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Given below is the orthographic form of the word, identify the word:
1. /pɔːtl /:___________________
2. /pæsɪv/: _____________
3. /vɑːst/: _______________
4. /ʃʊə(r) /: __________________
5. /dɪmɪnɪʃ/:________________
6. /hɪstɒrɪkl /:_______________
7. /əliːvieɪt /:________________
8. /næʃnəl /:________________
9. /eɡzaɪl /:_________________
Merger:
Power:
Volatile:
Outside:
1. Pertinent /p___tɪn___nt /
3. Drought /dr__t /
“-tion”, “-ic”, “-ical”, “-ial”, “-ian”, “-ious”, ically – the accent mark is put on the last but one syllable.
Difference in the noun and verb form – accent rule: Noun – stress on the first syllable, Verb – stress on the
second syllable
Inflectional suffixes: -es, -ing, -ed and the following suffixes do not affect the accent: -age, -dom, -en, -er, -ess,
-ness, -some, -ward, -ment, -ly, -ful, -fy.
Example ‘Godess, ap’pointment (weak prefix), ‘breakage, ‘freedom, be’gin (weak prefix)