Choose the appropriate stress pattern from the options. The syllables are written in capital letters.
capitalism?
A
capiTAlism
B
capitaLIsm
C
caPItalism
D
CApitalism
Verified Correct Answer: D.
Grammar & Contextual Explanation
A great number of words in English only have one syllable (for example go, eat, wait, eight, house, prince, friends, thieves, straight, etc.). In these cases the stress can only be located in that syllable. In longer words the stress can lie in any syllable:
Thus capitalism is stressed as: CAPitalism. it is stressed on the first syllable.
Source: Myschool Past Questions Archive (Record #12191)