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1. READING ALOUD

2. SYLLABLE
SECTION 1

3. To understand
WORD STRESS
it helps to understand
SYLLABLES.

4. Every
WORD
is made from
SYLLABLES.

5. Every
WORD
has 1, 2, 3 or more
SYLLABLES.

6. 1-syllable words
Dog Sun Shoes

7. CHALLENGE
Think of three 1-syllable words and
share it with your partner.

8. 2-syllable words
Advise
ad -vise
Compete
com - pete
Discuss
dis - cuss
Quiet
qui-et
Orange
o -range
Table
ta - ble

9. Every
SYLLABLE
contains at least one
VOWEL
(a, e, i, o or u) or
VOWEL SOUND.

10. 3-syllable words
Gratitude
Gra-ti-tude

11. CHALLENGE
Please separate the following words
into 3-syllable pattern.
1. Official
2. Elastic
3. Expensive

12. 4-syllable words
Calculator
Cal-cu-la-tor

13. CHALLENGE
Please separate the following words
into 4-syllable pattern.
1. Economics
2. Geography
3. Secondary

14. 5-syllable words
Electricity
E-lec-tri-ci-ty

15. CHALLENGE
Please separate the following words
into 5-syllable pattern.
1. Incompatible
2. Technological
3. Organization

16. WORD STRESS
SECTION 2

17. What is
WORD STRESS
?

18. WORD STRESS
is the
EMPHASIS
on one syllable.

19. What is
EMPHASIS
then?

20. EMPHASIS
is to stress the important syllable
LOUDLYand all the other syllables
QUIETLY .

21. Let's take 3 words
Photograph Photographer Photographic

22. Do they sound the same when spoken?
NO.

23. Word Stress
Total
syllables
Stressed
syllable
Photograph 3 #1
Photography 4 #2
Photographic 4 #3

24. We stress
ONE
syllable in
EACH
word.

25. It is
NOT
always the
SAME
syllable.

26. WORD STRESS
happens in
ALL
words with
2 OR MORE
syllables.

27. FOR EXAMPLE
TEACHer imPORtant converSAtion

28. CONCLUSION

29. ONE
word,
ONE
stress.

30. The
STRESS
is always
ON
a vowel.

31. WORD STRESS
PATTERN RULES
SECTION 3

32. 2 RULES TO PREDICT STRESS
1. Suffixes
2. Parts of Speech

33. Use
SUFFIXES
to predict
STRESS.

34. What is a
SUFFIX
?

35. A
SUFFIX
is a few letters attached to the
END OF THE WORD
to change its meaning.

36. EXAMPLES
-ed -er -ing
-s -ing

37. STRESS
the
SUFFIX
itself..1

38. -EE Employee Refugee Trainee
-EER Engineer Career Volunteer
-ESE Chinese Japanese Portuguese
-IQUE Unique Antique Technique

39. STRESS
the syllable
BEFORE
the suffix..2

40. -IAL Memorial Financial Artificial
-UAL Visual Unusual Intellectual
-IAN Canadian Vegetarian Pedestrian
-SION Explosion Occasion Conclusion
-TION Definition Production Situation

41. -IENT Ancient Sufficient Efficient
-CIOUS Delicious Conscious Suspicious
-TIOUS Ambitious Cautious Superstitious
-IC Academic Energetic Fantastic
-IBLE Edible Flexible Incredible

42. -ITY Ability Necessity Publicity
-IFY Classify Terrify Humidify
-LOGY Biology Sociology Anthropology
-GRAPHY Geography Autobiography Photography
-METER Kilometer Parameter Speedometer

43. STRESS the
SECONDsyllable
BEFORE
the suffix..3

44. -ATE Operate Exaggerate Associate
-IZE Apologize Criticize Recognize
-ARY Secretary Necessary Contemporary
-OUS Dangerous Mysterious Spontaneous

45. Use
PARTSof
SPEECH
to predict
STRESS.

46. 1. STRESS the FIRST
syllable for NOUNS.
2. STRESSthe SECOND
syllable for VERBS.
.1

47. NOUN VERB EXAMPLE
record record
The bank recorded a new record
yesterday.
present present
He presented his wife with a beautiful
present.
conduct conduct
They're conducting a study into his
conduct.

48. Stress the FIRSTpart/ word for
COMPOUND NOUNS.
.2

49. Deadline Classroom Software
Typewriter Policeman Airplane

50. Stress the SECOND word for
TWO-WORD VERBS, but
the FIRSTpart for NOUN
equivalents..3

51. NOUN VERB
Here's the printout. He printed it out.
She's a dropout. She dropped out.
Where's the checkout counter? Can I check it out?

52. CONCLUSION

53. 1.Suffixes
1.1 Stress the suffix
itself
1.2 Stress the
syllable before the
suffix
1.3 Stress the
second syllable the
suffix
2.PartsofSpeech
2.1 Stress the first
syllable for nouns.
Stress the second
syllable for verbs.
2.2 Stress the first
part/ word for
compound nouns.
2.3 Stress the
second word for
two-word verbs, but
the first part for
noun equivalents.

54. LISTENING EXERCISES
LISTEN to
the recording.
FIND which
sentence in
each pair you
hear
CHOOSE
the correct
response.

55. E.g.
“Does Mary like
HISTORY?” or
“Does Mary like his
STORY?”
1. Yes, that's her favorite
subject.
2. No, she's heard it hundreds
of times.
If you hear the stress is on
HISTORY, you choose
the answer (1).
If you hear the stress is on
STORY, you choose the
answer (2).

56. 1
“Why doesn't he like the DESERT?” or
“Why doesn't he like the DESSERT?”
1. It's too dry.
2. It's too sweet.

57. 2
“What does he think of EUROPE?” or
“What does he think of YOUR ROPE?”
1. It's a wonderful place to go.
2. It's not strong enough.

58. 3
“Is it ELEMENTARY?” or
“Is it a LEMON TREE?”
1. No, it's very advanced.
2. No, it's an orange tree.

59. 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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