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Syllabic Stress Identification Flashcards

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  1. In which word is the stress on the SECOND syllable? (Capitals indicate stress.)

    Answer: re-CORD (verb: to record)

    re-CORD (verb) stresses the second syllable; RE-cord (noun) stresses the first.

  2. Which word has primary stress on the third syllable?

    Answer: un-der-STAND

    'Understand' has stress on the third syllable: un-der-STAND.

  3. In the invented language Zorathi, stress always falls on the penultimate (second-to-last) syllable. Which word in 'BREN-ak-olu' correctly shows this rule? (Word has 3 syllables: bren-ak-olu.)

    Answer: bren-AK-olu

    Penultimate = second-to-last. In a 3-syllable word, that's syllable 2: bren-AK-olu.

  4. The word 'photography' has how many syllables, and where is the primary stress?

    Answer: 4 syllables, stress on 2nd: pho-TOG-ra-phy

    'Photography' = pho-TOG-ra-phy (4 syllables, stress on 2nd).

  5. In invented Telvari, words with an odd number of syllables stress the middle syllable; words with an even number stress the last syllable. 'Vel-a-kor' has 3 syllables. Where is the stress?

    Answer: vel-A-kor (middle syllable)

    3 syllables = odd → stress middle (syllable 2): vel-A-kor.

  6. Which of these English words has stress on the FIRST syllable?

    Answer: TEL-e-phone

    'Telephone' stresses the first syllable: TEL-e-phone.