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The most important rules for English word stress 2024.

The most important rules for English word stress

Definition: Stress is an extra force used when pronouncing a particular word or syllable.

A syllable is any of the units into which a word may be divided. It usually consists of a vowel sound. This vowel sound can be alone as in “A”, or can be preceded by a consonant sound as in “To”, or can be followed by a consonant sound as in “Eat”, or it can be between two consonant sounds or more as in “Take”, “Shock”, “Sleep”, etc
So, a syllable equals (=) a vowel sound (=) one vowel sound or a diphthong. For example, in the word “Sleep” we have one vowel sound /i:/, but in /.the word “Take” we’ve got the diphthong (two vowel sounds) /e
The weakest vowel sound in the English ******** is /ə/, and this sound is never stressed. It is called Schwa.
The Rules

1. A word of one syllable has stress on the first letter. E.g. ‘Go – ‘Hot – ‘Long – ‘Teach.
2. A word of two syllables:
a. A noun of two syllables has stress on the first syllable. N = ‘1 + 2 stress on 1
E.g. ‘En/glish – ‘Fa/ther – ‘teach/er – ‘Act/or – ‘Pres/ent
But in “Be/’lief” stress is on syllable two because the first contains /ə/.
b. An adjective of two syllables has stress on the first syllable. Adj. = ‘1 + 2 stress on 1. E.g. ‘Hap/py – ‘Sun/ny – ‘Hot/ter – ‘Ug/ly – ‘Stu/pid.
But in “Cor/’rect” stress is on the second syllable because the first contains /ə/.
c. An adverb or a preposition of two syllables has stress on the first syllable.
Adv. = ‘1 + 2 E.g. ‘Un/der – ‘O/ver – ‘Ne/ver – ‘Af/ter.
But in “Be’low”, “Be’neath”, “A’bove”, “A’go” stress is on the second syllable because the first contains /ə /.
A verb of two syllables has stress on the second syllable. V = 1 + ‘2
E.g. Cor/’rect – Pre/’sent – Be/’lieve.
But in “’La/bel”, “’O/pen” stress is on the first syllable because the second syllable contains /ə/.

3. A compound noun = ‘N1 + N2 takes stress on the first noun (N1)
E.g. ‘Lady-bird, ‘Taxi-driver, ‘School-bag, ‘Silk-worm, ‘Pencil-case, ‘Suit-case.

4. A compound noun = ‘Adj. + N takes stress on the adjective (Adj.)
E.g. ‘Black-board, ‘Green-house, ‘Round-table, ‘Black-smith, ‘White-house.

5. A compound adjective = Adj. + ‘V(pp) takes stress on the verb (V (pp)).
E.G. Well-‘done, Well-‘known, Old-‘fashioned, Narrow-‘minded.

6. A compound verb = Preposition + ‘V takes stress on the verb (V).
E.g. Under-‘stand, Over-‘do, Over-‘flow, Under-‘estimate.

7. A phrasal verb (V + ‘Prep/or ‘Adv) takes stress on the Prep/or Adv.
E.g. Sit ‘down, Fly a’way, Stand ‘up, Climb ‘up, Run a’way, Go ‘into.

8. A word that ends (finishes) with one of these five (5) endings takes stress on the
second syllable from end.

The endings are (-ic(s), -sion(s), -tion(s), -ive, -ant)

E;g. ‘Graph/ic – ‘Ma/gic – Me/’chan/ic – ‘Pan/ic – ‘Pub/lic.

‘Vi/sion – Di/’vi/sion – Con/’clu/sion – Tel/e/’vi/sion or ‘Tel/e/vi/sion

In/tro/’duc/tion – Si/tu/’a/tion – In/’ten/tion.

Ex/’pens/ive – Ef/’fect/ive – Com/’puls/ive (But : In/’quis/i/tive)

Im/’por/tant – Re/’sis/tant – As/’sis/tant.

