Word Stress Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 17: Word stress: nouns and verbs · Set 80 · 40 questions

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.

1. 1.“Buses are public transport.” — where is the stress in “transport” here? (a) trans-PORT (2nd) (b) TRANS-port (1st)
2. 2.“Tea is an important export for India.” — where is the stress in “export” here? (a) ex-PORT (2nd) (b) EX-port (1st)
3. 3.“The dentist will extract the tooth.” — where is the stress in “extract” here? (a) ex-TRACT (2nd) (b) EX-tract (1st)
4. 4.Which syllable is stressed in “paper”? (a) pa-PER (2nd) (b) PA-per (1st)
5. 5.Which syllable is stressed in “begin”? (a) be-GIN (2nd) (b) BE-gin (1st)
6. 6.“Did anyone object to the new rule?” — where is the stress in “object” here? (a) OB-ject (1st) (b) ob-JECT (2nd)
7. 7.“I got a birthday present from Grandma.” — where is the stress in “present” here? (a) PRE-sent (1st) (b) pre-SENT (2nd)
8. 8.Which syllable is stressed in “water”? (a) wa-TER (2nd) (b) WA-ter (1st)
9. 9.Listen to “forget”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) FOR-get (1st) (b) for-GET (2nd)
10. 10.Which syllable is stressed in “invite”? (a) IN-vite (1st) (b) in-VITE (2nd)
11. 11.“Never insult your friends.” — where is the stress in “insult” here? (a) IN-sult (1st) (b) in-SULT (2nd)
12. 12.“Our teacher will conduct the test.” — where is the stress in “conduct” here? (a) con-DUCT (2nd) (b) CON-duct (1st)
13. 13.“A good friend will never desert you.” — where is the stress in “desert” here? (a) de-SERT (2nd) (b) DE-sert (1st)
14. 14.“This toy is an import from Japan.” — where is the stress in “import” here? (a) im-PORT (2nd) (b) IM-port (1st)
15. 15.Listen to “doctor”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) doc-TOR (2nd) (b) DOC-tor (1st)
16. 16.Listen to “summer”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) SUM-mer (1st) (b) sum-MER (2nd)
17. 17.Listen to “decide”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) DE-cide (1st) (b) de-CIDE (2nd)
18. 18.“The shop gave me a full refund.” — where is the stress in “refund” here? (a) RE-fund (1st) (b) re-FUND (2nd)
19. 19.Listen to “return”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) re-TURN (2nd) (b) RE-turn (1st)
20. 20.Which syllable is stressed in “complete”? (a) com-PLETE (2nd) (b) COM-plete (1st)
21. 21.“She won the singing contest.” — where is the stress in “contest” here? (a) con-TEST (2nd) (b) CON-test (1st)
22. 22.“Metals contract when they cool.” — where is the stress in “contract” here? (a) CON-tract (1st) (b) con-TRACT (2nd)
23. 23.“As the days progress, it gets colder.” — where is the stress in “progress” here? (a) prog-RESS (2nd) (b) PROG-ress (1st)
24. 24.Which syllable is stressed in “collect”? (a) COL-lect (1st) (b) col-LECT (2nd)
25. 25.Which syllable is stressed in “prepare”? (a) pre-PARE (2nd) (b) PRE-pare (1st)
26. 26.Which syllable is stressed in “winter”? (a) WIN-ter (1st) (b) win-TER (2nd)
27. 27.“There is a strange object on the table.” — where is the stress in “object” here? (a) ob-JECT (2nd) (b) OB-ject (1st)
28. 28.Which syllable is stressed in “respect”? (a) RE-spect (1st) (b) re-SPECT (2nd)
29. 29.Which syllable is stressed in “believe”? (a) be-LIEVE (2nd) (b) BE-lieve (1st)
30. 30.Which syllable is stressed in “enjoy”? (a) EN-joy (1st) (b) en-JOY (2nd)
31. 31.“There is an increase in prices this year.” — where is the stress in “increase” here? (a) IN-crease (1st) (b) in-CREASE (2nd)
32. 32.Which syllable is stressed in “deny”? (a) DE-ny (1st) (b) de-NY (2nd)
33. 33.“He will contest the election.” — where is the stress in “contest” here? (a) con-TEST (2nd) (b) CON-test (1st)
34. 34.“Bees produce honey.” — where is the stress in “produce” here? (a) pro-DUCE (2nd) (b) PRO-duce (1st)
35. 35.Listen to “pencil”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) pen-CIL (2nd) (b) PEN-cil (1st)
36. 36.Which syllable is stressed in “doctor”? (a) DOC-tor (1st) (b) doc-TOR (2nd)
37. 37.Which syllable is stressed in “table”? (a) TA-ble (1st) (b) ta-BLE (2nd)
38. 38.Which syllable is stressed in “yellow”? (a) yel-LOW (2nd) (b) YEL-low (1st)
39. 39.Listen to “relax”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) re-LAX (2nd) (b) RE-lax (1st)
40. 40.“The rebel refused to obey the king.” — where is the stress in “rebel” here? (a) RE-bel (1st) (b) re-BEL (2nd)

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