Exercise on stress on two-syllable words
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. begin 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. humor 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. believe d. happen
58. a. release b. pleasure c. leaver d creamy
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. production
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
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Read the sentences and underline the two-syllable words with the stress on the first syllable. Then put the stress mark (') on the words.
1. The children will have a wireless TV in their future house.
2. The robots will help her mother water the flowers.
3. Her dream house will be a pretty palace in the mountains.
4. There is a garden in front of the villa and a garage at the back of it.
5. There will be two bedrooms and one kitchen in the flat.
6. He’s painting a picture of the island.
7. The girl lives in a pretty cottage in the village.