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Word Stress Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 17: Word stress: nouns and verbs · Set 886 · 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.“Calling names is an insult.” — where is the stress in “insult” here? (a) in-SULT (2nd) (b) IN-sult (1st)
  2. 2.Listen to “yellow”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) yel-LOW (2nd) (b) YEL-low (1st)
  3. 3.Which syllable is stressed in “respect”? (a) re-SPECT (2nd) (b) RE-spect (1st)
  4. 4.“Our teacher will conduct the test.” — where is the stress in “conduct” here? (a) con-DUCT (2nd) (b) CON-duct (1st)
  5. 5.“He signed a contract with the company.” — where is the stress in “contract” here? (a) CON-tract (1st) (b) con-TRACT (2nd)
  6. 6.Which syllable is stressed in “yellow”? (a) YEL-low (1st) (b) yel-LOW (2nd)
  7. 7.“This toy is an import from Japan.” — where is the stress in “import” here? (a) IM-port (1st) (b) im-PORT (2nd)
  8. 8.Which syllable is stressed in “water”? (a) wa-TER (2nd) (b) WA-ter (1st)
  9. 9.“The rules do not permit phones in exams.” — where is the stress in “permit” here? (a) PER-mit (1st) (b) per-MIT (2nd)
  10. 10.“I got a birthday present from Grandma.” — where is the stress in “present” here? (a) PRE-sent (1st) (b) pre-SENT (2nd)
  11. 11.Which syllable is stressed in “parrot”? (a) par-ROT (2nd) (b) PAR-rot (1st)
  12. 12.Listen to “relax”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) re-LAX (2nd) (b) RE-lax (1st)
  13. 13.Listen to “repeat”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) RE-peat (1st) (b) re-PEAT (2nd)
  14. 14.Which syllable is stressed in “prepare”? (a) PRE-pare (1st) (b) pre-PARE (2nd)
  15. 15.“Maths is my favourite subject.” — where is the stress in “subject” here? (a) SUB-ject (1st) (b) sub-JECT (2nd)
  16. 16.“Teenagers sometimes rebel against rules.” — where is the stress in “rebel” here? (a) RE-bel (1st) (b) re-BEL (2nd)
  17. 17.“Your answer is perfect.” — where is the stress in “perfect” here? (a) per-FECT (2nd) (b) PER-fect (1st)
  18. 18.“Add a little vanilla extract to the cake.” — where is the stress in “extract” here? (a) EX-tract (1st) (b) ex-TRACT (2nd)
  19. 19.Listen to “forget”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) for-GET (2nd) (b) FOR-get (1st)
  20. 20.Which syllable is stressed in “apple”? (a) ap-PLE (2nd) (b) AP-ple (1st)
  21. 21.Listen to “pencil”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) pen-CIL (2nd) (b) PEN-cil (1st)
  22. 22.“The dentist will extract the tooth.” — where is the stress in “extract” here? (a) EX-tract (1st) (b) ex-TRACT (2nd)
  23. 23.Listen to “protect”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) PRO-tect (1st) (b) pro-TECT (2nd)
  24. 24.Which syllable is stressed in “garden”? (a) GAR-den (1st) (b) gar-DEN (2nd)
  25. 25.Which syllable is stressed in “believe”? (a) BE-lieve (1st) (b) be-LIEVE (2nd)
  26. 26.“His conduct in class is excellent.” — where is the stress in “conduct” here? (a) con-DUCT (2nd) (b) CON-duct (1st)
  27. 27.Listen to “basket”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) bas-KET (2nd) (b) BAS-ket (1st)
  28. 28.“She won the singing contest.” — where is the stress in “contest” here? (a) con-TEST (2nd) (b) CON-test (1st)
  29. 29.“The shop gave me a full refund.” — where is the stress in “refund” here? (a) re-FUND (2nd) (b) RE-fund (1st)
  30. 30.“The police caught the suspect.” — where is the stress in “suspect” here? (a) sus-PECT (2nd) (b) SUS-pect (1st)
  31. 31.“I suspect that he ate my cake.” — where is the stress in “suspect” here? (a) SUS-pect (1st) (b) sus-PECT (2nd)
  32. 32.“Tea is an important export for India.” — where is the stress in “export” here? (a) EX-port (1st) (b) ex-PORT (2nd)
  33. 33.“Each team will present its project to the class.” — where is the stress in “present” here? (a) pre-SENT (2nd) (b) PRE-sent (1st)
  34. 34.“The market sells fresh farm produce.” — where is the stress in “produce” here? (a) PRO-duce (1st) (b) pro-DUCE (2nd)
  35. 35.“Bees produce honey.” — where is the stress in “produce” here? (a) PRO-duce (1st) (b) pro-DUCE (2nd)
  36. 36.Which syllable is stressed in “return”? (a) re-TURN (2nd) (b) RE-turn (1st)
  37. 37.Listen to “receive”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) re-CEIVE (2nd) (b) RE-ceive (1st)
  38. 38.Which syllable is stressed in “carpet”? (a) car-PET (2nd) (b) CAR-pet (1st)
  39. 39.“Metals contract when they cool.” — where is the stress in “contract” here? (a) CON-tract (1st) (b) con-TRACT (2nd)
  40. 40.“Never insult your friends.” — where is the stress in “insult” here? (a) in-SULT (2nd) (b) IN-sult (1st)

Answer key

  1. IN-sult (1st)
  2. YEL-low (1st)
  3. re-SPECT (2nd)
  4. con-DUCT (2nd)
  5. CON-tract (1st)
  6. YEL-low (1st)
  7. IM-port (1st)
  8. WA-ter (1st)
  9. per-MIT (2nd)
  10. PRE-sent (1st)
  11. PAR-rot (1st)
  12. re-LAX (2nd)
  13. re-PEAT (2nd)
  14. pre-PARE (2nd)
  15. SUB-ject (1st)
  16. re-BEL (2nd)
  17. PER-fect (1st)
  18. EX-tract (1st)
  19. for-GET (2nd)
  20. AP-ple (1st)
  21. PEN-cil (1st)
  22. ex-TRACT (2nd)
  23. pro-TECT (2nd)
  24. GAR-den (1st)
  25. be-LIEVE (2nd)
  26. CON-duct (1st)
  27. BAS-ket (1st)
  28. CON-test (1st)
  29. RE-fund (1st)
  30. SUS-pect (1st)
  31. sus-PECT (2nd)
  32. EX-port (1st)
  33. pre-SENT (2nd)
  34. PRO-duce (1st)
  35. pro-DUCE (2nd)
  36. re-TURN (2nd)
  37. re-CEIVE (2nd)
  38. CAR-pet (1st)
  39. con-TRACT (2nd)
  40. in-SULT (2nd)

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