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Word Stress Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 17: Word stress: nouns and verbs · Set 793 · 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.Listen to “sister”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) sis-TER (2nd) (b) SIS-ter (1st)
  2. 2.“Bees produce honey.” — where is the stress in “produce” here? (a) PRO-duce (1st) (b) pro-DUCE (2nd)
  3. 3.“She won the singing contest.” — where is the stress in “contest” here? (a) con-TEST (2nd) (b) CON-test (1st)
  4. 4.Listen to “monkey”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) MON-key (1st) (b) mon-KEY (2nd)
  5. 5.“I suspect that he ate my cake.” — where is the stress in “suspect” here? (a) SUS-pect (1st) (b) sus-PECT (2nd)
  6. 6.“I got a birthday present from Grandma.” — where is the stress in “present” here? (a) pre-SENT (2nd) (b) PRE-sent (1st)
  7. 7.Listen to “rabbit”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) RAB-bit (1st) (b) rab-BIT (2nd)
  8. 8.“She made good progress in English.” — where is the stress in “progress” here? (a) prog-RESS (2nd) (b) PROG-ress (1st)
  9. 9.Listen to “respect”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) re-SPECT (2nd) (b) RE-spect (1st)
  10. 10.Listen to “complete”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) COM-plete (1st) (b) com-PLETE (2nd)
  11. 11.“Your answer is perfect.” — where is the stress in “perfect” here? (a) PER-fect (1st) (b) per-FECT (2nd)
  12. 12.Listen to “doctor”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) doc-TOR (2nd) (b) DOC-tor (1st)
  13. 13.Listen to “decide”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) de-CIDE (2nd) (b) DE-cide (1st)
  14. 14.Listen to “carpet”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) car-PET (2nd) (b) CAR-pet (1st)
  15. 15.Which syllable is stressed in “repeat”? (a) RE-peat (1st) (b) re-PEAT (2nd)
  16. 16.“Metals contract when they cool.” — where is the stress in “contract” here? (a) CON-tract (1st) (b) con-TRACT (2nd)
  17. 17.Which syllable is stressed in “collect”? (a) col-LECT (2nd) (b) COL-lect (1st)
  18. 18.Listen to “invite”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) in-VITE (2nd) (b) IN-vite (1st)
  19. 19.“The dentist will extract the tooth.” — where is the stress in “extract” here? (a) EX-tract (1st) (b) ex-TRACT (2nd)
  20. 20.Which syllable is stressed in “happy”? (a) hap-PY (2nd) (b) HAP-py (1st)
  21. 21.“Our teacher will conduct the test.” — where is the stress in “conduct” here? (a) CON-duct (1st) (b) con-DUCT (2nd)
  22. 22.Listen to “market”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) mar-KET (2nd) (b) MAR-ket (1st)
  23. 23.Which syllable is stressed in “basket”? (a) bas-KET (2nd) (b) BAS-ket (1st)
  24. 24.Which syllable is stressed in “explain”? (a) ex-PLAIN (2nd) (b) EX-plain (1st)
  25. 25.Listen to “pencil”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) PEN-cil (1st) (b) pen-CIL (2nd)
  26. 26.Which syllable is stressed in “pencil”? (a) pen-CIL (2nd) (b) PEN-cil (1st)
  27. 27.Which syllable is stressed in “parrot”? (a) PAR-rot (1st) (b) par-ROT (2nd)
  28. 28.“His conduct in class is excellent.” — where is the stress in “conduct” here? (a) con-DUCT (2nd) (b) CON-duct (1st)
  29. 29.Which syllable is stressed in “believe”? (a) BE-lieve (1st) (b) be-LIEVE (2nd)
  30. 30.“Calling names is an insult.” — where is the stress in “insult” here? (a) IN-sult (1st) (b) in-SULT (2nd)
  31. 31.“A good friend will never desert you.” — where is the stress in “desert” here? (a) de-SERT (2nd) (b) DE-sert (1st)
  32. 32.“Never insult your friends.” — where is the stress in “insult” here? (a) IN-sult (1st) (b) in-SULT (2nd)
  33. 33.“This toy is an import from Japan.” — where is the stress in “import” here? (a) IM-port (1st) (b) im-PORT (2nd)
  34. 34.Which syllable is stressed in “prefer”? (a) pre-FER (2nd) (b) PRE-fer (1st)
  35. 35.Listen to “reply”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) re-PLY (2nd) (b) RE-ply (1st)
  36. 36.“Maths is my favourite subject.” — where is the stress in “subject” here? (a) sub-JECT (2nd) (b) SUB-ject (1st)
  37. 37.Listen to “window”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) win-DOW (2nd) (b) WIN-dow (1st)
  38. 38.Which syllable is stressed in “receive”? (a) RE-ceive (1st) (b) re-CEIVE (2nd)
  39. 39.Listen to “summer”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) sum-MER (2nd) (b) SUM-mer (1st)
  40. 40.Listen to “paper”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) pa-PER (2nd) (b) PA-per (1st)

Answer key

  1. SIS-ter (1st)
  2. pro-DUCE (2nd)
  3. CON-test (1st)
  4. MON-key (1st)
  5. sus-PECT (2nd)
  6. PRE-sent (1st)
  7. RAB-bit (1st)
  8. PROG-ress (1st)
  9. re-SPECT (2nd)
  10. com-PLETE (2nd)
  11. PER-fect (1st)
  12. DOC-tor (1st)
  13. de-CIDE (2nd)
  14. CAR-pet (1st)
  15. re-PEAT (2nd)
  16. con-TRACT (2nd)
  17. col-LECT (2nd)
  18. in-VITE (2nd)
  19. ex-TRACT (2nd)
  20. HAP-py (1st)
  21. con-DUCT (2nd)
  22. MAR-ket (1st)
  23. BAS-ket (1st)
  24. ex-PLAIN (2nd)
  25. PEN-cil (1st)
  26. PEN-cil (1st)
  27. PAR-rot (1st)
  28. CON-duct (1st)
  29. be-LIEVE (2nd)
  30. IN-sult (1st)
  31. de-SERT (2nd)
  32. in-SULT (2nd)
  33. IM-port (1st)
  34. pre-FER (2nd)
  35. re-PLY (2nd)
  36. SUB-ject (1st)
  37. WIN-dow (1st)
  38. re-CEIVE (2nd)
  39. SUM-mer (1st)
  40. PA-per (1st)

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