AP2-unit 28-ICPNA-Advanced pronunciation 2

Which level of stress is the most important syllable in a word and helps listeners identify it?

• Secondary stress

• Unstressed

• Primary stress

• Neutral stress

Secondary stress often occurs:

• On the first syllable of every word

• On suffixes like -ize and -ate

• Only in compound verbs

• On unstressed syllables inside a word

Movable stress in -teen numbers helps avoid:

• Primary stress

• Unstressed endings

• Two heavily stressed syllables in a row

• Long vowel sounds

Unstressed syllables are usually pronounced with a (a)   vowel sound.

In the word airplane, the second syllable has (a)   stress.

Which syllable in the word Japanese is stressed in the sentence She's a Japanese citizen.

• Ja

• pa

• nese