Choose the most appropriate stress pattern from the options below. The stressed syllables are written in capital letters.
productivity
- PROductivity
- proDUCtivity
-
producTIvity
- productiVIty
The correct answer is: C
Explanation
For polysyllabic words that end in "ity", the stress is usually placed on the ante-penultimate syllable i.e. the third syllable from the last. Therefore, the most appropriate stress placement is "producTIvity".
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