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Word Stress Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 17: Word stress: nouns and verbs · Set 913 · 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.Which syllable is stressed in “carpet”? (a) car-PET (2nd) (b) CAR-pet (1st)
  2. 2.“I got a birthday present from Grandma.” — where is the stress in “present” here? (a) pre-SENT (2nd) (b) PRE-sent (1st)
  3. 3.Which syllable is stressed in “repeat”? (a) RE-peat (1st) (b) re-PEAT (2nd)
  4. 4.“The workers held a protest outside.” — where is the stress in “protest” here? (a) pro-TEST (2nd) (b) PRO-test (1st)
  5. 5.“Maths is my favourite subject.” — where is the stress in “subject” here? (a) SUB-ject (1st) (b) sub-JECT (2nd)
  6. 6.“Each team will present its project to the class.” — where is the stress in “present” here? (a) pre-SENT (2nd) (b) PRE-sent (1st)
  7. 7.Which syllable is stressed in “modern”? (a) mod-ERN (2nd) (b) MOD-ern (1st)
  8. 8.Which syllable is stressed in “protect”? (a) pro-TECT (2nd) (b) PRO-tect (1st)
  9. 9.Which syllable is stressed in “water”? (a) WA-ter (1st) (b) wa-TER (2nd)
  10. 10.“He will contest the election.” — where is the stress in “contest” here? (a) CON-test (1st) (b) con-TEST (2nd)
  11. 11.Which syllable is stressed in “reply”? (a) re-PLY (2nd) (b) RE-ply (1st)
  12. 12.“Your answer is perfect.” — where is the stress in “perfect” here? (a) PER-fect (1st) (b) per-FECT (2nd)
  13. 13.“His conduct in class is excellent.” — where is the stress in “conduct” here? (a) CON-duct (1st) (b) con-DUCT (2nd)
  14. 14.Listen to “complete”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) COM-plete (1st) (b) com-PLETE (2nd)
  15. 15.Which syllable is stressed in “enjoy”? (a) en-JOY (2nd) (b) EN-joy (1st)
  16. 16.“Teenagers sometimes rebel against rules.” — where is the stress in “rebel” here? (a) RE-bel (1st) (b) re-BEL (2nd)
  17. 17.Which syllable is stressed in “parrot”? (a) PAR-rot (1st) (b) par-ROT (2nd)
  18. 18.“The rules do not permit phones in exams.” — where is the stress in “permit” here? (a) per-MIT (2nd) (b) PER-mit (1st)
  19. 19.“You need a permit to park here.” — where is the stress in “permit” here? (a) per-MIT (2nd) (b) PER-mit (1st)
  20. 20.Listen to “paper”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) PA-per (1st) (b) pa-PER (2nd)
  21. 21.Listen to “invite”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) IN-vite (1st) (b) in-VITE (2nd)
  22. 22.“The rebel refused to obey the king.” — where is the stress in “rebel” here? (a) re-BEL (2nd) (b) RE-bel (1st)
  23. 23.Listen to “garden”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) GAR-den (1st) (b) gar-DEN (2nd)
  24. 24.Which syllable is stressed in “invite”? (a) in-VITE (2nd) (b) IN-vite (1st)
  25. 25.Which syllable is stressed in “complete”? (a) COM-plete (1st) (b) com-PLETE (2nd)
  26. 26.“She made good progress in English.” — where is the stress in “progress” here? (a) prog-RESS (2nd) (b) PROG-ress (1st)
  27. 27.Listen to “modern”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) MOD-ern (1st) (b) mod-ERN (2nd)
  28. 28.Listen to “suggest”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) SUG-gest (1st) (b) sug-GEST (2nd)
  29. 29.Listen to “explain”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ex-PLAIN (2nd) (b) EX-plain (1st)
  30. 30.Listen to “repeat”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) re-PEAT (2nd) (b) RE-peat (1st)
  31. 31.Which syllable is stressed in “famous”? (a) fa-MOUS (2nd) (b) FA-mous (1st)
  32. 32.“Never insult your friends.” — where is the stress in “insult” here? (a) in-SULT (2nd) (b) IN-sult (1st)
  33. 33.“Tea is an important export for India.” — where is the stress in “export” here? (a) EX-port (1st) (b) ex-PORT (2nd)
  34. 34.“Bees produce honey.” — where is the stress in “produce” here? (a) PRO-duce (1st) (b) pro-DUCE (2nd)
  35. 35.“Our teacher will conduct the test.” — where is the stress in “conduct” here? (a) con-DUCT (2nd) (b) CON-duct (1st)
  36. 36.Listen to “collect”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) col-LECT (2nd) (b) COL-lect (1st)
  37. 37.Listen to “water”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) WA-ter (1st) (b) wa-TER (2nd)
  38. 38.Listen to “yellow”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) yel-LOW (2nd) (b) YEL-low (1st)
  39. 39.“I suspect that he ate my cake.” — where is the stress in “suspect” here? (a) sus-PECT (2nd) (b) SUS-pect (1st)
  40. 40.Which syllable is stressed in “collect”? (a) COL-lect (1st) (b) col-LECT (2nd)

Answer key

  1. CAR-pet (1st)
  2. PRE-sent (1st)
  3. re-PEAT (2nd)
  4. PRO-test (1st)
  5. SUB-ject (1st)
  6. pre-SENT (2nd)
  7. MOD-ern (1st)
  8. pro-TECT (2nd)
  9. WA-ter (1st)
  10. con-TEST (2nd)
  11. re-PLY (2nd)
  12. PER-fect (1st)
  13. CON-duct (1st)
  14. com-PLETE (2nd)
  15. en-JOY (2nd)
  16. re-BEL (2nd)
  17. PAR-rot (1st)
  18. per-MIT (2nd)
  19. PER-mit (1st)
  20. PA-per (1st)
  21. in-VITE (2nd)
  22. RE-bel (1st)
  23. GAR-den (1st)
  24. in-VITE (2nd)
  25. com-PLETE (2nd)
  26. PROG-ress (1st)
  27. MOD-ern (1st)
  28. sug-GEST (2nd)
  29. ex-PLAIN (2nd)
  30. re-PEAT (2nd)
  31. FA-mous (1st)
  32. in-SULT (2nd)
  33. EX-port (1st)
  34. pro-DUCE (2nd)
  35. con-DUCT (2nd)
  36. col-LECT (2nd)
  37. WA-ter (1st)
  38. YEL-low (1st)
  39. sus-PECT (2nd)
  40. col-LECT (2nd)

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