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Stress Marking

Exercise 3C

Now that you are more familiar with the unstressed schwa sound from the first part of this lesson, let’s explore the importance of stress in words. In this task, you will focus on identifying and practising stress patterns in words. 

Match the word with the accurate IPA representation that indicates the correct stressed and unstressed syllables.

This will help you understand how stress affects pronunciation, and how it contrasts with the neutral schwa sound in unstressed syllables.

Porter *
Alarm *
Instant *
Bradford *
Correct *
Doctor *
Salad *
Towards *
Backwards *
Scotland *
Interval *
Conductor *
Abandon *
Photographer *
Malevolent *
Colour *
Movement *
Command *
Vista *
Chorus *
Gruesome *
Maroon *
Woollen *
Conceal *
Murdered *
Conference *
Perimeter *
Affirmative *
Catastrophe *
Marvellous *