Resource 2

Diapositiva 1

Example of stress shift in words with prefix
Her answer was impreCISE                   turn into:                 She gave an IMprecise ANswerHe's hyperACtive                                            "       "                        I work with HYperactive CHILdrenHe disaGREED                                                 "       "                        He DISagreed STRONGlyHere are some words with prefixes that tend to have stress shift: ,decom'pose; ,diso'bedient; ,disre'spectful; ,imma'ture; ,impo'lite; ,mis'place; ,mis'spelt; ,recon'sider; ,repro'duce; ,unac'ceptable; ,unsuc'cessfulHowever, some of the words with these prefixes rarely have stress shift: de'fame; dis'honest; im'practical; ,mis'judge; re'place; un'popular