This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Phonetics > Word Stress Rules – Quiz 9 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Word Stress Rules Quiz 9 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Dioxide A) DIoxide. B) DiOxide. C) DioXIDE. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) DiOxide. 2. 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. 3. "Sociable" means what in English? A) Sociable. B) Social Network. C) Socially awkward. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sociable. 4. Which is the stress of the word HAPPY A) HAPpy. B) HapPY. C) HAPPY. D) HappY. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) HAPpy. 5. Which is the stress of the word PARTICIPATE A) 1st syllable. B) 2nd syllable. C) 3rd syllable. D) 4th syllable. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 2nd syllable. 6. 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. 7. Choose the word which is stressed differently from the rest A) Method. B) Signal. C) Wildlife. D) Machine. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Machine. 8. 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. 9. 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. 10. Elevator A) Elevator. B) ELEvator. C) EleVAtor. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Elevator. 11. 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. 12. 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. 13. The workers continued their task without stopping. They worked ..... A) Occasionally. B) Always. C) Ceaselessly. D) Lazily. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ceaselessly. 14. What is the stressed syllable in the word 'happy'? A) Pp. B) Ap. C) Py. D) Ha. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ha. 15. 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. 16. 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. 17. 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. 18. 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: D) A ccoun ta BI li ty. 19. 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. 20. 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. 21. 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. 22. Temperamental A) 1. B) 2. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 2. 23. Choose the word with different stress pattern A) Japanese. B) Employee. C) Historic. D) Understand. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Historic. 24. Which of the following is NOT a rule for word stress in Spanish? (Read carefully) A) If the word ends in a vowel, N, or S, stress the second-to-last 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 has an accent, stress the first syllable. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) If the word has an accent, stress the first syllable. 25. 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. 26. 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. 27. Which syllable is stressed in "INDIVIDUAL" ? A) IN. B) DI. C) VI. D) DUAL. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) VI. 28. 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. 29. 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. 30. GENEROUS A) GE. B) NE. C) ROUS. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) GE. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGrammar QuizzesWord Stress Rules Quiz 1Word Stress Rules Quiz 2Word Stress Rules Quiz 3Word Stress Rules Quiz 4Word Stress Rules Quiz 5Word Stress Rules Quiz 6Word Stress Rules Quiz 7Word Stress Rules Quiz 8Word Stress Rules Quiz 10 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books