Exercise on stress on two-sylable words

I. Choose one word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others:

1. a. nature b. change c. gravity d. basic

2. a. darkness b. warmth c. market d. remark

3. a. trays b. says c. bays d. days

4. a. knees b. papers c. trees d. bats

5. a. because b. nurse c. horse d. purpose

6. a. marriage b. massage c. collage d. shortage

7. a. enough b. tough c. laugh d. though

8. a. breathe b. with c. thermal d. clothing

9. a. education  b . individual c. procedure d. producti

10. a. released b. pleased c. passed d. housed

11. a. helped b. struggled c. remarked d. watched

12. a. airports b. suitcases c. things d. calculators

13. a. fills b. adds   c. stirs d. lets

14. a. cease b. chase c. increase d. raise

15. a. shops b. notes c. mouths d. books

16. a. jumped b. picked c. relaxed d. suited

17. a. hooked b. kissed c. traveled d. diminished

18. a. passed b. realized c. wished d. touched

19. a. enjoyed b. moved c. achieved d. liked

20. a. wicked b. wanted c. needed d. filled

II. Pick out the word that has the stress differently from that of the other words:

1. a. recently b. conduct c. attitude d. marriage

2. a. banquet b. schedule c. diameter d. blessing

3. a. birthday b. cowboy c. enjoy d. pleasure

4. a. disease b. humour c. cancer d. treatment

5. a. persuade b. reduce c. offer d. apply

6 . a. farmer b. farewell c. factory d. fairy

7. a. cattle b. country c. canal d. cover

8. a. money b. machine c. many d. mother

9. a. borrow b. agree c. await d. prepare

10. a. paper b. tonight c. lecture d. story

11. a. money b. army c. afraid d. people

12. a. enjoy b. daughter c. provide d. decide

13. a. begine b. pastime c. finish d. summer

14. a. reply b. appeal c. offer d. support

15. a. profit b. comfort c. apply d. suggest

16. a. direct b. idea c. suppose d. figure

17. a. revise b. amount c. contain d. desire

18. a. standard b. happen c. handsome d. destroy

19. a. about b. around c. between d. under

20. a. knowledge b. enjoy c. science d. sudden

21. a. because b. method c. standard d. wooden

22. a. ashtray b. music c. severe d. temper

23. a. farewell b. thoughtful c. toward d. approach

24. a. bridegroom b. bamboo c. wedding d. survey

25. a. healthy b. remain c. alone d. accept

26. a. explain b. obtain c. promise d. suspect

27. a. confide b. agree c. maintain d. response

28. a. precede b. suppose c. decide d. finish

29. a. abroad b. noisy c. hundred d. quiet

30. a. passion b. aspect c. medium d. success

31. a. exist b. evolve c. enjoy d. enter

32. a. doctor b. modern c. corner d. Chinese

33. a. complain b. machine c. music d. instead

34. a. writer b. baker c. builder d. career

35. a. provide b. adopt c. happen d. inspire

36. a. result b. region c. river d. robot

37. a. constant b. basic c. irate d. obvious

38. a.become b. carry c. appoint d. invent

39. a. engine b. battle c. career d. rabies

40. a. attract b. destroy c. level d. occur

41. a. spaceship b. planet c. solar d. surround

42. a. brilliant b. daily c. extreme d. protein

43. a. appoint b. gather c. threaten d. vanish

44. a. button b. canal c. failure d. monster

45. a. disease b. humour c. cancer d. treatment

46. a. persuade b. reduce c. offer d. apply

47. a. farmer b. farewell c. factory d. fairy

48. a. cattle b. country c. canal d. cover

49. a. money b. machine c. many d. mother

50 a. borrow b. agree c. await d. prepare.

51. a. paper b. police c. people d. purpose

52. a. damage b. destroy c. demand d. deny

53. a. ancient b. attack c. alive d. across

54. a. person b. purpose c. possess d. pirate

55. a. ruler b. river c. retire d. rapid

56. a. sentence b. suggest c. species d. system

57. a. attack b. defeat c. beieve d. happen

58. a. release b. pleasure c. leaver d creamy

Key:

I.

1c, 2b, 3b, 4d, 5a, 6b, 7d, 8c, 9c, 10b, 11b, 12a, 13d, 14d, 15c, 16d, 17c, 18b, 19d, 20d.

II. Stress:

1b, 2c, 3c, 4a, 5c, 6b, 7c, 8b, 9a, 10b, 11c, 12b, 13a, 14c, 15a, 16d, 17b, 18d, 19d, 20b, 21a, 22c, 23b, 24b,

25a, 26c, 27d, 28d, 29a, 30d, 31d, 32d, 33c, 34d, 35c, 36a, 37c, 38b, 39c, 40c, 41d, 42c, 43a, 44b, 45a, 46c,

47b, 48c, 49b, 50a, 51b, 52a, 53a, 54c, 55c, 56b, 57d, 58a.