Promised has 2 syllables and the stress is on the first syllable.
| # | Sentence | |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | You can count on the $3,000 I have promised you. | |
| 2. | Our professor promised to hold off on the final exam for another week. | |
| 3. | We expect you to carry out what you have once promised. | |
| 4. | I have promised myself to read more books. | |
| 5. | Mary promised her mother that she would help her more often. | |
| 6. | To Bob's disappointment, several of those who had promised to help him afterwards backed out. | |
| 7. | Tim's employer promised him pie-in-the-sky benefits. | |
| 8. | Dick promised to come back by three o'clock. | |
| 9. | Takeshi promised to help me with my homework, but at the last minute he let me down. | |
| 10. | That's quite another thing to what you promised. |