Stressful Exercise The following text contains many common, multisyllabic words that non-natives often stress incorrectly.
1. Check the stress of the underlined words below. 2. Listen to the audio to check. 3. Finally click the answers button to see the correct stresses.
Could you confirm whether you received my email yesterday evening? In effect, it contained the particularly interesting profile report on the following competitors: Japan, China and the UK. This internal report gives important information on the development of these countries as well as details on the results of their financial performance over the last decade. It was compiled by a variety of leading industry professionals who first met at an event for entrepreneurs at a hotel which lies between a museum and a canal. They were there to support and develop participants who displayed creativity, innovation, and an understanding of strategy and perspective. In fact, a relative of mine organised the event and recommended it to me as a good opportunity for networking, but I wasn’t available. My availability is very limited until the beginning of next month when I return to work for my previous employer at a different organisation. I realise and recognise that we haven’t even had time to continue discussing the decision about whether we should reconsider interviewing more experienced candidates with good references to replace my role, but I’ll prioritise that next week and liaise with you. Anyway, I’ve gone off-topic – sometimes I do that while writing emails. I really should place more emphasis on concentrating on the task at hand. Back to the report: I don’t think that the authors exaggerate. They represent the financial consequences – success or otherwise – in a thoroughly detailed fashion and they refer to the presence of various associations who are registered with the financial authorities. The diagrams clearly indicate the compatible categories that we’re interested in. Enjoy reading!
