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Stress Shift With SuffixesSet 1

1Words ending in "-ous" (e.g., "famous") generally have stress on the:

2(Group: 1st syllable is a prefix $\rightarrow$ stress the 2nd syllable)

3For words that use suffixes-cy,-ty,-phy,-gy or-al, where is the primary stress usually placed on?

4How many different sounds does the suffix-ed make in different words?

5For words that use suffixes-ade,-ee,-ese,-eer,-que,-ette or-oon, where is the primary stress?

6Plant-Planted-Plantar

7Which suffix usually causes the stress to fall on the syllable before it?

8Pronouncing words in isolation differs from pronouncing them in connected speech due to the stress which falls only on some parts of speech (ex:verb, noun, adjective).

9Words ending in "-ic" usually have stress on the:

10Maya found a mysterious blackbird in her backyard. What is the primary phonological modification in the word "blackbird" ?

11Can the suffix (s) sometimes sound like z?

12The stress is on the penultimate syllable in words ending in

13Our English students always struggle with the-ed verb-ending pronunciation. When the base verb ends in a T or D sound, how is the-ed pronounced?

14The accent is called ..... if it changes its position from one morpheme to another in different derivatives and grammatical forms of the word.

15Different stress pattern:

16Which word below is suffix-s making a voiced sound?

17Which of the following endings always has stress on the second-last syllable?

18The suffix s will be pronounced as /s/ if the preceding consonants is fortis (voiceless)and as /z/ if the preceding consonant is lenis(voiced).

19For words that use suffixes-ic,-sion,-ese or-tion, where is the primary stress usually placed on?

20How many ways to pronounce "ed"

21Which suffix carries primary stress in English words?

22Find the word where "-en" is pronounced differently

23Stress placement may change due to surrounding words or differences among speakers.

24When adding a pronoun to the end of a present participle, where does the accent mark need to be added?