Choose the appropriate stress pattern from the options. The syllables are written in capital letters.
association?
aSSociation
associaTION
associAtion
Association
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The answer to that question is C which is assoCIAtion because the second to the last syllable is always stressed when words end with -ic, -ial,-ious, -ian and -ion
Whenever a word in English ends in 'tion', 'ous', 'eous', 'ious', 'sion', 'ive', 'ic', 'ics', 'ing', 'ant', 'ment', etc
We can apply the counting rule:
1. Divide into syllables
2. Count 2 starting from your right hand
association >>>>>> as-so-ci-A-tion
the answer is C because when a compound word with up to 4 syllables is given,the stress is usually on the center syllable ,coupled with the presence of the -tion suffix
