Word Stress Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 17: Word stress: nouns and verbs · Set 92 · 40 questions

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.

1. 1.Which syllable is stressed in “prepare”? (a) PRE-pare (1st) (b) pre-PARE (2nd)
2. 2.Which syllable is stressed in “invite”? (a) IN-vite (1st) (b) in-VITE (2nd)
3. 3.Listen to “describe”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) DE-scribe (1st) (b) de-SCRIBE (2nd)
4. 4.“The workers held a protest outside.” — where is the stress in “protest” here? (a) PRO-test (1st) (b) pro-TEST (2nd)
5. 5.Which syllable is stressed in “garden”? (a) GAR-den (1st) (b) gar-DEN (2nd)
6. 6.“She broke the world record in the race.” — where is the stress in “record” here? (a) RE-cord (1st) (b) re-CORD (2nd)
7. 7.“As the days progress, it gets colder.” — where is the stress in “progress” here? (a) prog-RESS (2nd) (b) PROG-ress (1st)
8. 8.Listen to “basket”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) BAS-ket (1st) (b) bas-KET (2nd)
9. 9.Listen to “happy”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) HAP-py (1st) (b) hap-PY (2nd)
10. 10.“There is an increase in prices this year.” — where is the stress in “increase” here? (a) IN-crease (1st) (b) in-CREASE (2nd)
11. 11.“I suspect that he ate my cake.” — where is the stress in “suspect” here? (a) SUS-pect (1st) (b) sus-PECT (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 “winter”? (a) WIN-ter (1st) (b) win-TER (2nd)
14. 14.“Did anyone object to the new rule?” — where is the stress in “object” here? (a) OB-ject (1st) (b) ob-JECT (2nd)
15. 15.“Bees produce honey.” — where is the stress in “produce” here? (a) pro-DUCE (2nd) (b) PRO-duce (1st)
16. 16.“Metals contract when they cool.” — where is the stress in “contract” here? (a) CON-tract (1st) (b) con-TRACT (2nd)
17. 17.Which syllable is stressed in “market”? (a) mar-KET (2nd) (b) MAR-ket (1st)
18. 18.“Tea is an important export for India.” — where is the stress in “export” here? (a) EX-port (1st) (b) ex-PORT (2nd)
19. 19.Listen to “famous”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) fa-MOUS (2nd) (b) FA-mous (1st)
20. 20.“Buses are public transport.” — where is the stress in “transport” here? (a) trans-PORT (2nd) (b) TRANS-port (1st)
21. 21.Which syllable is stressed in “begin”? (a) BE-gin (1st) (b) be-GIN (2nd)
22. 22.Which syllable is stressed in “believe”? (a) be-LIEVE (2nd) (b) BE-lieve (1st)
23. 23.Which syllable is stressed in “prefer”? (a) pre-FER (2nd) (b) PRE-fer (1st)
24. 24.Listen to “water”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) wa-TER (2nd) (b) WA-ter (1st)
25. 25.Listen to “decide”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) DE-cide (1st) (b) de-CIDE (2nd)
26. 26.Which syllable is stressed in “enjoy”? (a) en-JOY (2nd) (b) EN-joy (1st)
27. 27.Which syllable is stressed in “yellow”? (a) YEL-low (1st) (b) yel-LOW (2nd)
28. 28.Which syllable is stressed in “basket”? (a) bas-KET (2nd) (b) BAS-ket (1st)
29. 29.Which syllable is stressed in “picture”? (a) PIC-ture (1st) (b) pic-TURE (2nd)
30. 30.Listen to “yellow”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) yel-LOW (2nd) (b) YEL-low (1st)
31. 31.Which syllable is stressed in “protect”? (a) PRO-tect (1st) (b) pro-TECT (2nd)
32. 32.“Camels can live in the desert.” — where is the stress in “desert” here? (a) de-SERT (2nd) (b) DE-sert (1st)
33. 33.“There is a strange object on the table.” — where is the stress in “object” here? (a) OB-ject (1st) (b) ob-JECT (2nd)
34. 34.“I got a birthday present from Grandma.” — where is the stress in “present” here? (a) pre-SENT (2nd) (b) PRE-sent (1st)
35. 35.Listen to “sister”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) SIS-ter (1st) (b) sis-TER (2nd)
36. 36.“The shop gave me a full refund.” — where is the stress in “refund” here? (a) RE-fund (1st) (b) re-FUND (2nd)
37. 37.“The dentist will extract the tooth.” — where is the stress in “extract” here? (a) ex-TRACT (2nd) (b) EX-tract (1st)
38. 38.Listen to “forgive”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) for-GIVE (2nd) (b) FOR-give (1st)
39. 39.Which syllable is stressed in “decide”? (a) DE-cide (1st) (b) de-CIDE (2nd)
40. 40.“Maths is my favourite subject.” — where is the stress in “subject” here? (a) SUB-ject (1st) (b) sub-JECT (2nd)

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