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Word Stress Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 17: Word stress: nouns and verbs · Set 850 · 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.“She won the singing contest.” — where is the stress in “contest” here? (a) CON-test (1st) (b) con-TEST (2nd)
  2. 2.Which syllable is stressed in “reply”? (a) re-PLY (2nd) (b) RE-ply (1st)
  3. 3.Which syllable is stressed in “forget”? (a) for-GET (2nd) (b) FOR-get (1st)
  4. 4.“Camels can live in the desert.” — where is the stress in “desert” here? (a) DE-sert (1st) (b) de-SERT (2nd)
  5. 5.Which syllable is stressed in “garden”? (a) gar-DEN (2nd) (b) GAR-den (1st)
  6. 6.“I got a birthday present from Grandma.” — where is the stress in “present” here? (a) PRE-sent (1st) (b) pre-SENT (2nd)
  7. 7.“As the days progress, it gets colder.” — where is the stress in “progress” here? (a) PROG-ress (1st) (b) prog-RESS (2nd)
  8. 8.Which syllable is stressed in “basket”? (a) bas-KET (2nd) (b) BAS-ket (1st)
  9. 9.“Bees produce honey.” — where is the stress in “produce” here? (a) pro-DUCE (2nd) (b) PRO-duce (1st)
  10. 10.Which syllable is stressed in “prefer”? (a) PRE-fer (1st) (b) pre-FER (2nd)
  11. 11.“Let us record a video of the dance.” — where is the stress in “record” here? (a) re-CORD (2nd) (b) RE-cord (1st)
  12. 12.“His conduct in class is excellent.” — where is the stress in “conduct” here? (a) con-DUCT (2nd) (b) CON-duct (1st)
  13. 13.“He will contest the election.” — where is the stress in “contest” here? (a) CON-test (1st) (b) con-TEST (2nd)
  14. 14.Listen to “collect”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) COL-lect (1st) (b) col-LECT (2nd)
  15. 15.Which syllable is stressed in “forgive”? (a) for-GIVE (2nd) (b) FOR-give (1st)
  16. 16.“The market sells fresh farm produce.” — where is the stress in “produce” here? (a) PRO-duce (1st) (b) pro-DUCE (2nd)
  17. 17.Which syllable is stressed in “protect”? (a) pro-TECT (2nd) (b) PRO-tect (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.“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.Which syllable is stressed in “paper”? (a) pa-PER (2nd) (b) PA-per (1st)
  21. 21.Which syllable is stressed in “apple”? (a) ap-PLE (2nd) (b) AP-ple (1st)
  22. 22.Which syllable is stressed in “begin”? (a) be-GIN (2nd) (b) BE-gin (1st)
  23. 23.Listen to “return”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) re-TURN (2nd) (b) RE-turn (1st)
  24. 24.Which syllable is stressed in “yellow”? (a) YEL-low (1st) (b) yel-LOW (2nd)
  25. 25.Which syllable is stressed in “modern”? (a) mod-ERN (2nd) (b) MOD-ern (1st)
  26. 26.Which syllable is stressed in “monkey”? (a) mon-KEY (2nd) (b) MON-key (1st)
  27. 27.Listen to “summer”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) sum-MER (2nd) (b) SUM-mer (1st)
  28. 28.“The rebel refused to obey the king.” — where is the stress in “rebel” here? (a) re-BEL (2nd) (b) RE-bel (1st)
  29. 29.“You need a permit to park here.” — where is the stress in “permit” here? (a) per-MIT (2nd) (b) PER-mit (1st)
  30. 30.Listen to “believe”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) BE-lieve (1st) (b) be-LIEVE (2nd)
  31. 31.Which syllable is stressed in “invite”? (a) IN-vite (1st) (b) in-VITE (2nd)
  32. 32.“The workers held a protest outside.” — where is the stress in “protest” here? (a) pro-TEST (2nd) (b) PRO-test (1st)
  33. 33.“Teenagers sometimes rebel against rules.” — where is the stress in “rebel” here? (a) re-BEL (2nd) (b) RE-bel (1st)
  34. 34.“Maths is my favourite subject.” — where is the stress in “subject” here? (a) sub-JECT (2nd) (b) SUB-ject (1st)
  35. 35.“This toy is an import from Japan.” — where is the stress in “import” here? (a) im-PORT (2nd) (b) IM-port (1st)
  36. 36.Listen to “respect”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) RE-spect (1st) (b) re-SPECT (2nd)
  37. 37.“She broke the world record in the race.” — where is the stress in “record” here? (a) RE-cord (1st) (b) re-CORD (2nd)
  38. 38.Listen to “table”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ta-BLE (2nd) (b) TA-ble (1st)
  39. 39.Which syllable is stressed in “pencil”? (a) PEN-cil (1st) (b) pen-CIL (2nd)
  40. 40.“The rules do not permit phones in exams.” — where is the stress in “permit” here? (a) per-MIT (2nd) (b) PER-mit (1st)

Answer key

  1. CON-test (1st)
  2. re-PLY (2nd)
  3. for-GET (2nd)
  4. DE-sert (1st)
  5. GAR-den (1st)
  6. PRE-sent (1st)
  7. prog-RESS (2nd)
  8. BAS-ket (1st)
  9. pro-DUCE (2nd)
  10. pre-FER (2nd)
  11. re-CORD (2nd)
  12. CON-duct (1st)
  13. con-TEST (2nd)
  14. col-LECT (2nd)
  15. for-GIVE (2nd)
  16. PRO-duce (1st)
  17. pro-TECT (2nd)
  18. SUS-pect (1st)
  19. OB-ject (1st)
  20. PA-per (1st)
  21. AP-ple (1st)
  22. be-GIN (2nd)
  23. re-TURN (2nd)
  24. YEL-low (1st)
  25. MOD-ern (1st)
  26. MON-key (1st)
  27. SUM-mer (1st)
  28. RE-bel (1st)
  29. PER-mit (1st)
  30. be-LIEVE (2nd)
  31. in-VITE (2nd)
  32. PRO-test (1st)
  33. re-BEL (2nd)
  34. SUB-ject (1st)
  35. IM-port (1st)
  36. re-SPECT (2nd)
  37. RE-cord (1st)
  38. TA-ble (1st)
  39. PEN-cil (1st)
  40. per-MIT (2nd)

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