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Pronunciation lesson 17: Word stress: nouns and verbs · Set 804 · 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.Which syllable is stressed in “pencil”? (a) PEN-cil (1st) (b) pen-CIL (2nd)
  2. 2.Which syllable is stressed in “prefer”? (a) PRE-fer (1st) (b) pre-FER (2nd)
  3. 3.Listen to “garden”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) GAR-den (1st) (b) gar-DEN (2nd)
  4. 4.“There is an increase in prices this year.” — where is the stress in “increase” here? (a) in-CREASE (2nd) (b) IN-crease (1st)
  5. 5.“Tea is an important export for India.” — where is the stress in “export” here? (a) ex-PORT (2nd) (b) EX-port (1st)
  6. 6.“The shop gave me a full refund.” — where is the stress in “refund” here? (a) RE-fund (1st) (b) re-FUND (2nd)
  7. 7.Which syllable is stressed in “monkey”? (a) MON-key (1st) (b) mon-KEY (2nd)
  8. 8.“Maths is my favourite subject.” — where is the stress in “subject” here? (a) SUB-ject (1st) (b) sub-JECT (2nd)
  9. 9.Which syllable is stressed in “rabbit”? (a) rab-BIT (2nd) (b) RAB-bit (1st)
  10. 10.Which syllable is stressed in “teacher”? (a) teach-ER (2nd) (b) TEACH-er (1st)
  11. 11.Listen to “window”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) WIN-dow (1st) (b) win-DOW (2nd)
  12. 12.Listen to “relax”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) re-LAX (2nd) (b) RE-lax (1st)
  13. 13.Listen to “believe”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) be-LIEVE (2nd) (b) BE-lieve (1st)
  14. 14.Listen to “forgive”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) FOR-give (1st) (b) for-GIVE (2nd)
  15. 15.“The police caught the suspect.” — where is the stress in “suspect” here? (a) SUS-pect (1st) (b) sus-PECT (2nd)
  16. 16.“She won the singing contest.” — where is the stress in “contest” here? (a) con-TEST (2nd) (b) CON-test (1st)
  17. 17.Which syllable is stressed in “delete”? (a) de-LETE (2nd) (b) DE-lete (1st)
  18. 18.“He will contest the election.” — where is the stress in “contest” here? (a) CON-test (1st) (b) con-TEST (2nd)
  19. 19.“A good friend will never desert you.” — where is the stress in “desert” here? (a) de-SERT (2nd) (b) DE-sert (1st)
  20. 20.Listen to “protect”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) PRO-tect (1st) (b) pro-TECT (2nd)
  21. 21.“Did anyone object to the new rule?” — where is the stress in “object” here? (a) OB-ject (1st) (b) ob-JECT (2nd)
  22. 22.Which syllable is stressed in “survive”? (a) SUR-vive (1st) (b) sur-VIVE (2nd)
  23. 23.Which syllable is stressed in “window”? (a) win-DOW (2nd) (b) WIN-dow (1st)
  24. 24.Listen to “pencil”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) pen-CIL (2nd) (b) PEN-cil (1st)
  25. 25.Listen to “carpet”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) car-PET (2nd) (b) CAR-pet (1st)
  26. 26.Which syllable is stressed in “paper”? (a) pa-PER (2nd) (b) PA-per (1st)
  27. 27.Which syllable is stressed in “suggest”? (a) sug-GEST (2nd) (b) SUG-gest (1st)
  28. 28.“The workers held a protest outside.” — where is the stress in “protest” here? (a) PRO-test (1st) (b) pro-TEST (2nd)
  29. 29.“She made good progress in English.” — where is the stress in “progress” here? (a) PROG-ress (1st) (b) prog-RESS (2nd)
  30. 30.Listen to “prepare”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) PRE-pare (1st) (b) pre-PARE (2nd)
  31. 31.Which syllable is stressed in “famous”? (a) FA-mous (1st) (b) fa-MOUS (2nd)
  32. 32.“Each team will present its project to the class.” — where is the stress in “present” here? (a) pre-SENT (2nd) (b) PRE-sent (1st)
  33. 33.“We saw a decrease in rainfall.” — where is the stress in “decrease” here? (a) de-CREASE (2nd) (b) DE-crease (1st)
  34. 34.“I suspect that he ate my cake.” — where is the stress in “suspect” here? (a) sus-PECT (2nd) (b) SUS-pect (1st)
  35. 35.“The rebel refused to obey the king.” — where is the stress in “rebel” here? (a) re-BEL (2nd) (b) RE-bel (1st)
  36. 36.Which syllable is stressed in “protect”? (a) PRO-tect (1st) (b) pro-TECT (2nd)
  37. 37.“Bees produce honey.” — where is the stress in “produce” here? (a) pro-DUCE (2nd) (b) PRO-duce (1st)
  38. 38.Listen to “paper”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) PA-per (1st) (b) pa-PER (2nd)
  39. 39.Which syllable is stressed in “summer”? (a) SUM-mer (1st) (b) sum-MER (2nd)
  40. 40.Which syllable is stressed in “market”? (a) mar-KET (2nd) (b) MAR-ket (1st)

Answer key

  1. PEN-cil (1st)
  2. pre-FER (2nd)
  3. GAR-den (1st)
  4. IN-crease (1st)
  5. EX-port (1st)
  6. RE-fund (1st)
  7. MON-key (1st)
  8. SUB-ject (1st)
  9. RAB-bit (1st)
  10. TEACH-er (1st)
  11. WIN-dow (1st)
  12. re-LAX (2nd)
  13. be-LIEVE (2nd)
  14. for-GIVE (2nd)
  15. SUS-pect (1st)
  16. CON-test (1st)
  17. de-LETE (2nd)
  18. con-TEST (2nd)
  19. de-SERT (2nd)
  20. pro-TECT (2nd)
  21. ob-JECT (2nd)
  22. sur-VIVE (2nd)
  23. WIN-dow (1st)
  24. PEN-cil (1st)
  25. CAR-pet (1st)
  26. PA-per (1st)
  27. sug-GEST (2nd)
  28. PRO-test (1st)
  29. PROG-ress (1st)
  30. pre-PARE (2nd)
  31. FA-mous (1st)
  32. pre-SENT (2nd)
  33. DE-crease (1st)
  34. sus-PECT (2nd)
  35. RE-bel (1st)
  36. pro-TECT (2nd)
  37. pro-DUCE (2nd)
  38. PA-per (1st)
  39. SUM-mer (1st)
  40. MAR-ket (1st)

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