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Rules of accentual pattern a)       Words with weak prefixes are accented on the root and not on the prefix E.g. correct, compose etc b)       The inflexional suffix –es, -ing, and –ed do not affect the accent. E.g. remind-reminded; figure-figures; survive-surviving  c)        The addition of various derivational suffixes like –age, -ance, -en, -er, -ess, -ful, -hood, -ice, -ish,   -ive, -less, -ly, -ment, -ness, -or, -ship, -ure and –zen does not change the accent of the main word. E.g. percent-percentage; allow-allowance; fright-frighten etc d)       Words ending with –ion have the primary accent on the penultimate syllable E.g. Motion, relation, decoration, etc e)       Words ending witn –ic, -ical, -ically, -ious, -ial, and –ially have the primary accent on the syllable before these suffixes. E.g. democratic, classical, t...

Vowels ɪ kit, bid, hymn e dress, bed, head æ trap, bad ɒ lot, odd ʌ strut, mud ʊ foot, good iː fleece, sea eɪ face, day aɪ price, high ɔɪ choice, boy uː goose, two əʊ goat, show aʊ mouth, now ɪə near, here eə square. fair ɑː start, father ʊə poor, jury ɜː nurse, stir ə a bout, comm o n

BASIC SOUNDS Consonants p pen, copy b back, baby t tea, tight d day, ladder k key, clock g get, giggle tʃ church, match dʒ judge, age f fat, coffee v view, heavy θ thing, author ð this, other s soon, cease z zero, music ʃ ship, sure ʒ plea s ure, vi s ion h hot, whole m more, hammer n nice, know, funny ŋ ring, anger, thanks l light, valley r right, wrong, sorry j yet, use, beauty w wet, one, when 

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