This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Phonetics > Word Stress Rules – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Word Stress Rules Quiz 1 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Physicality(phys-i-cal-i-ty) A) Phys-i-cal-i-ty. B) Phys-i-cal-i-ty. C) Phys-i-cal-i-ty. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Phys-i-cal-i-ty. 2. Different stress of the word A) Deny. B) Sandy. C) Area. D) Routine. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Deny. 3. Find the word which has the difference stress from the others. A) Adventure. B) Romantic. C) Detective. D) Maths. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Maths. 4. Mark the letter A, B, Cor D to indicate the word that differs from the other three in the position of primary stress in each of the following questions. A) Climate. B) Control. C) Campus. D) Capture. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Control. 5. Which syllable is stressed in the word 'desert'? A) Des. B) Ert. C) Sert. D) De. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ert. 6. Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the word that differs from the other three in the position of primary stress. A) Conventional. B) Impatient. C) Exploration. D) Attractive. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Exploration. 7. How do you pronounce your name? A) PRO-nounce. B) Pro-NOUNCE. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pro-NOUNCE. 8. Which syllable will receive the primary stress in this word?-QUALITY A) QUA. B) LI. C) TY. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) QUA. 9. Which syllable is stressed in the word "position" ? A) Po. B) Si. C) Tion. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Si. 10. Which part of the word 'landscape' means 'a stretch of land'? A) Land. B) Scape. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Land. 11. Hypothetical (hy-po-thet-i-cal) A) Hy-po-thet-i-cal. B) Hy-po-thet-i-cal. C) Hy-po-thet-i-cal. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hy-po-thet-i-cal. 12. Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that differs from the other three in the position of stress in each of the following questions. A) Eliminate. B) Cultural. C) Suitable. D) Accent. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Eliminate. 13. For words that use suffixes-ic, -sion, -ese or-tion, where is the primary stress usually placed on? A) Third syllable from the end syllable. B) Second syllable from the end syllable. C) Last syllable. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Second syllable from the end syllable. 14. Which syllable is stressed in "PARAMETER" ? A) RA. B) ME. C) TRE. D) PA. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) RA. 15. Which syllable is stressed in "CHINESE" ? A) CHI. B) NESE. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) NESE. 16. Pronouncing words in isolation differs from pronouncing them in connected speech due to the stress which falls only on some parts of speech (ex:verb, noun, adjective). A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 17. The nearby coffe is ..... by many college students. A) Bought. B) Famous. C) Love. D) Frequented. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Frequented. 18. Which part of the word 'desert' means 'abandon' and is related to cartoons? A) De. B) Sert. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sert. 19. Choose the word that differs from the other three in the position of primary stress. A) Along. B) Into. C) Papaya. D) Across. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Into. 20. Which syllable will receive the primary stress in this word?-QUESTION A) QUEStion. B) QuesTION. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) QUEStion. 21. Choose the word whose main stressed syllable is placed differently from that of the other in each group. A) Suppose. B) Arctic. C) Diet. D) Household. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Suppose. 22. Which one differs from the rest? A) Impressive. B) Generous. C) National. D) Flexible. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Impressive. 23. Which part of the word 'ocean' is missing in the following options? A) Ani. B) Grace. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Grace. 24. Which word differs from the rest? A) Passionate. B) Domestic. C) Curable. D) Temporary. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Domestic. 25. Indicate the word that differs from the other three in the position of primary stress in each of the following questions. A) Wonder. B) Measure. C) Media. D) Effect. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Effect. 26. Can you pass me a plastic knife? (determine the stress) A) PLAS-tic. B) Plas-TIC. C) Plast-IC. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) PLAS-tic. 27. Where is the stress in the word "ANSWER" A) First syllable. B) Second syllable. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) First syllable. 28. Mitosis is a process that takes place in the nucleus of a dividing cell. (determine the stress) A) MI-to-sis. B) Mi-TO-sis. C) Mi-to-SIS. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mi-TO-sis. 29. Choose the word whose main stressed syllable is placed differently. A) Begin. B) Reminder. C) Dedicate. D) Impressive. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dedicate. 30. Which syllable is stressed in "MYSTERIOUS" ? A) MYS. B) TE. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) TE. 31. A;:What is your name?B A) Angpao. B) Wrong. C) Tomato. D) Sun. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Angpao. 