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Word Stress Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 17: Word stress: nouns and verbs · Set 790 · 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.“Our teacher will conduct the test.” — where is the stress in “conduct” here? (a) CON-duct (1st) (b) con-DUCT (2nd)
  2. 2.Listen to “picture”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) PIC-ture (1st) (b) pic-TURE (2nd)
  3. 3.Which syllable is stressed in “respect”? (a) re-SPECT (2nd) (b) RE-spect (1st)
  4. 4.Listen to “complete”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) com-PLETE (2nd) (b) COM-plete (1st)
  5. 5.“The dentist will extract the tooth.” — where is the stress in “extract” here? (a) ex-TRACT (2nd) (b) EX-tract (1st)
  6. 6.“You need a permit to park here.” — where is the stress in “permit” here? (a) per-MIT (2nd) (b) PER-mit (1st)
  7. 7.“There is a strange object on the table.” — where is the stress in “object” here? (a) ob-JECT (2nd) (b) OB-ject (1st)
  8. 8.“Add a little vanilla extract to the cake.” — where is the stress in “extract” here? (a) EX-tract (1st) (b) ex-TRACT (2nd)
  9. 9.“The market sells fresh farm produce.” — where is the stress in “produce” here? (a) pro-DUCE (2nd) (b) PRO-duce (1st)
  10. 10.“He will contest the election.” — where is the stress in “contest” here? (a) CON-test (1st) (b) con-TEST (2nd)
  11. 11.Listen to “decide”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) DE-cide (1st) (b) de-CIDE (2nd)
  12. 12.Which syllable is stressed in “rabbit”? (a) rab-BIT (2nd) (b) RAB-bit (1st)
  13. 13.“She broke the world record in the race.” — where is the stress in “record” here? (a) re-CORD (2nd) (b) RE-cord (1st)
  14. 14.“She won the singing contest.” — where is the stress in “contest” here? (a) con-TEST (2nd) (b) CON-test (1st)
  15. 15.“Your answer is perfect.” — where is the stress in “perfect” here? (a) PER-fect (1st) (b) per-FECT (2nd)
  16. 16.“Camels can live in the desert.” — where is the stress in “desert” here? (a) de-SERT (2nd) (b) DE-sert (1st)
  17. 17.“He signed a contract with the company.” — where is the stress in “contract” here? (a) CON-tract (1st) (b) con-TRACT (2nd)
  18. 18.“I got a birthday present from Grandma.” — where is the stress in “present” here? (a) PRE-sent (1st) (b) pre-SENT (2nd)
  19. 19.Listen to “monkey”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) MON-key (1st) (b) mon-KEY (2nd)
  20. 20.Listen to “paper”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) pa-PER (2nd) (b) PA-per (1st)
  21. 21.“This toy is an import from Japan.” — where is the stress in “import” here? (a) IM-port (1st) (b) im-PORT (2nd)
  22. 22.Which syllable is stressed in “table”? (a) ta-BLE (2nd) (b) TA-ble (1st)
  23. 23.Listen to “delete”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) DE-lete (1st) (b) de-LETE (2nd)
  24. 24.Which syllable is stressed in “invite”? (a) IN-vite (1st) (b) in-VITE (2nd)
  25. 25.Listen to “enjoy”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) EN-joy (1st) (b) en-JOY (2nd)
  26. 26.Which syllable is stressed in “parrot”? (a) par-ROT (2nd) (b) PAR-rot (1st)
  27. 27.Which syllable is stressed in “carpet”? (a) CAR-pet (1st) (b) car-PET (2nd)
  28. 28.Listen to “garden”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) GAR-den (1st) (b) gar-DEN (2nd)
  29. 29.“The workers held a protest outside.” — where is the stress in “protest” here? (a) pro-TEST (2nd) (b) PRO-test (1st)
  30. 30.Listen to “receive”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) re-CEIVE (2nd) (b) RE-ceive (1st)
  31. 31.Which syllable is stressed in “happy”? (a) HAP-py (1st) (b) hap-PY (2nd)
  32. 32.Which syllable is stressed in “famous”? (a) FA-mous (1st) (b) fa-MOUS (2nd)
  33. 33.“Let us record a video of the dance.” — where is the stress in “record” here? (a) RE-cord (1st) (b) re-CORD (2nd)
  34. 34.Which syllable is stressed in “receive”? (a) RE-ceive (1st) (b) re-CEIVE (2nd)
  35. 35.Listen to “rabbit”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) rab-BIT (2nd) (b) RAB-bit (1st)
  36. 36.Listen to “happy”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) hap-PY (2nd) (b) HAP-py (1st)
  37. 37.Which syllable is stressed in “winter”? (a) win-TER (2nd) (b) WIN-ter (1st)
  38. 38.Which syllable is stressed in “collect”? (a) COL-lect (1st) (b) col-LECT (2nd)
  39. 39.Which syllable is stressed in “paper”? (a) pa-PER (2nd) (b) PA-per (1st)
  40. 40.“Never insult your friends.” — where is the stress in “insult” here? (a) in-SULT (2nd) (b) IN-sult (1st)

Answer key

  1. con-DUCT (2nd)
  2. PIC-ture (1st)
  3. re-SPECT (2nd)
  4. com-PLETE (2nd)
  5. ex-TRACT (2nd)
  6. PER-mit (1st)
  7. OB-ject (1st)
  8. EX-tract (1st)
  9. PRO-duce (1st)
  10. con-TEST (2nd)
  11. de-CIDE (2nd)
  12. RAB-bit (1st)
  13. RE-cord (1st)
  14. CON-test (1st)
  15. PER-fect (1st)
  16. DE-sert (1st)
  17. CON-tract (1st)
  18. PRE-sent (1st)
  19. MON-key (1st)
  20. PA-per (1st)
  21. IM-port (1st)
  22. TA-ble (1st)
  23. de-LETE (2nd)
  24. in-VITE (2nd)
  25. en-JOY (2nd)
  26. PAR-rot (1st)
  27. CAR-pet (1st)
  28. GAR-den (1st)
  29. PRO-test (1st)
  30. re-CEIVE (2nd)
  31. HAP-py (1st)
  32. FA-mous (1st)
  33. re-CORD (2nd)
  34. re-CEIVE (2nd)
  35. RAB-bit (1st)
  36. HAP-py (1st)
  37. WIN-ter (1st)
  38. col-LECT (2nd)
  39. PA-per (1st)
  40. in-SULT (2nd)

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