Identify the word that has a different stress pattern from the others.
integral
intimate
discourse
accelerate
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The correct answer is C (discourse) because A, B & D as the same stress pattern i.e stress the third syllabus from the end. According to the rule that says, if a word ends with 'ate' or 'al', stress the third syllabus from the end.
its discourse.Al words ending with "al and "ate" are stressed 3rd syllable from the end
Words that end with 'ate' and 'al' are usually stressed on the third to last syllabe.
IN-te-gral
IN-ti-mate
DIS-course (discourse is a noun. And according to the rules of identifying syllabic stress, all nouns are usually stressed in the first syllable while verbs are stressed in the second syllable)
ac-CE-le-rate
So the correct option is D
Pls MYSCHOOL do something about the wrong answers that are being provided, some of these errors were made years back and still haven't been corrected... u ppl are confusing us
should be accelerate....'cos options a,b and c have their stress on their first syllables while accelerate is on it second syllable
