Question

Mark the stress on the correct syllable in the following words.
(8x1/2=4M)
TERE
i) curiosity ii) happy iil) impulse iv) people v) sudden
vi) ourselves vil between viii) amazing ix) relationx) perhaps​

Answer 1

Answer:

ans.option i

option iv

option v

option iii

Answer 2

Answer:

The stress on the following words are:

1. curiosity = cu-ri-os-i-ty (5 syllables)
2. happy = hap-py (2 syllables)
3. impulse = im-pulse (2 syllable)
4. people = peo-ple (2 syllables)
5. sudden = sud-den (2 syllables)
6. ourselves = our-selves (2 syllables)
7. between = be-tween (2 syllables)
8. amazing = a-maz-ing (3 syllables)
9. relation = re-la-tion (3 syllables)
10. perhaps = per-haps (2 syllables)

Explanation:

What is a stress?

• Stress is the degree of force or emphasis given to certain syllables in a word.
• English words can have more than one syllable, and every syllable is not pronounced with the same weight. Therefore, each syllable in a word can be stressed on unstressed.
• A stressed syllable is louder and stronger than the unstressed syllable.

• English is a stress-timed language.
• There are two rules to apply stress:

1. One word has only one stress.
2. We can only stress vowels, not consonants.

• Stress can appear at various syllables of a word:

1. Stress on first syllable:

• Most 2- syllable noun and adjectives have stress on the first syllable.
• Example: clever, table etc.

    2. Stress on last syllable:

• Most 2-syllable verbs have stress on the last syllable.
• Example: export, begin etc.

    3. Stress on penultimate syllable:

• Words endind in -ic, -sion, and -tion have stress on the penultimate syllable:
• Examples: Graphic, television, competition etc.

    4. Stress on anti-penultimate syllable:

• Words ending in -cy, -ty, -phy, -gy, -al have the stress on anti-penultimate syllable.
• Examples: democracy, ecology, analytical etc.

    5. Compound words:

• For compound nouns, the stress is on the first part. (eg: greenhouse).
• For compound adjectives, the stress is on the second part. (eg: old-fashioned).
• For compound verbs, the stress is on the second part. (eg: overflow).

Types of stress

• Primary stress: it is the strong emphasis on the most important syllable of a particular word. It is indicated by a high vertical line (').
• Secondary stress: it is the less strong emphasis on the next most important syllable. It is indicated by a low vertical line.

What is a syllable?

• A syllable is a part of a word that contains a single vowel sound and is pronounced as a unit.
• Example: read has one syllable, and reading has two syllables (read-ing).