This document discusses stressed and unstressed syllables in English words. It explains that schwa, a short, lax vowel, is used as a placeholder in unstressed syllables. It then provides examples of words with schwa sounds in unstressed syllables. The document goes on to ask the reader to determine the stressed syllable (1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, or 5th) in 20 words. Finally, it presents 10 sets of words and asks the reader to identify the word in each set with a stressed syllable that is different from the others.

1. STRESSED SYLLABLE
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Mr. Joey F. Valdriz

2. J

3. SCHWA SOUND
Is a short and lax vowel
It substitutes for all
vowels when they occur
in unstressed syllables in
words and in short
words like articles,
prepositions, and
conjunctions.
Mountain
The artist
The singer
Because of you
At the moment

4. OFertile
OMoment
OCompany
OCompost
OHamburger
OPreface
OFable
OFailure
OCompass
OVanished
OHandsome
OFeminism
OLeftover
OHundred
OTreasure
OLightly
OGesture

5. Advertisement
Committee
Condolence
Determine
Inevitable
Lieutenant
Intestine
Fluorescent
Professor
Percentage

6. Elementary
Anniversary
Beneficiary
Adolescent
Parliamentary
Coliseum
Engineer
Antecedent
University
Aborigine

7. DETERMINE THE STRESSED SYLLABLE
(1ST, 2ND, 3RD, 4TH, OR 5TH)
1. Magnificent
2. Reproduce
3. Documentary
4. Metabolism
5. Hamburger
6. Retina
7. Appreciate
8. Beneficiary
9. Experimentation
10. Compatible

8. 11. Category
12. Calculator
13. Confirmation
14. Polarization
15. Arteriosclerosis
16. Regionalism
17. Onomatopoeia
18. Planetarium
19. Ambassador
20. Interdisciplinary

9. Choose the word whose stressed syllable is
different.
Example: students, letters, writing, tonight
1. umbrella, homework, slowly, follow
2. devotee, coliseum, documentary, talented
3. rhythm, connect, occur, define
4. delicacy, colleague, ceremony, cashier
5. determine, adolescent, utensil, lieutenant
6. feature, English, depend, syllable
7. comfortable, foretell, spiritual, syllable
8. vegetable, chocolate, appreciate, favorite
9. commission, Catholic, conception, condolence
10. integrate, integral, instill, innovate