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Important Points to Remember:
Nouns and adjectives with two syllables usually have stress on the first syllable.
Example nouns:
- meeting
- promise
Example adjectives:
- busy
- helpful
- extra
Verbs and prepositions with two syllables usually have stress on the second syllable.
Example verbs:
- observe
- complain
- become
Example prepositions:
- about
- above
- without
Words that end in ate or ize, ive & ical have stress on the third syllable from the end. It doesnt matter how many syllables the words have, and it doesnt matter if they are verbs, nouns or adjectives.
- mer-chan-dise
- pub-li-cize
- a-ppre-ci-ate
- tech-no-log-i-cal
Words that end in shun and ic are stressed on the syllable second from the end. It doesnt matter how many syllables the words have, and it doesnt matter if they are verbs, nouns or adjectives.
- sit-u-a-tion
- im-pres-sion
- com-mis-sion
- ques-tion
Remember, we dont follow these rules all of the time, but its good to practice them because they are very common patterns.