DOWNLOAD SPEAK RIGHT; SOUND RIGHT 1 1 NOUNS AND VERBS WITH SAME STRESS Today we are looking at NOUNS that double as VERBS and have SAME STRESS. That is, they have similar pronunciation with no shift in stress. In English Language, there are words that are used both as nouns and as verbs, depending on the stress shift. Majority of then are single-syllable words. Some have two syllables, and few have more than two syllables. The common rule is that two-syllable words of this category of words have their stress on the first syllable, if they're used as nouns, and on the second syllable, if they're used as verbs. Examples are: Conduct, Combat and Conflict, others are, contest, contract, decrease, escort, impact, increase, insult, object, project, progress, rebel, refill, refund, reject, repeat/, subject, suspect, produce. (Attribute), and many more. There are some exceptions to this rule. Some words in this catego...