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Word Stress Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 17: Word stress: nouns and verbs · Set 981 · 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 “water”? (a) wa-TER (2nd) (b) WA-ter (1st)
  2. 2.“There is a strange object on the table.” — where is the stress in “object” here? (a) ob-JECT (2nd) (b) OB-ject (1st)
  3. 3.Listen to “apple”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) AP-ple (1st) (b) ap-PLE (2nd)
  4. 4.Listen to “forget”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) FOR-get (1st) (b) for-GET (2nd)
  5. 5.Which syllable is stressed in “suggest”? (a) sug-GEST (2nd) (b) SUG-gest (1st)
  6. 6.Which syllable is stressed in “yellow”? (a) YEL-low (1st) (b) yel-LOW (2nd)
  7. 7.“Each team will present its project to the class.” — where is the stress in “present” here? (a) pre-SENT (2nd) (b) PRE-sent (1st)
  8. 8.“Teenagers sometimes rebel against rules.” — where is the stress in “rebel” here? (a) RE-bel (1st) (b) re-BEL (2nd)
  9. 9.Which syllable is stressed in “famous”? (a) fa-MOUS (2nd) (b) FA-mous (1st)
  10. 10.Listen to “repeat”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) RE-peat (1st) (b) re-PEAT (2nd)
  11. 11.“She won the singing contest.” — where is the stress in “contest” here? (a) con-TEST (2nd) (b) CON-test (1st)
  12. 12.“The rebel refused to obey the king.” — where is the stress in “rebel” here? (a) re-BEL (2nd) (b) RE-bel (1st)
  13. 13.Which syllable is stressed in “winter”? (a) win-TER (2nd) (b) WIN-ter (1st)
  14. 14.Listen to “garden”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) gar-DEN (2nd) (b) GAR-den (1st)
  15. 15.Listen to “window”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) WIN-dow (1st) (b) win-DOW (2nd)
  16. 16.Listen to “happy”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) hap-PY (2nd) (b) HAP-py (1st)
  17. 17.“The police caught the suspect.” — where is the stress in “suspect” here? (a) sus-PECT (2nd) (b) SUS-pect (1st)
  18. 18.“A good friend will never desert you.” — where is the stress in “desert” here? (a) de-SERT (2nd) (b) DE-sert (1st)
  19. 19.Which syllable is stressed in “parrot”? (a) par-ROT (2nd) (b) PAR-rot (1st)
  20. 20.“She broke the world record in the race.” — where is the stress in “record” here? (a) re-CORD (2nd) (b) RE-cord (1st)
  21. 21.Which syllable is stressed in “believe”? (a) BE-lieve (1st) (b) be-LIEVE (2nd)
  22. 22.“Bees produce honey.” — where is the stress in “produce” here? (a) PRO-duce (1st) (b) pro-DUCE (2nd)
  23. 23.Which syllable is stressed in “summer”? (a) sum-MER (2nd) (b) SUM-mer (1st)
  24. 24.“Camels can live in the desert.” — where is the stress in “desert” here? (a) de-SERT (2nd) (b) DE-sert (1st)
  25. 25.Which syllable is stressed in “describe”? (a) de-SCRIBE (2nd) (b) DE-scribe (1st)
  26. 26.Which syllable is stressed in “teacher”? (a) TEACH-er (1st) (b) teach-ER (2nd)
  27. 27.Which syllable is stressed in “decide”? (a) DE-cide (1st) (b) de-CIDE (2nd)
  28. 28.Which syllable is stressed in “invite”? (a) in-VITE (2nd) (b) IN-vite (1st)
  29. 29.Listen to “parrot”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) par-ROT (2nd) (b) PAR-rot (1st)
  30. 30.Listen to “protect”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) PRO-tect (1st) (b) pro-TECT (2nd)
  31. 31.Which syllable is stressed in “enjoy”? (a) en-JOY (2nd) (b) EN-joy (1st)
  32. 32.Listen to “collect”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) col-LECT (2nd) (b) COL-lect (1st)
  33. 33.Which syllable is stressed in “repeat”? (a) re-PEAT (2nd) (b) RE-peat (1st)
  34. 34.Which syllable is stressed in “market”? (a) mar-KET (2nd) (b) MAR-ket (1st)
  35. 35.“Calling names is an insult.” — where is the stress in “insult” here? (a) in-SULT (2nd) (b) IN-sult (1st)
  36. 36.“I got a birthday present from Grandma.” — where is the stress in “present” here? (a) PRE-sent (1st) (b) pre-SENT (2nd)
  37. 37.“The dentist will extract the tooth.” — where is the stress in “extract” here? (a) EX-tract (1st) (b) ex-TRACT (2nd)
  38. 38.“The shop gave me a full refund.” — where is the stress in “refund” here? (a) RE-fund (1st) (b) re-FUND (2nd)
  39. 39.“The market sells fresh farm produce.” — where is the stress in “produce” here? (a) pro-DUCE (2nd) (b) PRO-duce (1st)
  40. 40.“We saw a decrease in rainfall.” — where is the stress in “decrease” here? (a) DE-crease (1st) (b) de-CREASE (2nd)

Answer key

  1. WA-ter (1st)
  2. OB-ject (1st)
  3. AP-ple (1st)
  4. for-GET (2nd)
  5. sug-GEST (2nd)
  6. YEL-low (1st)
  7. pre-SENT (2nd)
  8. re-BEL (2nd)
  9. FA-mous (1st)
  10. re-PEAT (2nd)
  11. CON-test (1st)
  12. RE-bel (1st)
  13. WIN-ter (1st)
  14. GAR-den (1st)
  15. WIN-dow (1st)
  16. HAP-py (1st)
  17. SUS-pect (1st)
  18. de-SERT (2nd)
  19. PAR-rot (1st)
  20. RE-cord (1st)
  21. be-LIEVE (2nd)
  22. pro-DUCE (2nd)
  23. SUM-mer (1st)
  24. DE-sert (1st)
  25. de-SCRIBE (2nd)
  26. TEACH-er (1st)
  27. de-CIDE (2nd)
  28. in-VITE (2nd)
  29. PAR-rot (1st)
  30. pro-TECT (2nd)
  31. en-JOY (2nd)
  32. col-LECT (2nd)
  33. re-PEAT (2nd)
  34. MAR-ket (1st)
  35. IN-sult (1st)
  36. PRE-sent (1st)
  37. ex-TRACT (2nd)
  38. RE-fund (1st)
  39. PRO-duce (1st)
  40. DE-crease (1st)

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