Contest has 2 syllables and the stress is on the first syllable.
| # | Sentence | |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | It is probable that he will win the speech contest. | |
| 2. | I would often take part in an English speech contest in my school days. | |
| 3. | Are you going to take part in the English speech contest? | |
| 4. | To everyone's astonishment, Mike won first prize in the speech contest. | |
| 5. | We will have a music contest soon. | |
| 6. | Never did I dream that I would take first place in the piano contest. | |
| 7. | At first he did not realize that he had won the speech contest. | |
| 8. | Nancy was surprised that Bob won the first prize in the contest. | |
| 9. | The weak boy was eliminated from the bitter contest. | |
| 10. | His misspelling of that word eliminated him from the contest. |