The document discusses stress patterns in two-syllable English words. Many two-syllable words originate from one-syllable words, carrying the stress of the original word. The document provides examples like "artist" and "remove," which retain the stress of "art" and "move." It then presents a short quiz asking the reader to identify the stressed syllable (first or second) in two-syllable words like "driver," "dislike," and "rebuild."

1. Stress in two-syllable words

2. record convict
object
to object
to record to convict
contrast
difference?
to contrast

3. Many two-sylable words come from a one-sylable word. For
example, the word artist comes from the word ‘art’, and the
word ‘remove’ comes fromt he word ‘move’. In these two-syllable
words, the stress is on the syllable of the original word:
Artist = Oo (stress on the 1st syllable)
Remove = oO (stress on the 2nd syllable)
(Hancock, 2003, 64)

4. Indicate the stress pattern. For example: remove = oO (stress is
on the second syllable)
1. driver
2. dislike
3. become
4. famous
5. friendly
6. rebuild

5. Answersheet
1. driver Oo
2. dislike oO
3. become oO
4. famous Oo
5. friendly Oo
6. rebuild oO