9. A word that ends (finishes) with one of these thirteen (13) endings takes stress on
the third syllable from end. (Words of 3 syllables or more.)

The endings are (-cy, -ty, -phy, – -gy, -al, -er, –ful, – less, -ous, -fy, -ible, -able, -ist,
-ness, -ize, etc…)

E.g. U/ni/’ver/si/ty, Sim/i/’lar/i/ty, Re/’al/i/ty

Phi/’los/o/phy, Pho/’tog/ra/phy
Ge/’ol/o/gy, Tech/’nol/o/gy, Bi/’ol/o/gy
‘Phys/i/cal, ‘Man/u/al, Me/’chan/i/cal
Pho/’tog/ra/pher, Ki/’lo/me/ter, ‘Car/pen/ter (But: Com/’put/er)(2nd)
‘Beau/ti/ful, ‘Plen/ti/ful (But: Re/’spect/ful, De/’light/ful) (2nd)
‘Col/our/less,
‘Dan/ger/ous, ‘Mar/vel/lous (But: Cou/’ra/geous, De/’li/cious) (2nd)
‘Beau/ti/fy, ‘Sim/pli/fy, ‘Rec/ti/fy, ‘Fal/si/fy
‘Hor/ri/ble, ‘Cre/di/ble, In/’cre/di/ble
Re/’spect/a/ble, ‘Ca/pa/ble, De/’pend/a/ble
‘Jour/nal/ist, ‘Sci/en/tist, ‘Phys/is/ist, Bi/’o/log/ist
‘Help/less/ness, ‘Care/less/ness, ‘Clev/er/ness
‘Civ/i/lize, ‘So/siol/ize, ‘Ang/li/cize. But: ‘Gen/e/ra/lize (2 and 3 contain /ә/)

« It is never late to learn »
“A word a day keeps ignorance away”
“A sound or a letter, learning is better
Say your word or write you letter”
“Utter it now, or utter it then,
You’ll put it down using your own Pen”

Rules of Word Stress in English 2024.

  1. 1 Stress on first syllable

rule
example
Most 2-syllable nouns
PRESent, EXport, CHIna, TAble
Most 2-syllable adjectives
PRESent, SLENder, CLEVer, HAPpy

2 Stress on last syllable

rule
example
Most 2-syllable verbs
to preSENT, to exPORT, to deCIDE, to beGIN

3 Stress on penultimate syllable (penultimate = second from end)

rule
example
Words ending in -ic
GRAPHic, geoGRAPHic, geoLOGic
Words ending in -sion and -tion
teleVIsion, reveLAtion

4 Stress on ante-penultimate syllable (ante-penultimate = third from end)

rule
example
Words ending in -cy, -ty, -phy and -gy
deMOcracy, dependaBIlity, phoTOgraphy, geOLogy
Words ending in -al
CRItical, geoLOGical

5 Compound words (words with two parts)

rule

example

For compound nouns, the stress is on the first part

BLACKbird, GREENhouse

For compound adjectives, the stress is on the second part

bad-TEMpered, old-FASHioned

For compound verbs, the stress is on the second part

to underSTAND, to overFLOW
الجيريا

thnx a lot of my hurt

بارك الله فيك

you are so nice thanks for your help allah yahafdek

thanks ssssssssss

بــآآرك الله فيك

.thanks it’s a very good explanation really

ممكن القاعدة تاع stress syllable 2024.

الجيريا

rani nssit l9a3ida ta3 darss hada mmkin wa7d yfakarni fiha
svp
et mr6

ذرك نعتلك طريقة ساهلة كلاص يكي تعرفي les voielle/a-e-i-o-y احسبي بيهم او كي يكونوا 2voielleراهي تتحسب فرد وحدة مثالschool يكي كاين 2 oيعني راهي 1 syllabe كيما ثاني protection راهي 3 syllabe كعات فيها o -e-io يتحسبوا فرد syllabe h; نشاء الله تكوني فهمتي كشما حتجتي راني هنا ادعيلي برك ندي

