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WEEK: 6
CONTENT
Speech Work: Words of four syllables, stressed on first, second or third syllables
Comprehension: Kaduna: Bedrock of Strength and Creativity.
Vocabulary Development Synonyms
Structure: Simple Sentences
Writing Skills: Popular Articles for Publication in National Dailies (Organization)
ASPECT: Speech Work
TOPIC: Words of Four Syllables, Stress on First, Second or Third Syllables
Although there are no clearly defined rules governing the stress pattern of words of three or more syllables, some guidelines could be devised to help assign primary pitch prominence to the correct syllable. Some words become very long when prefixes and suffixes are added. Some polysyllabic words may end in –ing, -ed, -ly, -ial, -ic, -ian, -ion or –ity while others may have such prefixes as un-, im-, ir-, mal-, pro- and dis-. These affixes are not usually stressed in English. Besides, the presence of some suffixes enables a speaker to determine the stressed syllable in a word. We can therefore make the following rules based on the suffix that ends a word.
- Stress the second syllable from the end of a word which ends in –ic, -ion, -ial, and –ian.
- Stress the third syllable from the end of a word which ends in –ity and –ate.
In the following groups of words, the stressed syllables are written in capital letters.
Words of Four Syllables
| First Syllable | Second Syllable | Third Syllable |
| Caterpillar | Political | circuLAtion |
| Mechanism | certificate | Intonation |
| Tribalism | coMMUnicate | Economic |
| Criticism | Captivity | indigestion |
| CHAracter | Impossible | demarCAtion |
| Demarcated | Reciprocal | disadvantage |
| FORtunately | unFORtunate | photoGRAphic |
| Positively | phoTOgraphy | supervision |
| Nepotism | Remarkable | undeserving |
| Delicately | Dramatic | understand |
EVALUATION: Indicate the stressed syllable in each of the following words by representing it with capital letters.
- Candidate Communicate 3. Information 4. Captivity 5. Community 6. Grammatical 7. Industrial 8. Commemorative 9. Preposition 10. Executioner
ASSIGNMENT: Indicate the stressed syllable in each of the following words by representing it with capital letters.
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