Stress Changing Suffixes

STRESS CHANGING SUFFIXES
One syllable in a word has a primary stress.
The vowel in this syllable is long and loud.
When you add suffixes, a different syllable may be stressed.

EXAMPLE
De fi ne + tion defi ni tion
pro verb + tial pro ver tial

STRESS USUALLY FALLS JUST BEFORE THE SUFFIX
-tion / -sion con nec tion
-ial / -cial / -tial fi nan cial
-ity pu bli city
-ic / -ical rea lis tic

LISTEN TO THE WORDS AND REPEAT THEM
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