The first.
The first syllable has the primary stress, and the third (and last) syllable has a secondary stress.
The stressed syllable in the word "independence" is the third syllable, "pen." This is known as a penultimate stress pattern, where the second-to-last syllable is stressed in a word. In this case, the syllable "pen" is pronounced with more emphasis compared to the other syllables in the word.
Supervisor is stressed on the first syllable. A simple way of testing which syllable is stressed is by saying the word aloud. Look for the syllable that you naturally emphasise more in your speech.
The word forbade has two syllables. The syllables in the word are for-bade.
The syllabels for interesting are: in-ter-est-ing. The first syllable is stressed.
first
First Syllable is stressed.
Notice is stressed on the first syllable.
Native is stressed on the first syllable.
Language is stressed on the first syllable.
The first syllable of "carrot" is stressed.
Distance is stressed on the first syllable.
Forbid is stressed on the second syllable.
The first syllable is stressed in the distance ; DIS -tance,
Destroy is stressed on the second (final) syllable.
the first syllable, KNowledge.
The word destroy is stressed on the second (last) syllable.