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