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While speaking in English , one has to be careful , which word in the sentence is being stressed and

which syllable of that word is being stressed . Because any mistake in this area will lead tomiscommunication.For instance :

pre'sent means to present something  (verbaction! on the other hand stress on the first syllable i.e

'present means a gift ( nounthing!.

"o ,

Would you like to be pre'sent (the) 'present in the meeting #

$he choice is yours %

&ook at the sentences given below :

'. an ) eat *sandwich ,*mother #

+. an ) eat sand*wich ,*mother #

While "entence ' communicates the meaning that the child is hungry and wants to eat sandwich , in

the second sentence the stress on *wich* creates confusion (which #!.

xample:

Let's look at the following words :

  disyllabic word ,i.e a word having two syllables(separated by the hyphen (-!:

1 Pre-'sent ere ,the second syllable is stressed .

&et/s look at another e0ample ,a tri - syllabic word i.e a word having three syllables.

2 con-ver-'sation

1ou must have noticed that here ,the stress is on the last syllable.

2ow , look at this - another e0ample ,a poly - syllabic word i.e a word having more than

three syllables.

3 mo-bi-li-'a-tion

ere , you will find that the stress is on the fourth syllable.

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an you think of the possible confusion arising due to a misdis- placement of stress in the disyllabic

word , ob!ect #

$he obvious error is in the use of the word as a noun verb .

$his brings us to a very important aspect , that of rules for determining which syllable in a word is to

be stressed . )t may seem confusing and complicated to you , but remember with out practicing

the word stress you can never reali3e your dreams of a near perfect skill in speaking and

comprehending English rhythm. $he only mantra is your will and practice. "o , get ready for an

e0citing over view of word stress rules .

"#les of $ord %tress

4iven below is a table which will give you some idea as to which syllable in a word should be

stressed while speaking. )t is in no way an e0haustive list , e0ceptions are always there.$he only

way to learn word stress is its constant , conscious use .

"#les for $ord %tress %tress on &xample 1&xample

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$ords with weak prefix 5oot a*bove com*pose

i - syllabic (o#ns)*d!ectives First *holy *window

i -%yllabic +erb "econd ob*6ect pre*sent

$ords ending in -esce,-ese,-ique,-ete,-ette,-ee,- 

ade,-eer,-aire,-ain' 

lastfinalultimate

syllable7uestion*naire ga*3ette

$ords ending in -ic,-ial,-ian,-ion,-ious,-ental,- 

ential' 8enultimate syllable *dental mu*sician

$ords ending in -ate,-ise/-ize,-fy,-ty,-crat,-cy,- 

 phy,-gy,-graph,-meter'