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Question
Mark the stressed syllables in the following words chosen from the lesson. Consult the dictionary or ask the teacher if necessary.
| photograph | escape | changes |
| threaten | excitement | farewell |
| illumined | sailor | sacrifice |
| invariable |
Solution
| Word | Number of syllables | Syllable | Stressed Syllable |
| photograph | 3 | pho-to-graph | graph |
| escape | 2 | es-cape | cape |
| changes | 2 | chan-ges | chan |
| threaten | 2 | threat-en | threat |
| excitement | 3 | ex-cite-ment | ment |
| farewell | 2 | fare-well | fare |
| illumined | 3 | il-lu-mined | mined |
| sailor | 2 | sail-or | sail |
| sacrifice | 3 | sac-ri-fice | fice |
| invariable | 5 | in-var-i-a-ble | ble |
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