The main/primary stress is indicated by writing the syllable in which it occurs in CAPITAL letters. Choose, from the options labelled A to E, the one that has the correct stress.

A. PER-se-ver-ance
B. per-se-ver-ANCE
C. per-se-VER-ance
D. per-SE-ver-ance
E. PER-SE-ver-ance

a

A.

b

E

c

C

d

D

e

B

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igwewise
9 years ago

In any stressed word that the suffix ends with /ance/, the second to the last syllable is stressed.eg./en-DUR-rance/,

/Coun-TE-nance/ ;etc

IN THE PRONOUNCIATION,THE STRESS FALLS ON "VER"

folayan2011
10 months ago

The answer is correct I agree with my school

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