يعني اختي لما تكون فالكلمة 2 voyelle نفسهم كيما school فيها 2 o تولي عدنا syllabe 1
ومثلا لما يكون عدنا 2voyelle كيف كيف وكاين voyelle اخر مختلف نقولو كاين 2 syllabe هكذا ياخي

اقتباس:
المشاركة الأصلية كتبت بواسطة ldalila1 الجيريا
ذرك نعتلك طريقة ساهلة كلاص يكي تعرفي les voielle/a-e-i-o-y احسبي بيهم او كي يكونوا 2voielleراهي تتحسب فرد وحدة مثالschool يكي كاين 2 oيعني راهي 1 syllabe كيما ثاني protection راهي 3 syllabe كعات فيها o -e-io يتحسبوا فرد syllabe h; نشاء الله تكوني فهمتي كشما حتجتي راني هنا ادعيلي برك ندي


ممكن توضحي اكثر اختي ؟ اشرحي بالفصحى احسن

واختي كيف نعرفو نطق الكلمات وقتاش يكونو ب:z zi وما يشبهه…

انا على حساب مافهمت باش تعرفي قداه كاينة من syllabe تشوفي عدد voyelles لكاين فالكلمة اذا لقيتي مثلا 2 voyelles نفسهم في كلمة وحدة معناها كاينة 2 syllabes مثلا school ياك o كاين 2 مرات
واذا لقتي 3 voyelles مختلفين معناها كاين 3 syllabes والله اعلم انا كيما هكذا فهمت

wllh hadi lfakra awal mara nssm3 biha
mais ana fi soal ssa9ssit 3la stress ya3ni tachdid fi lkalmat mitham kalma ki y3odo fiha 3 syllable win ndiro sress ??????

rabi ynj7k khti wllh dhok nd3ilk fi sslati mn 9albi t3ichi

اقتباس:
ممكن توضحي اكثر اختي ؟ اشرحي بالفصحى احسن

واختي كيف نعرفو نطق الكلمات وقتاش يكونو ب:z zi وما يشبهه…

chofi khti 3ndk fi lkalmat li ykhalsso b s kifach ta3arfi s walla z walla iz lazm t7afdhi hadi l9a3ida

l7orof ; T.F.K.P ki tkon s wrahom nenatt9oha s

l7orof;B.D.L.M.N.R.V.W s nenatt9oha z

l7orof;C.S.X.O.CH.SH.G s nenatt9ha iz

w kayn thani final ed ya3ni d fi akhir lkalma w9tach nnatt9oha d w wa9tach t w wa9tach id

l7orof; C.F.K.P.S d nenatt9oha t

l7orof; T.D nenatt9oha id

ba9i l7orof nenatt9oha d
nchllh tkoni fhamti 3liya

اقتباس:
المشاركة الأصلية كتبت بواسطة toulay الجيريا
انا على حساب مافهمت باش تعرفي قداه كاينة من syllabe تشوفي عدد voyelles لكاين فالكلمة اذا لقيتي مثلا 2 voyelles نفسهم في كلمة وحدة معناها كاينة 2 syllabes مثلا school ياك o كاين 2 مرات
واذا لقتي 3 voyelles مختلفين معناها كاين 3 syllabes والله اعلم انا كيما هكذا فهمت

يا خوي حبيت نقلك بلي اذا كان 2 voyelle نفسهم في كلمة وحدة تعتبر 1syllables ماشي 2 syllables
مثل moon .food .week .

