WAEC - English Language (2017 - No. 121)

In the following options lettered A to D, all the words except on have the same stress pattern. Identify the one with the different stress pattern..
conducive
impressive
committee
interesting

Explanation

Conducive: stress is on the second syllable (con-DU-cive)

Impressive: stress is on the second syllable (im-PRES-sive)

Committee: stress is on the second syllable (com-MIT-tee) 

Interesting: stress is on the first syllable (IN-ter-est-ing)

"Interesting" has the primary stress on the first syllable, while the others have primary stress on the second syllable.

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