2. Introduction:
• It’s not what you say, it’s HOW you say it
• Focus on clearer pronunciation and fluency
3. Task 1: Stress in words and phrases
Here are various stress patterns for words and
phrases of up to four syllabus:
1. 0 red
2. 0o dollar watch it
3. o0 receive a desk
4. 0oo quantity see to it
5. o0o computer demand it
6. oo0 guarantee for a while
7. o0oo technology a bit of it
8. oo0o contribution watch it
4. Task 1: Stress in words and phrases
Identify the stress patterns of the following, and write the
appropriate number 1- 8 in the box.
On the whole 6 Report 3
Orchard 2 Picturesque 6
Thank you 2 Raffles 2
To go 3 Look at me 4
Grand 1 Quay 1
Hotel 3 Education 8
The law 3 Stop them 2
New Zealand 5 To wonder 5
Manchester 4 To go for it 7
Excuse me 5 Confident 4
A cover-up 7 Apparent 5
5. Task 2: Stress and suffixes
• In a dictionary, there is a symbol to show
that the next syllable is stressed.
[bə’na-nə]
[di-’sīd]
̇
[me-tə-’mor-fə-səs]
6. Task 2: Stress and suffixes
• Any word ending in –sion or –tion has a
stress on the syllable before it.
7. Task 2: Stress and suffixes
• Any word ending in –ity has a stress on the
syllable before it.
8. Task 2: Stress and suffixes
• Any word ending in –ic or –ical has a stress
on the syllable before it.
9. Task 2: Stress and suffixes
When suffixes (endings) are added to words, the
stress sometimes changes.
• A photographer is someone who takes
photographs.
2. Someone from Norway is a Norwegian.
3. A mountaineer is someone who climbs
mountains.
