Word Stress Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 17: Word stress: nouns and verbs · Set 968 · 40 questions

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.

1. 1.Which syllable is stressed in “sister”? (a) sis-TER (2nd) (b) SIS-ter (1st)
2. 2.“The rules do not permit phones in exams.” — where is the stress in “permit” here? (a) per-MIT (2nd) (b) PER-mit (1st)
3. 3.Which syllable is stressed in “market”? (a) mar-KET (2nd) (b) MAR-ket (1st)
4. 4.Which syllable is stressed in “summer”? (a) sum-MER (2nd) (b) SUM-mer (1st)
5. 5.Listen to “modern”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) MOD-ern (1st) (b) mod-ERN (2nd)
6. 6.“Bees produce honey.” — where is the stress in “produce” here? (a) PRO-duce (1st) (b) pro-DUCE (2nd)
7. 7.Listen to “prepare”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) pre-PARE (2nd) (b) PRE-pare (1st)
8. 8.“He signed a contract with the company.” — where is the stress in “contract” here? (a) con-TRACT (2nd) (b) CON-tract (1st)
9. 9.Listen to “water”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) wa-TER (2nd) (b) WA-ter (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.Listen to “deny”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) de-NY (2nd) (b) DE-ny (1st)
12. 12.Which syllable is stressed in “return”? (a) RE-turn (1st) (b) re-TURN (2nd)
13. 13.Listen to “collect”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) col-LECT (2nd) (b) COL-lect (1st)
14. 14.Which syllable is stressed in “monkey”? (a) mon-KEY (2nd) (b) MON-key (1st)
15. 15.Listen to “pencil”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) pen-CIL (2nd) (b) PEN-cil (1st)
16. 16.Which syllable is stressed in “decide”? (a) de-CIDE (2nd) (b) DE-cide (1st)
17. 17.Listen to “respect”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) RE-spect (1st) (b) re-SPECT (2nd)
18. 18.“The market sells fresh farm produce.” — where is the stress in “produce” here? (a) PRO-duce (1st) (b) pro-DUCE (2nd)
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 “window”? (a) WIN-dow (1st) (b) win-DOW (2nd)
21. 21.Which syllable is stressed in “complete”? (a) COM-plete (1st) (b) com-PLETE (2nd)
22. 22.“The police caught the suspect.” — where is the stress in “suspect” here? (a) SUS-pect (1st) (b) sus-PECT (2nd)
23. 23.“Metals contract when they cool.” — where is the stress in “contract” here? (a) con-TRACT (2nd) (b) CON-tract (1st)
24. 24.“Tea is an important export for India.” — where is the stress in “export” here? (a) ex-PORT (2nd) (b) EX-port (1st)
25. 25.“I suspect that he ate my cake.” — where is the stress in “suspect” here? (a) SUS-pect (1st) (b) sus-PECT (2nd)
26. 26.Which syllable is stressed in “garden”? (a) GAR-den (1st) (b) gar-DEN (2nd)
27. 27.“He will contest the election.” — where is the stress in “contest” here? (a) CON-test (1st) (b) con-TEST (2nd)
28. 28.“She made good progress in English.” — where is the stress in “progress” here? (a) PROG-ress (1st) (b) prog-RESS (2nd)
29. 29.Which syllable is stressed in “doctor”? (a) doc-TOR (2nd) (b) DOC-tor (1st)
30. 30.“Maths is my favourite subject.” — where is the stress in “subject” here? (a) SUB-ject (1st) (b) sub-JECT (2nd)
31. 31.Listen to “repeat”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) re-PEAT (2nd) (b) RE-peat (1st)
32. 32.Listen to “forgive”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) FOR-give (1st) (b) for-GIVE (2nd)
33. 33.“She broke the world record in the race.” — where is the stress in “record” here? (a) RE-cord (1st) (b) re-CORD (2nd)
34. 34.“I got a birthday present from Grandma.” — where is the stress in “present” here? (a) PRE-sent (1st) (b) pre-SENT (2nd)
35. 35.“Camels can live in the desert.” — where is the stress in “desert” here? (a) de-SERT (2nd) (b) DE-sert (1st)
36. 36.Which syllable is stressed in “prefer”? (a) pre-FER (2nd) (b) PRE-fer (1st)
37. 37.Which syllable is stressed in “prepare”? (a) PRE-pare (1st) (b) pre-PARE (2nd)
38. 38.“We saw a decrease in rainfall.” — where is the stress in “decrease” here? (a) DE-crease (1st) (b) de-CREASE (2nd)
39. 39.Listen to “window”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) WIN-dow (1st) (b) win-DOW (2nd)
40. 40.Listen to “invite”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) IN-vite (1st) (b) in-VITE (2nd)

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