Phonetics and stress exercises

PHONETICS
1. a.asked b.advised c.worked d.promised
2. a.nights b.statements c.books d.understands
3. a.monument b.number c.numerous d.curable
4. a.wicked b.sacred c.wrapped d.naked
5. a.paid b.break c.bread d.ache
6. a.honest b.home c.vehicle d.hour
7. a.thorough b.without c.althought d.mouths
8. a.Christmas b.teacher c.children d.charity
9. a.laughed b.stopped c.placed d.ragged
10. a.breathe b.breath c.thin d.bath
11. a.paths b.laughs c.baths d.increase
12. a.character b.chemistry c.scholarship d.charity
13. a.headaches b.misses c.pages d.branches
14. a.breath b.within c.beneath d.booth
15. a.kicked b.blocked c.naked d.locked
16. a.singer b.younger c.stronger d.single
17. a.contribute b.tribe c.triangel d.final
18. a.entrance b.enjoy c.mention d.aspect
19. a.capital b.nature c.national d.careful
20. a.energy b.enable c.elementary d.engineer
21. a.job b.mother c.lover d.but
22. a.great b.steak c.breakfast d.danger
23. a.pleased b.raised c.practised d.closed
24. a.advised b.amused c.practised d.pleased
25. a.enough b.cough c.though d.rough
26. a.accurate b.accident c.success d.accept
27. a.that b.catch c.bad d.wash
28. a.height b.eight c.weight d.paid
29. a.laughed b.stopped c.placed d.pleased
30. a.message b.image c.massage d.voyage

31. a.say b.pay c.says d.may
32. a.school b.scholar c.machine d.architect
33. a.plays b.delays c.says d.lays
34. a.mile b.price c.advice d.milk
35. a.station b.question c.television d.mission
36. a.theory b.although c.the d.without
37. a.go b.gender c.gather d.gas
38. a.union b.unitied c.university d.unimportant
39. a.chimney b.chaos c.children d.chilly
40. a.honey b.honest c.honor d.hour
41. a.proud b.southern c.grow d.south
42. a.gel b.gear c.get d.grow
43. a.bubble b.doubt c.able d.capable
44. a.mended b.wicked c.raised d.learned
45. a.pleased b.increased c.placed d.stopped
46. a.break b.steak c.great d.meat
47. a.plough b.south c.clown d.southern
48. a.nature b.nation c.station d.national
49. a.nature b.natural c.January d.volcanic
50. a.clothes b.cloth c.though d.without
1. a. cost b. dog c. come d. fox
2. a. girl b. hurt c. heard d. heart
3. a. pass b. bays c. worse d. chips
4. a. fished b. learned c. saved d. pleased
5. a. naked b. locked c. planted d. landed
6. a. laughed b. stopped c. placed d. phoned
7. a. coughs b. Alice’s c. clocks d. hates
8. a. breathe b. breath c. thin d. bath
9. a. nation b. national c. nature d. grey
10. a. clown b. South c. Southern d. plough

11. a. heavy b. many c. engine d. complete
12. a. measure b. pleasing c. reason d. houses
13. a. zoo b. blood c. blue d. balloon.
14. a. chemist b. school c. scholarship d. children
15. a. reading b. middle c. life d. picture
16. a. rain b. leisure c. break d. grey
17. a. this b. thick c. math d. thin
18. a. poster b. come c. mother d. love
19. a. great b. friend c. dead d. breath
20. a. stays b. plays c. lays d. says
21. a. children b. child c. wild d. sight
22. a. laugh b. enough c. rough d. though
23. a. bear b. dear c. fear d. near
24. a. attracted b. excited c. admired d. fascinated
25. a. ticket b. tiger c. visit d. habit
26.a.sight b.mineral c.pipe d.device
27.a.flood b.groom c.typhoon d.balloon
28.a.primary b.divide c.comprise d.religion
29.a.school b.children c.Chinese d.church
30.a.impressed b.disappointed c.wished d.stopped
31.a.currency b.difficult c.much d.summer
32.a.tunic b.slit c.design d.ethnic
33.a.clothes b.cloth c.ethnic d.think
34.a.practical b.tradition c.fashion d.pattern
35.a.stopped b.designed c.embroidered d.used
36.a.took b.school c.food d.choose
37.a.clothed b.impressed c.enjoyed d.worked
38.a.please b.pleasure c.easy d.teacher
39.a.tired b.enjoyed c.reached d.arrived
40.a.town b.grown c.mountain d.down

