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Word stress

Finding the strong syllable in a longer word.

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  • English Pronunciation

Related concepts

  • Intonation in question tags
  • Linking, and the spellings ough and augh
  • Regular and irregular past participles
  • Sentence rhythm and the weak form of have
  • Sentence stress and word stress
  • Short and long vowel sounds

Leads to

  • Changing stress on nouns and verbs
  • Stress in word families
  • Word stress with prefixes and suffixes

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