Noun-verb pairs

Some 2-syllable words in English vary their stress depending on their grammatical category. Other words that are part of this group are: extract, progress, record, and contrast. Directions Choose the correct form of the word depending on its category. Remember that nouns and adjectives carry stress on the first syllable and verbs on the second.*The stressed syllable is the one that is underlined. I am going to _ a survey among participants to check their perceptions. conduct conduct I will _ the results of my study on Monday. present present I need to _ my driving skills. perfect perfect If they blame me for the disaster, I will _! object object She always does whatever she wants, she's such a _. rebel rebel I really like adding vanilla _ to my cakes. extract extract Your _ is unbelievable. conduct conduct I don't think humanity will _ in the future. progress progress When you get a job, you have to sign a _. contract contract During the pandemic, nobody wanted to _ COVID! contract contract Nobody knows who committed the crime, but they _ it was related to drug dealing. suspect suspect I bought my mom a _ for her birthday. present present Read the following text out loud and record yourself using the answer-recorder button. Pay attention to the stress of the words in bold. Yesterday I got my driving permit. I was so scared but I'm really glad I managed to perfect my skills. The instructor was very kind, we talked about all sorts of things during the lessons. He said my technique was perfectand he taught me how to deal with insults on the road.The lessons were particularly hard last week since there were many protests on the streets. The instructor said that the country was full of rebels whose conduct wasn't the best. I didn't really agree with him but I decided not to protest. He also said that he was sick of humans so he would love to desert and live in a desert.Anyway, he said I had made a lot of progress because he could contrast my first performance with the last one and they showed quite a change! I was super happy about that so I asked him to put it all on the record!