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Pronunciation lesson 17: Word stress: nouns and verbs · Set 806 · 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.“I got a birthday present from Grandma.” — where is the stress in “present” here? (a) PRE-sent (1st) (b) pre-SENT (2nd)
  2. 2.Which syllable is stressed in “suggest”? (a) sug-GEST (2nd) (b) SUG-gest (1st)
  3. 3.Which syllable is stressed in “believe”? (a) be-LIEVE (2nd) (b) BE-lieve (1st)
  4. 4.“Metals contract when they cool.” — where is the stress in “contract” here? (a) CON-tract (1st) (b) con-TRACT (2nd)
  5. 5.“Tea is an important export for India.” — where is the stress in “export” here? (a) EX-port (1st) (b) ex-PORT (2nd)
  6. 6.“His conduct in class is excellent.” — where is the stress in “conduct” here? (a) CON-duct (1st) (b) con-DUCT (2nd)
  7. 7.Listen to “sister”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) sis-TER (2nd) (b) SIS-ter (1st)
  8. 8.Listen to “window”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) win-DOW (2nd) (b) WIN-dow (1st)
  9. 9.Listen to “paper”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) PA-per (1st) (b) pa-PER (2nd)
  10. 10.“The police caught the suspect.” — where is the stress in “suspect” here? (a) SUS-pect (1st) (b) sus-PECT (2nd)
  11. 11.“There is a strange object on the table.” — where is the stress in “object” here? (a) ob-JECT (2nd) (b) OB-ject (1st)
  12. 12.“Maths is my favourite subject.” — where is the stress in “subject” here? (a) sub-JECT (2nd) (b) SUB-ject (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.Which syllable is stressed in “repeat”? (a) re-PEAT (2nd) (b) RE-peat (1st)
  15. 15.Which syllable is stressed in “relax”? (a) re-LAX (2nd) (b) RE-lax (1st)
  16. 16.Listen to “summer”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) sum-MER (2nd) (b) SUM-mer (1st)
  17. 17.“The dentist will extract the tooth.” — where is the stress in “extract” here? (a) ex-TRACT (2nd) (b) EX-tract (1st)
  18. 18.“He signed a contract with the company.” — where is the stress in “contract” here? (a) CON-tract (1st) (b) con-TRACT (2nd)
  19. 19.Which syllable is stressed in “sister”? (a) sis-TER (2nd) (b) SIS-ter (1st)
  20. 20.“There is an increase in prices this year.” — where is the stress in “increase” here? (a) in-CREASE (2nd) (b) IN-crease (1st)
  21. 21.“Add a little vanilla extract to the cake.” — where is the stress in “extract” here? (a) ex-TRACT (2nd) (b) EX-tract (1st)
  22. 22.Listen to “explain”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ex-PLAIN (2nd) (b) EX-plain (1st)
  23. 23.Which syllable is stressed in “winter”? (a) WIN-ter (1st) (b) win-TER (2nd)
  24. 24.Listen to “pencil”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) PEN-cil (1st) (b) pen-CIL (2nd)
  25. 25.Listen to “table”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) TA-ble (1st) (b) ta-BLE (2nd)
  26. 26.Which syllable is stressed in “picture”? (a) pic-TURE (2nd) (b) PIC-ture (1st)
  27. 27.Which syllable is stressed in “deny”? (a) de-NY (2nd) (b) DE-ny (1st)
  28. 28.Which syllable is stressed in “window”? (a) win-DOW (2nd) (b) WIN-dow (1st)
  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 “apple”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) AP-ple (1st) (b) ap-PLE (2nd)
  31. 31.Listen to “describe”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) DE-scribe (1st) (b) de-SCRIBE (2nd)
  32. 32.Listen to “water”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) wa-TER (2nd) (b) WA-ter (1st)
  33. 33.Which syllable is stressed in “describe”? (a) DE-scribe (1st) (b) de-SCRIBE (2nd)
  34. 34.Which syllable is stressed in “return”? (a) re-TURN (2nd) (b) RE-turn (1st)
  35. 35.Listen to “relax”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) re-LAX (2nd) (b) RE-lax (1st)
  36. 36.Listen to “teacher”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) TEACH-er (1st) (b) teach-ER (2nd)
  37. 37.Which syllable is stressed in “market”? (a) MAR-ket (1st) (b) mar-KET (2nd)
  38. 38.“The rules do not permit phones in exams.” — where is the stress in “permit” here? (a) PER-mit (1st) (b) per-MIT (2nd)
  39. 39.“She made good progress in English.” — where is the stress in “progress” here? (a) prog-RESS (2nd) (b) PROG-ress (1st)
  40. 40.Which syllable is stressed in “enjoy”? (a) en-JOY (2nd) (b) EN-joy (1st)

Answer key

  1. PRE-sent (1st)
  2. sug-GEST (2nd)
  3. be-LIEVE (2nd)
  4. con-TRACT (2nd)
  5. EX-port (1st)
  6. CON-duct (1st)
  7. SIS-ter (1st)
  8. WIN-dow (1st)
  9. PA-per (1st)
  10. SUS-pect (1st)
  11. OB-ject (1st)
  12. SUB-ject (1st)
  13. RE-cord (1st)
  14. re-PEAT (2nd)
  15. re-LAX (2nd)
  16. SUM-mer (1st)
  17. ex-TRACT (2nd)
  18. CON-tract (1st)
  19. SIS-ter (1st)
  20. IN-crease (1st)
  21. EX-tract (1st)
  22. ex-PLAIN (2nd)
  23. WIN-ter (1st)
  24. PEN-cil (1st)
  25. TA-ble (1st)
  26. PIC-ture (1st)
  27. de-NY (2nd)
  28. WIN-dow (1st)
  29. PRO-test (1st)
  30. AP-ple (1st)
  31. de-SCRIBE (2nd)
  32. WA-ter (1st)
  33. de-SCRIBE (2nd)
  34. re-TURN (2nd)
  35. re-LAX (2nd)
  36. TEACH-er (1st)
  37. MAR-ket (1st)
  38. per-MIT (2nd)
  39. PROG-ress (1st)
  40. en-JOY (2nd)

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