Identify the word that has the stress on the first syllable.
resist
salon
confirm
intact
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The answer is Salon....
Here is are some rules.
Bisyllabic words that are nouns or adjectives are stressed on the firat syllable. e.g SAlon, DANger, MOney etc
Bisyllabic words that are verbs, adverbs are stressed on the second syllables e.g purSUE, reSTORE,.
Sometimes, a word can act as a verb and as a noun e.g import. So sometimes its usually indicated, but if not, pick the odd one out from the options because there can be 3 bisyllabic nouns and one verb.....
Bisyllabic words with prefixes or suffixes are stressed on the root word, e.g misUSE.
Note: to know if a word is prefix or suffix, try removing the prefix or suffix to check if that word can stand alone.
Bisyllabic words ending with TEEN are stressed on 'TEEN'..
These are just few rules for bisyllabic, there are still more for polysyllabic.....
Pardon me, I posted my contribution before doing research. Anyways, after going through a dictionary, I realize the answer is in fact salon. Salon is originally pronounced with the stress in the first syllable - that is, SAlon.
Salon can also be pronounced with the stress on the second syllable, but only in American English. Since American english is not what we study, the answer remains SAlon.
Differences in British and American english tend to cause confusion sometimes...
MySchool team, thank you for your work; it's been really helpful to us.
incorrect Salon is stressed at second syllable saLON..while Confirm is stressed at the first syllable CONfirm..my school pls do something about this so that students don't get mislead by Some answers you give here thanks
have it in mind that Noun are stressed on first syllable and verb on second syllable for bi-syllabic words
Hi Enzo thanks ur contribution,but still don't get it,i taught we don't streess a word with prefix at the beginning of it and" salon" seems to have a prefix at it begining
resist re-SIST(Second)
This is a verb.
salon SAL-on First
This is a noun
(pronounced /ˈsæl.ɒn/).
confirm con-FIRM
Second
This is a verb.
intact in-TACT
Second
