Click a level to begin.
Words like record, present, and object are spelled the same whether they're a noun or a verb, but the stress moves to signal which one you mean: REC-ord the noun, re-CORD the verb. Most questions play a full sentence so you can hear the word in its real grammatical role, not in isolation. Levels build from the most common pairs to the ones that trip up even native speakers.
Listen to the sentence, then work out whether the stress marks a noun or a verb.
What you'll practice
- Tell noun and verb apart by ear alone
- Master English's most common stress-shift pattern
- Stop mixing up words like record, present, and object
Frequently asked questions
- What is a stress-shift pair?
- Two words that share a spelling but change part of speech, and pronunciation, depending on where the stress falls: REC-ord (noun) vs re-CORD (verb), PRES-ent vs pre-SENT, and dozens more.
- Why does this matter for speaking?
- Put the stress on the wrong syllable and a fluent word can become genuinely hard to understand, since English listeners rely on stress placement to tell these pairs apart just as much as context does.
- How do the levels unlock?
- Score at least 6 out of 10 on a level to unlock the next one. Every question has a 30-second timer and instant feedback.