Choose the most appropriate stress pattern from the options. The stressed syllables are written in capital letters.
Informative
-
inFORmative
- informaTIVE
- INformative
- inforMAtive
The correct answer is: A
Explanation
For polysyllabic words that end in -ive, the stress is usually placed on the antepenultimate syllable. Therefore, in the word "informative", the stress should be placed on "for".