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    The document provides exercises to practice complex word stress patterns in English. It includes activities to identify primary, secondary, and tertiary stress in multisyllabic words by listening or looking up dictionary definitions. Additional exercises focus on how stress shifts when suffixes are added or words are used in different grammatical forms. The goal is to understand how stress impacts pronunciation and meaning.

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    COMPLEX WORD STRESS

    ACTIVITIES
    DEGREES OF STRESS

    EXERCISE 1

    Look up the following items in the dictionary and check the stress. Mark the stress.

    EXAMPLES: primary stress + tertiary stress: ˈsuperˌmarket


    secondary stress + primary stress: ˌsuper ˈsonic

    1. safebreaker
    2. safe-conduct
    3. safe-deposit
    4. safekeeping
    5. safety curtain
    6. safety-first

    EXERCISE 2

    🎧 Listen to the following words and phrases. Each has three stressed syllables, with the last stressed syllable carrying
    the primary stress. Mark the secondary, tertiary and primary stress in these words and phrases. The first one is done for
    you.

    1. ˌcoˌeduˈcation
    2. intercontinental
    3. sadomasochistic
    4. valetudinarian
    5. Received pronunciation
    6. co-efficient of friction
    7. occupational therapy

    EXERCISE 3

    🎧 Listen to the following words. Mark the stress.


    1. tyrannicide
    2. indivisibility
    3. sacrificial
    4. caretaker
    5. liberator
    6. adolescence
    7. sacrosanct
    8. intellectual
    9. unconventionality
    10. capitalism

    SUFFIXES
    1
    EXERCISE 4

    a. Add a suffix to each of the words below to form an abstract noun. Mark the stress in the original word and the related
    noun. Does the stress change when the suffix is added? Write 'Yes' if it does, and 'No' if it doesn't.

    1. ˈregular ˌreguˈlarity Yes


    2. inform
    3. entertain
    4. electric
    5. careless

    b. Add a suffix to each of the words below to form an adjective. Mark the stress in the original word and the related
    adjective. Does the stress change when the suffix is added?

    1. plenty
    2. photograph
    3. beauty
    4. value
    5. Japan

    EXERCISE 5

    a. Each of the groups of words below contains:


    1. a stress-neutral suffix SN
    2. a stress-imposing suffix SI
    3. a stressed suffix S
    But they are not in the same order in every group.

    In each group, mark which words contain which type of suffix. The first one is done for you.

    ˈclimate cliˈmatic 2. SI
    A
    ˈPortugal Portuˈguese 3. S
    . 1. SN
    ˈpoison ˈpoisonous
    launder launderette
    B. comfort comfortable
    period periodical
    punctual punctuality
    C.
    wide widen
    mountain mountaineer
    D cigar cigarette
    . economy economic
    sympathy sympathise
    punish punishment
    E.
    picture picturesque
    proverb proverbial

    VARIABLE STRESS (STRESS SHIFT)

    EXERCISE 6

    The phrases below can all be transformed in a similar way. Transform each phrase. Mark the secondary and primary
    stress. The first one is done for you.

    1. arrangements made at the last minute ˌlast-minute arˈrangements


    2. a map drawn to a large scale
    3. surgery performed on the open heart
    4. a personality which is laid-back
    2
    5. a potato-peeler designed for people who are left-handed
    6. a letter which is misspelt
    7. a person's youth which was misspent

    EXERCISE 7
    Say the following pairs of sentences.

    1. Don't go out at mid-day.


    Don't go out in the mid-day sun.
    2. She's always at my right-hand.
    She's always on the right-hand side.
    3. They're soft-hearted.
    They're a soft-hearted couple.
    4. I'm going via Panama.
    I'm going via the Panama Canal.
    5. She was sent overseas.
    She was sent on an overseas posting.
    6. John's at university.
    John's at University College.
    7. They're cruising in the Adriatic.
    They're cruising in the Adriatic Sea.
    8. He's very interested in Latin America.
    He's very interested in Latin-American dancing.
    9. The underlying rocks are carboniferous.
    The underlying rocks are carboniferous limestone.
    10. We're going to Oklahoma.
    We're going to Oklahoma City.

    WORD-CLASS PAIRS

    EXERCISE 8

    Fill the gaps in the sentences below. The words you need are listed under the sentences. Mark the stressed syllable of
    each word.

    1. There has been a big ˈincrease in the number of students applying to this college.
    2. As a Red-Cross volunteer, she sometimes has to .................. disabled people travelling across London.
    3. A recent .................. showed that 98% of households have colour television.
    4. The council are going to .................. the High Street into a pedestrian shopping centre.
    5. The winning song in the Eurovision Song .................. is usually pretty dull.
    6. A gesture which is friendly in one country may be a deadly .................. in another country.

    contest convert escort increase insult survey

    EXERCISE 9

    The words below can all be a noun and a verb. For some of them the noun and verb have different stress (like 'record').
    For others, the noun and verb have the same stress. Underline the words which you think have different stress for the
    noun and verb.

    answer contrast offer present reject reply transport

    EXERCISE 10

    3
    Use the dictionary to check the vowel in the first syllable of the words underlined below. Write the word and mark the
    stressed syllable.

    1a. There has been a decrease in the birth rate. ˈdiːkriːs .


    1b. The number of members is expected to decrease. ............

    2a. His business interests conflict with his public duty. ............
    2b. The border dispute may lead to armed conflict between the two countries. ............

    3a. The President had an armed escort. ............


    3b. The receptionist will escort visitors to the meeting room. ............

    4a. Taxes are not expected to increase. ............


    4b. The average increase in earnings last year was 6%. ............

    5a. I cannot permit such behaviour. ............


    5b. Have you got a permit for that gun? ............

    6a. I'm going to protest. ............


    6b. There will be a storm of protest. ............

    7a. The rebels in the hills will never surrender. ............


    7b. Every child rebels against authority at some stage. ............

    EXERCISE 11
    Can you solve the following clues? In each pair of clues, the words referred to have the same spelling, but
    different stress. Write the spelling, and the pronunciation corresponding to each meaning. The first one is
    done for you.
    1. give sympathy and comfort console kən ˈsəʊl
    a keyboard, panel of switches ˈkɒn səʊl
    2. decline to do something
    rubbish
    3. get smaller
    a formal legal agreement
    4. happy, satisfied
    what is contained in something
    5. pull out
    a short passage from a longer text
    6. disagree, protest
    a thing
    7. very small
    sixty seconds
    8. go away from, leave
    a place where nothing grows

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