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Pronunciation lesson 17: Word stress: nouns and verbs · Set 843 · 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.“Each team will present its project to the class.” — where is the stress in “present” here? (a) PRE-sent (1st) (b) pre-SENT (2nd)
  2. 2.“Camels can live in the desert.” — where is the stress in “desert” here? (a) DE-sert (1st) (b) de-SERT (2nd)
  3. 3.Listen to “deny”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) de-NY (2nd) (b) DE-ny (1st)
  4. 4.Listen to “forget”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) FOR-get (1st) (b) for-GET (2nd)
  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.Which syllable is stressed in “basket”? (a) BAS-ket (1st) (b) bas-KET (2nd)
  7. 7.“He will contest the election.” — where is the stress in “contest” here? (a) con-TEST (2nd) (b) CON-test (1st)
  8. 8.Listen to “protect”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) pro-TECT (2nd) (b) PRO-tect (1st)
  9. 9.Which syllable is stressed in “famous”? (a) fa-MOUS (2nd) (b) FA-mous (1st)
  10. 10.Which syllable is stressed in “rabbit”? (a) RAB-bit (1st) (b) rab-BIT (2nd)
  11. 11.Listen to “repeat”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) re-PEAT (2nd) (b) RE-peat (1st)
  12. 12.Listen to “believe”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) be-LIEVE (2nd) (b) BE-lieve (1st)
  13. 13.Listen to “paper”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) PA-per (1st) (b) pa-PER (2nd)
  14. 14.Listen to “doctor”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) doc-TOR (2nd) (b) DOC-tor (1st)
  15. 15.“The shop gave me a full refund.” — where is the stress in “refund” here? (a) re-FUND (2nd) (b) RE-fund (1st)
  16. 16.Which syllable is stressed in “market”? (a) MAR-ket (1st) (b) mar-KET (2nd)
  17. 17.“Metals contract when they cool.” — where is the stress in “contract” here? (a) CON-tract (1st) (b) con-TRACT (2nd)
  18. 18.Listen to “carpet”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) CAR-pet (1st) (b) car-PET (2nd)
  19. 19.Which syllable is stressed in “receive”? (a) re-CEIVE (2nd) (b) RE-ceive (1st)
  20. 20.Listen to “complete”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) com-PLETE (2nd) (b) COM-plete (1st)
  21. 21.Listen to “market”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) mar-KET (2nd) (b) MAR-ket (1st)
  22. 22.Listen to “table”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) TA-ble (1st) (b) ta-BLE (2nd)
  23. 23.“She won the singing contest.” — where is the stress in “contest” here? (a) con-TEST (2nd) (b) CON-test (1st)
  24. 24.Which syllable is stressed in “believe”? (a) be-LIEVE (2nd) (b) BE-lieve (1st)
  25. 25.Listen to “enjoy”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) en-JOY (2nd) (b) EN-joy (1st)
  26. 26.Listen to “delete”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) DE-lete (1st) (b) de-LETE (2nd)
  27. 27.Listen to “garden”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) gar-DEN (2nd) (b) GAR-den (1st)
  28. 28.Which syllable is stressed in “winter”? (a) win-TER (2nd) (b) WIN-ter (1st)
  29. 29.Listen to “survive”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) sur-VIVE (2nd) (b) SUR-vive (1st)
  30. 30.“Your answer is perfect.” — where is the stress in “perfect” here? (a) PER-fect (1st) (b) per-FECT (2nd)
  31. 31.“The police caught the suspect.” — where is the stress in “suspect” here? (a) SUS-pect (1st) (b) sus-PECT (2nd)
  32. 32.Listen to “famous”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) fa-MOUS (2nd) (b) FA-mous (1st)
  33. 33.“Did anyone object to the new rule?” — where is the stress in “object” here? (a) ob-JECT (2nd) (b) OB-ject (1st)
  34. 34.“As the days progress, it gets colder.” — where is the stress in “progress” here? (a) PROG-ress (1st) (b) prog-RESS (2nd)
  35. 35.Which syllable is stressed in “survive”? (a) SUR-vive (1st) (b) sur-VIVE (2nd)
  36. 36.“I got a birthday present from Grandma.” — where is the stress in “present” here? (a) pre-SENT (2nd) (b) PRE-sent (1st)
  37. 37.“The workers held a protest outside.” — where is the stress in “protest” here? (a) pro-TEST (2nd) (b) PRO-test (1st)
  38. 38.Which syllable is stressed in “modern”? (a) mod-ERN (2nd) (b) MOD-ern (1st)
  39. 39.Which syllable is stressed in “monkey”? (a) mon-KEY (2nd) (b) MON-key (1st)
  40. 40.Listen to “receive”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) RE-ceive (1st) (b) re-CEIVE (2nd)

Answer key

  1. pre-SENT (2nd)
  2. DE-sert (1st)
  3. de-NY (2nd)
  4. for-GET (2nd)
  5. EX-port (1st)
  6. BAS-ket (1st)
  7. con-TEST (2nd)
  8. pro-TECT (2nd)
  9. FA-mous (1st)
  10. RAB-bit (1st)
  11. re-PEAT (2nd)
  12. be-LIEVE (2nd)
  13. PA-per (1st)
  14. DOC-tor (1st)
  15. RE-fund (1st)
  16. MAR-ket (1st)
  17. con-TRACT (2nd)
  18. CAR-pet (1st)
  19. re-CEIVE (2nd)
  20. com-PLETE (2nd)
  21. MAR-ket (1st)
  22. TA-ble (1st)
  23. CON-test (1st)
  24. be-LIEVE (2nd)
  25. en-JOY (2nd)
  26. de-LETE (2nd)
  27. GAR-den (1st)
  28. WIN-ter (1st)
  29. sur-VIVE (2nd)
  30. PER-fect (1st)
  31. SUS-pect (1st)
  32. FA-mous (1st)
  33. ob-JECT (2nd)
  34. prog-RESS (2nd)
  35. sur-VIVE (2nd)
  36. PRE-sent (1st)
  37. PRO-test (1st)
  38. MOD-ern (1st)
  39. MON-key (1st)
  40. re-CEIVE (2nd)

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