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Word Stress Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 17: Word stress: nouns and verbs · Set 86 · 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 “paper”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) PA-per (1st) (b) pa-PER (2nd)
  2. 2.“There is an increase in prices this year.” — where is the stress in “increase” here? (a) in-CREASE (2nd) (b) IN-crease (1st)
  3. 3.Which syllable is stressed in “respect”? (a) re-SPECT (2nd) (b) RE-spect (1st)
  4. 4.Listen to “monkey”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) MON-key (1st) (b) mon-KEY (2nd)
  5. 5.“Metals contract when they cool.” — where is the stress in “contract” here? (a) con-TRACT (2nd) (b) CON-tract (1st)
  6. 6.Which syllable is stressed in “relax”? (a) RE-lax (1st) (b) re-LAX (2nd)
  7. 7.“I got a birthday present from Grandma.” — where is the stress in “present” here? (a) PRE-sent (1st) (b) pre-SENT (2nd)
  8. 8.Which syllable is stressed in “survive”? (a) SUR-vive (1st) (b) sur-VIVE (2nd)
  9. 9.“He signed a contract with the company.” — where is the stress in “contract” here? (a) con-TRACT (2nd) (b) CON-tract (1st)
  10. 10.“Bees produce honey.” — where is the stress in “produce” here? (a) PRO-duce (1st) (b) pro-DUCE (2nd)
  11. 11.“The rules do not permit phones in exams.” — where is the stress in “permit” here? (a) PER-mit (1st) (b) per-MIT (2nd)
  12. 12.Listen to “relax”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) re-LAX (2nd) (b) RE-lax (1st)
  13. 13.“A good friend will never desert you.” — where is the stress in “desert” here? (a) DE-sert (1st) (b) de-SERT (2nd)
  14. 14.Which syllable is stressed in “apple”? (a) AP-ple (1st) (b) ap-PLE (2nd)
  15. 15.Which syllable is stressed in “basket”? (a) bas-KET (2nd) (b) BAS-ket (1st)
  16. 16.“His conduct in class is excellent.” — where is the stress in “conduct” here? (a) CON-duct (1st) (b) con-DUCT (2nd)
  17. 17.Listen to “suggest”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) sug-GEST (2nd) (b) SUG-gest (1st)
  18. 18.“She won the singing contest.” — where is the stress in “contest” here? (a) CON-test (1st) (b) con-TEST (2nd)
  19. 19.“Each team will present its project to the class.” — where is the stress in “present” here? (a) PRE-sent (1st) (b) pre-SENT (2nd)
  20. 20.“You need a permit to park here.” — where is the stress in “permit” here? (a) PER-mit (1st) (b) per-MIT (2nd)
  21. 21.“She broke the world record in the race.” — where is the stress in “record” here? (a) re-CORD (2nd) (b) RE-cord (1st)
  22. 22.Listen to “survive”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) sur-VIVE (2nd) (b) SUR-vive (1st)
  23. 23.Listen to “teacher”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) TEACH-er (1st) (b) teach-ER (2nd)
  24. 24.“The shop gave me a full refund.” — where is the stress in “refund” here? (a) re-FUND (2nd) (b) RE-fund (1st)
  25. 25.Listen to “prefer”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) pre-FER (2nd) (b) PRE-fer (1st)
  26. 26.Which syllable is stressed in “prefer”? (a) PRE-fer (1st) (b) pre-FER (2nd)
  27. 27.Which syllable is stressed in “yellow”? (a) YEL-low (1st) (b) yel-LOW (2nd)
  28. 28.Listen to “believe”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) be-LIEVE (2nd) (b) BE-lieve (1st)
  29. 29.“The police caught the suspect.” — where is the stress in “suspect” here? (a) SUS-pect (1st) (b) sus-PECT (2nd)
  30. 30.Which syllable is stressed in “window”? (a) WIN-dow (1st) (b) win-DOW (2nd)
  31. 31.“Your answer is perfect.” — where is the stress in “perfect” here? (a) per-FECT (2nd) (b) PER-fect (1st)
  32. 32.Which syllable is stressed in “pencil”? (a) pen-CIL (2nd) (b) PEN-cil (1st)
  33. 33.“Our teacher will conduct the test.” — where is the stress in “conduct” here? (a) CON-duct (1st) (b) con-DUCT (2nd)
  34. 34.Listen to “famous”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) fa-MOUS (2nd) (b) FA-mous (1st)
  35. 35.“Add a little vanilla extract to the cake.” — where is the stress in “extract” here? (a) EX-tract (1st) (b) ex-TRACT (2nd)
  36. 36.Which syllable is stressed in “collect”? (a) col-LECT (2nd) (b) COL-lect (1st)
  37. 37.Which syllable is stressed in “reply”? (a) RE-ply (1st) (b) re-PLY (2nd)
  38. 38.Which syllable is stressed in “enjoy”? (a) en-JOY (2nd) (b) EN-joy (1st)
  39. 39.“Never insult your friends.” — where is the stress in “insult” here? (a) in-SULT (2nd) (b) IN-sult (1st)
  40. 40.“Camels can live in the desert.” — where is the stress in “desert” here? (a) de-SERT (2nd) (b) DE-sert (1st)

Answer key

  1. PA-per (1st)
  2. IN-crease (1st)
  3. re-SPECT (2nd)
  4. MON-key (1st)
  5. con-TRACT (2nd)
  6. re-LAX (2nd)
  7. PRE-sent (1st)
  8. sur-VIVE (2nd)
  9. CON-tract (1st)
  10. pro-DUCE (2nd)
  11. per-MIT (2nd)
  12. re-LAX (2nd)
  13. de-SERT (2nd)
  14. AP-ple (1st)
  15. BAS-ket (1st)
  16. CON-duct (1st)
  17. sug-GEST (2nd)
  18. CON-test (1st)
  19. pre-SENT (2nd)
  20. PER-mit (1st)
  21. RE-cord (1st)
  22. sur-VIVE (2nd)
  23. TEACH-er (1st)
  24. RE-fund (1st)
  25. pre-FER (2nd)
  26. pre-FER (2nd)
  27. YEL-low (1st)
  28. be-LIEVE (2nd)
  29. SUS-pect (1st)
  30. WIN-dow (1st)
  31. PER-fect (1st)
  32. PEN-cil (1st)
  33. con-DUCT (2nd)
  34. FA-mous (1st)
  35. EX-tract (1st)
  36. col-LECT (2nd)
  37. re-PLY (2nd)
  38. en-JOY (2nd)
  39. in-SULT (2nd)
  40. DE-sert (1st)

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