#22. Word Stress Patterns
Apartment/Confident/musician/dietitian/librarian/comedian/Occasion/information/religion/companion/Director/Visitor/Tremendous/infamous
12 words
apply/deny/study/obey/survey/employ/enjoy/convoy - EXC 1st stress: Total/final/Happen/open/Panic/picnic/Finish/punish/Schedule/handle/Color/favor
13 words
Pivot/pilot/Poison/season/Vision/Mention/Capture/feature/balance/focus/practice/issue/purchase/license/promise/vacuum/rotate/deflate
12 words
Privacy/enemy/company/delivery/reality/horrific/electricity/history/historic/diplomacy - ARY/ERY/ONY/ORY: Salary/Library/necessary/Battery/Balcony/Factory/Inventory/Laboratory
16 words
Protective/positive/Momentum/Minimum/Photograph/Photographer/Photography/Photographic/Economic/economy/academic/academy
11 words
travel/massage/message/explain/bargain/admit/visit/police/service/occur/augur/insure/secure/figure/measure/pursue/argue/allow/follow
11 words
v/n stress shift: Permit/Present/decrease/discount/excuse
5 words
1. Stress last syllable: coffee/committee/Degree/canteen/career/dinette/chauffeur/unique/tattoo/cartoon/millionaire/Vietnamese/souvenir
10 words
2. Reflexive pronouns: Myself/yourself/himself/ourselves
4 words
3. Prepositions: Along/upon/until/within/about/below/behind/except/between/into
10 words
4. Two-syllable verbs stress on 2nd syllable: Deter/order/refer/prefer/suffer/offer/forget/regret/target/expel/repel/cancel
8 words
5. Rules v/n 1st stress: Attack/respect/result/attempt/report/demand/concern/request/assist - EXC: Access/comfort
8 words
6. Two-syllable nouns/compound nouns/adjectives: Brother/kitchen/Hotel/guitar/Boyfriend/chopstick/Angry/funny/happy/honest/little/famous
5 words
7. 3+ syllable words: Assistant/defendant/ignorant/arrogant/appearance/Accidental/cathedral/original/political/Acrobat/democrat/diplomat
12 words