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Oral English By Eguriase S. M. Okaka If a word has more than one syllable, you give stress to one syllable by making it longer and / or louder. Stress in two-syllables Practice saying the following words with main stress. Words in the left column have stress on the first syllable while those on the right have stress on the second syllable, (stressed syllables are written in capital letters). Recall that the two-syllable nouns and adjectives have stress on the first syllable while most two-syllable verbs have stress on the second syllable. Say the following giving the stress to the syllable written in capital letters. There are however, number of exceptions to this general rule. For example, some two-syllable nouns and adjectives have stress on the second syllable instead of the first syllable. There are also some two-syllable verbs that have stress on the first syllable, instead of the second syllable. Here are some examples: Stress in three-syllable words In words of three s...
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