Day 1 Warm-Up — Word Stress

Item 1

PHOTOGRAPH

A) PHO-to-graph B) pho-TO-graph C) pho-to-GRAPH

"PHOtograph" — stress on the first syllable.

Item 2

PHOTOGRAPHER

A) PHO-tog-ra-pher B) pho-TOG-ra-pher C) pho-tog-ra-PHER

"phoTOGrapher" — the stress shifts to the second syllable. Same root, different stress!

Item 3

IMPORTANT

A) IM-por-tant B) im-POR-tant C) im-por-TANT

"imPORtant" — stress on the middle syllable.

Item 4

UNDERSTAND

A) UN-der-stand B) un-DER-stand C) un-der-STAND

"underSTAND" — stress on the last syllable.

⏰ Day 1 Warm-Up — Word Stress