PROPER ACCENTS ON WORDS

MINDANILLA B. BROTO, DALT

 Accent or stress is the vocal prominence or
emphasis given to a particular syllable, word or
phrase. A stressed syllable is louder, higher in
pitch and is pronounced longer than the
unstressed syllable.
 A. Words Accented on the First Syllable

ACcess APPlicable CENtimeter

ACcuracy AMPhitheater CERemony
ADmirable BAPtism CHARitable
ALlergy BEnefited COUNtenance
AMicable CAPitalist CEMetery
ARabic CATegory CIRcumstance
AViator CATHolic COLLeague
 A. Words Accented on the First Syllable

DIFFiculty HOSpitable MAINtenance

ELigible IMpotent MATrimony
ECzema INteresting NEGligible
DYnamo INventory ORator
FAVorable KILometer ORchestra
EMbryo LABoratory PLEnary
DYsentery LAMentable POMelo
GOVern LITerature PREcedent
HONorable MEMorable RECtangle
abBREviate chiNESE inDEED
acCEPtable iTALize inCOMparable
acCOMpaniment comMITTee inEVitable
adMINistration comPETitor uTENsil
aLADdin conDOLence tarPAUlin
alLERgic deVELopment inNUmerable
apPREciate disPENsary inSEParable
asSOciate duET inTEStine
caSHIER inCLEment juDIciary
lieuTENant
perCENtage
proFESSor
roBUST
seMESter
uLYsses
vioLInist
parTIcipate
eleMENtary interFERence peniTENtiary
adoLEScence parliaMENtary persoNAlity
anteCEdent satisFACtorily aboRIgines
ascerTAIN superVIsory suppleMENtary
beneFIciary advanTAgeous rehaBIlitate
cafeTERia adverTISEment camaRAderie
commanDANT fluoREScent
contraDICtory vioLInist
indeFATigable peniCILlin
BRItain PURchase TRESpass
COUpon IMpulse REFlex
EXit INjure
FORward MEnu
GOVern PREcinct
HARass PROnoun
HYgiene REfuge
FORfeit STAtus
REtail SUmmons
 E.

bamBOO JuLY throughOUT

baTON laGOON unTIL
briGADE inSTEAD withHOLD
carTOON shamPOO withOUT
caSHIER stamPEDE withSTAND
chiNESE suPREME quarTET
eighTEEN techNIQUE duET
inDEED thereBY
Alamo CONversant INdigent
ALlergy DILigent INteger
ANcestor DYnamo INterval
CERebrum ECzema IRritable
COMforter EXigency NEGligence
CONtrary HERoism OPerator
DEFicit IMpious ORderly
DELicacy IMplement PEDestral
PREamble TAFfeta
QUADrangle TALented
RECtangle URanus
RHEtoric TOLerate
SARcasm SUStenance
SENsory
SEPulcher
STAdium
G.

ascerTAIN finanCIER
bombarDIER guaranTEE
commanDANT mayonNAISE
compreHEND opporTUNE
expoSE statuesQUE
 H

ABsolutely VULnerable MANdatory

Accuracy ARistotle TAbernacle
ADversary ARchitecture CIRcumstances
ADvocacy AViator COMmentary
AMicable CANdidacy COMmentator
ANswerable CAPitalist CERemony
ARbitrary CARicature COMmunism
INventory CATegory COMparable
 H.

CONsequently FASHionable INtricacy

DICtionary FAVorable INteresting
MISerable FERtilizer LAboratory
TOlerable GENerally LEgendary
DORmitory NATurally MEMorable
EXecuted HONorable MElancholic
PURgatory NEGligence PARticipate
QUANtitative IRritable TEStimony
I.

entrepreNEUR
J. Words of Five Syllables with Primary Stress on the
First

VETerinary
SECtionalism
 K. Words of Five Syllables with Primary Stress on
the Second
auTHOritative eRAdicate leGItimacy
comPAratively iDEAlism irREvocable
comMUnicate iMAginary inSEparable
comMUnicable imPENetrable iTInerary
conTEMporary inACcuracy inTERpretative
deNOMinator inADequacy oRIginally
eXEMplary inCORrigible prePAratory
exPLANatory inEXplicable saLUtatory
speCIFically voCABulary
L. Words of Five Syllables with Primary Stress on
the Fourth

organiZAtion
superinTENdent
parapherNAlia
pronunCIAtion
specifiCAtion
M. Words of Six Syllables with Primary Stress on
the Third

indeFATigable

recomMENdatory
N.Words of Six Syllables with Primary Stress on
the Fourth

exemplifiCAtion

veteriNArian
O. Stress on Words that Shift from Nouns to Verb

NOUNS VERBS
(1st Syllable) (2nd Syllable)
SUBject subJECT
REcord reCORD
OBject obJECT
REbel reBEL
DIgest diGEST
INcrease inCREASE
O. Stress on Words that Shift from Nouns to
Verb
NOUNS VERBS
(1st Syllable) (2nd Syllable)
PROgress proGRESS
PROduce proDUCE
PREsent preSENT
GRAduate graDUATE
REject reJECT
EScort esCORT
CONduct conDUCT
 P. Stress on Two-Word Verbs

sit DOWN carry ON

shut UP carry OUT
get UP come IN
go ON pick UP
sail ON switch OFF
speak UP stand UP
Q. Stress on Two-Syllable Words

NAtion
DEmon
HEAven
ACtion
R. Stress on Two-Word Nouns

LABOR day
COCKTAIL party
S. Stress on Intensive-Reflexive Pronoun

himSELF
yourSELF
themSELVES
Stress on Number ending in TEEN
thirTEEN fourTEEN fifTEEN eighTEEN

This is distinguished from:

THIRty FORty FIFty EIGHty
T. Stress on the Word with the Addition of a
Suffix

UGly- UGliness

MEMory- MEMorable
U. Stress on Words Ending in sion, tion, ic, ical,
ity (on the syllable before the ending)

eduCAtion
materiaLIstic
natioNAlity
coHEsion
geNEric
CLERical