This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Phonetics > Word Stress Rules – Quiz 3 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Word Stress Rules Quiz 3 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. 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. 2. Where is the stress in the word "available" ? A) AvailaBLE. B) AVAIlable. C) AvaiLAble. D) Available. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) AVAIlable. 3. Mark the letter A, B, Cor D to indicate the word that differ from the other three in the position of primary stress in each of the following questions. A) Surface. B) Factor. C) Describe. D) Dentist. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Describe. 4. 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. 5. Which syllable is stressed in 'CONVERSATION'? A) TION. B) SA. C) CON. D) VER. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) SA. 6. What is a correct sentence? A) All of yhem. B) No. C) Robbie stayed on planet. D) Noi is troble again. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Noi is troble again. 7. Where is the stress in the word "alternative" ? A) ALternative. B) AlternaTIVE. C) AlTERnative. D) AlterNAtive. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) AlTERnative. 8. Which word differs from the others? A) Medical. B) Illegal. C) Effective. D) Important. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Medical. 9. Which syllable is stressed in 'PHOTOGRAPH'? A) A) PHO. B) B) TO. C) C) GRAPH. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A) PHO. 10. What syllable does the stress of "CANAL" fall on? A) Verb-2 nd syllable. B) Noun-1st syllable. C) Noun-2nd syllables. D) Adjective-1st syllables. E) Adjective-2st syllable. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Noun-2nd syllables. 11. Where is the stress of suffix words? A) With the suffix, the stress will be on the syllable before the suffix. B) With the suffix, the stress will be on the syllable after the suffix. C) With the suffix, the stress will be remain the same stress as its used to be. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) With the suffix, the stress will be on the syllable before the suffix. 12. Which syllable is stressed in "JAPANESE" ? A) JA. B) NESE. C) PAN. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) NESE. 13. After moving to the countryside, she decided to ..... gardening as a hobby. A) Avoid. B) Criticize. C) Ignore. D) Take up. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Take up. 14. Which syllable is stressed in "GEOLOGY" ? A) GY. B) GE. C) LO. D) O. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) O. 15. Which syllable is stressed in "PEDESTRIAN" ? A) DES. B) PE. C) TRI. D) AN. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) DES. 16. Which part of the word 'canyon' is also a name of a student? A) Can. B) Yon. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Can. 17. Which syllable of 'CONFLICT' is stressed when used as a noun? A) A) CON. B) B) FLICT. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A) CON. 18. Unlike ..... farming methods, organic farming avoids the use of synthetic pesticides and fertilizers. A) Conventional. B) Futuristic. C) Unusual. D) Innovative. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Conventional. 19. Choose the word which has a different stress pattern from the others. A) Boring. B) Relaxed. C) Moving. D) Awful. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Relaxed. 20. In the word 'RECORD', which syllable is stressed when it is used as a verb? A) A) RE. B) B) CORD. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) B) CORD. 21. Which syllable will receive the primary stress in this word?-POLITICIAN A) PoliTIcian. B) POlitican. C) PoliticiAN. D) PolitiCIan. E) PoLItician. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) PoliTIcian. 22. Scientist (sci-en-tist) A) Sci-en-tist. B) Sci-en-tist. C) Sci-en-tist. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sci-en-tist. 23. How about the stress in "ANSWER" as a noun? A) AN-swer. B) An-SWER. C) All syllables are stressed. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) AN-swer. 24. Which compound word has function as verbs and has an adverbial first element? A) Eight-hour. B) Update. C) Overpopulated. D) Blue-uniformed. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Update. 25. Which syllable is stressed in 'INFORMATION'? A) FOR. B) MA. C) TION. D) IN. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) MA. 26. Which compound word is an adjectival and the second word ends with-ed morpheme? A) Overpopulated. B) Blue-uniformed. C) Eight-hour. D) Update. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Blue-uniformed. 27. Which aspect of stress determines the differences in meaning and word class? A) Lexical stress. B) Shift Stress. C) Weakening. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Lexical stress. 28. Which part of the word 'beach' is the combination of the names Maya and Priya? A) Bea. B) Ch. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bea. 29. Which part of the word 'rainforest' is related to cartoons? A) Rain. B) Forest. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Forest. 30. "Agencia" means what in English? A) Agent. B) Agency. C) Asian. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Agency. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGrammar QuizzesEnglish Grammar QuizzesWord Stress Rules Quiz 1Word Stress Rules Quiz 2Word Stress Rules Quiz 4Word Stress Rules Quiz 5Word Stress Rules Quiz 6Word Stress Rules Quiz 7Word Stress Rules Quiz 8Assimilation In Speech Quiz 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books