شوفي كيما GAMEراهي فيها فرد SYLLABE هي A -وEراهو من LES VOIELLEبصح كي يكون في الاخير منحسبوهش دائئئئما كي يكون في الاخر برك بصح كي يكون في وسط الكلمة ننننورمال – و في ف حكاية كي يكون 1SYLLABEles شوفي كي يكونوا2 les voielle قدام بعضاهم راهي تتحسب فرد وحدة كيما ****يخي راهم 2 O بصح تتحسب فردSYL نزيد نعطيك مثال لي على 2SYLLABE MOUNTAIN ذرك نقولك علاه 2 شوفي يخي كاين O U قدام بعداهم يعني تتحسب فرد وحدة و مبعد كاين A Iيخي يتحسبوا فرد SYL نشششاء اله تكوني فهمتي برك و اذا عندك مشكل في حاجة اخرى و مفهمتيش راني هنا

wllh fekra hadi fhamtha bss7 kayna 7aja hiya stress kifach ndiroha
mithal y9olk find stress syllable in this words w ya3tik kalmat mo3ayana
kifach ndiro

وين نحطو الستراس في الفعل والاسم والادجيكتيف كنت نعرفها مي درك راهي تتخلطلي

finle s ديري p k f t ث ومبعد في iz ديري ss -x-ce-g-z-dj-sh-ch ;و مام الكلمات لي يكملوب es هذوا كامل ديريهم هنا و الباقي دريهم في z كيما m -n-………… المهم لي بقاو كامل

finle ed في t ديري p-k-th-f-s-t-ss-x-ce-sh-ch وفي id ديري t -d برك وفي d لي بقاو ديريهم كل هنا

عندي طريقة سهلةومضحكة وقال لنا المعلم بان علماء اللغة اخترعوها هي ان تنطق بالكلمة وتضرب يدك في الطاولة كل ماتوقف وان شاء الله راكم فهمتوني

يوجد فرق بين syllable and stress syllbale
syllable متال love=lo/ve
stress syllableمتال ecomomic=e’comomic
على حسب الشدة نضع ‘
فالشدة هي stress

iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiih 3labali bss7 stress win n7attohaaa
mazal wa7d mafhamni

يوجد فرق بين syllable and stress syllbale 2024.

يوجد فرق بين syllable and stress syllbale
syllable متال coun/ter/feit=counterfeit love=lo/ve
stress syllableمتال economic=e’conomic
على حسب الشدة نضع ‘
فالشدة هي stress

ih c vraiiiiiiiii khoya kayna psk stress hiya chda w syllabale hwa makta3 ta3 word ynhasseb b3adad lvoyelle

thanks thanks thanks

hadi bayna bss7 l9it ch7al nwa7d hna maye3refhach c domage wllh hadi 7aja badihiya

kti basah mana whak wahd ki ybri ysa9si 3la haja maykalatch ana ki repondit 3labali wchrani ngoul 3la bali kayn far9 fi stress syllabe 3la bali stress bli lazam tchoufi warahi chada fi lkalma bash fi les syllabe kima ki y3tik question o fiha 3 colone o fiha 1 syllabe 2 syllabe 3syllabe ana hadi haya li repondit 3liha ka 3at mba3d lgit bli rahom mkaltinhpm m3a finle s

طلب شرح درس ال stress في الانجليزية 2024.

سلام عليكم
طلب شرح درس ال stress في الانجليزية

The rules for word stress
1; Stress on first syllable
Most two-syllable nouns and adjectives have stress on the first syllable.
2. Stress on last syllable
Most two-syllable verbs have stress on the last syllable.
3.Stress on penultimate syllable (second from the end):
Words ending in ‘ic’ , ‘tion’, and ‘sion
4. Stress on ante-penultimate syllable (third from the end):
Words ending in ‘cy’, ‘ty’, ‘phy’; ‘gy’
5. Polysyllabic words (words with many syllables)
These usually have more than one stress, i.e., primary and secondary stress. Often such words contain a prefix ( as with ‘inter’ and ‘anti’ in international and antibiotic). This is common with many long technical words.
6. Compound words (words with two parts)
If the compound is a noun, the stress goes on the first part : e;G;, greenhouse , blackbird.
If the compound is an adjective, the stress goes on the second part; e.g., bad-tempered, old-fashioned
If the compound is a verb , the stress goes on the second part, e.g., understand, overlook.

