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Word Stress
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What is Word Stress?
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Quiz
Word Stress Quiz
1
Can you pass me a plastic
PLAS
TIC
knife?
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PLAS
2
I want to take a photography
PHO
TO
GRA
PHY
class.
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TO
3
China
CHI
NA
is the place where I was born.
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CHI
4
Please turn off the television
TEL
E
VI
SION
before you go out.
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TEL
or
VI
5
I can't decide
DE
CIDE
which book to borrow.
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CIDE
6
Do you understand
UN
DER
STAND
this lesson?
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STAND
7
Sparky is a very happy
HAP
PY
puppy.
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HAP
8
It is critical
CRI
TI
CAL
that you finish your essay.
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CRI
9
My Grandfather wears an old-fashioned
OLD
FASH
IONED
coat.
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FASH
10
There is a lot of traffic
TRAF
FIC
on the highway today.
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TRAF
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