2. Rewrite the following words by dividing them into syllables and putting the stresses where they belong.

a. dictionary

b. shallow

c. catastrophe

d. emergency

e. happiness

f. climb

g. sugar

h. sushi

There are many rules as to how words should be accented or divided into syllables, so I will try to answer your question to the best of my abilities. The apostrophe marks the accent, the dash marks the syllable.

a. dictionary: 'dic-tion-ar-y

b. shallow: 'shal-low

c. catastrophe: ca-'tas-tro-phe

d. emergency: e-'mer-gen-cy

e. happiness: 'hap-pi-ness

f. climb: 'climb

g. sugar: 'sug-ar

h. sushi: 'su-shi