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Stress changes meaning
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Hear how word stress shows whether a word is a noun or a verb.
Listen to each sentence and write what you hear.
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Words to know
- album
- A collection of songs released together.
- prize
- Something given to the winner.
- produce
- Food such as fruit and vegetables grown on farms.
Answer key
- They want to record a new album.As a verb, “record” is stressed on “cord”.
- She broke the world record last year.As a noun, “record” is stressed on “rec”.
- Our teacher will present the prizes.As a verb, “present” is stressed on “sent”.
- Thank you for the lovely present.As a noun, “present” is stressed on “pres”.
- Farmers sell most of their produce at the market.As a noun, “produce” is stressed on the first syllable (PRO-duce); as a verb, on the second.