Word Stress Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 17: Word stress: nouns and verbs · Set 865 · 40 questions

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.

1. 1.Listen to “prefer”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) PRE-fer (1st) (b) pre-FER (2nd)
2. 2.Listen to “summer”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) sum-MER (2nd) (b) SUM-mer (1st)
3. 3.Listen to “forgive”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) FOR-give (1st) (b) for-GIVE (2nd)
4. 4.Listen to “invite”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) IN-vite (1st) (b) in-VITE (2nd)
5. 5.“I got a birthday present from Grandma.” — where is the stress in “present” here? (a) pre-SENT (2nd) (b) PRE-sent (1st)
6. 6.“She won the singing contest.” — where is the stress in “contest” here? (a) CON-test (1st) (b) con-TEST (2nd)
7. 7.Listen to “rabbit”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) rab-BIT (2nd) (b) RAB-bit (1st)
8. 8.Listen to “pencil”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) pen-CIL (2nd) (b) PEN-cil (1st)
9. 9.“He will contest the election.” — where is the stress in “contest” here? (a) CON-test (1st) (b) con-TEST (2nd)
10. 10.“We saw a decrease in rainfall.” — where is the stress in “decrease” here? (a) de-CREASE (2nd) (b) DE-crease (1st)
11. 11.“Your answer is perfect.” — where is the stress in “perfect” here? (a) PER-fect (1st) (b) per-FECT (2nd)
12. 12.“The market sells fresh farm produce.” — where is the stress in “produce” here? (a) PRO-duce (1st) (b) pro-DUCE (2nd)
13. 13.“She broke the world record in the race.” — where is the stress in “record” here? (a) RE-cord (1st) (b) re-CORD (2nd)
14. 14.“Metals contract when they cool.” — where is the stress in “contract” here? (a) CON-tract (1st) (b) con-TRACT (2nd)
15. 15.“Our teacher will conduct the test.” — where is the stress in “conduct” here? (a) CON-duct (1st) (b) con-DUCT (2nd)
16. 16.Which syllable is stressed in “summer”? (a) SUM-mer (1st) (b) sum-MER (2nd)
17. 17.“Bees produce honey.” — where is the stress in “produce” here? (a) PRO-duce (1st) (b) pro-DUCE (2nd)
18. 18.Listen to “decide”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) de-CIDE (2nd) (b) DE-cide (1st)
19. 19.Listen to “relax”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) RE-lax (1st) (b) re-LAX (2nd)
20. 20.Which syllable is stressed in “happy”? (a) HAP-py (1st) (b) hap-PY (2nd)
21. 21.Listen to “window”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) WIN-dow (1st) (b) win-DOW (2nd)
22. 22.“He signed a contract with the company.” — where is the stress in “contract” here? (a) con-TRACT (2nd) (b) CON-tract (1st)
23. 23.“Did anyone object to the new rule?” — where is the stress in “object” here? (a) ob-JECT (2nd) (b) OB-ject (1st)
24. 24.“The workers held a protest outside.” — where is the stress in “protest” here? (a) pro-TEST (2nd) (b) PRO-test (1st)
25. 25.Which syllable is stressed in “basket”? (a) BAS-ket (1st) (b) bas-KET (2nd)
26. 26.“There is an increase in prices this year.” — where is the stress in “increase” here? (a) IN-crease (1st) (b) in-CREASE (2nd)
27. 27.Which syllable is stressed in “teacher”? (a) TEACH-er (1st) (b) teach-ER (2nd)
28. 28.Which syllable is stressed in “window”? (a) WIN-dow (1st) (b) win-DOW (2nd)
29. 29.Which syllable is stressed in “famous”? (a) fa-MOUS (2nd) (b) FA-mous (1st)
30. 30.Which syllable is stressed in “market”? (a) mar-KET (2nd) (b) MAR-ket (1st)
31. 31.Which syllable is stressed in “forgive”? (a) for-GIVE (2nd) (b) FOR-give (1st)
32. 32.Listen to “begin”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) be-GIN (2nd) (b) BE-gin (1st)
33. 33.Which syllable is stressed in “complete”? (a) COM-plete (1st) (b) com-PLETE (2nd)
34. 34.Which syllable is stressed in “suggest”? (a) sug-GEST (2nd) (b) SUG-gest (1st)
35. 35.Which syllable is stressed in “apple”? (a) ap-PLE (2nd) (b) AP-ple (1st)
36. 36.“Teenagers sometimes rebel against rules.” — where is the stress in “rebel” here? (a) re-BEL (2nd) (b) RE-bel (1st)
37. 37.“As the days progress, it gets colder.” — where is the stress in “progress” here? (a) PROG-ress (1st) (b) prog-RESS (2nd)
38. 38.“Buses are public transport.” — where is the stress in “transport” here? (a) trans-PORT (2nd) (b) TRANS-port (1st)
39. 39.Which syllable is stressed in “pencil”? (a) PEN-cil (1st) (b) pen-CIL (2nd)
40. 40.“Let us record a video of the dance.” — where is the stress in “record” here? (a) RE-cord (1st) (b) re-CORD (2nd)

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