Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose from the other three in stress in each of the following questions
Question:
Choose the word whose believe from the other three in stress, marriage, maintain, response
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A.
believe -
B.
marriage -
C.
maintain -
D.
response
Reference explanation:
Correct answer: GET
According to the rules of stress: most nouns and adjectives 2 syllables stress falls on the first syllable. Most two-syllable verbs have the stress on the second syllable.
A. believe (v) /bi’li:v/
B. marriage (n)/’mæridʒ/
C. maintain (v)/mein’tein/
D. response (v)/ri’spɒns/
Answer A, C, D are verbs, the stress falls on syllable number 2. Answer B is a noun whose stress falls on syllable number 1.
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