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Pronunciation lesson 17: Word stress: nouns and verbs · Set 907 · 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.“Did anyone object to the new rule?” — where is the stress in “object” here? (a) OB-ject (1st) (b) ob-JECT (2nd)
  2. 2.Listen to “pencil”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) PEN-cil (1st) (b) pen-CIL (2nd)
  3. 3.Listen to “suggest”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) sug-GEST (2nd) (b) SUG-gest (1st)
  4. 4.Which syllable is stressed in “collect”? (a) col-LECT (2nd) (b) COL-lect (1st)
  5. 5.“The police caught the suspect.” — where is the stress in “suspect” here? (a) sus-PECT (2nd) (b) SUS-pect (1st)
  6. 6.“As the days progress, it gets colder.” — where is the stress in “progress” here? (a) prog-RESS (2nd) (b) PROG-ress (1st)
  7. 7.Which syllable is stressed in “protect”? (a) PRO-tect (1st) (b) pro-TECT (2nd)
  8. 8.Listen to “picture”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) PIC-ture (1st) (b) pic-TURE (2nd)
  9. 9.Which syllable is stressed in “sister”? (a) sis-TER (2nd) (b) SIS-ter (1st)
  10. 10.“The rules do not permit phones in exams.” — where is the stress in “permit” here? (a) per-MIT (2nd) (b) PER-mit (1st)
  11. 11.Listen to “garden”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) gar-DEN (2nd) (b) GAR-den (1st)
  12. 12.Listen to “decide”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) de-CIDE (2nd) (b) DE-cide (1st)
  13. 13.“We saw a decrease in rainfall.” — where is the stress in “decrease” here? (a) de-CREASE (2nd) (b) DE-crease (1st)
  14. 14.Listen to “explain”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) EX-plain (1st) (b) ex-PLAIN (2nd)
  15. 15.Listen to “delete”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) de-LETE (2nd) (b) DE-lete (1st)
  16. 16.“A good friend will never desert you.” — where is the stress in “desert” here? (a) DE-sert (1st) (b) de-SERT (2nd)
  17. 17.Listen to “basket”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) BAS-ket (1st) (b) bas-KET (2nd)
  18. 18.“Metals contract when they cool.” — where is the stress in “contract” here? (a) con-TRACT (2nd) (b) CON-tract (1st)
  19. 19.Which syllable is stressed in “yellow”? (a) yel-LOW (2nd) (b) YEL-low (1st)
  20. 20.Listen to “summer”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) sum-MER (2nd) (b) SUM-mer (1st)
  21. 21.Listen to “winter”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) win-TER (2nd) (b) WIN-ter (1st)
  22. 22.Listen to “paper”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) PA-per (1st) (b) pa-PER (2nd)
  23. 23.Which syllable is stressed in “prefer”? (a) PRE-fer (1st) (b) pre-FER (2nd)
  24. 24.“There is an increase in prices this year.” — where is the stress in “increase” here? (a) in-CREASE (2nd) (b) IN-crease (1st)
  25. 25.Listen to “yellow”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) yel-LOW (2nd) (b) YEL-low (1st)
  26. 26.Which syllable is stressed in “pencil”? (a) pen-CIL (2nd) (b) PEN-cil (1st)
  27. 27.“Add a little vanilla extract to the cake.” — where is the stress in “extract” here? (a) EX-tract (1st) (b) ex-TRACT (2nd)
  28. 28.Which syllable is stressed in “apple”? (a) ap-PLE (2nd) (b) AP-ple (1st)
  29. 29.“Let us record a video of the dance.” — where is the stress in “record” here? (a) RE-cord (1st) (b) re-CORD (2nd)
  30. 30.“Calling names is an insult.” — where is the stress in “insult” here? (a) IN-sult (1st) (b) in-SULT (2nd)
  31. 31.Listen to “water”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) wa-TER (2nd) (b) WA-ter (1st)
  32. 32.Which syllable is stressed in “monkey”? (a) MON-key (1st) (b) mon-KEY (2nd)
  33. 33.Listen to “believe”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) BE-lieve (1st) (b) be-LIEVE (2nd)
  34. 34.“The rebel refused to obey the king.” — where is the stress in “rebel” here? (a) RE-bel (1st) (b) re-BEL (2nd)
  35. 35.“I got a birthday present from Grandma.” — where is the stress in “present” here? (a) pre-SENT (2nd) (b) PRE-sent (1st)
  36. 36.Which syllable is stressed in “forgive”? (a) FOR-give (1st) (b) for-GIVE (2nd)
  37. 37.Listen to “table”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) TA-ble (1st) (b) ta-BLE (2nd)
  38. 38.Which syllable is stressed in “happy”? (a) hap-PY (2nd) (b) HAP-py (1st)
  39. 39.Which syllable is stressed in “relax”? (a) re-LAX (2nd) (b) RE-lax (1st)
  40. 40.Which syllable is stressed in “carpet”? (a) CAR-pet (1st) (b) car-PET (2nd)

Answer key

  1. ob-JECT (2nd)
  2. PEN-cil (1st)
  3. sug-GEST (2nd)
  4. col-LECT (2nd)
  5. SUS-pect (1st)
  6. prog-RESS (2nd)
  7. pro-TECT (2nd)
  8. PIC-ture (1st)
  9. SIS-ter (1st)
  10. per-MIT (2nd)
  11. GAR-den (1st)
  12. de-CIDE (2nd)
  13. DE-crease (1st)
  14. ex-PLAIN (2nd)
  15. de-LETE (2nd)
  16. de-SERT (2nd)
  17. BAS-ket (1st)
  18. con-TRACT (2nd)
  19. YEL-low (1st)
  20. SUM-mer (1st)
  21. WIN-ter (1st)
  22. PA-per (1st)
  23. pre-FER (2nd)
  24. IN-crease (1st)
  25. YEL-low (1st)
  26. PEN-cil (1st)
  27. EX-tract (1st)
  28. AP-ple (1st)
  29. re-CORD (2nd)
  30. IN-sult (1st)
  31. WA-ter (1st)
  32. MON-key (1st)
  33. be-LIEVE (2nd)
  34. RE-bel (1st)
  35. PRE-sent (1st)
  36. for-GIVE (2nd)
  37. TA-ble (1st)
  38. HAP-py (1st)
  39. re-LAX (2nd)
  40. CAR-pet (1st)

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