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Word Stress Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 17: Word stress: nouns and verbs · Set 84 · 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 “happy”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) HAP-py (1st) (b) hap-PY (2nd)
  2. 2.“She won the singing contest.” — where is the stress in “contest” here? (a) CON-test (1st) (b) con-TEST (2nd)
  3. 3.Listen to “apple”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) AP-ple (1st) (b) ap-PLE (2nd)
  4. 4.“Let us record a video of the dance.” — where is the stress in “record” here? (a) re-CORD (2nd) (b) RE-cord (1st)
  5. 5.“She broke the world record in the race.” — where is the stress in “record” here? (a) re-CORD (2nd) (b) RE-cord (1st)
  6. 6.“You need a permit to park here.” — where is the stress in “permit” here? (a) PER-mit (1st) (b) per-MIT (2nd)
  7. 7.“She made good progress in English.” — where is the stress in “progress” here? (a) prog-RESS (2nd) (b) PROG-ress (1st)
  8. 8.“The workers held a protest outside.” — where is the stress in “protest” here? (a) pro-TEST (2nd) (b) PRO-test (1st)
  9. 9.Which syllable is stressed in “enjoy”? (a) en-JOY (2nd) (b) EN-joy (1st)
  10. 10.“Your answer is perfect.” — where is the stress in “perfect” here? (a) PER-fect (1st) (b) per-FECT (2nd)
  11. 11.“Camels can live in the desert.” — where is the stress in “desert” here? (a) DE-sert (1st) (b) de-SERT (2nd)
  12. 12.Listen to “relax”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) RE-lax (1st) (b) re-LAX (2nd)
  13. 13.“I suspect that he ate my cake.” — where is the stress in “suspect” here? (a) sus-PECT (2nd) (b) SUS-pect (1st)
  14. 14.Listen to “water”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) WA-ter (1st) (b) wa-TER (2nd)
  15. 15.Which syllable is stressed in “yellow”? (a) YEL-low (1st) (b) yel-LOW (2nd)
  16. 16.“As the days progress, it gets colder.” — where is the stress in “progress” here? (a) prog-RESS (2nd) (b) PROG-ress (1st)
  17. 17.Listen to “yellow”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) yel-LOW (2nd) (b) YEL-low (1st)
  18. 18.“Metals contract when they cool.” — where is the stress in “contract” here? (a) CON-tract (1st) (b) con-TRACT (2nd)
  19. 19.Listen to “prepare”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) PRE-pare (1st) (b) pre-PARE (2nd)
  20. 20.Listen to “protect”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) pro-TECT (2nd) (b) PRO-tect (1st)
  21. 21.Listen to “forget”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) FOR-get (1st) (b) for-GET (2nd)
  22. 22.“Our teacher will conduct the test.” — where is the stress in “conduct” here? (a) con-DUCT (2nd) (b) CON-duct (1st)
  23. 23.Listen to “invite”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) in-VITE (2nd) (b) IN-vite (1st)
  24. 24.Which syllable is stressed in “relax”? (a) RE-lax (1st) (b) re-LAX (2nd)
  25. 25.Which syllable is stressed in “pencil”? (a) pen-CIL (2nd) (b) PEN-cil (1st)
  26. 26.Which syllable is stressed in “survive”? (a) SUR-vive (1st) (b) sur-VIVE (2nd)
  27. 27.“The shop gave me a full refund.” — where is the stress in “refund” here? (a) re-FUND (2nd) (b) RE-fund (1st)
  28. 28.“Did anyone object to the new rule?” — where is the stress in “object” here? (a) OB-ject (1st) (b) ob-JECT (2nd)
  29. 29.Which syllable is stressed in “paper”? (a) PA-per (1st) (b) pa-PER (2nd)
  30. 30.“A good friend will never desert you.” — where is the stress in “desert” here? (a) DE-sert (1st) (b) de-SERT (2nd)
  31. 31.Which syllable is stressed in “basket”? (a) BAS-ket (1st) (b) bas-KET (2nd)
  32. 32.Which syllable is stressed in “water”? (a) WA-ter (1st) (b) wa-TER (2nd)
  33. 33.Which syllable is stressed in “famous”? (a) fa-MOUS (2nd) (b) FA-mous (1st)
  34. 34.Listen to “monkey”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) MON-key (1st) (b) mon-KEY (2nd)
  35. 35.Listen to “enjoy”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) EN-joy (1st) (b) en-JOY (2nd)
  36. 36.“His conduct in class is excellent.” — where is the stress in “conduct” here? (a) con-DUCT (2nd) (b) CON-duct (1st)
  37. 37.Listen to “rabbit”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) rab-BIT (2nd) (b) RAB-bit (1st)
  38. 38.Listen to “parrot”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) PAR-rot (1st) (b) par-ROT (2nd)
  39. 39.Which syllable is stressed in “apple”? (a) ap-PLE (2nd) (b) AP-ple (1st)
  40. 40.Listen to “collect”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) col-LECT (2nd) (b) COL-lect (1st)

Answer key

  1. HAP-py (1st)
  2. CON-test (1st)
  3. AP-ple (1st)
  4. re-CORD (2nd)
  5. RE-cord (1st)
  6. PER-mit (1st)
  7. PROG-ress (1st)
  8. PRO-test (1st)
  9. en-JOY (2nd)
  10. PER-fect (1st)
  11. DE-sert (1st)
  12. re-LAX (2nd)
  13. sus-PECT (2nd)
  14. WA-ter (1st)
  15. YEL-low (1st)
  16. prog-RESS (2nd)
  17. YEL-low (1st)
  18. con-TRACT (2nd)
  19. pre-PARE (2nd)
  20. pro-TECT (2nd)
  21. for-GET (2nd)
  22. con-DUCT (2nd)
  23. in-VITE (2nd)
  24. re-LAX (2nd)
  25. PEN-cil (1st)
  26. sur-VIVE (2nd)
  27. RE-fund (1st)
  28. ob-JECT (2nd)
  29. PA-per (1st)
  30. de-SERT (2nd)
  31. BAS-ket (1st)
  32. WA-ter (1st)
  33. FA-mous (1st)
  34. MON-key (1st)
  35. en-JOY (2nd)
  36. CON-duct (1st)
  37. RAB-bit (1st)
  38. PAR-rot (1st)
  39. AP-ple (1st)
  40. col-LECT (2nd)

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