Rules Of Stress Prefixes And Suffixes 1213310793751407 9

Rules of word stress: prefixes and suffixes
Focus: identifying the influence of suffixes on word stress
Time: 40 minutes
Preparation: give each students a student handout below. Besides, the students should have access to a dictionary that show stress patterns in words
Procedure:
Explain that some common word suffixes influence word stress. Some usually cause the syllable before the suffix to be stressed and others don't. Illustrate with:
O o o O o O o o o O oo
athlete but athletic infinite but infinity
(so the suffixes-ic and –ity cause the syllable before the suffix to be stressed)
O o O o o o
fashion and fashionable
(so the suffix-able doesn’t change the stress from that in the ‘root’ word)
If you feel that your students lack confidence in understanding stress markings in dictionaries, ask them to look up the six words and notes how stress is represented.

Continued
2. Give students the handout. Ask them to:
Underline the suffixes
Give the ‘root’ word for each (you could just say ‘Find the word these come from’)
Say which ones are like –ic (i.e. the cause the syllable before the suffix to be stressed) and which ones are like-able (i.e. they don’t usually change stress placement).
Encourage students to use their dictionaries, particularly for the last task.
Check the answers. Finally, say the words aloud, or play the recording, and students repeat.
Student handout historical consistency solidify managerial punishment rapidly politeness ability political presidency bottomless beautiful acidify investigation uniformity willingness powerless conservation purposeful government substantial immediately

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