Choose the appropriate stress pattern from the option. The syllables are written in capital letters.

catholicism?

a

caTHOlicism

b

catholiCIsm

c

CAtholicism

d

cathoLIcism

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darkypearl
12 years ago

it C...words ending with "SM"/"IST" are stresd on their first syllable

Tayo400
11 years ago

poo exam .... Words ending with 'Sm' without prefix are stress on the first syllable .... Admin shd fix this blunder

highfeey
11 years ago

diz iz gr8 o

BabyG_FC
1 year ago

The answer is C

CHRIST IS KING
3 months ago

correct ca tho li ci sm

4 - syllabic

stress is in the first, second or third, with judgement it's on second

Myschool Paul
10 years ago

Thanks for your contributions, corrections have been made.

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The answer is A. Besides all words that end in 'sm' and 'er' are stressed fourth from the back

Dominique Izzie
11 years ago

Answer should be C

Ogo0611
7 months ago

I'm not good at this syllable of a thing

Oleiques
10 years ago

Pls admin kindly send more light on this.it's complicating

Kayden
5 years ago

Please the answer is A

Polysyllabic Words ending with 'sm' or 'zm' are stressed on the fourth syllable from the end and incase the word has just 3 syllables, then it is stressed in the 3rd syllable from the end.


So CATHOLICISM is stressed on 'THO'

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