Part A: 50 Practice Questions on Word Stress for IOE

 Part A: 50 Practice Questions on Word Stress

Choose the option that shows the correct stressed syllable in the word.

1.      photograph
a) phoTOgraph
b) PHOtograph
c) PHOtoGRAPH
d) phoTOGraph

2.      development
a) DEvelopment
b) deVELopment
c) deveLOPment
d) developMENT

3.      important
a) imPORTant
b) IMPORtant
c) imporTANT
d) impoRTANT

4.      banana
a) BAnaNA
b) baNAna
c) baNAna
d) baNAna

5.      politics
a) poLItics
b) POLitics
c) politiCS
d) poLItiCS

6.      engineer
a) ENgineer
b) engiNEER
c) enGINEer
d) enGINeer

7.      advertisement
a) adVERtisement
b) ADvertisement
c) advertiSEment
d) adverTISEment

8.      university
a) uniVERsity
b) UNiversity
c) univerSITY
d) uniVERsITY

9.      hospital
a) HOSpital
b) hosPItal
c) hospiTAL
d) hospiTal

10. teacher
a) TEAcher
b) teachER
c) teACHer
d) teaCHER

11. economy
a) eCONomy
b) EConomy
c) econOmy
d) econoMY

12. musician
a) MUCIcian
b) musiCIAN
c) musIClan
d) musiciAN

13. information
a) inFORmation
b) INformation
c) informaTION
d) inforMAtion

14. create
a) CREate
b) creATE
c) CReate
d) creaTE

15. progress (noun)
a) proGRESS
b) PROgress
c) PROGress
d) progRESS

16. progress (verb)
a) PROgress
b) proGRESS
c) progRESS
d) PROGress

17. education
a) eduCAtion
b) EDUcation
c) educaTION
d) edUCAtion

18. understand
a) UNderstand
b) underSTAND
c) unDERstand
d) UNDERstand

19. committee
a) comMITtee
b) COMmittee
c) commiTTee
d) CommitTEE

20. family
a) FAmiLY
b) FAmily
c) faMILy
d) famiLY

21. history
a) HIStory
b) HIsTORY
c) hisTORy
d) HISTory

22. example
a) EXample
b) exAMple
c) examPLE
d) examPLE

23. presentation
a) PREsentation
b) preSENtation
c) presenTAtion
d) presentAtion

24. president
a) PREsident
b) presiDENT
c) preSIDent
d) preSIDENT

25. energy
a) ENergy
b) eNERgy
c) enerGY
d) enERgy

26. beautiful
a) BEAUtiful
b) beauTIful
c) BEAUTIful
d) beautiFUL

27. tomorrow
a) toMORrow
b) TOMorrow
c) tomorROW
d) toMorROW

28. national
a) NAtional
b) naTIONal
c) natIONal
d) natioNAL

29. assistant
a) ASSistant
b) assisTANT
c) asSISTant
d) assistANT

30. manager
a) MANager
b) manAGER
c) manaGER
d) managER

31. telephone
a) TELEphone
b) telePHONE
c) teLEphone
d) telephONE

32. biology
a) BIOlogy
b) biOLogy
c) bioLOGY
d) bioloGY

33. opinion
a) OPINion
b) oPINion
c) opinION
d) opiniON

34. international
a) INTERnational
b) interNAtional
c) internationAL
d) interNAtioNAL

35. mechanic
a) MEchanic
b) meCHANic
c) mechanIC
d) mechaNIC

36. permission
a) PERmission
b) perMISSION
c) permisSION
d) PERMISsion

37. accident
a) ACCident
b) acCIdent
c) acciDENT
d) acCIdent

38. discovery
a) DISCOVERY
b) disCOVERy
c) disCOVery
d) DISCOverY

39. magazine
a) MAGazine
b) magaZINE
c) magAZINE
d) magaZine

40. agriculture
a) AGRiculture
b) agriCULture
c) agRICULTure
d) agricuLTURE

41. beautiful
a) beauTIful
b) BEAUTIful
c) BEAUtiful
d) beautiFUL

42. cinema
a) CInema
b) ciNEMa
c) CINEma
d) cineMA

43. introduce
a) INtroduce
b) introDUCE
c) INTRoduce
d) introduCE

44. engineer
a) ENgineer
b) engiNEER
c) enGINEer
d) engINEER

45. difficult
a) DIFFICult
b) diffiCULT
c) DIFficult
d) difFIcult

46. computer
a) COMputer
b) comPUter
c) compuTER
d) compUTER

47. relation
a) RElation
b) reLAtion
c) relaTION
d) RELAtion

48. decision
a) DEcision
b) deCIsion
c) deciSION
d) deciSIon

49. digital
a) DIGital
b) digiTAL
c) DIGItal
d) digiTal

50. geography
a) GEOgraphy
b) geoGRAPHY
c) geOgraphy
d) geogRAphy

Answers

1.      photograph – b) PHOtograph
Nouns with three syllables often stress the first syllable.

