WHERE THE STRESS FALLS HANCOCK, Mark. English Pronunciation in Use Intermediate with Answers. Cambridge University Press, 2012.

 Words of two or more syllables have one or more syllables that stand out from the others. We call such syllables as stressed. We place the mark / ‘ / before the syllable that carries the main stress.

STRESS IN TWO-SYLLABLE WORDS Many two-syllable words come from a one-syllable word. e.g. art artist move remove In these two-syllable words, the stress is on the syllable of the original word. artist = Oo (stress on the first syllable) remove = oO (stress on the second syllable)

STRESS IN TWO-SYLLABLE WORDS Some more examples NOUNS AND ADJECTIVES = OoVERBS = oO drive – driver friend – friendly fame – famous like – dislike build – rebuild come – become

STRESS IN TWO-SYLLABLE WORDS Exceptions asleep, mistake, machine, alone – oO (stress on the second syllable) cancel, copy – Oo (stress on the first syllable) verbs ending in –er and –en – enter, answer, offer, listen, open, happen – Oo (stress on the first syllable)

STRESS IN TWO-SYLLABLE WORDS Some words – nouns and verbs NOUNSVERBS RECORD – OoRECORD - oO CONTRAST – OoCONTRAST – oO EXPORT- OoEXPORT – oO PRESENT – OoPRESENT – oO PROTEST - OoPROTEST – oO

STRESS IN TWO-SYLLABLE WORDS Some words – nouns and verbs - exceptions NOUS AND VERB – SAME STRESS ANSWER – Oo PROMISE – Oo TRAVEL – Oo VISIT – Oo REPLY – Oo