Word Stress rules

1. 7. Words ending in ade, ee, ese, que, ette, oon

1.1. the suffix ade, ee, eer

1.1.1. ade: lemoNADE

1.1.2. ee: aGREE

1.1.3. ese: JapanESE

2. 6.-Words with various endings

2.1. Stress-before the suffix

2.1.1. able: DURable

2.1.2. ial: SOcial

2.1.3. cian: muSIcian

2.1.4. ery: BAkery

2.1.5. ian: coMEdian

2.1.6. ible: reSIstible

2.1.7. ic: plaTOnic

3. 5. Words ending in consonants and in y

3.1. first syllable usually gets the stress.

3.1.1. RARity

4. 2. Two-Syllable verbs and prepositions

4.1. he stress is on the second syllable.

4.1.1. reLAX

4.1.2. reCEIVE

4.1.3. diRECT

5. 3.-Three-Syllable words

5.1. the word ending (the suffix)

5.1.1. present ----> presentable

5.1.2. comfort ----> comfortable

5.1.3. depend ----> dependable

6. 1. Two-Syllable nouns and adjectives

6.1. the first syllable takes on the stress.

6.1.1. PURple

6.1.2. RAIny

6.1.3. HAPpy

7. 4.-Words ending in er, ly

7.1. first syllable.

7.1.1. ORderly

7.1.2. SIlently

7.1.3. MAnager