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Word Stress Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 17: Word stress: nouns and verbs · Set 771 · 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.“I suspect that he ate my cake.” — where is the stress in “suspect” here? (a) SUS-pect (1st) (b) sus-PECT (2nd)
  2. 2.“Did anyone object to the new rule?” — where is the stress in “object” here? (a) OB-ject (1st) (b) ob-JECT (2nd)
  3. 3.“The rebel refused to obey the king.” — where is the stress in “rebel” here? (a) re-BEL (2nd) (b) RE-bel (1st)
  4. 4.Listen to “pencil”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) pen-CIL (2nd) (b) PEN-cil (1st)
  5. 5.Listen to “famous”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) fa-MOUS (2nd) (b) FA-mous (1st)
  6. 6.Listen to “summer”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) sum-MER (2nd) (b) SUM-mer (1st)
  7. 7.Listen to “prefer”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) PRE-fer (1st) (b) pre-FER (2nd)
  8. 8.“Your answer is perfect.” — where is the stress in “perfect” here? (a) per-FECT (2nd) (b) PER-fect (1st)
  9. 9.“Each team will present its project to the class.” — where is the stress in “present” here? (a) PRE-sent (1st) (b) pre-SENT (2nd)
  10. 10.Listen to “describe”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) DE-scribe (1st) (b) de-SCRIBE (2nd)
  11. 11.Which syllable is stressed in “respect”? (a) re-SPECT (2nd) (b) RE-spect (1st)
  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 “deny”? (a) de-NY (2nd) (b) DE-ny (1st)
  14. 14.Which syllable is stressed in “receive”? (a) re-CEIVE (2nd) (b) RE-ceive (1st)
  15. 15.“The police caught the suspect.” — where is the stress in “suspect” here? (a) sus-PECT (2nd) (b) SUS-pect (1st)
  16. 16.Listen to “parrot”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) PAR-rot (1st) (b) par-ROT (2nd)
  17. 17.“Never insult your friends.” — where is the stress in “insult” here? (a) IN-sult (1st) (b) in-SULT (2nd)
  18. 18.“There is an increase in prices this year.” — where is the stress in “increase” here? (a) in-CREASE (2nd) (b) IN-crease (1st)
  19. 19.“I got a birthday present from Grandma.” — where is the stress in “present” here? (a) pre-SENT (2nd) (b) PRE-sent (1st)
  20. 20.Listen to “relax”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) RE-lax (1st) (b) re-LAX (2nd)
  21. 21.Which syllable is stressed in “believe”? (a) BE-lieve (1st) (b) be-LIEVE (2nd)
  22. 22.Which syllable is stressed in “forget”? (a) FOR-get (1st) (b) for-GET (2nd)
  23. 23.Listen to “suggest”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) sug-GEST (2nd) (b) SUG-gest (1st)
  24. 24.Which syllable is stressed in “summer”? (a) SUM-mer (1st) (b) sum-MER (2nd)
  25. 25.Which syllable is stressed in “window”? (a) win-DOW (2nd) (b) WIN-dow (1st)
  26. 26.Which syllable is stressed in “water”? (a) wa-TER (2nd) (b) WA-ter (1st)
  27. 27.Listen to “collect”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) COL-lect (1st) (b) col-LECT (2nd)
  28. 28.Which syllable is stressed in “suggest”? (a) sug-GEST (2nd) (b) SUG-gest (1st)
  29. 29.“His conduct in class is excellent.” — where is the stress in “conduct” here? (a) CON-duct (1st) (b) con-DUCT (2nd)
  30. 30.Listen to “water”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) WA-ter (1st) (b) wa-TER (2nd)
  31. 31.Listen to “invite”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) IN-vite (1st) (b) in-VITE (2nd)
  32. 32.“As the days progress, it gets colder.” — where is the stress in “progress” here? (a) prog-RESS (2nd) (b) PROG-ress (1st)
  33. 33.“There is a strange object on the table.” — where is the stress in “object” here? (a) ob-JECT (2nd) (b) OB-ject (1st)
  34. 34.Which syllable is stressed in “survive”? (a) SUR-vive (1st) (b) sur-VIVE (2nd)
  35. 35.Listen to “rabbit”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) RAB-bit (1st) (b) rab-BIT (2nd)
  36. 36.Which syllable is stressed in “explain”? (a) ex-PLAIN (2nd) (b) EX-plain (1st)
  37. 37.Listen to “deny”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) de-NY (2nd) (b) DE-ny (1st)
  38. 38.“Calling names is an insult.” — where is the stress in “insult” here? (a) in-SULT (2nd) (b) IN-sult (1st)
  39. 39.“Add a little vanilla extract to the cake.” — where is the stress in “extract” here? (a) ex-TRACT (2nd) (b) EX-tract (1st)
  40. 40.“Tea is an important export for India.” — where is the stress in “export” here? (a) ex-PORT (2nd) (b) EX-port (1st)

Answer key

  1. sus-PECT (2nd)
  2. ob-JECT (2nd)
  3. RE-bel (1st)
  4. PEN-cil (1st)
  5. FA-mous (1st)
  6. SUM-mer (1st)
  7. pre-FER (2nd)
  8. PER-fect (1st)
  9. pre-SENT (2nd)
  10. de-SCRIBE (2nd)
  11. re-SPECT (2nd)
  12. PRO-test (1st)
  13. de-NY (2nd)
  14. re-CEIVE (2nd)
  15. SUS-pect (1st)
  16. PAR-rot (1st)
  17. in-SULT (2nd)
  18. IN-crease (1st)
  19. PRE-sent (1st)
  20. re-LAX (2nd)
  21. be-LIEVE (2nd)
  22. for-GET (2nd)
  23. sug-GEST (2nd)
  24. SUM-mer (1st)
  25. WIN-dow (1st)
  26. WA-ter (1st)
  27. col-LECT (2nd)
  28. sug-GEST (2nd)
  29. CON-duct (1st)
  30. WA-ter (1st)
  31. in-VITE (2nd)
  32. prog-RESS (2nd)
  33. OB-ject (1st)
  34. sur-VIVE (2nd)
  35. RAB-bit (1st)
  36. ex-PLAIN (2nd)
  37. de-NY (2nd)
  38. IN-sult (1st)
  39. EX-tract (1st)
  40. EX-port (1st)

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