ارجو ان يكون قد اعجبك

شكرا لك
يا ريت تشرحلي بالعربي

]السلام عليكم انا راح نشرحلك شرح مبسط و ان شاء الله تفهمو ok ???

حنا عندنا قاعدة تقول

للكلمات لي تخلاص ب :
ic , ics , ical , tion , sion : The stress falls in the penultimate sylable ( befor the last )
يعني كي تخلاص الكلمة بوحدة من هادو تجي نتا من الاخير تاع الكلمة طبعا بعد ما تقسمها و تحسب 1 مبعد 2 الثانية من الاخير هاديك هي stress

و القعدة الثانية :
الكلمات لي تخلاص ب :
cy , ty , phy , gy : The stress falls in the antepenultemate sylable
يعني كي تخلاص الكلمة بوحدة من هادو تزيد دير كيما الاول تقسم مبعد تجي من الاخير و تحسب 1 2 3 الثالثة من الاخير هي stress

ان شاء الله نكون وصلتلك المعلومة و ادا حبيت تفهم اكثر نحن هنا ان شاء الله .

و اسفة على التاخير غير دك لي شفتو

Word stress 2024.

Peace be upon you
Today I decided to make if you want a kind of revision concerning stress
so let’s start

nouns and adjectives that have 2 syllables the stress will be on the first syllable
for example the noun EXPORT the stress is on the first syllable so on EX

verbs that have two syllables the stress will be on the second syllable
for instance the verb DECIDE the stress is on the second syllable CI

the words that end with cy,phy,gy,ty the stress will be on the third syllable from the end
examples
democracy the stress is on MO
geology the stress is on O
ability the stress is on BI

the words that end with TION ,SION,IC the stress will be on the second syllable from the end
examples:education stress is on CA
geologic stress is on LO
alliteration the stress is on RA

here we have an exception in the word POLITICS the stress is on PO

concerning the compound nouns the stress will be on the first part for example:greenhouse the stress is on GREEN

the compound adjectives and verbs the stress will be on the second part for exampleالجيرياld-fashioned the stress is on FASHIONED
to understand the stress is on STAND

BEST OF LUCK

ختي معليهش تفهميني بالعربية ؟؟؟؟؟؟؟؟؟؟

اقتباس:
المشاركة الأصلية كتبت بواسطة Rania.kh الجيريا
ختي معليهش تفهميني بالعربية ؟؟؟؟؟؟؟؟؟؟

اكيد مافيها والو
شوف اختي هدا الدرس يحكي علىstress ولمعناها الشدة

الاسماء والصفات لفيهم two syllables يعني فيهم زوج مقاطع الشدة تجي في first syllable يعني فالمقطع الاول
كيما فالاسم export الشدة جات في EX

والافعال ليفهم two syllables الشدة تجي في المقطع الثاني كيما في الفعل to decide الشدة جات في CI

الكلمات لتكمل ب cy,phy,gy,ty الشدة فيها تجي فالمقطع الثالث بصح تبدا تحسب من الاخير مثلا في الكلمة democracy الشدة تجي في MO بدينا نحسبو من الاخير حتى وصلنا للمقطع الثالث

والاسماء لتكمل ب ic,tion,sion الشدة تجي فالمقطع الثاني ونحسبو تاني من الاخير مثلا في كلمة education الشدة جات في CA

بصح كاين استثاء في كلمة politics لانو الشدة فيها تجي في PO مشي LI

والاسماء لفيهم زوج اجزاء كيما greenhouse الشدة تجي فالجزء الاول تاع الاسم ولهو GREEN

والصفات والافعال لفيهم زوج اجزاء الشدة تجي فالجزء الثاني مثلا فالفعل TO UNDERSTAND الشدة تجي في STAND
والصفة OLD-FASHIONED الشدة تجي في FASHIONED

ان شاء الله تكون فهمتي وادا مزال كاين اشكال سقسي عادي

بالتوفيق

اقتباس:
المشاركة الأصلية كتبت بواسطة toulay الجيريا
اكيد مافيها والو
شوف اختي هدا الدرس يحكي علىstress ولمعناها الشدة

