Stress Words

Can you pass me a plastic knife?

• PLAS-tic

• Plas-TIC

I want to be a photographer.

• PHO-to-graph-er

• pho-TO-graph-er

Which photograph do you like best?

• PHO-to-graph

• pho-TO-graph

He was born in China.

• CHI-na

• Chi-NA

Whose computer is this?

• com-PU-ter

• com-pu-TER

I can't decide which book to borrow.

• DE-cide

• de-CIDE

Couldn't you understand what she was saying?

• un-DER-stand

• un-der-STAND

Voting in elections is your most important duty.

• im-POR-tant

• im-por-TANT

We had a really interesting conversation.

• con-VER-sa-tion

• con-ver-SA-tion

How do you pronounce this word?

• PRO-nounce

• pro-NOUNCE