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Word stress: NECO English Language Past Questions and Answers
What the WAEC syllabus covers in Word stress
Our summary: Which syllable of a word is stressed, and how stress can move between related words such as a noun and a verb.
- Word stress (Candidates should be able to contrast stressed and unstressed syllables in words which are not otherwise distinguished. In addition, they should be aware of the possibility of shifting stress from one syllable to another in different derivations of the same word with consequent change in vowel quality. For the guidance of candidates, a few examples of changing word stress are given below.)
- Examples of changing word stress (noun – verb) (ˈincrease – inˈcrease; ˈimport – imˈport; ˈrebel – reˈbel; ˈconvict – conˈvict; ˈextract – exˈtract; ˈrecord – reˈcord; ˈsubject – subˈject.)
- Syllable structure
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NECO English Language questions on Word stress
- NECO 2009A. Ahead B. aloud C. behold D. decode E. goalpost
- NECO 2008In each word, only one syllable has the main/primary and the syllable is written in capital letters desegregate
- NECO 2008In each word, only one syllable has the main/primary and the syllable is written in capital letters underprivileged
- NECO 2008In each word, only one syllable has the main/primary and the syllable is written in capital letters Impenetrability
- NECO 2008Choose from the options lettered A - E the one that has a different stress pattern from the others:
Years with Word stress questions in DeeepSolve's question bank
From the past questions DeeepSolve holds, not a count of everything the exam body has set.
- 2009
- 2008