Vocabulary bank Stress within words


Nouns, verbs, adjectives and adverbs are called content words because they carry the meaning.


One-syllable words Some content words have one syllable or sound. This is always stressed. Examples:


'tort, 'court, 'theft, 'case, 'state


Two-syllable words Some content words have two syllables. Two-syllable nouns and adjectives are often stressed on the first syllable. Two-syllable verbs are often stressed on the second syllable.


Examples: Nouns


Adjectives Verbs


'contract, 'justice, 'libel


'civil, 'legal, 'private, 'reckless con'sent, a'rrest, re'solve


Multi-syllable words


Some content words have three or more syllables. Multi-syllable words are normally stressed three syllables from the end.


Example: O o o o O o o o o O o o This is true for most words ending in:


~ize/~ise 'summarize, hy'pothesise ~sis


~ate ~ify


a'nalysis, hy'pothesis de'liberate, 'magistrate 'testify, 'specify


~phere 'atmosphere ~ical ~ity


po'litical, 'medical com'plicity, du'plicity


~ular par'ticular, 'regular ~ium ~al


Exceptions:


Multi-syllable words ending in the following letters are normally stressed two syllables from the end.


~ic ~ion


~cian ~sion ~ent


spe'cific, in'trinsic


con'viction, defa'mation poli'tician


co'mmission, poss'ession co'herent, e'fficient


de'lirium, equi'librium cus'todial, in'tentional


Exceptions: Nouns


Adjectives Verbs


a'ssault, de'fence im'plied


'damage, 'slander


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