32. What is the stressed syllable in the word 'creator'? A) Ator. B) Cre. C) Cre-ator. D) Cre-ator. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cre. 33. Which syllable will receive the primary stress in this word?-PHOTOGRAPH A) PHO-to-graph. B) Pho-TO-graph. C) Pho-to-GRAPH. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) PHO-to-graph. 34. Mark the letter A, B, Cor D to indicate the word that differs from the other three in the position of primary stress in each of the following questions.3. A. fashion B. parcel C. urban D. device A) Fashion. B) Urban. C) Device. D) Parcel. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Device. 35. He was born in China. A) CHI-na. B) Chi-NA. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) CHI-na. 36. Which system in the human body is responsible for hearing? A) Digestive. B) Respiratory. C) Visual. D) Auditory. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Auditory. 37. Interpretation (in-ter-pre-ta-tion) A) In-ter-pre-ta-tion. B) In-ter-pre-ta-tion. C) In-ter-pre-ta-tion. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) In-ter-pre-ta-tion. 38. Where is the stress in the word "bottle" ? A) First syllable. B) Second syllable. C) There is no stress in that word. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) First syllable. 39. Choose the word whose stress is different from the others. A) Offer. B) Deny. C) Apply. D) Delay. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Offer. 40. Where does the stress usually fall in the case of adjectival attributive patterns? A) On the first syllable. B) On the second syllable. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) On the first syllable. 41. Where is the stress in the word "sustainable" ? A) SustaiNAble. B) SustainaBLE. C) SusTAINable. D) SUStainable. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) SusTAINable. 42. Which word is different from the others in the position of stressed syllable? A) Complain. B) Supply. C) Request. D) Danger. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Danger. 43. Find the word that has the stress marked differently from the others A) Household. B) Prepare. C) Background. D) People. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Prepare. 44. Choose the word with the primary stress placed differently from that of the others: A) Offer. B) Deny. C) Apply. D) Delay. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Offer. 45. What syllable does the stress of '' FOREST" fall on? A) Noun-2nd syllable. B) Noun-1st syllable. C) Adjective-2nd syllable. D) Adjective-1st syllable. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Noun-1st syllable. 46. What is stress in a word/word syllable? A) The force ce with which a syllable is structured. B) A barrier in the airstream. C) A sound. D) A type of phoneme. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The force ce with which a syllable is structured. 47. Where is the stress in the word FAVORITE? (the capitalized letter indicates the stress of the word) A) FA-vor-ite. B) Fa-VOR-ite. C) Fa-vor-ITE. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) FA-vor-ite. 48. Which part of the word 'station' is spelled as 'sta'? A) Sta. B) Tion. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sta. 49. Tell me about how many rules of word stress are there in English? A) 13. B) 6. C) 4. D) 12. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 13. 50. For three-syllable words ending with-er and-ly, which syllable is usually the primary stress? A) First syllable. B) Second syllable. C) Third syllable. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) First syllable. 51. Will some word change the meaning depend on it stress? A) No. B) Yes. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Yes. 52. "Personalmente" means what in English? A) Person. B) Personally. C) Personal. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Personally. 53. Can you get some plastic bag? A) PLAS-tic. B) Plas-TIC. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) PLAS-tic. 54. Where is the primary stress placed for compound nouns? A) First syllable. B) Second syllable. C) Third syllable. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) First syllable. 55. Determine the stress in the word "communicate" . A) COM-mu-ni-cate. B) Com-MU-ni-cate. C) Com-mu-NI-cate. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Com-MU-ni-cate. 56. Where are the stress of the word BUNNY? A) 1st syllable. B) 2nd syllable. C) None. D) I don't know. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1st syllable. 57. We had an interesting conversation. A) CON-ver-sa-tion. B) Con-VER-sa-tion. C) Con-ver-SA-tion. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Con-ver-SA-tion. 58. Which is the stressed syllable for confidence? A) CON fi dence. B) Con FI dence. C) Con fi DENCE. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) CON fi dence. 59. Where is the stress in the word "available" ? A) AvaiLAble. B) Available. C) AvailaBLE. D) AVAIlable. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) AVAIlable. 60. Where is the primary stress placed for reflexive pronouns? A) First syllable. B) Second syllable. C) Third syllable. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Second syllable. Next →Related QuizzesGrammar QuizzesEnglish Grammar QuizzesWord Stress Rules Quiz 2Word Stress Rules Quiz 3Word Stress Rules Quiz 4Assimilation In Speech QuizConnected Speech QuizConsonant Clusters Pronunciation QuizConsonant Clusters QuizContrastive Stress Quiz 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books