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Word Stress Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 17: Word stress: nouns and verbs · Set 783 · 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.“Tea is an important export for India.” — where is the stress in “export” here? (a) ex-PORT (2nd) (b) EX-port (1st)
  2. 2.Listen to “enjoy”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) en-JOY (2nd) (b) EN-joy (1st)
  3. 3.Which syllable is stressed in “invite”? (a) IN-vite (1st) (b) in-VITE (2nd)
  4. 4.“Buses are public transport.” — where is the stress in “transport” here? (a) trans-PORT (2nd) (b) TRANS-port (1st)
  5. 5.Which syllable is stressed in “rabbit”? (a) RAB-bit (1st) (b) rab-BIT (2nd)
  6. 6.“Teenagers sometimes rebel against rules.” — where is the stress in “rebel” here? (a) RE-bel (1st) (b) re-BEL (2nd)
  7. 7.“He will contest the election.” — where is the stress in “contest” here? (a) con-TEST (2nd) (b) CON-test (1st)
  8. 8.Which syllable is stressed in “enjoy”? (a) en-JOY (2nd) (b) EN-joy (1st)
  9. 9.Which syllable is stressed in “return”? (a) RE-turn (1st) (b) re-TURN (2nd)
  10. 10.“Metals contract when they cool.” — where is the stress in “contract” here? (a) con-TRACT (2nd) (b) CON-tract (1st)
  11. 11.“Each team will present its project to the class.” — where is the stress in “present” here? (a) pre-SENT (2nd) (b) PRE-sent (1st)
  12. 12.Listen to “delete”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) DE-lete (1st) (b) de-LETE (2nd)
  13. 13.Which syllable is stressed in “believe”? (a) BE-lieve (1st) (b) be-LIEVE (2nd)
  14. 14.“I got a birthday present from Grandma.” — where is the stress in “present” here? (a) PRE-sent (1st) (b) pre-SENT (2nd)
  15. 15.“Did anyone object to the new rule?” — where is the stress in “object” here? (a) ob-JECT (2nd) (b) OB-ject (1st)
  16. 16.Listen to “paper”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) PA-per (1st) (b) pa-PER (2nd)
  17. 17.Listen to “summer”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) SUM-mer (1st) (b) sum-MER (2nd)
  18. 18.“The dentist will extract the tooth.” — where is the stress in “extract” here? (a) EX-tract (1st) (b) ex-TRACT (2nd)
  19. 19.Listen to “forgive”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) for-GIVE (2nd) (b) FOR-give (1st)
  20. 20.“The rebel refused to obey the king.” — where is the stress in “rebel” here? (a) RE-bel (1st) (b) re-BEL (2nd)
  21. 21.“Bees produce honey.” — where is the stress in “produce” here? (a) PRO-duce (1st) (b) pro-DUCE (2nd)
  22. 22.Which syllable is stressed in “suggest”? (a) SUG-gest (1st) (b) sug-GEST (2nd)
  23. 23.Listen to “respect”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) RE-spect (1st) (b) re-SPECT (2nd)
  24. 24.“There is a strange object on the table.” — where is the stress in “object” here? (a) OB-ject (1st) (b) ob-JECT (2nd)
  25. 25.Which syllable is stressed in “collect”? (a) col-LECT (2nd) (b) COL-lect (1st)
  26. 26.“She made good progress in English.” — where is the stress in “progress” here? (a) prog-RESS (2nd) (b) PROG-ress (1st)
  27. 27.“The market sells fresh farm produce.” — where is the stress in “produce” here? (a) pro-DUCE (2nd) (b) PRO-duce (1st)
  28. 28.“The police caught the suspect.” — where is the stress in “suspect” here? (a) sus-PECT (2nd) (b) SUS-pect (1st)
  29. 29.Listen to “invite”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) in-VITE (2nd) (b) IN-vite (1st)
  30. 30.Listen to “prepare”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) pre-PARE (2nd) (b) PRE-pare (1st)
  31. 31.“The workers held a protest outside.” — where is the stress in “protest” here? (a) pro-TEST (2nd) (b) PRO-test (1st)
  32. 32.Which syllable is stressed in “delete”? (a) de-LETE (2nd) (b) DE-lete (1st)
  33. 33.Listen to “reply”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) re-PLY (2nd) (b) RE-ply (1st)
  34. 34.Which syllable is stressed in “garden”? (a) gar-DEN (2nd) (b) GAR-den (1st)
  35. 35.Listen to “complete”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) COM-plete (1st) (b) com-PLETE (2nd)
  36. 36.“We saw a decrease in rainfall.” — where is the stress in “decrease” here? (a) DE-crease (1st) (b) de-CREASE (2nd)
  37. 37.Which syllable is stressed in “picture”? (a) pic-TURE (2nd) (b) PIC-ture (1st)
  38. 38.“There is an increase in prices this year.” — where is the stress in “increase” here? (a) IN-crease (1st) (b) in-CREASE (2nd)
  39. 39.Which syllable is stressed in “begin”? (a) BE-gin (1st) (b) be-GIN (2nd)
  40. 40.Which syllable is stressed in “monkey”? (a) MON-key (1st) (b) mon-KEY (2nd)

Answer key

  1. EX-port (1st)
  2. en-JOY (2nd)
  3. in-VITE (2nd)
  4. TRANS-port (1st)
  5. RAB-bit (1st)
  6. re-BEL (2nd)
  7. con-TEST (2nd)
  8. en-JOY (2nd)
  9. re-TURN (2nd)
  10. con-TRACT (2nd)
  11. pre-SENT (2nd)
  12. de-LETE (2nd)
  13. be-LIEVE (2nd)
  14. PRE-sent (1st)
  15. ob-JECT (2nd)
  16. PA-per (1st)
  17. SUM-mer (1st)
  18. ex-TRACT (2nd)
  19. for-GIVE (2nd)
  20. RE-bel (1st)
  21. pro-DUCE (2nd)
  22. sug-GEST (2nd)
  23. re-SPECT (2nd)
  24. OB-ject (1st)
  25. col-LECT (2nd)
  26. PROG-ress (1st)
  27. PRO-duce (1st)
  28. SUS-pect (1st)
  29. in-VITE (2nd)
  30. pre-PARE (2nd)
  31. PRO-test (1st)
  32. de-LETE (2nd)
  33. re-PLY (2nd)
  34. GAR-den (1st)
  35. com-PLETE (2nd)
  36. DE-crease (1st)
  37. PIC-ture (1st)
  38. IN-crease (1st)
  39. be-GIN (2nd)
  40. MON-key (1st)

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