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Pronunciation lesson 17: Word stress: nouns and verbs · Set 833 · 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 “receive”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) RE-ceive (1st) (b) re-CEIVE (2nd)
  2. 2.Which syllable is stressed in “water”? (a) WA-ter (1st) (b) wa-TER (2nd)
  3. 3.Which syllable is stressed in “parrot”? (a) par-ROT (2nd) (b) PAR-rot (1st)
  4. 4.“She won the singing contest.” — where is the stress in “contest” here? (a) con-TEST (2nd) (b) CON-test (1st)
  5. 5.Which syllable is stressed in “picture”? (a) pic-TURE (2nd) (b) PIC-ture (1st)
  6. 6.Listen to “winter”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) win-TER (2nd) (b) WIN-ter (1st)
  7. 7.Listen to “complete”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) com-PLETE (2nd) (b) COM-plete (1st)
  8. 8.Listen to “deny”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) DE-ny (1st) (b) de-NY (2nd)
  9. 9.“There is an increase in prices this year.” — where is the stress in “increase” here? (a) IN-crease (1st) (b) in-CREASE (2nd)
  10. 10.Listen to “market”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) MAR-ket (1st) (b) mar-KET (2nd)
  11. 11.Which syllable is stressed in “window”? (a) WIN-dow (1st) (b) win-DOW (2nd)
  12. 12.“This toy is an import from Japan.” — where is the stress in “import” here? (a) IM-port (1st) (b) im-PORT (2nd)
  13. 13.“She made good progress in English.” — where is the stress in “progress” here? (a) PROG-ress (1st) (b) prog-RESS (2nd)
  14. 14.“Teenagers sometimes rebel against rules.” — where is the stress in “rebel” here? (a) RE-bel (1st) (b) re-BEL (2nd)
  15. 15.Which syllable is stressed in “summer”? (a) SUM-mer (1st) (b) sum-MER (2nd)
  16. 16.“The police caught the suspect.” — where is the stress in “suspect” here? (a) SUS-pect (1st) (b) sus-PECT (2nd)
  17. 17.Listen to “rabbit”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) RAB-bit (1st) (b) rab-BIT (2nd)
  18. 18.Which syllable is stressed in “prefer”? (a) pre-FER (2nd) (b) PRE-fer (1st)
  19. 19.“There is a strange object on the table.” — where is the stress in “object” here? (a) ob-JECT (2nd) (b) OB-ject (1st)
  20. 20.Listen to “garden”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) GAR-den (1st) (b) gar-DEN (2nd)
  21. 21.Listen to “survive”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) SUR-vive (1st) (b) sur-VIVE (2nd)
  22. 22.“Camels can live in the desert.” — where is the stress in “desert” here? (a) DE-sert (1st) (b) de-SERT (2nd)
  23. 23.Which syllable is stressed in “modern”? (a) mod-ERN (2nd) (b) MOD-ern (1st)
  24. 24.“I suspect that he ate my cake.” — where is the stress in “suspect” here? (a) SUS-pect (1st) (b) sus-PECT (2nd)
  25. 25.Which syllable is stressed in “famous”? (a) fa-MOUS (2nd) (b) FA-mous (1st)
  26. 26.Listen to “suggest”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) SUG-gest (1st) (b) sug-GEST (2nd)
  27. 27.“Buses are public transport.” — where is the stress in “transport” here? (a) trans-PORT (2nd) (b) TRANS-port (1st)
  28. 28.Listen to “delete”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) DE-lete (1st) (b) de-LETE (2nd)
  29. 29.“Never insult your friends.” — where is the stress in “insult” here? (a) in-SULT (2nd) (b) IN-sult (1st)
  30. 30.Listen to “happy”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) hap-PY (2nd) (b) HAP-py (1st)
  31. 31.Which syllable is stressed in “receive”? (a) RE-ceive (1st) (b) re-CEIVE (2nd)
  32. 32.Which syllable is stressed in “table”? (a) ta-BLE (2nd) (b) TA-ble (1st)
  33. 33.“His conduct in class is excellent.” — where is the stress in “conduct” here? (a) con-DUCT (2nd) (b) CON-duct (1st)
  34. 34.“We saw a decrease in rainfall.” — where is the stress in “decrease” here? (a) DE-crease (1st) (b) de-CREASE (2nd)
  35. 35.Listen to “prepare”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) pre-PARE (2nd) (b) PRE-pare (1st)
  36. 36.Which syllable is stressed in “yellow”? (a) YEL-low (1st) (b) yel-LOW (2nd)
  37. 37.“He signed a contract with the company.” — where is the stress in “contract” here? (a) con-TRACT (2nd) (b) CON-tract (1st)
  38. 38.Listen to “forget”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) FOR-get (1st) (b) for-GET (2nd)
  39. 39.Listen to “teacher”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) teach-ER (2nd) (b) TEACH-er (1st)
  40. 40.Which syllable is stressed in “sister”? (a) SIS-ter (1st) (b) sis-TER (2nd)

Answer key

  1. re-CEIVE (2nd)
  2. WA-ter (1st)
  3. PAR-rot (1st)
  4. CON-test (1st)
  5. PIC-ture (1st)
  6. WIN-ter (1st)
  7. com-PLETE (2nd)
  8. de-NY (2nd)
  9. IN-crease (1st)
  10. MAR-ket (1st)
  11. WIN-dow (1st)
  12. IM-port (1st)
  13. PROG-ress (1st)
  14. re-BEL (2nd)
  15. SUM-mer (1st)
  16. SUS-pect (1st)
  17. RAB-bit (1st)
  18. pre-FER (2nd)
  19. OB-ject (1st)
  20. GAR-den (1st)
  21. sur-VIVE (2nd)
  22. DE-sert (1st)
  23. MOD-ern (1st)
  24. sus-PECT (2nd)
  25. FA-mous (1st)
  26. sug-GEST (2nd)
  27. TRANS-port (1st)
  28. de-LETE (2nd)
  29. in-SULT (2nd)
  30. HAP-py (1st)
  31. re-CEIVE (2nd)
  32. TA-ble (1st)
  33. CON-duct (1st)
  34. DE-crease (1st)
  35. pre-PARE (2nd)
  36. YEL-low (1st)
  37. CON-tract (1st)
  38. for-GET (2nd)
  39. TEACH-er (1st)
  40. SIS-ter (1st)

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