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SECTION 1
SYLLABLE
To understand
WORD STRESS
it helps to understand
SYLLABLES.
Every
WORD
is made from
SYLLABLES.
Every
WORD
has 1, 2, 3 or more
SYLLABLES.
1-syllable words
Orange Discuss
o -range dis - cuss
Quiet
qui-et
Every
SYLLABLE
contains at least one
VOWEL
(a, e, i, o or u) or
VOWEL SOUND.
3-syllable words
Gratitude
Gra-ti-tude
CHALLENGE
Please separate the following words
into 3-syllable pattern.
1. Official
2. Elastic
3. Expensive
4-syllable words
Calculator
Cal-cu-la-tor
CHALLENGE
Please separate the following words
into 4-syllable pattern.
1. Economics
2. Geography
3. Secondary
5-syllable words
Electricity
E-lec-tri-ci-ty
CHALLENGE
Please separate the following words
into 5-syllable pattern.
1. Incompatible
2. Technological
3. Organization
SECTION 2
WORD STRESS
What is
WORD STRESS
?
WORD STRESS
is the
EMPHASIS
on one syllable.
What is
EMPHASIS
then?
EMPHASIS
is to stress the important syllable
LOUDLY
and all the other syllables
QUIETLY .
Let's take 3 words
NO.
Word Stress
Total Stressed
syllables syllable
Photograph 3 #1
Photography 4 #2
Photographic 4 #3
We stress
ONE
syllable in
EACH
word.
It is
NOT
always the
SAME
syllable.
WORD STRESS
happens in
ALL
words with
2 OR MORE
syllables.
FOR EXAMPLE
WORD STRESS
PATTERN RULES
2 RULES TO PREDICT STRESS
1. Suffixes
2. Parts of Speech
Use
SUFFIXES
to predict
STRESS.
What is a
SUFFIX
?
A
SUFFIX
is a few letters attached to the
END OF THE WORD
to change its meaning.
EXAMPLES
-s -ing
STRESS
the
SUFFIX
.1 itself.
-EE Employee Refugee Trainee
2. Parts of Speech
itself syllable for nouns.
1.2 Stress the Stress the second
syllable before the syllable for verbs.
suffix 2.2 Stress the first
1.3 Stress the part/ word for
second syllable the compound nouns.
suffix 2.3 Stress the
second word for
two-word verbs, but
the first part for
noun equivalents.
LISTENING EXERCISES
CHOOSE
the correct
FIND which response.
sentence in
LISTEN to each pair you
the recording. hear
E.g.
Does Mary like If you hear the stress is on
HISTORY ? or HISTORY, you choose
Does Mary like his the answer (1).
STORY ?
If you hear the stress is on
1
2. It's too sweet.
What does he think of EUROPE? or
What does he think of YOUR ROPE?
2
2. It's not strong enough.
Is it ELEMENTARY? or
Is it a LEMON TREE?
3
1. No, it's very advanced.
2. No, it's an orange tree.
PRACTICES
1. http://www.englishclub.com/pronunciation/word-stress-
quiz.htm
2. http://www.roadtogrammar.com/wordstress/
3. http://esl.fis.edu/grammar/multi/stress.htm
4. http://www2.nkfust.edu.tw/~emchen/Pron/stress_exB.htm
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