It's a nice page. God bless the designer of this site🙏

Thanks! This is really amazing.
JESUS be praised!!!

Thanks a lot,Ulearngo.
I have learnt so much on this site.

More grace and wisdom,guys.

This is nice . But can one remember all the rules and the suffices

Really loved this this the best cbt site have ever been to keep it up..and I also pray that may we all aspiring for admission get I in the name of Allah. AMEN

This nice was very interesting I really learnt real pronunciation

<h2>Stress</h2>
Stress is an emphasis or articulatory prominence placed on a word (in a sentence) or a syllable (in a word). Hence, there are two types of stress placement:
<ol>
<li>Syllabic stress</li>
<li>Emphatic stress</li>
</ol>
Syllabic stress is the pronunciation emphasis or prominence placed on a syllable. That is, the vowel sound in such a syllable will sound louder, higher and longer than the other syllable(s) in the word.
Emphatic stress, on the other hand, is the emphasis placed on a word in a sentence to show the focus of the speaker and what s/he wants his/her interlocutor to note.
<h2>Syllabic Stress</h2>
The addition of certain suffixes changes the stress placement on a word. For example, the word ‘comMUnicate’ is stressed on the second syllable. However, with the addition of suffix ‘-ion’, the stress placement changes from the second syllable to the fourth syllable as in: communiCAtion. Another example is ‘refuge’ which is stressed on the first syllable but with the addition of suffix ‘-e’, the stress placement moves to the last syllable, ‘refuGEE’:
Here are three rules based on suffixes that can guide you:
<h3>Rule One:</h3>
If a word ends with the following suffixes stress the word on the penultimate syllable:
-ion, -ic, ious, uous, eous, -ial,
Examples:
compreHENsion, associAtion, asymMEtric, alcoHOlic, cereMOnious, ignoMInious, inconsPIcuous, unamBIguous, advanTAgeous, MiscelLAneous, gubernaTOrial, consequential
<h3>Rule Two:</h3>
If a word ends with the suffixes/endings below stress the ante-penultimate syllable:
-ate, -ty, -fy, -hy, -cy, -ny, -my, -ry, -ible, cal, -lar, -ous
comMUnicate, inAdequate, unCERtainty, maTERnity, eLECtrify, phoTOgraphy, preSIdency, aCRImony, acCESsory, compreHENsible, parTIcular, nuMErical, meTIculous
<h3>Rule Three:</h3>
Here there is no stress shift from the syllable that carries the stress in the ‘original’ word or root word. What you do here is you remove the suffix and stress the word with it. Whatever syllable that has the stress maintains it even when you re-add the suffix. The suffixes are:
-ment, -ize/-ise, -able, -ism
Example:
For example, the word ‘absolute’ bears the stress on the first syllable ‘AB so lute’. When the suffix ‘-ism’ is added, the first syllable still maintains its stress: ABsolutism.
Other Examples:
abSURD        abSURDism
ACtive            Activism
REAson         REAsonable
aBOminate   aBOminable
CRItic             CRIticise
aPOlogy        aPOlogise
acCOMplish acCOMplishment
enLIGHten    enLIGHtenment
Note: To some of the examples and rules are some exceptions. These exceptions are very few, hence, can be committed to memory.

843e0a82-b5c0-40c5-bc14-1117aeb81c8b

Stress

English language is simply the study of the English language with the aim of formulating and developing communicative competencies through practicing listening, speaking, reading, writing, and linguistic knowledge (pronunciation, vocabulary, grammar).

English Language

Discover how to improve your English oral skills by learning about various consonant and vowel sounds, stress, and emphatic stress.


Stress

Track Your Learning Progress

Earlier discussion