WAEC - English Language (2020 - No. 123)
In the following options lettered A to D, all the words except one have the same stress pattern. Identify the one with the different stress pattern.
typist
orphan
mattress
cigar
Vysvětlení
The stress pattern in English words is crucial in pronunciation. In this question, we need to identify the word with a different stress pattern from the others.
Here are the words with their phonetic transcriptions and stress patterns:
- Typist /ˈtaɪ.pɪst/ (first syllable stressed)
- Orphan /ˈɔː.fən/ (first syllable stressed)
- Mattress /ˈmæt.rəs/ (first syllable stressed)
- Cigar /sɪˈɡɑːr/ (second syllable stressed)