Question

Mark the stress on the correct syllable in the following words.
criminal ,attempt ,answer
return,
curiosity ,monsoon ,reality, aspiration
important,
society.
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Answer 1

Answer:

cri-mi-nal, at-tempt, an-swer, re-turn, cu-rio-sity, mon-soon,. real-ity, as-pi-ra-tion ,im-port-ant, so-cie-ty

Answer 2

Answer:

The syllables that we will stress on while pronouncing the words are criminal - al, attempt-at, answer - ans, return - urn, curiosity -os , monsoon- on, reality - al, aspiration- as, important - or, society- ie.

Explanation:

Stress is generally applied to a vowel sound while reading. Stressing some syllables in English helps to create the sounds, pronunciations and rhythms that we hear all around us and make us sound like a better speaker.