Here are some general rules about word stress in English: Quiet, party, special, to day, orange, partner, table, de mand, power, re trieve, engine, diet, greedy, ex change, manage, carpet, al though, re lax, comfortįan tastic, energy, ex pensive, ag gresion, wonderful, laughable, badminton, celery, temp tation, trampo line, industry, din tinguished, fi nancial, how ever, tre mendous, library Here are some words from the previous lists with the stressed syllable in bold: Pronouncing words with the right word stress will make your language sound more natural to native speakers. Using the correct stressed syllables within a word is an important part of speech and understanding. We come to recognise these English syllables and stress patterns in conversations in real life interactions and on the radio and television. Syllables and stress patterns in English help to create the sounds, pronunciations and rhythms that we hear all around us. There are always one or more stressed syllables within a word and this special stress placement helps words and sentences develop their own rhythm. When thinking about syllables and stress in English, usually we find that one syllable of a word is stressed more than the others. Industrialisation, multiculturalism, interdisciplinary, radioactivity, unidentifiable, environmentalism, individuality, vegetarianism, unsatisfactorily, electrocardiogram Responsibility, idiosyncratic, discriminatory, invisibility, capitalisation, extraterrestrial, reliability, autobiography, unimaginable, characteristically, superiority, antibacterial, disciplinarian, environmentalist, materialism, biodiversity, criminalisation, imaginatively, disobediently
Organisation, uncontrollable, inspirational, misunderstanding, conversational, opinionated, biological, subordination, determination, sensationalist, refrigerator, haberdashery, hospitality, conservatory, procrastination, disobedience, electrifying, consideration, apologetic, particularly, compartmentalise, hypochondria Understanding, indecisive, conversation, realistic, moisturising, American, psychology, gregarious, independence, affordable, memorandum, controversial, superior, gymnasium, entrepreneur, traditional, transformation, remembering, establishment, vegetation, affectionate, acupuncture, invertebrate Words are made up of syllables – image source Party, special, today, quiet, orange, partner, table, demand, power, retrieve, doctor, engine, diet, transcribe, contain, cabbage, mountain, humour, defend, spatial, special, greedy, exchange, manage, carpet, although, trophy, insist, tremble, balloon, healthy, shower, verbal, business, mortgage, fashion, hover, butcher, magic, brokenįantastic, energy, expensive, wonderful, laughable, badminton, idiot, celery, beautiful, aggression, computer, journalist, horrify, gravity, temptation, dieting, trampoline, industry, financial, distinguished, however, tremendous, justify, inflation, creation, injustice, energise, glittering, tangible, mentalise, laughable, dialect, crustacean, origin The, cold, quite, bed, add, start, hope, clean, trade, green, chair, cat, sign, pea, wish, drive, plant, square, give, wait, law, off, hear, trough, eat, rough, trout, shine, watch, for, out, catch, flight, rain, speech, crab, lion, knot, fixed, slope, reach, trade, light, moon, wash, trend, balm, walk, sew, joke, tribe, brooch
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These sets of words are followed by a series of examples using the correct stress placement: Here are some examples of English words with different numbers of syllables. The English language is heavily stressed with each word divided into syllables.
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