ACCENTUATION RULES 1.

If the final syllable is consonant followed by y and the y has the sound of short I, the accent is usually on the first syllable. Example: baby lady 2. When the first syllable of the word is de, re, be or ex, the accent is usually on the last syllable. Example: exhale delay 3. When the last syllable of a word ends in le, that syllable is usually not accented. Example: middle battle . If the word ends with a suffix, the root word is usually accented. Example: bri!hter careful ". If the word be!ins with a prefix, the root word is usually accented. Example: disli#e misplaced $. %he first syllable of a word is accented when double consonants follow a sin!le &owel. Example: butter manner '. (ompound nouns ha&e a primary stress on the first syllable. Example: blac#board ). (ompound &erbs ha&e a primary stress on the second syllable. Example: o&erflow *. Intensi&e+reflexi&e pronouns recei&e a stron!er stress on the second syllable. Example: yourself

1,. -umbers endin! in teen may recei&e the stress on the last syllable to distin!uish clearly between sixty and sixteen, for example. Example: six teen 11. .any words show a shift in stress to indicate their use either a noun or &erb. Example: ob/ect ob /ect 12. 0enerally when a suffix is added to a word, the new form retains the stress on the same syllable. Example: happy 1 happiness 13. Words endin! in 1tion, +sion, +ic, +ical and 1ity always ha&e stress on the syllable precedin! the endin!. Example: examination 1. compound nouns ha&e a primary stress on the first syllable ex. blac#bird 2. (ompound words ha&e a primary stress on the second syllable Ex. o&erflow 3. Intensi&e 1 reflexi&e pronouns recei&e a stron!er stress on the syllable Ex. yourself . -umbers endin! in teen may recei&e the stress on the last syllable to distin!uish clearly between sixty for example 2ixty sixteen ". .any words show a shift in stern to indicate their use either a noun or &erb.

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ob/ect 3&4

$. 0enerally when a suffix is applied to a word the new from retains the stress on the same syllable Ex. happy happiness '. Words endin! in 1tion, sion, ic, ical, and ity always ha&e stress on the syllable precedin! the endin!. Ex. examination