Noun vs Verb Stress in English
This Noun vs Verb Stress audio lesson teaches ESL Accent Reduction students where to place the stress when pronouncing nouns and verbs.
In two syllable words the stress is generally on the first syllable with nouns and on the second syllable with verbs.
NOUN VERB
PROgress proGRESS
OBject obJECT
INcrease inCREASE
CONtract conTRACT
CONduct conDUCT
PROject proJECT
PERmit perMIT
PROduce proDUCE
REcord reCORD
SURvey surVEY
PROgress proGRESS
OBject obJECT
INcrease inCREASE
CONtract conTRACT
CONduct conDUCT
PROject proJECT
PERmit perMIT
PROduce proDUCE
REcord reCORD
SURvey surVEY
PROgress (noun) - He has been making a lot of progress.
proGRESS (verb) - You need to progress to the next level.
OBject (noun) - An object is a thing you can touch.
obJECT (verb) – I object to his decision to do it this way.
INcrease (noun) - We all need a pay increase.
inCREASE (verb) – You need to increase the amount you are paying me.
CONtract (noun) – You need to sign the contract.
conTRACT (verb) – We contract our muscles when we move our bodies.
CONduct (noun) – His conduct will get him into trouble.
conDUCT (verb) – We are going to conduct a thorough search.
PROject (noun) – She has been working hard on her project.
proJECT (verb) – I project that we will run out of money very soon.
PERmit (noun) – Do you have a fishing permit?
perMIT (verb) – They no longer permit us to fish there.
PROduce (noun) – The store sells the best produce.
proDUCE (verb) – The factory needs to produce more products.
REcord (noun) – I bought a new Beatles’ record yesterday.
reCORD (verb) – Did you record the show?
SURvey (noun) – The company is conducting a new survey.
surVEY (verb) – They still need to survey the land we want to buy.
proGRESS (verb) - You need to progress to the next level.
OBject (noun) - An object is a thing you can touch.
obJECT (verb) – I object to his decision to do it this way.
INcrease (noun) - We all need a pay increase.
inCREASE (verb) – You need to increase the amount you are paying me.
CONtract (noun) – You need to sign the contract.
conTRACT (verb) – We contract our muscles when we move our bodies.
CONduct (noun) – His conduct will get him into trouble.
conDUCT (verb) – We are going to conduct a thorough search.
PROject (noun) – She has been working hard on her project.
proJECT (verb) – I project that we will run out of money very soon.
PERmit (noun) – Do you have a fishing permit?
perMIT (verb) – They no longer permit us to fish there.
PROduce (noun) – The store sells the best produce.
proDUCE (verb) – The factory needs to produce more products.
REcord (noun) – I bought a new Beatles’ record yesterday.
reCORD (verb) – Did you record the show?
SURvey (noun) – The company is conducting a new survey.
surVEY (verb) – They still need to survey the land we want to buy.
Listen to these two syllable words. Write the word and spell the syllable that is stressed with CAPITAL letters. Then open the document to check your answers.
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