JAMB and WAEC English Language questions: Word stress

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1. Question 21· Word stress· WAEC

   In which of these words does the stress fall on the last syllable: guarantee, garage, gather, gallon?

   • Agallon
   • Bgarage
   • Cgather
   • Dguarantee

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2. Question 22· Word stress· JAMB

   Which of the following words is stressed on the second syllable?

   • Atable
   • Bwindow
   • Cpolice
   • Dhappy

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3. Question 23· Word stress· JAMB

   Which of these words is stressed on its final syllable?

   • Aentrance
   • Bengine
   • Cenergy
   • Dengineer

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4. Question 24· Word stress· JAMB

   Which of the following words is stressed on the first syllable?

   • Abegin
   • Bhotel
   • Cmother
   • Dabove

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5. Question 25· Word stress· WAEC

   Which of these words is stressed on the second syllable: mechanic, medicine, mountain, message?

   • Amechanic
   • Bmedicine
   • Cmountain
   • Dmessage

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6. Question 26· Word stress· WAEC

   Which of these words is stressed on the second syllable: conductor, elephant, capital, discipline?

   • Adiscipline
   • Belephant
   • Ccapital
   • Dconductor

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7. Question 27· Word stress· WAEC

   Which of these words is stressed on the first syllable: teacher, believe, relax, agree?

   • Abelieve
   • Bteacher
   • Crelax
   • Dagree

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8. Question 28· Word stress· WAEC

   In which sentence is the word 'record' a verb stressed on the second syllable?

   • AShe broke the school record.
   • BPlease record the song now.
   • CKeep a record of your spending.
   • DThe old record was scratched.

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9. Question 29· Word stress· JAMB

   In which sentence is the word 'present' stressed on the second syllable?

   • AHe gave me a present.
   • BShe will present the prizes.
   • CThe present situation is bad.
   • DEveryone was present.

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10. Question 30· Word stress· JAMB

    Which of these words is stressed on the second syllable: banana, camera, window or table?

    • Abanana
    • Bcamera
    • Cwindow
    • Dtable

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11. Question 31· Word stress· WAEC

    Which of these words is stressed on the third syllable: education, economy, democracy, photography?

    • Aeducation
    • Beconomy
    • Cdemocracy
    • Dphotography

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12. Question 32· Word stress· WAEC

    Choose the word that is stressed on the third syllable.

    • Afamily
    • Bhappiness
    • Cimportant
    • Dintroduce

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13. Question 33· Word stress· WAEC

    Which of these words is stressed on the first syllable: hotel, canteen, cartoon, carpet?

    • Acanteen
    • Bhotel
    • Ccarpet
    • Dcartoon

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14. Question 34· Word stress· JAMB

    Which of these words is stressed on the second syllable: comfortable, agree, morning or garden?

    • Acomfortable
    • Bagree
    • Cmorning
    • Dgarden

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15. Question 35· Word stress· WAEC

    Which of these words is stressed on the second syllable: interview, interest, internal, interval?

    • Ainterview
    • Binternal
    • Cinterest
    • Dinterval

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16. Question 36· Word stress· JAMB

    Choose the correct stress pattern for the word competition. The stressed syllable is in capitals.

    • ACOMpetition
    • BcomPEtition
    • CcompeTItion
    • DcompetiTION

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17. Question 37· Word stress· JAMB

    In which sentence is the word 'record' stressed on the second syllable?

    • AThey will record the song tomorrow.
    • BShe broke the world record.
    • CKeep a record of your spending.
    • DHe has a clean record.

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18. Question 38· Word stress· JAMB

    Choose the correct stress pattern for the word information. The stressed syllable is in capitals.

    • AINformation
    • BinFORmation
    • CinformaTION
    • DinforMAtion

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