41.a.campus b.practice c.language d.favorite
42.a.qualify b.scenery c.grocery d.academy
43.a.school b.scholarchip c.chemistry d.children
44.a.speak b.need c.heart d.read
45.a.meal b.breakfast c.read d.week
46.a.realize b.organize c.surprise d.promise
47.a.practised b.studied c.watched d.worked
48.a.deny b.pity c.widely d.city
49.a.Internet b.invent c.media d.spend
50.a.used b.worked c.watched d.practiced
WORD STRESS
1. The endings which receive the stress:
- Oo : shampoo, kangaroo, yahoo…..(cuckoo)
- Ee : employee, absentee, trainee,…(committee, coffee…)
- Oon : afternoon, cartoon,…(teaspoon)
- Eer : engineer, volunteer…
- Ette : cigarette, kitchenette…
2. The endings : “_fy, _ise, _ate”
• If having 2 syllables receive the stress on the second syllables.
- Ate : dictate, locate,…
- Ize (ise) : surprise, baptize, precise,…
- Fy, ly : defy, rely, reply,…
• If having 3 syllables receive the stress on the third syllables from the end.
- Ate : situate, dominate, personate,…
- Ize (ise) : recognize, apologize, criticize, emphasize,….(hospitalize)
- Fy : simplify, personify, identify, magnify….
3. The endings which receive the stress on the syllables preceding them:
- Ic : atomic, mechanic, economic, mathematical, political,…
- Ion : education, population, translation, dictation,….
- Ian : Italia, mathematician, historian…

- Ient : sufficient, efficient….
- Ious : laborious, industrious, studious, enormous…
- Ety : ability, activity,…
- Logy : biology, psychology, ecology,…
- Graphy : geography, photography,…
4. The stress of nouns, adjectives and verbs having 2 syllables
- Noun/adj :stress is on the first : export, record, expert
- Verb : stress is on the second : export, record, expert
1. a.reason b.although c.expense d.create
2. a.leisure b.television c.cartoon d.helmet
3.a.enough b.recipe c.belong d.together
4.a.dynamic b.geneticist c.police d.television
5. a.reason b.although c.expensive d.create
6. a.leisure b.television c.cartoon c.helmet
7. a.enough b.belong c.together d.image
8. a.dynamic b.genetic c.police d.television
9. a.exclusive b.secretary c.harmony d.decade
10. a.composition b.anniversary c.celebration d.television
11. a.activity b.introduce c.supervisor d.celebration
12. a.accurate b.customer c.computer d.exercise
13. a.reduction b.popular c.investigate d.convenient
14. a.environmental b.technological c.personality d.representative
15. a.employment b.recycle c.recorder d.interesting
16. a.valuable b.impossible c.responsible d.conditional
17. a.efficiency b.simplicity c.military d.psychology
18. a.disappointed b.conspicuous c.miraculous d.accessible
19. a.exhaust b.technique c.scalpel d.resource
20. a.remember b.poverty c.industry d.ancestry
21. a.average b.aquatic c.available d.athletic
22. a.potential b.delicate c.apprentice d.astonished

