Exercise on stress on two-sylable words

c. gravity c. market c. bays c. trees c. horse c. collage c. laugh c. thermal

d. basic d. remark d. days d. bats d. purpose d. shortage d. though d. clothing d. producti d. housed d. watched d. calculators d. lets d. raise d. books d. suited d. diminished d. touched d. liked d. filled b. change b. warmth b. says b. papers b. nurse b. massage b. tough b. with b . individual c. procedure b. pleased b. struggled b. suitcases b. adds b. chase b. notes b. picked b. kissed b. realized b. moved b. wanted

I. Choose one word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others: 1. a. nature 2. a. darkness 3. a. trays 4. a. knees 5. a. because 6. a. marriage 7. a. enough 8. a. breathe 9. a. education c. passed 10. a. released c. remarked 11. a. helped c. things 12. a. airports c. stirs 13. a. fills c. increase 14. a. cease c. mouths 15. a. shops c. relaxed 16. a. jumped c. traveled 17. a. hooked c. wished 18. a. passed c. achieved 19. a. enjoyed c. needed 20. a. wicked II. Pick out the word that has the stress differently from that of the other words: b. conduct c. attitude 1. a. recently b. schedule c. diameter 2. a. banquet b. cowboy c. enjoy 3. a. birthday b. humour c. cancer 4. a. disease b. reduce c. offer 5. a. persuade b. farewell c. factory 6 . a. farmer b. country c. canal 7. a. cattle b. machine c. many 8. a. money b. agree c. await 9. a. borrow b. tonight c. lecture 10. a. paper b. army c. afraid 11. a. money b. daughter c. provide 12. a. enjoy b. pastime c. finish 13. a. begine b. appeal c. offer 14. a. reply b. comfort c. apply 15. a. profit b. idea c. suppose 16. a. direct b. amount c. contain 17. a. revise b. happen c. handsome 18. a. standard b. around c. between 19. a. about b. enjoy c. science 20. a. knowledge b. method c. standard 21. a. because c. severe b. music 22. a. ashtray b. thoughtful c. toward 23. a. farewell b. bamboo 24. a. bridegroom b. remain 25. a. healthy b. obtain 26. a. explain b. agree 27. a. confide b. suppose 28. a. precede b. noisy 29. a. abroad b. aspect 30. a. passion b. evolve 31. a. exist b. modern 32. a. doctor b. machine 33. a. complain d. marriage d. blessing d. pleasure d. treatment d. apply d. fairy d. cover d. mother d. prepare d. story d. people d. decide d. summer d. support d. suggest d. figure d. desire d. destroy d. under d. sudden d. wooden d. temper d. approach d. survey d. accept d. suspect d. response d. finish d. quiet d. success d. enter d. Chinese d. instead c. wedding c. alone c. promise c. maintain c. decide c. hundred c. medium c. enjoy c. corner c. music

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c. builder c. happen c. river c. irate c. appoint c. career c. level c. solar c. extreme c. threaten c. failure c. cancer c. offer c. factory c. canal c. many c. await c. people c. demand c. alive c. possess c. retire c. species c. beieve c. leaver b. baker b. adopt b. region b. basic b. carry b. battle b. destroy b. planet b. daily b. gather b. canal b. humour b. reduce b. farewell b. country b. machine b. agree b. police b. destroy b. attack b. purpose b. river b. suggest b. defeat b. pleasure d. career d. inspire d. robot d. obvious d. invent d. rabies d. occur d. surround d. protein d. vanish d. monster d. treatment d. apply d. fairy d. cover d. mother d. prepare. d. purpose d. deny d. across d. pirate d. rapid d. system d. happen d creamy

34. a. writer 35. a. provide 36. a. result 37. a. constant 38. a.become 39. a. engine 40. a. attract 41. a. spaceship 42. a. brilliant 43. a. appoint 44. a. button 45. a. disease 46. a. persuade 47. a. farmer 48. a. cattle 49. a. money 50 a. borrow 51. a. paper 52. a. damage 53. a. ancient 54. a. person 55. a. ruler 56. a. sentence 57. a. attack 58. a. release Key: I. 1c, 2b, 3b, 4d, 5a, 6b, 7d, 8c, 9c, 10b, 11b, 12a, 13d, 14d, 15c, 16d, 17c, 18b, 19d, 20d. II. Stress: 1b, 2c, 3c, 4a, 5c, 6b, 7c, 8b, 9a, 10b, 11c, 12b, 13a, 14c, 15a, 16d, 17b, 18d, 19d, 20b, 21a, 22c, 23b, 24b, 25a, 26c, 27d, 28d, 29a, 30d, 31d, 32d, 33c, 34d, 35c, 36a, 37c, 38b, 39c, 40c, 41d, 42c, 43a, 44b, 45a, 46c, 47b, 48c, 49b, 50a, 51b, 52a, 53a, 54c, 55c, 56b, 57d, 58a.

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