Cover of the textbook Speakout Advanced Plus - Students' Book

The key answer of exercise 2

The key to exercise solutions in chapter 1.2 - A life at a time for the textbook Speakout Advanced Plus - Students' Book with authors Frances Eales and Steve Oakes from Pearson Education

Question

Which of the words or phrases in bold in Exercise 1B are stressed on the first syllable? Where is the stress on the other words or phrases?

Answer

Stressed on first syllable

  • on welfare (stress on first syllable of second word)
  • destitute
  • vulnerable

Second syllable

  • unstinting
  • compassionate
  • hard up (stress on second word)

Third syllable

  • philanthropic
  • altruistic