Question

Mark the primary stress in the following words, and state how many syllables are there in
each words. 10
i about vi attitude
ii bring vii engineer
iii introduction viii photograph
iv refugee ix artistic
v authority x biological

Answer 1

i. About- A’bout 2
ii. Bring- ‘Bring 1
iii. Introduction- Intro’duction 4
iv. Refugee- Refu’gee 3
v. Authority- Au’thority 4
vi. Attitude- ‘Attitude 3
vii. Engineer- Engi’neer 3
viii. Photograph- ‘Photograph 3
ix. Artistic- Ar’tistic 3
x. Biological- Bio’logical 4

Answer 2

aBOUT - a/bout -2
bring - bring -1
introDUCtion - in/tro/duc/tion -4
REFugee - ref/u/gee -3
auTHOrity - au/tho/r/ty -4
Attitude -a/tti/tude -3
engiNEER - en/gi/neer -3
PHOtograph -pho/to/graph -3
arTIStic -ar/tis/tic -3
bioLOgy - bi/o/lo/gy -4