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7 Pronunciation and Spelling Time

7.1. You learnt ‘stress’ and ‘syllables’ in grade six. If not, interact with

your teacher about this.

Now, know these rules about stress in English pronunciation.
a. Stress on the first syllable in nouns and adjectives with two

syllables.
eg. TA.ble, SCI.ssors, PRE.tty, CLEver but not in ho.TEL,

ex.TREME and con.CISE
b. Stress on the second syllable in verbs and prepositions with

two syllables.

eg. pre.SENT, ex.PORT, bet.WEEN, a.SIDE etc.

c. Stress on the first syllable when the word is both a noun and a
verb.

eg. PRE.sent, EX.port, SUS.pect etc. but res.PECT

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