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Pronunciation lesson 17: Word stress: nouns and verbs · Set 911 · 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 “invite”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) IN-vite (1st) (b) in-VITE (2nd)
  2. 2.Listen to “protect”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) PRO-tect (1st) (b) pro-TECT (2nd)
  3. 3.Which syllable is stressed in “monkey”? (a) mon-KEY (2nd) (b) MON-key (1st)
  4. 4.“There is an increase in prices this year.” — where is the stress in “increase” here? (a) in-CREASE (2nd) (b) IN-crease (1st)
  5. 5.Which syllable is stressed in “forgive”? (a) for-GIVE (2nd) (b) FOR-give (1st)
  6. 6.“He will contest the election.” — where is the stress in “contest” here? (a) con-TEST (2nd) (b) CON-test (1st)
  7. 7.Listen to “monkey”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) MON-key (1st) (b) mon-KEY (2nd)
  8. 8.Which syllable is stressed in “deny”? (a) de-NY (2nd) (b) DE-ny (1st)
  9. 9.“Teenagers sometimes rebel against rules.” — where is the stress in “rebel” here? (a) RE-bel (1st) (b) re-BEL (2nd)
  10. 10.Listen to “deny”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) DE-ny (1st) (b) de-NY (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 “doctor”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) doc-TOR (2nd) (b) DOC-tor (1st)
  13. 13.Which syllable is stressed in “apple”? (a) AP-ple (1st) (b) ap-PLE (2nd)
  14. 14.“She broke the world record in the race.” — where is the stress in “record” here? (a) re-CORD (2nd) (b) RE-cord (1st)
  15. 15.Which syllable is stressed in “return”? (a) RE-turn (1st) (b) re-TURN (2nd)
  16. 16.Listen to “yellow”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) YEL-low (1st) (b) yel-LOW (2nd)
  17. 17.Which syllable is stressed in “forget”? (a) for-GET (2nd) (b) FOR-get (1st)
  18. 18.“Camels can live in the desert.” — where is the stress in “desert” here? (a) DE-sert (1st) (b) de-SERT (2nd)
  19. 19.Listen to “parrot”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) par-ROT (2nd) (b) PAR-rot (1st)
  20. 20.“Our teacher will conduct the test.” — where is the stress in “conduct” here? (a) con-DUCT (2nd) (b) CON-duct (1st)
  21. 21.Listen to “water”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) WA-ter (1st) (b) wa-TER (2nd)
  22. 22.Which syllable is stressed in “modern”? (a) MOD-ern (1st) (b) mod-ERN (2nd)
  23. 23.Listen to “apple”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ap-PLE (2nd) (b) AP-ple (1st)
  24. 24.“She won the singing contest.” — where is the stress in “contest” here? (a) CON-test (1st) (b) con-TEST (2nd)
  25. 25.“She made good progress in English.” — where is the stress in “progress” here? (a) prog-RESS (2nd) (b) PROG-ress (1st)
  26. 26.Which syllable is stressed in “paper”? (a) pa-PER (2nd) (b) PA-per (1st)
  27. 27.Listen to “describe”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) DE-scribe (1st) (b) de-SCRIBE (2nd)
  28. 28.“As the days progress, it gets colder.” — where is the stress in “progress” here? (a) prog-RESS (2nd) (b) PROG-ress (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.Which syllable is stressed in “survive”? (a) SUR-vive (1st) (b) sur-VIVE (2nd)
  31. 31.Listen to “table”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ta-BLE (2nd) (b) TA-ble (1st)
  32. 32.“We saw a decrease in rainfall.” — where is the stress in “decrease” here? (a) de-CREASE (2nd) (b) DE-crease (1st)
  33. 33.Listen to “famous”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) FA-mous (1st) (b) fa-MOUS (2nd)
  34. 34.“This toy is an import from Japan.” — where is the stress in “import” here? (a) im-PORT (2nd) (b) IM-port (1st)
  35. 35.Listen to “happy”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) hap-PY (2nd) (b) HAP-py (1st)
  36. 36.“Maths is my favourite subject.” — where is the stress in “subject” here? (a) SUB-ject (1st) (b) sub-JECT (2nd)
  37. 37.“Bees produce honey.” — where is the stress in “produce” here? (a) pro-DUCE (2nd) (b) PRO-duce (1st)
  38. 38.Which syllable is stressed in “summer”? (a) SUM-mer (1st) (b) sum-MER (2nd)
  39. 39.Which syllable is stressed in “delete”? (a) DE-lete (1st) (b) de-LETE (2nd)
  40. 40.Which syllable is stressed in “prefer”? (a) pre-FER (2nd) (b) PRE-fer (1st)

Answer key

  1. in-VITE (2nd)
  2. pro-TECT (2nd)
  3. MON-key (1st)
  4. IN-crease (1st)
  5. for-GIVE (2nd)
  6. con-TEST (2nd)
  7. MON-key (1st)
  8. de-NY (2nd)
  9. re-BEL (2nd)
  10. de-NY (2nd)
  11. per-MIT (2nd)
  12. DOC-tor (1st)
  13. AP-ple (1st)
  14. RE-cord (1st)
  15. re-TURN (2nd)
  16. YEL-low (1st)
  17. for-GET (2nd)
  18. DE-sert (1st)
  19. PAR-rot (1st)
  20. con-DUCT (2nd)
  21. WA-ter (1st)
  22. MOD-ern (1st)
  23. AP-ple (1st)
  24. CON-test (1st)
  25. PROG-ress (1st)
  26. PA-per (1st)
  27. de-SCRIBE (2nd)
  28. prog-RESS (2nd)
  29. re-CORD (2nd)
  30. sur-VIVE (2nd)
  31. TA-ble (1st)
  32. DE-crease (1st)
  33. FA-mous (1st)
  34. IM-port (1st)
  35. HAP-py (1st)
  36. SUB-ject (1st)
  37. pro-DUCE (2nd)
  38. SUM-mer (1st)
  39. de-LETE (2nd)
  40. pre-FER (2nd)

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