STRESSED SYLLABLES (for monosyllable, disyllable and polysillable)

confuse	● • •	• ●	● •
better	● •	• ●	●
understood	● • •	• ● •	• • ●
national	● • •	• ● •	● • •
delete	● •	• ●	• ● •
vocabulary	• • ● • •	• ● • • •	• • • ● •
gaslighting	● • •	• ● •	• ● • •
face	● •	●	• ●
stopped	●	● •	• ● •
some	●	● •	• ●
loved	● •	●	• ●
PLAYING	● •	●	• ● •

WORD STRESS in Ensligh

Homographs  (words with the same spelling)
have different meanings depending on the stressed syllable

DEsert  (n.) > A dry, barren area of land.
deSERT (v.) > Abandon in a way considered disloyal or treacherous

Related words  (words with close meanings)
have different stressed sylables

DRAMA    DRAMATIC    DRAMATICITY    DRAMATIZATION


A FEW RULES FOR THESE CASES:

Stress on the second syllable from the end (penultimate syllable)

• words ending in "ic" - graphic, geographic, geologic, photographic
• words ending in "sion" and "tion" - television, revelation, information

Stress on the third syllable from the end (ante-penultimate syllable)

• words ending in "cy", "ty", "phy" and "gy" - democracy, dependability, photography, society
• words ending in "al" - critical, geological

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Compound words  (words with two parts)

rule	example
For compound nouns, the stress is on the first part	BLACKbird, GREENhouse
For compound adjectives, the stress is on the second part	bad-TEMpered, old-FASHioned
For compound verbs, the stress is on the second part	to underSTAND, to overFLOW

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