit phones in exams.” — where is the stress in “permit” here? (a) PER-mit (1st) (b) per-MIT (2nd)
  15. 15.Which syllable is stressed in “famous”? (a) FA-mous (1st) (b) fa-MOUS (2nd)
  16. 16.“His conduct in class is excellent.” — where is the stress in “conduct” here? (a) CON-duct (1st) (b) con-DUCT (2nd)
  17. 17.Listen to “believe”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) be-LIEVE (2nd) (b) BE-lieve (1st)
  18. 18.Which syllable is stressed in “return”? (a) RE-turn (1st) (b) re-TURN (2nd)
  19. 19.Which syllable is stressed in “teacher”? (a) TEACH-er (1st) (b) teach-ER (2nd)
  20. 20.“She won the singing contest.” — where is the stress in “contest” here? (a) CON-test (1st) (b) con-TEST (2nd)
  21. 21.Listen to “teacher”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) TEACH-er (1st) (b) teach-ER (2nd)
  22. 22.Listen to “market”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) mar-KET (2nd) (b) MAR-ket (1st)
  23. 23.Listen to “modern”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) mod-ERN (2nd) (b) MOD-ern (1st)
  24. 24.Which syllable is stressed in “modern”? (a) mod-ERN (2nd) (b) MOD-ern (1st)
  25. 25.“He signed a contract with the company.” — where is the stress in “contract” here? (a) con-TRACT (2nd) (b) CON-tract (1st)
  26. 26.“There is an increase in prices this year.” — where is the stress in “increase” here? (a) in-CREASE (2nd) (b) IN-crease (1st)
  27. 27.“This toy is an import from Japan.” — where is the stress in “import” here? (a) im-PORT (2nd) (b) IM-port (1st)
  28. 28.Which syllable is stressed in “paper”? (a) PA-per (1st) (b) pa-PER (2nd)
  29. 29.“Add a little vanilla extract to the cake.” — where is the stress in “extract” here? (a) ex-TRACT (2nd) (b) EX-tract (1st)
  30. 30.“Each team will present its project to the class.” — where is the stress in “present” here? (a) PRE-sent (1st) (b) pre-SENT (2nd)
  31. 31.Listen to “monkey”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) mon-KEY (2nd) (b) MON-key (1st)
  32. 32.Listen to “collect”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) col-LECT (2nd) (b) COL-lect (1st)
  33. 33.Which syllable is stressed in “suggest”? (a) SUG-gest (1st) (b) sug-GEST (2nd)
  34. 34.“Did anyone object to the new rule?” — where is the stress in “object” here? (a) OB-ject (1st) (b) ob-JECT (2nd)
  35. 35.Which syllable is stressed in “yellow”? (a) YEL-low (1st) (b) yel-LOW (2nd)
  36. 36.Listen to “invite”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) in-VITE (2nd) (b) IN-vite (1st)
  37. 37.Which syllable is stressed in “explain”? (a) ex-PLAIN (2nd) (b) EX-plain (1st)
  38. 38.“Tea is an important export for India.” — where is the stress in “export” here? (a) EX-port (1st) (b) ex-PORT (2nd)
  39. 39.Which syllable is stressed in “monkey”? (a) MON-key (1st) (b) mon-KEY (2nd)
  40. 40.“Buses are public transport.” — where is the stress in “transport” here? (a) TRANS-port (1st) (b) trans-PORT (2nd)

Answer key

  1. con-TEST (2nd)
  2. for-GET (2nd)
  3. re-LAX (2nd)
  4. SIS-ter (1st)
  5. PRE-sent (1st)
  6. RE-cord (1st)
  7. SIS-ter (1st)
  8. re-PEAT (2nd)
  9. PRO-test (1st)
  10. TA-ble (1st)
  11. PIC-ture (1st)
  12. sur-VIVE (2nd)
  13. com-PLETE (2nd)
  14. per-MIT (2nd)
  15. FA-mous (1st)
  16. CON-duct (1st)
  17. be-LIEVE (2nd)
  18. re-TURN (2nd)
  19. TEACH-er (1st)
  20. CON-test (1st)
  21. TEACH-er (1st)
  22. MAR-ket (1st)
  23. MOD-ern (1st)
  24. MOD-ern (1st)
  25. CON-tract (1st)
  26. IN-crease (1st)
  27. IM-port (1st)
  28. PA-per (1st)
  29. EX-tract (1st)
  30. pre-SENT (2nd)
  31. MON-key (1st)
  32. col-LECT (2nd)
  33. sug-GEST (2nd)
  34. ob-JECT (2nd)
  35. YEL-low (1st)
  36. in-VITE (2nd)
  37. ex-PLAIN (2nd)
  38. EX-port (1st)
  39. MON-key (1st)
  40. TRANS-port (1st)

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