الاسماء والصفات لفيهم two syllables يعني فيهم زوج مقاطع الشدة تجي في first syllable يعني فالمقطع الاول
كيما فالاسم export الشدة جات في EX

والافعال ليفهم two syllables الشدة تجي في المقطع الثاني كيما في الفعل to decide الشدة جات في CI

الكلمات لتكمل ب cy,phy,gy,ty الشدة فيها تجي فالمقطع الثالث بصح تبدا تحسب من الاخير مثلا في الكلمة democracy الشدة تجي في MO بدينا نحسبو من الاخير حتى وصلنا للمقطع الثالث

والاسماء لتكمل ب ic,tion,sion الشدة تجي فالمقطع الثاني ونحسبو تاني من الاخير مثلا في كلمة education الشدة جات في CA

بصح كاين استثاء في كلمة politics لانو الشدة فيها تجي في PO مشي LI

والاسماء لفيهم زوج اجزاء كيما greenhouse الشدة تجي فالجزء الاول تاع الاسم ولهو GREEN

والصفات والافعال لفيهم زوج اجزاء الشدة تجي فالجزء الثاني مثلا فالفعل TO UNDERSTAND الشدة تجي في STAND
والصفة OLD-FASHIONED الشدة تجي في FASHIONED

ان شاء الله تكون فهمتي وادا مزال كاين اشكال سقسي عادي

بالوفيق

ربي يحفظك و يخليك ;merciiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii iiiiiiiiiiiiii

بارك الله فيك

هل لي أن أعرف مصدر معلوماتك ؟

thank`s may god will be with us in this hard day`s

اقتباس:
المشاركة الأصلية كتبت بواسطة rania.kh الجيريا
ربي يحفظك و يخليك ;merciiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii iiiiiiiiiiiiii

اميييييييييييييييييييين ياربي
العفو لا شكر على واجب

اقتباس:
المشاركة الأصلية كتبت بواسطة أنا لست أنا الجيريا
بارك الله فيك

هل لي أن أعرف مصدر معلوماتك ؟

وفيك بركة اختي

اقتباس:
المشاركة الأصلية كتبت بواسطة sarah06 الجيريا
thank`s may god will be with us in this hard day`s

you are welcome

بارك الله فيكي

اقتباس:
المشاركة الأصلية كتبت بواسطة stardiamond الجيريا
بارك الله فيكي

وفيكي بركة

Thanks you saved me

اقتباس:
المشاركة الأصلية كتبت بواسطة polaziro habib الجيريا
Thanks you saved me

you are welcome

thanks yyyyyou very muche

Wher have you been ?????????? O.o

do you know where do you put the stress 2024.

There are two very simple rules about word stress:
  1. One word has only one stress. (One word cannot have two stresses. If you hear two stresses, you hear two words. Two stresses cannot be one word. It is true that there can be a "secondary" stress in some words. But a secondary stress is much smaller than the main [primary] stress, and is only used in long words.)
  2. We can only stress vowels, not consonants.
Here are some more, rather complicated, rules that can help you understand where to put the stress. But do not rely on them too much, because there are many exceptions. It is better to try to "feel" the music of the ******** and to add the stress naturally.

1 Stress on first syllable

ruleexampleMost 2-syllable nounsPRESent, EXport, CHIna, TAbleMost 2-syllable adjectivesPRESent, SLENder, CLEVer, HAPpy

2 Stress on last syllable

ruleexampleMost 2-syllable verbsto preSENT, to exPORT, to deCIDE, to beGIN

There are many two-syllable words in English whose meaning and class change with a change in stress. The word present, for example is a two-syllable word. If we stress the first syllable, it is a noun (gift) or an adjective (opposite of absent). But if we stress the second syllable, it becomes a verb (to offer). More examples: the words export, import, contract and object can all be nouns or verbs depending on whether the stress is on the first or second syllable.

