I manage to find out the first stress syllable to these words but I can't figure out the second stress syllable. Can anyone help me?

Question

Words: progress  present    record   object desert    subject    conduct   permit rebel    suspect  

Answer 1

I'm not quite sure what you are asking, but here's what I know about stress with these words. If they are nouns, the stress is on the first syllable. If they are verbs, the stress is on the second syllable. For example, with the word "produce" in the sentence, "The produce looked fresh," the stress is on the first syllable. It is being used as a noun. But, in the sentence, "I will produce evidence of his crime," produce is a verb and the stress is on the second syllable.