In each of the following questions, the main or primary stress is indicated by writing the syllable on which it occurs in capital letters.

From the words lettered A to D, choose the one that has the correct stress

 

Expenditure

a

EX-pen-di-ture

b

ex-PEN-di-ture

c

ex-pen-DI-ture

d

ex-pen-di-TURE

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Ade_Ade
1 year ago

it should be expenDIture.
polysyllabic words that end with -

Ade_Ade
1 year ago

-ic, -al, -ian, -ion, -ure are stressed on the syllable before the -ic, -al, -ion, -ure, and -ian.

Ade_Ade
1 year ago

@myschool check it out

Taidobcollege123
2 months ago

adesola abeg calm down oh

omgimd
1 year ago

adesola use your dictionary. In the textbook you used, they also made an error with words that end with ent. They said inDEpendent instead of indePENdent

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