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The key answer of exercise 4

The key to exercise solutions in chapter 5.1 - Your world in objects for the textbook Navigate Pre-Intermediate B1 - Workbook with authors Jane Hudson from Oxford University Press

Question

Underline the syllable we stress in the words. Which word has the stress on the second syllable?

Answer

'antique' has the stress on the second syllable because it's foreign word (most English two-syllable words have stress on the first syllable).