Word Stress

Where is the stress typically placed in words ending in "cy," "phy," "gy," or "ty"?

• a) The penultimate syllable

• b) The final syllable

• c) The antepenultimate syllable

• d) The first syllable

How does the presence of an affix (prefix or suffix) typically affect the stress pattern of a word?

• a) It doesn't affect the stress pattern.

• b) The stress remains on the root word.

• c) The stress shifts to the last syllable of the affix.

• d) The stress falls on the first syllable of the root word.

Where does the stress typically fall in words ending in "sion" or "tion"?

• a) The first syllable of the word

• b) The last syllable of the word

• c) The syllable immediately before the "sion" or "tion" ending

• d) The second-to-last syllable of the word

In words ending in "al," the stress is often

• Antepenultimate syllable

• Open Syllable

• Closed Syllable

• Schwa Syllable

In compound adjectives that describe nouns, where is the stress typically placed?

• a) The first part of the word

• b) The last part of the word

• c) The syllable before the hyphen in the word

• d) The syllable after the hyphen in the word

Which syllable is stressed in the word "photograph"?

• a) pho

• b) gra

• c) graph

• d) to

Where is the primary stress in the word "unbelievable"?

• a) un-

• b) be-

• c) -liev-

• d) -able

Which syllable is stressed in the word "bookworm"?

• a) Book

• b) Wo

• c) rm

• d) Bo

Where is the primary stress in the word "hospitality"?

• a) hos-

• b) -pi-

• c) -ta-

• d) -lity

Which syllable is stressed in the word "accessible"?

• a) ac

• b) cess

• c) si

• d) -ble