Say the following words with correct stress. Pronounce the parts given in bold loudly and clearly.


camel



balloon



decent



opinion



fearless



enormous



careful



fulfil



father



together



govern



degree



bottle



before



In a word having more than one syllable, the stressed syllable is the one that is more prominent than the other syllable(s)


A word has as many syllables as it has vowels.


man (one syllable)


manner (two syllables)


The mark (‘) indicates that the first syllable in ‘manner’ is more prominent than the other.


Attempt yourself


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