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Word Stress Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 17: Word stress: nouns and verbs · Set 964 · 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 “table”? (a) TA-ble (1st) (b) ta-BLE (2nd)
  2. 2.“The police caught the suspect.” — where is the stress in “suspect” here? (a) sus-PECT (2nd) (b) SUS-pect (1st)
  3. 3.Listen to “modern”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) mod-ERN (2nd) (b) MOD-ern (1st)
  4. 4.“Maths is my favourite subject.” — where is the stress in “subject” here? (a) sub-JECT (2nd) (b) SUB-ject (1st)
  5. 5.“She broke the world record in the race.” — where is the stress in “record” here? (a) re-CORD (2nd) (b) RE-cord (1st)
  6. 6.“She made good progress in English.” — where is the stress in “progress” here? (a) PROG-ress (1st) (b) prog-RESS (2nd)
  7. 7.Which syllable is stressed in “pencil”? (a) PEN-cil (1st) (b) pen-CIL (2nd)
  8. 8.Listen to “decide”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) de-CIDE (2nd) (b) DE-cide (1st)
  9. 9.Listen to “return”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) re-TURN (2nd) (b) RE-turn (1st)
  10. 10.“Did anyone object to the new rule?” — where is the stress in “object” here? (a) OB-ject (1st) (b) ob-JECT (2nd)
  11. 11.“We saw a decrease in rainfall.” — where is the stress in “decrease” here? (a) DE-crease (1st) (b) de-CREASE (2nd)
  12. 12.Which syllable is stressed in “forgive”? (a) for-GIVE (2nd) (b) FOR-give (1st)
  13. 13.Listen to “relax”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) re-LAX (2nd) (b) RE-lax (1st)
  14. 14.Which syllable is stressed in “return”? (a) RE-turn (1st) (b) re-TURN (2nd)
  15. 15.Listen to “yellow”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) YEL-low (1st) (b) yel-LOW (2nd)
  16. 16.Listen to “monkey”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) mon-KEY (2nd) (b) MON-key (1st)
  17. 17.“The shop gave me a full refund.” — where is the stress in “refund” here? (a) re-FUND (2nd) (b) RE-fund (1st)
  18. 18.“Buses are public transport.” — where is the stress in “transport” here? (a) trans-PORT (2nd) (b) TRANS-port (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 “complete”? (a) com-PLETE (2nd) (b) COM-plete (1st)
  21. 21.“Each team will present its project to the class.” — where is the stress in “present” here? (a) PRE-sent (1st) (b) pre-SENT (2nd)
  22. 22.Which syllable is stressed in “suggest”? (a) SUG-gest (1st) (b) sug-GEST (2nd)
  23. 23.“She won the singing contest.” — where is the stress in “contest” here? (a) CON-test (1st) (b) con-TEST (2nd)
  24. 24.Listen to “believe”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) be-LIEVE (2nd) (b) BE-lieve (1st)
  25. 25.Which syllable is stressed in “forget”? (a) FOR-get (1st) (b) for-GET (2nd)
  26. 26.“He signed a contract with the company.” — where is the stress in “contract” here? (a) con-TRACT (2nd) (b) CON-tract (1st)
  27. 27.Listen to “winter”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) WIN-ter (1st) (b) win-TER (2nd)
  28. 28.Which syllable is stressed in “carpet”? (a) car-PET (2nd) (b) CAR-pet (1st)
  29. 29.Listen to “protect”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) PRO-tect (1st) (b) pro-TECT (2nd)
  30. 30.“Calling names is an insult.” — where is the stress in “insult” here? (a) IN-sult (1st) (b) in-SULT (2nd)
  31. 31.“The rules do not permit phones in exams.” — where is the stress in “permit” here? (a) per-MIT (2nd) (b) PER-mit (1st)
  32. 32.“This toy is an import from Japan.” — where is the stress in “import” here? (a) IM-port (1st) (b) im-PORT (2nd)
  33. 33.“Metals contract when they cool.” — where is the stress in “contract” here? (a) CON-tract (1st) (b) con-TRACT (2nd)
  34. 34.“As the days progress, it gets colder.” — where is the stress in “progress” here? (a) PROG-ress (1st) (b) prog-RESS (2nd)
  35. 35.Listen to “receive”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) re-CEIVE (2nd) (b) RE-ceive (1st)
  36. 36.Which syllable is stressed in “prefer”? (a) PRE-fer (1st) (b) pre-FER (2nd)
  37. 37.Which syllable is stressed in “enjoy”? (a) en-JOY (2nd) (b) EN-joy (1st)
  38. 38.“Bees produce honey.” — where is the stress in “produce” here? (a) PRO-duce (1st) (b) pro-DUCE (2nd)
  39. 39.Listen to “market”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) mar-KET (2nd) (b) MAR-ket (1st)
  40. 40.Listen to “paper”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) PA-per (1st) (b) pa-PER (2nd)

Answer key

  1. TA-ble (1st)
  2. SUS-pect (1st)
  3. MOD-ern (1st)
  4. SUB-ject (1st)
  5. RE-cord (1st)
  6. PROG-ress (1st)
  7. PEN-cil (1st)
  8. de-CIDE (2nd)
  9. re-TURN (2nd)
  10. ob-JECT (2nd)
  11. DE-crease (1st)
  12. for-GIVE (2nd)
  13. re-LAX (2nd)
  14. re-TURN (2nd)
  15. YEL-low (1st)
  16. MON-key (1st)
  17. RE-fund (1st)
  18. TRANS-port (1st)
  19. PER-mit (1st)
  20. com-PLETE (2nd)
  21. pre-SENT (2nd)
  22. sug-GEST (2nd)
  23. CON-test (1st)
  24. be-LIEVE (2nd)
  25. for-GET (2nd)
  26. CON-tract (1st)
  27. WIN-ter (1st)
  28. CAR-pet (1st)
  29. pro-TECT (2nd)
  30. IN-sult (1st)
  31. per-MIT (2nd)
  32. IM-port (1st)
  33. con-TRACT (2nd)
  34. prog-RESS (2nd)
  35. re-CEIVE (2nd)
  36. pre-FER (2nd)
  37. en-JOY (2nd)
  38. pro-DUCE (2nd)
  39. MAR-ket (1st)
  40. PA-per (1st)

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