3 Stress on penultimate syllable (penultimate = second from end)
ruleexampleWords ending in -icGRAPHic, geoGRAPHic, geoLOGicWords ending in -sion and -tionteleVIsion, reveLAtion

For a few words, native English speakers don’t always "agree" on where to put the stress. For example, some people say teleVIsion and others say TELevision. Another example is: CONtroversy and conTROversy.

4 Stress on ante-penultimate syllable (ante-penultimate = third from end)
ruleexampleWords ending in -cy, -ty, -phy and -gydeMOcracy, dependaBIlity, phoTOgraphy, geOLogyWords ending in -alCRItical, geoLOGical5 Compound words (words with two parts)
ruleexampleFor compound nouns, the stress is on the first partBLACKbird, GREENhouseFor compound adjectives, the stress is on the second partbad-TEMpered, old-FASHionedFor compound verbs, the stress is on the second partto underSTAND, to overFLOW

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السلام عليكم و رحمة الله تعالى و بركاته ارجومن كل من استفاد ان يدعو لكل من سيمتحن في شهادة البكالوريا

some rules :

1- most two syllables nouns have the stress on the first syllable example : CHIna – TAble – WORker

2- Most two syllables adjectives have the stress on the first syllable example : CLEver – HAppy

3- Most two syllables verbs have the stress on the secound syllable example : to exPORT – to deCIDE – to beGIN

REMARK: The change in the stress result in the change of the meaning and word class
* PREsent = two syllables nouns
* PREsent = two syllables adjectives
* to preSENT = two syllables verbs

4- Words ending in ( sion / tion / ic ) the stress is on the syllable befor the last example : concLUsion – diVIsion – civiliZAtion – explaNAtion – phoNAtic – geoLOgic

5- Words ending in ( ty / cy / phy / gy / al ) the stress is on the third syllable from the end example : deMOcracy – stuPIdity – phoTOgraphy – psyCHOlogy – geoLOgical CRItical

6- Compound nouns have the stress on the first part example : CLASSroom – BLACKboard

7- Compound adjectives have the stress on the secound part example : well PAID – old FASHIONED

8- Compound verbs have the stress on the secound part : example : overSEE – underSTAND

The most important rules for English word stress 2024.

The most important rules for English word stress

Definition: Stress is an extra force used when pronouncing a particular word or syllable.

A syllable is any of the units into which a word may be divided. It usually consists of a vowel sound. This vowel sound can be alone as in “A”, or can be preceded by a consonant sound as in “To”, or can be followed by a consonant sound as in “Eat”, or it can be between two consonant sounds or more as in “Take”, “Shock”, “Sleep”, etc
So, a syllable equals (=) a vowel sound (=) one vowel sound or a diphthong. For example, in the word “Sleep” we have one vowel sound /i:/, but in /.the word “Take” we’ve got the diphthong (two vowel sounds) /e
The weakest vowel sound in the English ******** is /ə/, and this sound is never stressed. It is called Schwa.
The Rules

1. A word of one syllable has stress on the first letter. E.g. ‘Go – ‘Hot – ‘Long – ‘Teach.
2. A word of two syllables:
a. A noun of two syllables has stress on the first syllable. N = ‘1 + 2 stress on 1
E.g. ‘En/glish – ‘Fa/ther – ‘teach/er – ‘Act/or – ‘Pres/ent
But in “Be/’lief” stress is on syllable two because the first contains /ə/.
b. An adjective of two syllables has stress on the first syllable. Adj. = ‘1 + 2 stress on 1. E.g. ‘Hap/py – ‘Sun/ny – ‘Hot/ter – ‘Ug/ly – ‘Stu/pid.
But in “Cor/’rect” stress is on the second syllable because the first contains /ə/.
c. An adverb or a preposition of two syllables has stress on the first syllable.
Adv. = ‘1 + 2 E.g. ‘Un/der – ‘O/ver – ‘Ne/ver – ‘Af/ter.
But in “Be’low”, “Be’neath”, “A’bove”, “A’go” stress is on the second syllable because the first contains /ə /.
A verb of two syllables has stress on the second syllable. V = 1 + ‘2
E.g. Cor/’rect – Pre/’sent – Be/’lieve.
But in “’La/bel”, “’O/pen” stress is on the first syllable because the second syllable contains /ə/.

