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Word Stress Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 17: Word stress: nouns and verbs · Set 868 · 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.Listen to “happy”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) hap-PY (2nd) (b) HAP-py (1st)
  3. 3.Which syllable is stressed in “enjoy”? (a) EN-joy (1st) (b) en-JOY (2nd)
  4. 4.“He will contest the election.” — where is the stress in “contest” here? (a) con-TEST (2nd) (b) CON-test (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.“Tea is an important export for India.” — where is the stress in “export” here? (a) ex-PORT (2nd) (b) EX-port (1st)
  7. 7.Listen to “carpet”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) car-PET (2nd) (b) CAR-pet (1st)
  8. 8.Listen to “deny”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) de-NY (2nd) (b) DE-ny (1st)
  9. 9.Which syllable is stressed in “monkey”? (a) mon-KEY (2nd) (b) MON-key (1st)
  10. 10.Listen to “decide”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) DE-cide (1st) (b) de-CIDE (2nd)
  11. 11.“The police caught the suspect.” — where is the stress in “suspect” here? (a) SUS-pect (1st) (b) sus-PECT (2nd)
  12. 12.“There is a strange object on the table.” — where is the stress in “object” here? (a) ob-JECT (2nd) (b) OB-ject (1st)
  13. 13.“The market sells fresh farm produce.” — where is the stress in “produce” here? (a) pro-DUCE (2nd) (b) PRO-duce (1st)
  14. 14.Listen to “explain”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ex-PLAIN (2nd) (b) EX-plain (1st)
  15. 15.“Add a little vanilla extract to the cake.” — where is the stress in “extract” here? (a) ex-TRACT (2nd) (b) EX-tract (1st)
  16. 16.Listen to “summer”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) SUM-mer (1st) (b) sum-MER (2nd)
  17. 17.“Teenagers sometimes rebel against rules.” — where is the stress in “rebel” here? (a) re-BEL (2nd) (b) RE-bel (1st)
  18. 18.Which syllable is stressed in “forget”? (a) FOR-get (1st) (b) for-GET (2nd)
  19. 19.Which syllable is stressed in “yellow”? (a) YEL-low (1st) (b) yel-LOW (2nd)
  20. 20.Listen to “market”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) mar-KET (2nd) (b) MAR-ket (1st)
  21. 21.Which syllable is stressed in “prefer”? (a) PRE-fer (1st) (b) pre-FER (2nd)
  22. 22.Which syllable is stressed in “happy”? (a) hap-PY (2nd) (b) HAP-py (1st)
  23. 23.Listen to “parrot”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) PAR-rot (1st) (b) par-ROT (2nd)
  24. 24.Listen to “paper”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) PA-per (1st) (b) pa-PER (2nd)
  25. 25.Which syllable is stressed in “basket”? (a) bas-KET (2nd) (b) BAS-ket (1st)
  26. 26.“I got a birthday present from Grandma.” — where is the stress in “present” here? (a) pre-SENT (2nd) (b) PRE-sent (1st)
  27. 27.Listen to “describe”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) DE-scribe (1st) (b) de-SCRIBE (2nd)
  28. 28.“Our teacher will conduct the test.” — where is the stress in “conduct” here? (a) CON-duct (1st) (b) con-DUCT (2nd)
  29. 29.Listen to “pencil”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) pen-CIL (2nd) (b) PEN-cil (1st)
  30. 30.Which syllable is stressed in “explain”? (a) EX-plain (1st) (b) ex-PLAIN (2nd)
  31. 31.Listen to “basket”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) BAS-ket (1st) (b) bas-KET (2nd)
  32. 32.Which syllable is stressed in “teacher”? (a) teach-ER (2nd) (b) TEACH-er (1st)
  33. 33.Which syllable is stressed in “survive”? (a) sur-VIVE (2nd) (b) SUR-vive (1st)
  34. 34.“Camels can live in the desert.” — where is the stress in “desert” here? (a) de-SERT (2nd) (b) DE-sert (1st)
  35. 35.Which syllable is stressed in “repeat”? (a) re-PEAT (2nd) (b) RE-peat (1st)
  36. 36.“This toy is an import from Japan.” — where is the stress in “import” here? (a) IM-port (1st) (b) im-PORT (2nd)
  37. 37.Listen to “rabbit”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) RAB-bit (1st) (b) rab-BIT (2nd)
  38. 38.Which syllable is stressed in “relax”? (a) re-LAX (2nd) (b) RE-lax (1st)
  39. 39.“The shop gave me a full refund.” — where is the stress in “refund” here? (a) re-FUND (2nd) (b) RE-fund (1st)
  40. 40.Which syllable is stressed in “apple”? (a) ap-PLE (2nd) (b) AP-ple (1st)

Answer key

  1. pre-SENT (2nd)
  2. HAP-py (1st)
  3. en-JOY (2nd)
  4. con-TEST (2nd)
  5. RE-cord (1st)
  6. EX-port (1st)
  7. CAR-pet (1st)
  8. de-NY (2nd)
  9. MON-key (1st)
  10. de-CIDE (2nd)
  11. SUS-pect (1st)
  12. OB-ject (1st)
  13. PRO-duce (1st)
  14. ex-PLAIN (2nd)
  15. EX-tract (1st)
  16. SUM-mer (1st)
  17. re-BEL (2nd)
  18. for-GET (2nd)
  19. YEL-low (1st)
  20. MAR-ket (1st)
  21. pre-FER (2nd)
  22. HAP-py (1st)
  23. PAR-rot (1st)
  24. PA-per (1st)
  25. BAS-ket (1st)
  26. PRE-sent (1st)
  27. de-SCRIBE (2nd)
  28. con-DUCT (2nd)
  29. PEN-cil (1st)
  30. ex-PLAIN (2nd)
  31. BAS-ket (1st)
  32. TEACH-er (1st)
  33. sur-VIVE (2nd)
  34. DE-sert (1st)
  35. re-PEAT (2nd)
  36. IM-port (1st)
  37. RAB-bit (1st)
  38. re-LAX (2nd)
  39. RE-fund (1st)
  40. AP-ple (1st)

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