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Word Stress Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 17: Word stress: nouns and verbs · Set 922 · 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 “deny”? (a) DE-ny (1st) (b) de-NY (2nd)
  2. 2.Listen to “window”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) WIN-dow (1st) (b) win-DOW (2nd)
  3. 3.Which syllable is stressed in “parrot”? (a) PAR-rot (1st) (b) par-ROT (2nd)
  4. 4.Listen to “collect”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) COL-lect (1st) (b) col-LECT (2nd)
  5. 5.“Teenagers sometimes rebel against rules.” — where is the stress in “rebel” here? (a) RE-bel (1st) (b) re-BEL (2nd)
  6. 6.“Each team will present its project to the class.” — where is the stress in “present” here? (a) PRE-sent (1st) (b) pre-SENT (2nd)
  7. 7.Listen to “market”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) mar-KET (2nd) (b) MAR-ket (1st)
  8. 8.Which syllable is stressed in “rabbit”? (a) rab-BIT (2nd) (b) RAB-bit (1st)
  9. 9.Which syllable is stressed in “modern”? (a) mod-ERN (2nd) (b) MOD-ern (1st)
  10. 10.“Metals contract when they cool.” — where is the stress in “contract” here? (a) con-TRACT (2nd) (b) CON-tract (1st)
  11. 11.Listen to “sister”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) SIS-ter (1st) (b) sis-TER (2nd)
  12. 12.Listen to “explain”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ex-PLAIN (2nd) (b) EX-plain (1st)
  13. 13.Listen to “summer”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) SUM-mer (1st) (b) sum-MER (2nd)
  14. 14.Which syllable is stressed in “teacher”? (a) TEACH-er (1st) (b) teach-ER (2nd)
  15. 15.“The shop gave me a full refund.” — where is the stress in “refund” here? (a) re-FUND (2nd) (b) RE-fund (1st)
  16. 16.Listen to “rabbit”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) RAB-bit (1st) (b) rab-BIT (2nd)
  17. 17.Which syllable is stressed in “doctor”? (a) DOC-tor (1st) (b) doc-TOR (2nd)
  18. 18.“Maths is my favourite subject.” — where is the stress in “subject” here? (a) sub-JECT (2nd) (b) SUB-ject (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.Which syllable is stressed in “paper”? (a) pa-PER (2nd) (b) PA-per (1st)
  21. 21.Which syllable is stressed in “pencil”? (a) PEN-cil (1st) (b) pen-CIL (2nd)
  22. 22.“Your answer is perfect.” — where is the stress in “perfect” here? (a) PER-fect (1st) (b) per-FECT (2nd)
  23. 23.Listen to “table”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ta-BLE (2nd) (b) TA-ble (1st)
  24. 24.Listen to “invite”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) in-VITE (2nd) (b) IN-vite (1st)
  25. 25.Listen to “decide”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) de-CIDE (2nd) (b) DE-cide (1st)
  26. 26.Listen to “prepare”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) PRE-pare (1st) (b) pre-PARE (2nd)
  27. 27.“He signed a contract with the company.” — where is the stress in “contract” here? (a) CON-tract (1st) (b) con-TRACT (2nd)
  28. 28.Which syllable is stressed in “apple”? (a) AP-ple (1st) (b) ap-PLE (2nd)
  29. 29.Which syllable is stressed in “survive”? (a) SUR-vive (1st) (b) sur-VIVE (2nd)
  30. 30.Listen to “receive”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) re-CEIVE (2nd) (b) RE-ceive (1st)
  31. 31.Which syllable is stressed in “yellow”? (a) yel-LOW (2nd) (b) YEL-low (1st)
  32. 32.Listen to “basket”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) bas-KET (2nd) (b) BAS-ket (1st)
  33. 33.“The dentist will extract the tooth.” — where is the stress in “extract” here? (a) EX-tract (1st) (b) ex-TRACT (2nd)
  34. 34.Listen to “doctor”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) DOC-tor (1st) (b) doc-TOR (2nd)
  35. 35.“The market sells fresh farm produce.” — where is the stress in “produce” here? (a) pro-DUCE (2nd) (b) PRO-duce (1st)
  36. 36.“Calling names is an insult.” — where is the stress in “insult” here? (a) in-SULT (2nd) (b) IN-sult (1st)
  37. 37.Listen to “suggest”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) SUG-gest (1st) (b) sug-GEST (2nd)
  38. 38.Which syllable is stressed in “summer”? (a) sum-MER (2nd) (b) SUM-mer (1st)
  39. 39.Which syllable is stressed in “forgive”? (a) for-GIVE (2nd) (b) FOR-give (1st)
  40. 40.“This toy is an import from Japan.” — where is the stress in “import” here? (a) im-PORT (2nd) (b) IM-port (1st)

Answer key

  1. de-NY (2nd)
  2. WIN-dow (1st)
  3. PAR-rot (1st)
  4. col-LECT (2nd)
  5. re-BEL (2nd)
  6. pre-SENT (2nd)
  7. MAR-ket (1st)
  8. RAB-bit (1st)
  9. MOD-ern (1st)
  10. con-TRACT (2nd)
  11. SIS-ter (1st)
  12. ex-PLAIN (2nd)
  13. SUM-mer (1st)
  14. TEACH-er (1st)
  15. RE-fund (1st)
  16. RAB-bit (1st)
  17. DOC-tor (1st)
  18. SUB-ject (1st)
  19. PER-mit (1st)
  20. PA-per (1st)
  21. PEN-cil (1st)
  22. PER-fect (1st)
  23. TA-ble (1st)
  24. in-VITE (2nd)
  25. de-CIDE (2nd)
  26. pre-PARE (2nd)
  27. CON-tract (1st)
  28. AP-ple (1st)
  29. sur-VIVE (2nd)
  30. re-CEIVE (2nd)
  31. YEL-low (1st)
  32. BAS-ket (1st)
  33. ex-TRACT (2nd)
  34. DOC-tor (1st)
  35. PRO-duce (1st)
  36. IN-sult (1st)
  37. sug-GEST (2nd)
  38. SUM-mer (1st)
  39. for-GIVE (2nd)
  40. IM-port (1st)

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