English Word Stress

Test your knowledge of English word stress — the syllable emphasis patterns that affect pronunciation and can even change a word's meaning entirely.

Questions cover stress patterns in two-syllable words, noun-verb pairs that shift stress (like 'record'), the schwa sound in unstressed syllables, and what makes a syllable sound stressed.

Word stress is one of the trickiest parts of English pronunciation — see how well you can hear the pattern.