2.      development – b) deVELopment
Words ending in -ment often stress the second syllable from the end.

3.      important – a) imPORTant
Adjectives of three syllables often stress the second syllable.

4.      banana – c) baNAna
Two-syllable words from foreign origin like this often stress the middle syllable.

5.      politics – b) POLitics
Nouns ending in -ics are usually stressed on the first syllable.

6.      engineer – b) engiNEER
Words ending in -eer are typically stressed on the last syllable.

7.      advertisement – b) ADvertisement (British pronunciation)
In British English, the stress is on the first syllable.

8.      university – c) univerSITY
Words ending in -ity usually stress the syllable before the suffix.

9.      hospital – a) HOSpital
Three-syllable nouns often stress the first syllable.

10. teacher – a) TEAcher
Two-syllable nouns typically stress the first syllable.

11. economy – a) eCONomy
In most accents, the stress is on the second syllable.

12. musician – b) musiCIAN
Words ending in -cian stress the last syllable.

13. information – c) informaTION
Words ending in -tion are stressed on the syllable before the suffix.

14. create – b) creATE
Two-syllable verbs tend to stress the second syllable.

15. progress (noun) – b) PROgress
Nouns usually stress the first syllable.

16. progress (verb) – b) proGRESS
Verbs usually stress the second syllable.

17. education – c) educaTION
Words ending in -tion stress the syllable before -tion.

18. understand – b) underSTAND
In phrasal verbs or compound verbs, stress is on the last syllable.

19. committee – a) comMITtee
Words ending in -ee are stressed on the last syllable.

20. family – b) FAmily
Common three-syllable nouns like this often stress the first syllable.

21. history – a) HIStory
Again, most three-syllable nouns stress the first syllable.

22. example – b) exAMple
The stress is usually on the second syllable in this word.

23. presentation – c) presenTAtion
Words ending in -tion stress the syllable before it.

24. president – a) PREsident
Three-syllable nouns often stress the first syllable.

25. energy – a) ENergy
Like "family" and "history", stress is on the first syllable.

26. beautiful – a) BEAUtiful
Adjectives like this stress the first syllable.

27. tomorrow – a) toMORrow
The stress falls on the second syllable.

28. national – a) NAtional
Three-syllable adjectives usually stress the first syllable.

29. assistant – b) assisTANT
Words ending in -ant or -ent typically stress the second or last syllable.

30. manager – a) MANager
Three-syllable nouns often stress the first syllable.

31. telephone – a) TELEphone
Like many tech-related nouns, stress is on the first syllable.

32. biology – a) BIOlogy
Words ending in -logy often stress the syllable before the suffix.

33. opinion – c) opinION
Stress is typically on the second syllable in such words.

34. international – a) INTERnational
Compound adjectives like this often stress the first or second syllable.

35. mechanic – b) meCHANic
Words ending in -ic usually stress the second syllable from the end.

36. permission – b) perMISSION
Words ending in -sion stress the syllable before it.

37. accident – a) ACCident
Common three-syllable nouns stress the first syllable.

38. discovery – b) disCOVERy
The base verb "discover" is stressed on the second syllable, and this stays in the noun form.

39. magazine – b) magaZINE
Words ending in -ine (if not medicine-type) usually stress the last syllable.

40. agriculture – a) AGRiculture
Three- or four-syllable nouns often stress the first syllable.

41. beautiful – c) BEAUtiful
Same as earlier: first syllable.

42. cinema – a) CInema
Like "hospital", stress is on the first syllable.

43. introduce – b) introDUCE
Two-syllable verbs stress the second syllable.

44. engineer – b) engiNEER
Stress is on the last syllable with -eer ending.

45. difficult – c) DIFficult
Like "beautiful", "family", stress is on the first syllable.

46. computer – b) comPUter
Common tech words like this stress the second syllable.

47. relation – c) relaTION
Words ending in -tion stress the syllable before it.

48. decision – c) deciSION
Words ending in -sion stress the preceding syllable.

49. digital – a) DIGital
Like “beautiful”, stress is on the first syllable.

50. geography – b) geoGRAPHY
In words ending in -graphy, stress is on the second-to-last syllable.