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Word Stress Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 17: Word stress: nouns and verbs · Set 924 · 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.“Calling names is an insult.” — where is the stress in “insult” here? (a) in-SULT (2nd) (b) IN-sult (1st)
  2. 2.“Teenagers sometimes rebel against rules.” — where is the stress in “rebel” here? (a) re-BEL (2nd) (b) RE-bel (1st)
  3. 3.Which syllable is stressed in “begin”? (a) BE-gin (1st) (b) be-GIN (2nd)
  4. 4.“His conduct in class is excellent.” — where is the stress in “conduct” here? (a) CON-duct (1st) (b) con-DUCT (2nd)
  5. 5.Which syllable is stressed in “invite”? (a) in-VITE (2nd) (b) IN-vite (1st)
  6. 6.“I suspect that he ate my cake.” — where is the stress in “suspect” here? (a) SUS-pect (1st) (b) sus-PECT (2nd)
  7. 7.“Camels can live in the desert.” — where is the stress in “desert” here? (a) de-SERT (2nd) (b) DE-sert (1st)
  8. 8.Which syllable is stressed in “doctor”? (a) DOC-tor (1st) (b) doc-TOR (2nd)
  9. 9.“Metals contract when they cool.” — where is the stress in “contract” here? (a) con-TRACT (2nd) (b) CON-tract (1st)
  10. 10.Which syllable is stressed in “parrot”? (a) PAR-rot (1st) (b) par-ROT (2nd)
  11. 11.“Our teacher will conduct the test.” — where is the stress in “conduct” here? (a) CON-duct (1st) (b) con-DUCT (2nd)
  12. 12.Listen to “winter”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) win-TER (2nd) (b) WIN-ter (1st)
  13. 13.Which syllable is stressed in “modern”? (a) mod-ERN (2nd) (b) MOD-ern (1st)
  14. 14.Which syllable is stressed in “delete”? (a) DE-lete (1st) (b) de-LETE (2nd)
  15. 15.Listen to “suggest”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) SUG-gest (1st) (b) sug-GEST (2nd)
  16. 16.“There is an increase in prices this year.” — where is the stress in “increase” here? (a) IN-crease (1st) (b) in-CREASE (2nd)
  17. 17.Listen to “delete”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) DE-lete (1st) (b) de-LETE (2nd)
  18. 18.Which syllable is stressed in “picture”? (a) pic-TURE (2nd) (b) PIC-ture (1st)
  19. 19.Which syllable is stressed in “relax”? (a) RE-lax (1st) (b) re-LAX (2nd)
  20. 20.Listen to “decide”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) DE-cide (1st) (b) de-CIDE (2nd)
  21. 21.Which syllable is stressed in “summer”? (a) sum-MER (2nd) (b) SUM-mer (1st)
  22. 22.Listen to “happy”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) HAP-py (1st) (b) hap-PY (2nd)
  23. 23.Which syllable is stressed in “repeat”? (a) RE-peat (1st) (b) re-PEAT (2nd)
  24. 24.Which syllable is stressed in “winter”? (a) win-TER (2nd) (b) WIN-ter (1st)
  25. 25.“She broke the world record in the race.” — where is the stress in “record” here? (a) RE-cord (1st) (b) re-CORD (2nd)
  26. 26.“You need a permit to park here.” — where is the stress in “permit” here? (a) per-MIT (2nd) (b) PER-mit (1st)
  27. 27.Listen to “describe”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) DE-scribe (1st) (b) de-SCRIBE (2nd)
  28. 28.Which syllable is stressed in “teacher”? (a) teach-ER (2nd) (b) TEACH-er (1st)
  29. 29.“Each team will present its project to the class.” — where is the stress in “present” here? (a) PRE-sent (1st) (b) pre-SENT (2nd)
  30. 30.“Buses are public transport.” — where is the stress in “transport” here? (a) TRANS-port (1st) (b) trans-PORT (2nd)
  31. 31.Which syllable is stressed in “survive”? (a) SUR-vive (1st) (b) sur-VIVE (2nd)
  32. 32.Listen to “paper”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) pa-PER (2nd) (b) PA-per (1st)
  33. 33.Listen to “sister”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) SIS-ter (1st) (b) sis-TER (2nd)
  34. 34.Listen to “doctor”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) doc-TOR (2nd) (b) DOC-tor (1st)
  35. 35.“He signed a contract with the company.” — where is the stress in “contract” here? (a) con-TRACT (2nd) (b) CON-tract (1st)
  36. 36.Listen to “repeat”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) RE-peat (1st) (b) re-PEAT (2nd)
  37. 37.Which syllable is stressed in “describe”? (a) DE-scribe (1st) (b) de-SCRIBE (2nd)
  38. 38.Which syllable is stressed in “enjoy”? (a) en-JOY (2nd) (b) EN-joy (1st)
  39. 39.“The market sells fresh farm produce.” — where is the stress in “produce” here? (a) PRO-duce (1st) (b) pro-DUCE (2nd)
  40. 40.Which syllable is stressed in “forgive”? (a) for-GIVE (2nd) (b) FOR-give (1st)

Answer key

  1. IN-sult (1st)
  2. re-BEL (2nd)
  3. be-GIN (2nd)
  4. CON-duct (1st)
  5. in-VITE (2nd)
  6. sus-PECT (2nd)
  7. DE-sert (1st)
  8. DOC-tor (1st)
  9. con-TRACT (2nd)
  10. PAR-rot (1st)
  11. con-DUCT (2nd)
  12. WIN-ter (1st)
  13. MOD-ern (1st)
  14. de-LETE (2nd)
  15. sug-GEST (2nd)
  16. IN-crease (1st)
  17. de-LETE (2nd)
  18. PIC-ture (1st)
  19. re-LAX (2nd)
  20. de-CIDE (2nd)
  21. SUM-mer (1st)
  22. HAP-py (1st)
  23. re-PEAT (2nd)
  24. WIN-ter (1st)
  25. RE-cord (1st)
  26. PER-mit (1st)
  27. de-SCRIBE (2nd)
  28. TEACH-er (1st)
  29. pre-SENT (2nd)
  30. TRANS-port (1st)
  31. sur-VIVE (2nd)
  32. PA-per (1st)
  33. SIS-ter (1st)
  34. DOC-tor (1st)
  35. CON-tract (1st)
  36. re-PEAT (2nd)
  37. de-SCRIBE (2nd)
  38. en-JOY (2nd)
  39. PRO-duce (1st)
  40. for-GIVE (2nd)

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