B:Two and three syllable stress patterns for common words.

Unlike Spanish, the English language depends a lot on stress for communication.

The word ‘permit’, for example can mean two things: a noun meaning a document giving the person with the document permission to do something if the stress is on the first syllable ‘per.mit .

It can be a verb giving the person permission to do something (no document involved). The pronunciation would be on the second syllable: per’mit.

Notice the stress patterns on these words