Suffixes and wordstress

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Quiz on Suffixes and wordstress, created by Dahiana Gómez on 22/06/2016.
Dahiana Gómez
Quiz by Dahiana Gómez, updated more than 1 year ago
Dahiana Gómez
Created by Dahiana Gómez about 8 years ago
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Question 1

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All the words change their stress pattern when a suffix is added to the root word
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 2

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pro'nounce - pronunci'ation This word change the stress because it is a vowel /ə/ /au/ /ə/ / ʌ/
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 3

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Words like these are usually shown as having only one main stressed syllable
Answer
  • illiterate
  • recover
  • resort

Question 4

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Which of these words have their main stress on the prefix?
Answer
  • Countermand
  • Counterpart
  • Undercurrent
  • Undercover
  • Superimpose

Question 5

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When a word with prefix is used in conversation, it usually goes through stress shift, with the main stress syllable usually being prominent
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 6

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[blank_start]adjective[blank_end] + noun compounds have [blank_start]main[blank_end] stress on the second part
Answer
  • adjective
  • main
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