WorksheetsEnglish Pronunciation Quiz
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 18mins
How many syllables does the word 'fast' have?
Four
Three
Two
One
Where is the stress in the word 'banana'?
First syllable: ba-NA-na
Second syllable: ba-NA-na
Fourth syllable: ba-NA-na
Third syllable: ba-NA-na
Which syllable in the word 'beautiful' is stressed?
First syllable: beau
Third syllable: beau
Second syllable: beau
Fourth syllable: beau
In words with four or more syllables, where is the stress usually located?
First syllable
Second syllable
Fourth syllable
Third syllable
What is the most important point about word stress according to the text?
It's about speed
It's about contrast
It's about pitch
It's about volume only
Which type of words usually have stress on the first syllable in English?
Adverbs
Nouns
Adjectives
Verbs
What vowel sound do unstressed syllables often reduce to?
/ə/
/ɪ/
/aː/
/eɪ/
What is the rule for words ending in -tion, -sion, or -cian regarding stress?
Stress is on the second last syllable
Stress is on the last syllable
Stress is evenly distributed
Stress is on the first syllable
What should you focus on when pronouncing word stress according to the text?
Punctuation marks
Stressed syllable only
Both stressed and unstressed syllables
Unstressed syllables only
What is the general rule for the stress in verbs with two syllables?
Second syllable stressed
Third syllable stressed
First syllable stressed
No specific rule
For each question, the correct choice is the one in which the stressed syllable is capitalized, as in voCABulary.
1. Can you pass me a plastic knife?
PLAS-tic
plas-TIC
2. I want to be a photographer.
PHO-to-graph-er
pho-TO-graph-er
3. Which photograph do you like best?
PHO-to-graph
pho-TO-graph
4. He was born in China.
CHI-na
Chi-NA
5. Whose computer is this?
com-PU-ter
com-pu-TER
6. I can't decide which book to borrow.
DE-cide
de-CIDE
7. Couldn't you understand what she was saying?
un-DER-stand
un-der-STAND
8. Voting in elections is your most important duty.
im-POR-tant
im-por-TANT
9. We had a really interesting conversation.
con-VER-sa-tion
con-ver-SA-tion
10. How do you pronounce this word?
PRO-nounce
pro-NOUNCE
What is the stressed syllable in the word 'happy'?
pp
ap
py
ha
Which syllable is stressed in the word 'desert'?
sert
ert
des
de
In the word 'phobia', which syllable is stressed?
bia
ph
bia
pho
What is the stressed syllable in the word 'perfect' when used as a verb?
per-fect
fect
per
per-fect
Which syllable is stressed in the word 'content' when used as a noun?
con
tent
con-tent
con-tent
What is the stressed syllable in the word 'creator'?
cre
ator
cre-ator
cre-ator
In the word 'information', which syllable is stressed?
in
for
tion
ma
Which syllable is stressed in the word 'websites'?
web
web-sites
web-sites
sites
