The second syllable ‘teen’ is long and clear. It’s the stressed syllable. Knowing these stress patterns can help you hear the difference between words that sound the same. Let’s put it all ...

All spoken word has a rhythm formed by stressed and unstressed syllables. Poets deliberately create rhythmical patterns to create particular effects. Traditionally, a poet uses metre – a regular ...

The second syllable ‘teen’ is long and clear. It’s the stressed syllable. Knowing these stress patterns can help you hear the difference between words that sound the same. Let’s put it all ...

All spoken word has a rhythm formed by stressed and unstressed syllables. Poets deliberately create rhythmical patterns to create particular effects. Traditionally, a poet uses metre – a regular ...

both have the same stress pattern. The primary stress is on the first syllables: Contest: CONtest Context: CONtext. When ‘contest’ is used as a verb, however, as in ‘He is going to contest ...