23. a.notepad b.thirteen c.department d.extension
24. a.pencil b.department c.invest d.reception
25. a.package b.accountant c.supervisor d.customer
26. a.department b.notepad c.plastic d.breakfast
27. a.sociable b.pollution c.understand d.realize
28. a.industry b.agriculture c.restaurant d.ambulance
29. a.ancestry b.undergrowth c.company d.element
30. a.potential b.military c.deficiency d.intensity
31. a.reverse b.pension c.gesture d.founder
32. a.conservation b.environment c.association d.deficiency
33. a.environmental b.technological c.personality d.representative
34. a.reduction b.popular c.financial d.romantic
35. a.signature b.scholarship c.terminus d.transaction
36. a.technique b.treatment c.guidance d.plastic
37. a.entertainment b.accumulation c.humiliation d.determination
38. a.champion b.composer c.reserve d.machine
39. a.horizon b.collection c.petroleum d.reading
40. a.notepad b.thirteen c.department d.extension
41. a.accountant b.typist c.address d.assistant
42. a.accessible b.conventional c.environment d.preservation
43. a.ancestry b.undergrowth c.element d.vacancy
44. a.possession b.property c.obstacle d.element
45. a.basic b.immense c.extra d.peptic
46. a.bicycle b.recycle c.accident d.hospital
47. a.classroom b.window c.blackboard d.projector
48. a.kitchen b.cooker c.oven d.refrigerator
49. a.professor b.advisor c.apprentice d.student
50. a.agency b.memory c.counter d.require
51. a.fancy b.portrait c.endless d.require
52. a.advancement b.chemical c.conception d.infrequent

53. a.challenge b.counter c.guardian d.explain
54. a.advertiser b.history c.difficulty d.adventurous
55. a.theory b.tragedy c.invention d.government
56. a.argue b.cater c.ivory d.severe
57. a.composition b.anniversary c.celebration d.television
58. a.definite b.belonging c.organic d.alternative
59. a.challenging b.impervious c.acceptable d.advisable
60. a.activity b.introduce c.supervisor d.approximately
61. a.compound b.triangle c.advance d.pajamas
62. a.admire b.honor c.title d.difficult
63. a.describe b.struggle c.political d.society
64. a.independence b.politician c.immortality d.difficult
65. a.comfort b.nation c.apply d.moment
66. a.ashamed b.position c.begin d.enemy
67. a.general b.opinion c.abroad d.surprise
68. a.career b.majority c.continue d.education
69. a.profit b.suggest c.surrender d.report
70. a.vocational b.employer c.minority d.reasonable
71. a.evidence b.criminal c.equipment d.passenger
72. a.position b.delicious c.location d.constantly
73. a.country b.concern c.frighten d.answer
74. a.adventure b.discover c.represent d.experience
75. a.contribute b.neighbor c.difficult d.coastal
76. a.interested b.interesting c.response d.happening
77. a.accurate b.customer c.computer d.exercise
78. a.reduction b.popular c.financial d.romantic
79. a.village b.begin c.column d.pity
80. a.theory b.generate c.delicious d.confidence
81. a.computer b.obvious c.dependence d.horizon
82. a.convenient b.favorable c.evaluate d.relationship

83. a.technique b.label c.panel d.access
84. a.technical b.treatable c.horrific d.obstacle
85. a.democracy b.commitee c.proficiency d.television
86. a.submarine b.cheerio c.balloon d.understand
87. a.guarantee b.wholesaler c.expenditure d.complicate
88. a.problems b.consuming c.necessary d.cavemen
89. a.crossroads b.people c.statue d.enable
90. a.sadness b.actor c.untrue d.teacher
91. a.ability b.encourage c.widen d.direct
92. a.remember b.question c.accept d.decide
93. a.exception b.scholarship c.transition d.discover
94. a.particular b.significant c.satisfaction d.collaborate
95. a.vacancy b.interview c.mechanic d.history
96. a.resources b.extra c.pollen d.plastic
97. a.supply b.harmful c.important d.prevention
98. a.phonetics b.ability c.misspell d.signature
99. a.keenness b.status c.horrible d.respect
100.a.mineral b.poison c.encounter d.supervise