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JAMB Use of English 2016 Question 60

Question 60

Word Stress

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

  1. A.congraTUlation
  2. B.congratuLAtion
  3. C.CONgratulation
  4. D.conGRAtulation
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Answer: B (congratuLAtion)

Explanation

Words ending in -tion are stressed on the syllable just before it: con-gra-tu-LA-tion.