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JAMB 2014 con-'SPI'(3)-ra(2)-cy(1); congratu'LA'tion{stress before tion)

(4)WORDS ENDING WITH 'CIOUS' HAVE STRESS ON SYLLABLE BEFORE CIOUS,E.G. contu'MA'cious;au'DA'cious;fa'LLA'cious.

(3)WORDS ENDING WITH -ISM HAVE STRESS ON FIRST SYLLABLE,E.G.
'NA'tionalism;'BAR'barism;'FEU'dalism;'CA'pitalism.
ATTENTION:If a prefix occurs before a word ending with 'ism', stress the next syllable,E.G.
im'PE'rialism(due to the prefix 'im').

(2)WORDS ENDING WITH -CY,-TY,-PHY,-GY,STRESS IS ON THIRD SYLLABLES COUNTING BACKWARDS,E.G.
de-'MO(3)-cra(2)-cy(1);phi-'LO(3)-so(2)-phy(1);ge-'O-lo-gy;mo-'BI-li-ty.

HOW TO IDENTIFY A STRESSED SYLLABLE:
(1}WORDS ENDING WITH -TION
STRESS IS ON THE SYLLABLE BEFORE 'TION',E.G.
capitali'ZA'tion;associ'A'tion;immuni'ZA'tion;medi'TA'tion,authori'ZA'tion,etc.

(1)STRESS:
A STRESSED SYLLABLE HAS A 'LOUDER' PRONUNCIATION,'LONGER' DURATION AND CHANGE IN 'PITCH'.

ORAL ENGLISH ON THIS THREAD WILL BE DIVIDED INTO THREE PARTS.NAMELY,STRESS,VOWEL SOUNDS OR PHONETIC ALPHABETS AND CONSONANT PHONETIC ALPHABETS.

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