This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Phonetics > Word Stress Rules – Quiz 4 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Word Stress Rules Quiz 4 (39 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which is the stressed syllable for multitasking? A) Mul ti TAS king. B) Mul ti tas KING. C) MUL ti tas king. D) Mul TI tas king. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) MUL ti tas king. 2. Is the stress on the first or second syllable in the word "REMOVE" A) First syllable. B) Second syllable. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Second syllable. 3. Where is the stress of the word STUPID? A) What is Bunny. B) Bunny is rabbit?. C) 1st syllable. D) 2nd syllable. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1st syllable. 4. Which aspect of stress depends on the syntactic function of words? A) Lexical stress. B) Shift stress. C) Weakening. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Shift stress. 5. Where is the stress in the word "REPEAT" A) First syllable. B) Second syllable. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Second syllable. 6. In the word 'information', which syllable is stressed? A) Tion. B) Ma. C) For. D) In. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tion. 7. Which of the following keeps the original stress of the French words? A) British English. B) American English. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) American English. 8. Where is the stress in the word "FRIENDLY" A) First syllable. B) Second syllable. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) First syllable. 9. Where is the stress in the word "develop" ? A) DEvelop. B) DeVElop. C) DevelOP. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) DeVElop. 10. Which syllable is stressed in "CONSCIENTIOUS" ? A) CON. B) SCI. C) TIOUS. D) EN. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) EN. 11. For words that use suffixes-cy, -ty, -phy, -gy or-al, 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: A) Third syllable from the end syllable. 12. MYSELF is an example of a Reflexive Pronoun A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 13. "Sociable" means what in English? A) Sociable. B) Social Network. C) Socially awkward. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sociable. 14. Which is the stress of the word HAPPY A) HapPY. B) HAPpy. C) HappY. D) HAPPY. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) HAPpy. 15. Which is the stress of the word PARTICIPATE A) 2nd syllable. B) 4th syllable. C) 1st syllable. D) 3rd syllable. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 2nd syllable. 16. He was born in Padang. A) PA-dang. B) Pa-DANG. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) PA-dang. 17. Choose the word which is stressed differently from the rest A) Method. B) Wildlife. C) Signal. D) Machine. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Machine. 18. Our understanding of the English words depends on the placement of stress A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 19. Whose computer is this? (determine the stress) A) COM-put-er. B) Com-PUT-er. C) Com-put-ER. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Com-PUT-er. 20. What is a cognate? A) A word that looks the same and has the same meaning in two languages. B) A word that sounds the same as another word. C) A word that means the opposite in Spanish of what it looks like in English. D) A curse word. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A word that looks the same and has the same meaning in two languages. 21. Which of these words does not have stress on the first syllable? A) Carrot. B) Spaghetti. C) Yoghurt. D) Cookie. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Spaghetti. 22. The workers continued their task without stopping. They worked ..... A) Occasionally. B) Always. C) Ceaselessly. D) Lazily. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ceaselessly. 23. If the word is a noun that has 2 syllabes, which syllabes will the main stress fall down on? A) 1st syllabe. B) 2nd syllabes. C) None of two. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1st syllabe. 24. Methodological (meth-od-o-log-i-cal) A) Meth-od-o-log-i-cal. B) Meth-od-o-log-i-cal. C) Meth-od-o-log-i-cal. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Meth-od-o-log-i-cal. 25. Where is the stress in the word "FINISH" A) First syllable. B) Second syllable. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) First syllable. 26. Which is the stressed syllable for accountability? A) A ccoun ta BI li ty. B) A ccoun TA bi li ty. C) A CCOUN ta bi li ty. D) A ccoun ta bi li TY. E) A ccoun ta bi li ty. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A ccoun ta BI li ty. 27. Determine the stress in ELEPHANT A) EL-e-phant. B) El-E-phant. C) El-e-PHANT. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) EL-e-phant. 28. Systematic(sys-tem-at-ic) A) Sys-tem-at-ic. B) Sys-tem-at-ic. C) Sys-tem-at-ic. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sys-tem-at-ic. 29. The photograph song by ed sheeran is the best. A) PHO-to-graph. B) Pho-TO-graph. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) PHO-to-graph. 30. Choose the word with different stress pattern A) Japanese. B) Employee. C) Historic. D) Understand. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Historic. 31. Which of the following is NOT a rule for word stress in Spanish? (Read carefully) A) If the word has an accent, stress the first syllable. B) If the word ends in a consonant that is NOT N or S, stress the second-to-last syllable. C) If a word has an accent, stress the syllable with the accent. D) If the word ends in a vowel, N, or S, stress the second-to-last syllable. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) If the word has an accent, stress the first syllable. 32. You are important in my life. A) Im-POR-tant. B) Im-por-TANT. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Im-POR-tant. 33. Which syllable of 'INCREASE' is stressed when used as a noun? A) A) IN. B) B) CREASE. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A) IN. 34. Which syllable is stressed in "INDIVIDUAL" ? A) DUAL. B) VI. C) DI. D) IN. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) VI. 35. Couldn't you understand what she is? (determine the stress) A) UN-der-stand. B) Un-DER-stand. C) Un-der-STAND. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Un-der-STAND. 36. Where is the proper stress in encyclopedia? A) En-cy-CLO-pe-di-a. B) En-CY-clo-pe-di-a. C) EN-cy-clo-pe-di-a. D) En-cy-clo-PE-di-a. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) En-cy-clo-PE-di-a. 37. Which part of the word 'environment' is the correct spelling of the word 'en' and 'vironment'? A) En. B) Vironment. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Vironment. 38. Which syllable is stressed in "MYSTERY" ? A) MYS. B) TE. C) RY. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) MYS. 39. Factorial(fac-to-ri-al) A) Fac-to-ri-al. B) Fac-to-ri-al. C) Fac-to-ri-al. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fac-to-ri-al. ← PreviousRelated QuizzesGrammar QuizzesEnglish Grammar QuizzesWord Stress Rules Quiz 1Word Stress Rules Quiz 2Word Stress Rules Quiz 3Assimilation In Speech QuizConnected Speech QuizConsonant Clusters Pronunciation QuizConsonant Clusters QuizContrastive Stress Quiz 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books