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Pronunciation lesson 17: Word stress: nouns and verbs · Set 936 · 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 “summer”? (a) SUM-mer (1st) (b) sum-MER (2nd)
  2. 2.“Our teacher will conduct the test.” — where is the stress in “conduct” here? (a) con-DUCT (2nd) (b) CON-duct (1st)
  3. 3.“The shop gave me a full refund.” — where is the stress in “refund” here? (a) RE-fund (1st) (b) re-FUND (2nd)
  4. 4.“I suspect that he ate my cake.” — where is the stress in “suspect” here? (a) sus-PECT (2nd) (b) SUS-pect (1st)
  5. 5.“Each team will present its project to the class.” — where is the stress in “present” here? (a) PRE-sent (1st) (b) pre-SENT (2nd)
  6. 6.Which syllable is stressed in “explain”? (a) EX-plain (1st) (b) ex-PLAIN (2nd)
  7. 7.“Teenagers sometimes rebel against rules.” — where is the stress in “rebel” here? (a) re-BEL (2nd) (b) RE-bel (1st)
  8. 8.Listen to “prefer”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) pre-FER (2nd) (b) PRE-fer (1st)
  9. 9.“The dentist will extract the tooth.” — where is the stress in “extract” here? (a) ex-TRACT (2nd) (b) EX-tract (1st)
  10. 10.Which syllable is stressed in “enjoy”? (a) en-JOY (2nd) (b) EN-joy (1st)
  11. 11.Which syllable is stressed in “forget”? (a) for-GET (2nd) (b) FOR-get (1st)
  12. 12.Which syllable is stressed in “respect”? (a) RE-spect (1st) (b) re-SPECT (2nd)
  13. 13.Which syllable is stressed in “receive”? (a) re-CEIVE (2nd) (b) RE-ceive (1st)
  14. 14.Listen to “invite”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) IN-vite (1st) (b) in-VITE (2nd)
  15. 15.Listen to “enjoy”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) en-JOY (2nd) (b) EN-joy (1st)
  16. 16.“Your answer is perfect.” — where is the stress in “perfect” here? (a) per-FECT (2nd) (b) PER-fect (1st)
  17. 17.Listen to “apple”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) AP-ple (1st) (b) ap-PLE (2nd)
  18. 18.Listen to “rabbit”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) rab-BIT (2nd) (b) RAB-bit (1st)
  19. 19.“There is a strange object on the table.” — where is the stress in “object” here? (a) ob-JECT (2nd) (b) OB-ject (1st)
  20. 20.“Camels can live in the desert.” — where is the stress in “desert” here? (a) de-SERT (2nd) (b) DE-sert (1st)
  21. 21.Listen to “doctor”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) DOC-tor (1st) (b) doc-TOR (2nd)
  22. 22.Listen to “protect”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) PRO-tect (1st) (b) pro-TECT (2nd)
  23. 23.Listen to “modern”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) MOD-ern (1st) (b) mod-ERN (2nd)
  24. 24.Which syllable is stressed in “survive”? (a) sur-VIVE (2nd) (b) SUR-vive (1st)
  25. 25.Listen to “carpet”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) car-PET (2nd) (b) CAR-pet (1st)
  26. 26.Which syllable is stressed in “invite”? (a) in-VITE (2nd) (b) IN-vite (1st)
  27. 27.Listen to “decide”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) DE-cide (1st) (b) de-CIDE (2nd)
  28. 28.Which syllable is stressed in “table”? (a) TA-ble (1st) (b) ta-BLE (2nd)
  29. 29.“Tea is an important export for India.” — where is the stress in “export” here? (a) EX-port (1st) (b) ex-PORT (2nd)
  30. 30.Listen to “paper”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) pa-PER (2nd) (b) PA-per (1st)
  31. 31.“I got a birthday present from Grandma.” — where is the stress in “present” here? (a) PRE-sent (1st) (b) pre-SENT (2nd)
  32. 32.“The market sells fresh farm produce.” — where is the stress in “produce” here? (a) pro-DUCE (2nd) (b) PRO-duce (1st)
  33. 33.Which syllable is stressed in “pencil”? (a) PEN-cil (1st) (b) pen-CIL (2nd)
  34. 34.Listen to “window”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) win-DOW (2nd) (b) WIN-dow (1st)
  35. 35.“Never insult your friends.” — where is the stress in “insult” here? (a) in-SULT (2nd) (b) IN-sult (1st)
  36. 36.“Did anyone object to the new rule?” — where is the stress in “object” here? (a) ob-JECT (2nd) (b) OB-ject (1st)
  37. 37.Listen to “water”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) wa-TER (2nd) (b) WA-ter (1st)
  38. 38.Which syllable is stressed in “happy”? (a) HAP-py (1st) (b) hap-PY (2nd)
  39. 39.Which syllable is stressed in “paper”? (a) PA-per (1st) (b) pa-PER (2nd)
  40. 40.Which syllable is stressed in “winter”? (a) WIN-ter (1st) (b) win-TER (2nd)

Answer key

  1. SUM-mer (1st)
  2. con-DUCT (2nd)
  3. RE-fund (1st)
  4. sus-PECT (2nd)
  5. pre-SENT (2nd)
  6. ex-PLAIN (2nd)
  7. re-BEL (2nd)
  8. pre-FER (2nd)
  9. ex-TRACT (2nd)
  10. en-JOY (2nd)
  11. for-GET (2nd)
  12. re-SPECT (2nd)
  13. re-CEIVE (2nd)
  14. in-VITE (2nd)
  15. en-JOY (2nd)
  16. PER-fect (1st)
  17. AP-ple (1st)
  18. RAB-bit (1st)
  19. OB-ject (1st)
  20. DE-sert (1st)
  21. DOC-tor (1st)
  22. pro-TECT (2nd)
  23. MOD-ern (1st)
  24. sur-VIVE (2nd)
  25. CAR-pet (1st)
  26. in-VITE (2nd)
  27. de-CIDE (2nd)
  28. TA-ble (1st)
  29. EX-port (1st)
  30. PA-per (1st)
  31. PRE-sent (1st)
  32. PRO-duce (1st)
  33. PEN-cil (1st)
  34. WIN-dow (1st)
  35. in-SULT (2nd)
  36. ob-JECT (2nd)
  37. WA-ter (1st)
  38. HAP-py (1st)
  39. PA-per (1st)
  40. WIN-ter (1st)

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