Word Stress - Englishlanguage Jamb Past Questions and Answers

Question 36 :

• JAMB 2005

Choose the appropriate stress pattern from the options. The syllables are written in capital letters.
departmentalize?

A. DepartMENtalize
B. DePARTmentalize
C. DEpartmentalize
D. DepartmenTALIZE

Question 37 :

• JAMB 2005

Choose the option that has the same stress pattern as the given word.
Refuse (noun)

A. Reform
B. Intact
C. Obscure
D. Phantom

Question 38 :

• JAMB 2005

Choose the option that has the same stress pattern as the given word.
downtrodden?

A. Downgrading
B. Prescribing
C. Functional
D. Internal

Question 39 :

• JAMB 2005

Choose the option that has a different stress pattern from the others.

A. Interpreter
B. Impossible
C. Remarkable
D. Critism

Question 40 :

• JAMB 2005

Choose the option that has a different stress pattern from the others.

A. Interpreter
B. Impossible
C. Remarkable
D. Critism