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ˈprɛzᵊnt
Match the word’s pronunciation with
its appropriate meaning.
prɪˈzɛnt
Activity
PRESENT
-a gift
-to be in a particular
place
-existing or occurring
now
-to give or bestow formally
-to bring to one’s attention
Activity
ˈprɛzᵊnt
Match the word’s pronunciation with
its appropriate meaning.
prɪˈzɛnt
PRESENT
-a gift
-to be in a particular
place
-existing or occurring
now
-to give or bestow formally
-to bring to one’s attention
Activity
ˈproʊdus
Match the word’s pronunciation with
its appropriate meaning.
prəˈdus
Activity
PRODUCE
-to give birth or rise to
-to create
-something that is
produced
-agricultural products
Activity
ˈproʊdus
-to give birth or rise to
-to create
-something that is
produced
-agricultural products
Match the word’s pronunciation with
its appropriate meaning.
prəˈdus
Activity
PRODUCE
Activity
ɪnˈkris
Match the word’s pronunciation with
its appropriate meaning.
ˈɪnkris
Activity
INCREASE
-to make something
greater
-to augment
-act of increasing
-something that is added
Activity
ˈɪnkris
-to make something
greater
-to augment
-act of increasing
-something that is added
Match the word’s pronunciation with
its appropriate meaning.
ɪnˈkris
Activity
INCREASE
Activity
rəˈkɔrd
Match the word’s pronunciation with
its appropriate meaning.
ˈrɛkərd
Activity
RECORD
-to set down in writing
-something that records
-a collection of related
items of information
Activity
ˈrɛkərd
-to set down in writing
-something that records
-a collection of related
items of information
Match the word’s pronunciation with
its appropriate meaning.
rəˈkɔrd
Activity
RECORD
WORD
STRESS
Word Stress
Word stress is the emphasis we place in a specific
syllable of a word when pronouncing it
Symbol/s for
Word Stress
Basics of Word Stress
Consonants are never stressed.
One word cannot have two stresses.
Stress is always on a
vowel
02
One word, one stress
01
Try pronouncing these words:
teacher • .
beautiful • . .
understand . . •
continue . • .
How to pronounce Word Stress
When a syllable is stressed, it is
pronounced:
higher in pitch
longer in duration
louder in volume
How do you say TEACHER?
longer teeeeacher
higher
tea
cher
louder TEAcher
All three
combined
TEEEEA
cher
Three Types of Word Stress
Not all syllables are the same in a word. Some
are:
short and quiet
long and loud
in between
Unstressed syllables are ‘weak’ or ‘small’.
Primary
Stress
unstressed
Secondary
Stress
Three Types of Word Stress
Let’s consider this example:
pronunciatio
n
No. of
syllables:
5
IPA
transcription:
/pɹəˌn^nsiˈeɪʃə
n/
Placement of
Stress:
/pɹəˌn^nsiˈeɪʃə
n/
Three Types of Word Stress
More examples:
children /ˈtʃɪl.dɹən/
children
/əˈbaʊt/
about
Not all words have primary and secondary stress
Words with one syllable may be stressed or
unstressed.
Content
words=stressed
Grammar
words=unstressed
WORD STRESS RULES
Word Type
Where is
the stress?
Examples
Two
Syllables
Nouns
on the first
syllable
center
object
flower
Verbs
on the
second
syllable
release
admit
arrange
WORD STRESS RULES
Word Type
Where is
the stress?
Examples
Three syllable words
ending in ‘-er’ or ‘-ly’
often on the
first syllable
orderly
quietly
manager
WORD STRESS RULES
Word Type Where is the stress? Examples
Compound
Words
Nouns on the first part
desktop
pencil case
bookshelf
Adjectives
on the last part (the
verb part)
well-meant
hard-headed
old-fashioned
Verbs
understand
overlook
outperform
WORD STRESS RULES
Word Type Where is the stress? Examples
Phrasal Verbs on the particle
turn off
buckle up
Words with
added ending
-ic
on the syllable before the
ending (penultimate)
graphic
geographic
television
technician
revelation
-tion, -cian, -
sion
-phy, -gy, -try,
-cy, -fy, -al on the third syllable from
the last syllable (ante-
penultimate)
biology
democracy
geological
-meter
parameter
thermometer
References:
https://tophonetics.com/
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary
https://iuuk.mff.cuni.cz/~andrew/TeachingEnPron-WordStressRules.pdf
https://www.whatiselt.com/single-post/2018/08/03/what-is-word-
stress#:~:text=Stress%20is%20usually%20represented%20in,ri%CB%8Cb%C9
%92d
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0R2vTDyoQRk

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