Divide the following words into syllables, using the suggestions given in the preceding exercise:
| accountant | dissatisfaction | manufacturer | reference |
| advertisement | economy | material | repeatedly |
| anecdote | employment | mechanical | salesman |
| annually | energetic | neighborhood | security |
| application | environment | occupation | separate |
| automobile | especially | opportunity | signature |
| beginning | establishment | organized | specification |
| collection | expenditure | permanent | stenography |
| comparison | factory | preparation | suburban |
| competent | furniture | president | superintend |
| confirmation | illustration | quotation | systematic |
| consequence | impression | realize | telephone |
| correspondence | improvement | receptacle | treasurer |
| counterfeit | judgment | recognition | unanimous |
| customer | machinist | recommend | unusual |
Exercise 27—Accent
What is accent?
Divide into syllables, indicate the accent, and pronounce the following:
| expand | volume | defect | interesting |
| mischievous | usually | incomparable | theatre |
| exquisite | tedious | hospitable | generally |
| column | inquiry | impious |
In the following words the meaning changes with the accent. Use each word in a sentence to show its meaning.
| ob´ject | subject | contrast | desert |
| ob-ject´ | insult | protest | extract |
| tor´ment | essay | conflict | compact |
| tor-ment´ | transfer | compound | survey |
| minute (notice the vowel change) | |||
| refuse (notice the consonant change) | |||
Bring to class a list of words that you have heard mispronounced in your classes. Be sure that you can pronounce them correctly.