The document outlines rules for word stress in English. It discusses stress patterns for 2-syllable words, words with 3 or more syllables, suffixes, and phrases. For 2-syllable words, nouns and adjectives are stressed on the first syllable while verbs are stressed on the second. Words with 3 or more syllables are stressed on the third syllable counting backwards. Suffixes like -ade, -ic and -tion are stressed. Phrase stress falls on the last word of phrases like noun phrases and adjective/adverb phrases. Sentence stress is on verbs, nouns, adverbs, complements, before commas, and reflexive pronouns. Exceptions to the rules are also noted.