11.1
(United States) Note that this speaker of American English pronounces ‘herb’ /ɜːrb/; in British English it is usually pronounced /hɜːb/.
(Example: Note also that ‘medicine’ is usually pronounced with 2 syllables /ˈmedsn/, but may be pronounced with three in slow, careful speech /ˈmedɪsn/.)
1 di’saster — disastrous
2 ‘outrage — out’rageous
3 Re’gardless — re’gard
4 ‘industry — in’dustrious
5 per’centage — per’cent
6 my’sterious — ‘mystery
7 agri’cultural — ‘agriculture
11.2
(Jamaica)
Words with the same stress pattern as their root:
de’pendable (de’pend) re’liable (re’ly)
me’chanical (me’chanic) ac’ceptable (ac’cept)
pro’fessional (pro’fession) de’batable (de’bate)
Words with a different stress pattern from their root:
uni’versal (‘universe) ‘reputable (re’ pute) acci’dental (‘accident)
11.3
* indicates stress shift.
1 absentee * 2 volunteer * 3 Cantonese 4 roulette 5 Sudanese *