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Word Stress
A word stress means a prominent syllable
word
pattern
tea.cher
beau.ti.ful
..
un.der.stand
..
con.ti.nue
..
Examples
Nouns/Adjectives
on the first
syllable
center Happy
object Clever
flower Slender
Verbs
on the last
syllable
release begin
admit
export
arrange decide
desktop
pencil case
bookshelf
greenhouse
Word type
Two syllables
Nouns
(N + N)
(Adj. + N)
Compound
Adjectives
(Adj. + P.P.)
Verbs
(prep. + verb)
well-meant
hard-headed
old-fashioned
understand
overlook
outperform
Word type
Phrasal Verbs
Examples
on the particle
turn off
buckle up
hand out
-ic
the syllable before the
ending
Word with
added
ending
economic
Geometric
electric
Technician
graduation
television
Photography
Biology
democracy
Society
geological
SELL
Will you
CAR
SELL
my
SELL
my
CAR
CAR
GONE
Ive
because
GONE
Ive
FRANCE
to
GONE
FRANCE
to
FRANCE
nouns
adjectives
adverbs
negative auxiliaries
Example
pronouns
prepositions
articles
a, an, the
conjunctions
auxiliary verbs