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Word Stress Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 17: Word stress: nouns and verbs · Set 959 · 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 “garden”? (a) GAR-den (1st) (b) gar-DEN (2nd)
  2. 2.Listen to “complete”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) com-PLETE (2nd) (b) COM-plete (1st)
  3. 3.Which syllable is stressed in “reply”? (a) RE-ply (1st) (b) re-PLY (2nd)
  4. 4.“We saw a decrease in rainfall.” — where is the stress in “decrease” here? (a) DE-crease (1st) (b) de-CREASE (2nd)
  5. 5.Which syllable is stressed in “modern”? (a) mod-ERN (2nd) (b) MOD-ern (1st)
  6. 6.“As the days progress, it gets colder.” — where is the stress in “progress” here? (a) PROG-ress (1st) (b) prog-RESS (2nd)
  7. 7.Listen to “summer”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) SUM-mer (1st) (b) sum-MER (2nd)
  8. 8.Listen to “receive”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) RE-ceive (1st) (b) re-CEIVE (2nd)
  9. 9.Which syllable is stressed in “rabbit”? (a) rab-BIT (2nd) (b) RAB-bit (1st)
  10. 10.Listen to “rabbit”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) rab-BIT (2nd) (b) RAB-bit (1st)
  11. 11.“You need a permit to park here.” — where is the stress in “permit” here? (a) per-MIT (2nd) (b) PER-mit (1st)
  12. 12.“This toy is an import from Japan.” — where is the stress in “import” here? (a) IM-port (1st) (b) im-PORT (2nd)
  13. 13.Listen to “forget”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) for-GET (2nd) (b) FOR-get (1st)
  14. 14.“He will contest the election.” — where is the stress in “contest” here? (a) CON-test (1st) (b) con-TEST (2nd)
  15. 15.“She broke the world record in the race.” — where is the stress in “record” here? (a) re-CORD (2nd) (b) RE-cord (1st)
  16. 16.“She made good progress in English.” — where is the stress in “progress” here? (a) prog-RESS (2nd) (b) PROG-ress (1st)
  17. 17.“Calling names is an insult.” — where is the stress in “insult” here? (a) IN-sult (1st) (b) in-SULT (2nd)
  18. 18.“There is a strange object on the table.” — where is the stress in “object” here? (a) OB-ject (1st) (b) ob-JECT (2nd)
  19. 19.Which syllable is stressed in “believe”? (a) BE-lieve (1st) (b) be-LIEVE (2nd)
  20. 20.Listen to “prefer”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) pre-FER (2nd) (b) PRE-fer (1st)
  21. 21.Listen to “believe”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) be-LIEVE (2nd) (b) BE-lieve (1st)
  22. 22.Which syllable is stressed in “receive”? (a) re-CEIVE (2nd) (b) RE-ceive (1st)
  23. 23.Listen to “repeat”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) RE-peat (1st) (b) re-PEAT (2nd)
  24. 24.“I got a birthday present from Grandma.” — where is the stress in “present” here? (a) pre-SENT (2nd) (b) PRE-sent (1st)
  25. 25.Listen to “monkey”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) mon-KEY (2nd) (b) MON-key (1st)
  26. 26.“Buses are public transport.” — where is the stress in “transport” here? (a) TRANS-port (1st) (b) trans-PORT (2nd)
  27. 27.Which syllable is stressed in “parrot”? (a) PAR-rot (1st) (b) par-ROT (2nd)
  28. 28.Which syllable is stressed in “famous”? (a) fa-MOUS (2nd) (b) FA-mous (1st)
  29. 29.Which syllable is stressed in “teacher”? (a) TEACH-er (1st) (b) teach-ER (2nd)
  30. 30.“Metals contract when they cool.” — where is the stress in “contract” here? (a) CON-tract (1st) (b) con-TRACT (2nd)
  31. 31.“Camels can live in the desert.” — where is the stress in “desert” here? (a) de-SERT (2nd) (b) DE-sert (1st)
  32. 32.Which syllable is stressed in “happy”? (a) HAP-py (1st) (b) hap-PY (2nd)
  33. 33.Listen to “yellow”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) yel-LOW (2nd) (b) YEL-low (1st)
  34. 34.“A good friend will never desert you.” — where is the stress in “desert” here? (a) de-SERT (2nd) (b) DE-sert (1st)
  35. 35.“The rules do not permit phones in exams.” — where is the stress in “permit” here? (a) PER-mit (1st) (b) per-MIT (2nd)
  36. 36.Listen to “paper”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) pa-PER (2nd) (b) PA-per (1st)
  37. 37.Listen to “parrot”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) par-ROT (2nd) (b) PAR-rot (1st)
  38. 38.Listen to “table”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) TA-ble (1st) (b) ta-BLE (2nd)
  39. 39.Listen to “enjoy”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) EN-joy (1st) (b) en-JOY (2nd)
  40. 40.“She won the singing contest.” — where is the stress in “contest” here? (a) con-TEST (2nd) (b) CON-test (1st)

Answer key

  1. GAR-den (1st)
  2. com-PLETE (2nd)
  3. re-PLY (2nd)
  4. DE-crease (1st)
  5. MOD-ern (1st)
  6. prog-RESS (2nd)
  7. SUM-mer (1st)
  8. re-CEIVE (2nd)
  9. RAB-bit (1st)
  10. RAB-bit (1st)
  11. PER-mit (1st)
  12. IM-port (1st)
  13. for-GET (2nd)
  14. con-TEST (2nd)
  15. RE-cord (1st)
  16. PROG-ress (1st)
  17. IN-sult (1st)
  18. OB-ject (1st)
  19. be-LIEVE (2nd)
  20. pre-FER (2nd)
  21. be-LIEVE (2nd)
  22. re-CEIVE (2nd)
  23. re-PEAT (2nd)
  24. PRE-sent (1st)
  25. MON-key (1st)
  26. TRANS-port (1st)
  27. PAR-rot (1st)
  28. FA-mous (1st)
  29. TEACH-er (1st)
  30. con-TRACT (2nd)
  31. DE-sert (1st)
  32. HAP-py (1st)
  33. YEL-low (1st)
  34. de-SERT (2nd)
  35. per-MIT (2nd)
  36. PA-per (1st)
  37. PAR-rot (1st)
  38. TA-ble (1st)
  39. en-JOY (2nd)
  40. CON-test (1st)

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