3. A compound noun = ‘N1 + N2 takes stress on the first noun (N1)
E.g. ‘Lady-bird, ‘Taxi-driver, ‘School-bag, ‘Silk-worm, ‘Pencil-case, ‘Suit-case.

4. A compound noun = ‘Adj. + N takes stress on the adjective (Adj.)
E.g. ‘Black-board, ‘Green-house, ‘Round-table, ‘Black-smith, ‘White-house.

5. A compound adjective = Adj. + ‘V(pp) takes stress on the verb (V (pp)).
E.G. Well-‘done, Well-‘known, Old-‘fashioned, Narrow-‘minded.

6. A compound verb = Preposition + ‘V takes stress on the verb (V).
E.g. Under-‘stand, Over-‘do, Over-‘flow, Under-‘estimate.

7. A phrasal verb (V + ‘Prep/or ‘Adv) takes stress on the Prep/or Adv.
E.g. Sit ‘down, Fly a’way, Stand ‘up, Climb ‘up, Run a’way, Go ‘into.

8. A word that ends (finishes) with one of these five (5) endings takes stress on the
second syllable from end.

The endings are (-ic(s), -sion(s), -tion(s), -ive, -ant)

E;g. ‘Graph/ic – ‘Ma/gic – Me/’chan/ic – ‘Pan/ic – ‘Pub/lic.

‘Vi/sion – Di/’vi/sion – Con/’clu/sion – Tel/e/’vi/sion or ‘Tel/e/vi/sion

In/tro/’duc/tion – Si/tu/’a/tion – In/’ten/tion.

Ex/’pens/ive – Ef/’fect/ive – Com/’puls/ive (But : In/’quis/i/tive)

Im/’por/tant – Re/’sis/tant – As/’sis/tant.

9. A word that ends (finishes) with one of these thirteen (13) endings takes stress on
the third syllable from end. (Words of 3 syllables or more.)

The endings are (-cy, -ty, -phy, – -gy, -al, -er, –ful, – less, -ous, -fy, -ible, -able, -ist,
-ness, -ize, etc…)

E.g. U/ni/’ver/si/ty, Sim/i/’lar/i/ty, Re/’al/i/ty

Phi/’los/o/phy, Pho/’tog/ra/phy
Ge/’ol/o/gy, Tech/’nol/o/gy, Bi/’ol/o/gy
‘Phys/i/cal, ‘Man/u/al, Me/’chan/i/cal
Pho/’tog/ra/pher, Ki/’lo/me/ter, ‘Car/pen/ter (But: Com/’put/er)(2nd)
‘Beau/ti/ful, ‘Plen/ti/ful (But: Re/’spect/ful, De/’light/ful) (2nd)
‘Col/our/less,
‘Dan/ger/ous, ‘Mar/vel/lous (But: Cou/’ra/geous, De/’li/cious) (2nd)
‘Beau/ti/fy, ‘Sim/pli/fy, ‘Rec/ti/fy, ‘Fal/si/fy
‘Hor/ri/ble, ‘Cre/di/ble, In/’cre/di/ble
Re/’spect/a/ble, ‘Ca/pa/ble, De/’pend/a/ble
‘Jour/nal/ist, ‘Sci/en/tist, ‘Phys/is/ist, Bi/’o/log/ist
‘Help/less/ness, ‘Care/less/ness, ‘Clev/er/ness
‘Civ/i/lize, ‘So/siol/ize, ‘Ang/li/cize. But: ‘Gen/e/ra/lize (2 and 3 contain /ә/)

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