ENGLISH LANGUAGE
J.S.3
STRESS
Stress simply means emphasis placed on a syllable of a word,or on words in a speech (sentence). For example; EMphasis, emPHAtic.
STRESS IN TWO-SYLLABLE WORDS
Examples of two-syllable words; ca/bin, gen/tle, re/fuse, fe/male, e.t.c.
Nouns Adjectives
COUNtry ACtive
NAtion FACtual
ANgel ABsent
HEro NASty
SHAdow GENtle
REfuse REcent
PREsent NERvous
ADvice JOyous
Verbs
caJOLE
deCIDE
preTEND
reJOICE
paRADE
reFUSE
preSENT
adVISE
Nouns and adjectives with stress on the second syllable
caNOE (n)
iDEA (n)
asLEEP (adj)
aLONE (adj)
Verbs with stress on the first syllable
LISten
CAPture
THREAten
SAvour
STRESS IN THREE-SYLLABLE WORDS
First syllable stressed
PRINcipal
Educate
RAdical
CAPtivate
FAbulous
Second syllable stressed
imPORtant
beLIEver
aBANdon
feROcious
ciVIlian
Third syllable stressed
ascerTAIN
cigarETTE
underSTAND
sevenTEEN
SENTENCE STRESS
Examples;
- DON’T GIVE her.
- HOW WELL did DINO PERFORM?
3.DINO PLAYED VERY WELL.
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