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JAMB Use of English 2016 Question 58

Question 58

Word Stress

Choose the appropriate stress pattern (the stressed syllable is written in capital letters): melodramatic

  1. A.MElodramatic
  2. B.meLOdramatic
  3. C.meloDRAmatic
  4. D.melodraMAtic
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Answer: D (melodraMAtic)

Explanation

Words ending in -ic are stressed on the syllable just before the ending: me-lo-dra-MA-tic.