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Word Stress Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 17: Word stress: nouns and verbs · Set 993 · 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.“As the days progress, it gets colder.” — where is the stress in “progress” here? (a) PROG-ress (1st) (b) prog-RESS (2nd)
  2. 2.Listen to “modern”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) mod-ERN (2nd) (b) MOD-ern (1st)
  3. 3.“Our teacher will conduct the test.” — where is the stress in “conduct” here? (a) CON-duct (1st) (b) con-DUCT (2nd)
  4. 4.Listen to “rabbit”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) RAB-bit (1st) (b) rab-BIT (2nd)
  5. 5.Listen to “basket”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) bas-KET (2nd) (b) BAS-ket (1st)
  6. 6.“Did anyone object to the new rule?” — where is the stress in “object” here? (a) OB-ject (1st) (b) ob-JECT (2nd)
  7. 7.“Tea is an important export for India.” — where is the stress in “export” here? (a) ex-PORT (2nd) (b) EX-port (1st)
  8. 8.“Never insult your friends.” — where is the stress in “insult” here? (a) in-SULT (2nd) (b) IN-sult (1st)
  9. 9.Listen to “deny”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) de-NY (2nd) (b) DE-ny (1st)
  10. 10.Listen to “parrot”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) PAR-rot (1st) (b) par-ROT (2nd)
  11. 11.Which syllable is stressed in “deny”? (a) DE-ny (1st) (b) de-NY (2nd)
  12. 12.Which syllable is stressed in “suggest”? (a) sug-GEST (2nd) (b) SUG-gest (1st)
  13. 13.Listen to “repeat”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) RE-peat (1st) (b) re-PEAT (2nd)
  14. 14.“She broke the world record in the race.” — where is the stress in “record” here? (a) RE-cord (1st) (b) re-CORD (2nd)
  15. 15.Listen to “reply”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) re-PLY (2nd) (b) RE-ply (1st)
  16. 16.Listen to “teacher”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) TEACH-er (1st) (b) teach-ER (2nd)
  17. 17.“You need a permit to park here.” — where is the stress in “permit” here? (a) per-MIT (2nd) (b) PER-mit (1st)
  18. 18.“Metals contract when they cool.” — where is the stress in “contract” here? (a) CON-tract (1st) (b) con-TRACT (2nd)
  19. 19.Listen to “enjoy”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) EN-joy (1st) (b) en-JOY (2nd)
  20. 20.Which syllable is stressed in “receive”? (a) RE-ceive (1st) (b) re-CEIVE (2nd)
  21. 21.Listen to “delete”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) DE-lete (1st) (b) de-LETE (2nd)
  22. 22.Listen to “respect”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) re-SPECT (2nd) (b) RE-spect (1st)
  23. 23.“Add a little vanilla extract to the cake.” — where is the stress in “extract” here? (a) EX-tract (1st) (b) ex-TRACT (2nd)
  24. 24.“Maths is my favourite subject.” — where is the stress in “subject” here? (a) sub-JECT (2nd) (b) SUB-ject (1st)
  25. 25.Listen to “carpet”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) CAR-pet (1st) (b) car-PET (2nd)
  26. 26.Listen to “relax”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) re-LAX (2nd) (b) RE-lax (1st)
  27. 27.Which syllable is stressed in “monkey”? (a) mon-KEY (2nd) (b) MON-key (1st)
  28. 28.Which syllable is stressed in “describe”? (a) de-SCRIBE (2nd) (b) DE-scribe (1st)
  29. 29.Listen to “apple”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) ap-PLE (2nd) (b) AP-ple (1st)
  30. 30.Which syllable is stressed in “prepare”? (a) PRE-pare (1st) (b) pre-PARE (2nd)
  31. 31.“Your answer is perfect.” — where is the stress in “perfect” here? (a) per-FECT (2nd) (b) PER-fect (1st)
  32. 32.Listen to “market”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) mar-KET (2nd) (b) MAR-ket (1st)
  33. 33.Listen to “famous”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) fa-MOUS (2nd) (b) FA-mous (1st)
  34. 34.Which syllable is stressed in “teacher”? (a) TEACH-er (1st) (b) teach-ER (2nd)
  35. 35.Listen to “paper”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) pa-PER (2nd) (b) PA-per (1st)
  36. 36.Which syllable is stressed in “pencil”? (a) pen-CIL (2nd) (b) PEN-cil (1st)
  37. 37.Listen to “prefer”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) PRE-fer (1st) (b) pre-FER (2nd)
  38. 38.“The dentist will extract the tooth.” — where is the stress in “extract” here? (a) EX-tract (1st) (b) ex-TRACT (2nd)
  39. 39.Which syllable is stressed in “invite”? (a) IN-vite (1st) (b) in-VITE (2nd)
  40. 40.Listen to “doctor”. Which syllable is stressed? (a) DOC-tor (1st) (b) doc-TOR (2nd)

Answer key

  1. prog-RESS (2nd)
  2. MOD-ern (1st)
  3. con-DUCT (2nd)
  4. RAB-bit (1st)
  5. BAS-ket (1st)
  6. ob-JECT (2nd)
  7. EX-port (1st)
  8. in-SULT (2nd)
  9. de-NY (2nd)
  10. PAR-rot (1st)
  11. de-NY (2nd)
  12. sug-GEST (2nd)
  13. re-PEAT (2nd)
  14. RE-cord (1st)
  15. re-PLY (2nd)
  16. TEACH-er (1st)
  17. PER-mit (1st)
  18. con-TRACT (2nd)
  19. en-JOY (2nd)
  20. re-CEIVE (2nd)
  21. de-LETE (2nd)
  22. re-SPECT (2nd)
  23. EX-tract (1st)
  24. SUB-ject (1st)
  25. CAR-pet (1st)
  26. re-LAX (2nd)
  27. MON-key (1st)
  28. de-SCRIBE (2nd)
  29. AP-ple (1st)
  30. pre-PARE (2nd)
  31. PER-fect (1st)
  32. MAR-ket (1st)
  33. FA-mous (1st)
  34. TEACH-er (1st)
  35. PA-per (1st)
  36. PEN-cil (1st)
  37. pre-FER (2nd)
  38. ex-TRACT (2nd)
  39. in-VITE (2nd)
  40. DOC-tor (1st)

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