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Stress- Phonology

Total questions: 14

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Choose all the words that have primary stress at the final syllable

a)

Wonderful

b)

neighbourhood

c)

volunteer

d)

mountaineer

e)

Chinese

2.

Which verb has primary stress on the second syllable?

a)

cancel

b)

record

c)

open

d)

enter

3.

the affixes that come before the stem in a complex word are called (a)  

4.

Which word has different position of primary stress?

a)

hollow

b)

believe

c)

control

d)

alike

5.

The affixes that come after the stem are called (a)  

6.

Which word is NOT a compound word?

a)

White House

b)

blue ocean

c)

typewriter

d)

open-minded

e)

ice-cream

7.

Which word has different stress pattern?

a)

unbelievable

b)

irresponsible

c)

energetic

8.

Choose the stress-carrying suffixes

a)

-eer

b)

-ic

c)

-ous

d)

-esque

e)

-ese

9.

Which of the following word has different primary stress when it is a noun?

a)

believe

b)

reload

c)

control

d)

access

10.

Which word has a suffix that can change the position of the primary stress?

a)

majority

b)

country

c)

beautiful

d)

development

11.

Which syllable is stress in the word: " bad-tempered"?

a)

first syllable

b)

second syllable

c)

third syllable

12.

Which word has different position of primary stress?

a)

personality

b)

problematic

c)

government

d)

energetic

13.

Which word has different position of primary stress?

a)

noticeable

b)

successful

c)

careful

d)

trustworthy

14.

Which is not an affix?

a)

-able

b)

semi

c)

mulit

d)

any