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Word Stress Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 17: Word stress: nouns and verbs · Set 821 · 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 (2nd) (b) PRE-sent (1st)
  2. 2.“The rebel refused to obey the king.” — where is the stress in “rebel” here? (a) RE-bel (1st) (b) re-BEL (2nd)
  3. 3.Listen to “explain”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) EX-plain (1st) (b) ex-PLAIN (2nd)
  4. 4.Which syllable is stressed in “delete”? (a) DE-lete (1st) (b) de-LETE (2nd)
  5. 5.Which syllable is stressed in “respect”? (a) RE-spect (1st) (b) re-SPECT (2nd)
  6. 6.“There is an increase in prices this year.” — where is the stress in “increase” here? (a) IN-crease (1st) (b) in-CREASE (2nd)
  7. 7.“Tea is an important export for India.” — where is the stress in “export” here? (a) ex-PORT (2nd) (b) EX-port (1st)
  8. 8.“The rules do not permit phones in exams.” — where is the stress in “permit” here? (a) per-MIT (2nd) (b) PER-mit (1st)
  9. 9.“The shop gave me a full refund.” — where is the stress in “refund” here? (a) re-FUND (2nd) (b) RE-fund (1st)
  10. 10.Listen to “garden”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) GAR-den (1st) (b) gar-DEN (2nd)
  11. 11.“She broke the world record in the race.” — where is the stress in “record” here? (a) re-CORD (2nd) (b) RE-cord (1st)
  12. 12.“Your answer is perfect.” — where is the stress in “perfect” here? (a) PER-fect (1st) (b) per-FECT (2nd)
  13. 13.“He signed a contract with the company.” — where is the stress in “contract” here? (a) con-TRACT (2nd) (b) CON-tract (1st)
  14. 14.Which syllable is stressed in “summer”? (a) sum-MER (2nd) (b) SUM-mer (1st)
  15. 15.“He will contest the election.” — where is the stress in “contest” here? (a) CON-test (1st) (b) con-TEST (2nd)
  16. 16.“Let us record a video of the dance.” — where is the stress in “record” here? (a) re-CORD (2nd) (b) RE-cord (1st)
  17. 17.Which syllable is stressed in “table”? (a) ta-BLE (2nd) (b) TA-ble (1st)
  18. 18.“The police caught the suspect.” — where is the stress in “suspect” here? (a) SUS-pect (1st) (b) sus-PECT (2nd)
  19. 19.“Teenagers sometimes rebel against rules.” — where is the stress in “rebel” here? (a) re-BEL (2nd) (b) RE-bel (1st)
  20. 20.“His conduct in class is excellent.” — where is the stress in “conduct” here? (a) con-DUCT (2nd) (b) CON-duct (1st)
  21. 21.Which syllable is stressed in “pencil”? (a) pen-CIL (2nd) (b) PEN-cil (1st)
  22. 22.Which syllable is stressed in “apple”? (a) AP-ple (1st) (b) ap-PLE (2nd)
  23. 23.Which syllable is stressed in “modern”? (a) MOD-ern (1st) (b) mod-ERN (2nd)
  24. 24.Listen to “table”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) TA-ble (1st) (b) ta-BLE (2nd)
  25. 25.Which syllable is stressed in “receive”? (a) re-CEIVE (2nd) (b) RE-ceive (1st)
  26. 26.Listen to “parrot”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) PAR-rot (1st) (b) par-ROT (2nd)
  27. 27.Listen to “repeat”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) re-PEAT (2nd) (b) RE-peat (1st)
  28. 28.“This toy is an import from Japan.” — where is the stress in “import” here? (a) im-PORT (2nd) (b) IM-port (1st)
  29. 29.Listen to “receive”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) re-CEIVE (2nd) (b) RE-ceive (1st)
  30. 30.“Metals contract when they cool.” — where is the stress in “contract” here? (a) con-TRACT (2nd) (b) CON-tract (1st)
  31. 31.Which syllable is stressed in “prepare”? (a) PRE-pare (1st) (b) pre-PARE (2nd)
  32. 32.Which syllable is stressed in “window”? (a) win-DOW (2nd) (b) WIN-dow (1st)
  33. 33.Which syllable is stressed in “sister”? (a) sis-TER (2nd) (b) SIS-ter (1st)
  34. 34.Which syllable is stressed in “happy”? (a) hap-PY (2nd) (b) HAP-py (1st)
  35. 35.Listen to “begin”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) be-GIN (2nd) (b) BE-gin (1st)
  36. 36.Which syllable is stressed in “suggest”? (a) sug-GEST (2nd) (b) SUG-gest (1st)
  37. 37.Listen to “forget”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) for-GET (2nd) (b) FOR-get (1st)
  38. 38.Which syllable is stressed in “winter”? (a) WIN-ter (1st) (b) win-TER (2nd)
  39. 39.Listen to “pencil”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) PEN-cil (1st) (b) pen-CIL (2nd)
  40. 40.“You need a permit to park here.” — where is the stress in “permit” here? (a) PER-mit (1st) (b) per-MIT (2nd)

Answer key

  1. PRE-sent (1st)
  2. RE-bel (1st)
  3. ex-PLAIN (2nd)
  4. de-LETE (2nd)
  5. re-SPECT (2nd)
  6. IN-crease (1st)
  7. EX-port (1st)
  8. per-MIT (2nd)
  9. RE-fund (1st)
  10. GAR-den (1st)
  11. RE-cord (1st)
  12. PER-fect (1st)
  13. CON-tract (1st)
  14. SUM-mer (1st)
  15. con-TEST (2nd)
  16. re-CORD (2nd)
  17. TA-ble (1st)
  18. SUS-pect (1st)
  19. re-BEL (2nd)
  20. CON-duct (1st)
  21. PEN-cil (1st)
  22. AP-ple (1st)
  23. MOD-ern (1st)
  24. TA-ble (1st)
  25. re-CEIVE (2nd)
  26. PAR-rot (1st)
  27. re-PEAT (2nd)
  28. IM-port (1st)
  29. re-CEIVE (2nd)
  30. con-TRACT (2nd)
  31. pre-PARE (2nd)
  32. WIN-dow (1st)
  33. SIS-ter (1st)
  34. HAP-py (1st)
  35. be-GIN (2nd)
  36. sug-GEST (2nd)
  37. for-GET (2nd)
  38. WIN-ter (1st)
  39. PEN-cil (1st)
  40. PER-mit (1st)

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