endings

Question 1

Last syllable stress endings

Answer 1

• ee, oo
• teen
• self
• ade
• ese
• ain
• aire, eur, VCCe, Vque ⇒ french suffixes

Question 2

Penultimate syllable stress endings

Answer 2

• id, it
• ival
• sive
• ish verbs
• itis, osis
• escense, iscence
• ic, ics, ical, ically

Question 3

What is the ion rule?

Answer 3

• ion ending
• <i, e, u> + V + C + e

⇒ syllable before the ending is the one stressed
e.g. ‘ambiant, Ar’menian, in’dustrious

Question 4

Antepenultimate syllable stress endings

Answer 4

• ity, ety
• verbs of at least three syllables ending in -y
• itude
  -graphy, grapher
• ible, uble
• inal
• itive, utive
• ular
• ous (but if two consonnants before)
• ify
• logy, logist, logism, logise…

Question 5

Complex ending

Answer 5

• ate, ent
  verb of 2 syllables ⇒ last
  nouns and adj of 2 syllables ⇒ penultimate
  more than 3 syllables ⇒ antepenultimate
• ise/ize
  two syllables word ⇒ last
  verbs of 3 syllables ⇒ antepenultimate
  words of 4 syllables or more, neutral ending

Question 6

Stress pattern noun vs. verb

Answer 6

noun 10
verb 01

Question 7

Secondary stress

Answer 7

• No words begin with two unstressed syllables

Question 8

prefix

Answer 8

• verbs with false prefix : “base” stressed
• real separable prefix : secondary stress, even if two syllables word (21)
• two syllable words with no prefix : stressed on the first syllable