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WorksheetsPHONETICS: Change the Stress, Change the Meaning Quiz
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
When the syllable stress moves from the first to the second syllable, the part of speech usually changes from:
adjective to noun
noun to verb
pronoun to adverb
verb to noun
The syllable shift rule applies to all two-syllable words in the English language.
true
false
If your passport expires, it becomes:
EN-trance
en-TRANCE
IN-val-id
in-VAL-id
The policeman was interviewing:
an OB-ject
an ob-JECT
a RE-cord
a re-CORD
I was out shopping with my friend, and she disappeared. Why did she _______ me?
in-SULT
IN-sult
DES-ert
des-ERT
The quality control worker in the factory picked up a _______ and threw it into the garbage.
re-FUSE
REF-use
con-FLICT
CON-flict
When I was a teenager, I used to buy a new rock _______ every week.
CON-tent
IM-port
con-TENT
im-PORT
They have closed the main _______ to the building. We will have to use the back door.
in-SULT
IN-sult
en-TRANCE
EN-trance
Looking at the expression on your face, I _______ that you haven't done your homework.
con-TENT
re-FUSE
CON-tent
REF-use
The hypnotist tried to _______ me, but he didn't succeed.
en-TRANCE
EN-trance
con-TENT
CON-tent
