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English Phonetics and Phonology A practical course

Peter Roach

Fourth edition

Chapter 10 Written Exercises

In the following words, there is a button before each syllable. If you think a syllable is stressed, click the button for that syllable. A

B

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Verbs and adjectives 1

de 

cide

2

thor 

ough

3

rem 

e 

4

fic 

tion 

al

5

su 

rren 

der

dy

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Nouns 1

ta 

ble

2

re 

ward

3

com 

4

di 

rec 

5

cat 

a 

pa 

ny tion ract

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Answers to Written Exercises Chapter 10

(A) Stressed syllables are: 1 cide 2 thor 3 rem 4 fic 5 rren (B) 1 ta 2 ward 3 com 4 rec 5 cat

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Chapter 10 Audio Exercise

Listen to each word in the following list, then click the button of the syllable that you think carries the primary stress. 1

co

llap

sing

2

con

tro

ver

3

dip

lo

4

dic

tate (verb)

5

quan

6

a

7

ti

ent

vol

un

teer

8

cap

tive

9

rhi

noc

10

com

pu

ic

ty

ppar

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mat

sy

er

os

ter

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Answers to Audio Exercise Chapter 10

Stressed syllables are: 1 llap 2 con 3 mat 4 tate 5 quan 6 ppar 7 teer 8 cap 9 noc 10 pu

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