english word stress statements

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English Word Stress Statements
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Study the 7 word stress statements*, then put each word below into the appropriate box:
*p.61, Purland, Matt. You Are The Course Book – Syllabus. Ostróda: English Banana.com, 2013. Hardback.
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A. The final syllable is strong:

B. The penultimate
syllable is strong:

C. The antepenultimate
syllable is strong:

D. Compound nouns are
stressed on the first part:

E. Both parts of phrasal
verbs are stressed:

F. Acronyms are stressed
on the final syllable:

G. Homographs:

Exception(s):

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