Question

state the rules to determine the location of the primary stress in each of the following words?generosity,economical,application,millionare,aloud

Answer 1

generosity  ⇒the primary stress goes in the syllable 'ro' : geneROsity
 economical ⇒ the primary stress goes in the syllable 'no' : ecoNOmical. application ⇒ the primary stress goes in the syllable 'ca' : appliCAtion
 millionaire ⇒ the primary stress goes in the first syllable 'mi': MIllionaire
 aloud ⇒the primary stress goes in the last syllable 'loud': aLOUD

Answer 2

generosity and economical - 'ro and 'no resp

Rule - ords that end in ty, phy, gy, cy and al have the third from the last syllable stressed

millionaire - 'aire

Three syllable words have the final syllable stressed

application -  'ca

Words ending in sion, tion, and ic have second last syllable stressed.

aloud - 'loud

In compound verbs and adverbs, second part is stressed.

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