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Answer — Exercise 9

7.2 - Great teachers·New Total English Intermediate - Students' Book

Question

  1. Listen to these pairs of words and mark the stress.
  2. In most cases adding a suffix to a word does not change the stress. Tick (✓) the suffixes in exercise 9a which change the stress.

Answer

a)

  1. bored - boring
  2. inspire - inspiration
  3. encourage - encouragement
  4. enthusiasm - enthusiastic
  5. fright - frightening
  6. imagine - imagination
  7. knowledge - knowledgeable

b) -tic and -tion change the stress

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