The rules of word stress 1.

RULE 1 : two syllable words a)noun/adj of 2 syllables: stress 1st syllable ex: student, table, sticker... happy, random, courage.... exceptions: machine , event b)verbs of 2 syllables :stress 2nd syllable ex: to admit, to intent, to construct... c)verbs of 2 syllables-ending with OW, EN, Y, EL, ER, LE, ISH :stress 1st syllable ex: to open, to follow, to hurry, to struggle, to flatter, to finish.. 2.RULE 2 : three or > three syllable words : stress 3rd syllable- counting backwards ex: to celebrate,curriculum, to unify... exception: to develop, imagine, banana 3.RULE 3 : suffixes: a) stress before CIV(consonant-I-vowel) ex: australia, religious, physician.. b) stress before IC ex: titanic, panasonic, pacific.... exceptions: rhetoric, lunatic, catholic, arithmetic, politics, Arabic c) stress on the following ending syllbles: ADE, OO, OON, EE, EEN, EER, ESE, ISE, IZE, AIRE, SELF EX: pickaboo, millionaire, cocoon, analyze, engineer, themselves.... d) stress before TION, TAL ex: tradition, continental,.... 4. RULE 4: phrases: 4.1. noun phrases: a) WH - to inf ; whether/if-to inf ; gerund+ obj :stress on the last word : ex: what to do, learning english... b) compound nouns : b1/ N+N , N+gerund , gerund+N: stress on 1st element ex : river bank, coal mining, living room... b2/ N + adj : stress on N : ex: a handsome and good man... b3/ N( possession, material, component) + N: stress on both of them: ex : my father's book, wood chair, egg cake... 4.2. adj / adv phrases : stress on the last word : ex : the book on the table, the girl standing overthere, in the morning , by car... 5. RULE 5 : sentences :stress on: # verbs : the last verb # nouns : the last noun # adv # complement # before commas # on reflexive pronouns ex: I go to school and learn English I do it myself