Answer — Exercise 6
2.3 - Stories in the news·New Total English Intermediate - Students' Book
Question
- Look back at the news stories and complete the table with words ending with the following letters.
- Listen to the words from exercise 6a. What do you notice about the stress pattern? There is one exception - what is it?
Answer
a)
-ee
- divorcee
- employee
- escapee
- refugee
- coffee
-eer
- career
-ese
- Vietnamese
-ette
- cigarette
b) The stress is on the last syllable in all the words except coffee.