This document defines syllables and stress, and discusses their importance in pronunciation. It notes that a syllable is a unit of pronunciation with one vowel sound, and stress involves pronouncing a syllable with extra force. Words with multiple syllables have one stressed syllable that is pronounced louder, longer, clearer, and with higher pitch. The document provides examples of word and sentence stress patterns and discusses how stress can indicate parts of speech and meaning.

3. What is
“Syllable?”
What is
“stress”?

4.  As Noun:
a unit of pronunciation having one vowel
sound, with or without surrounding
consonants, forming the whole or a part of a
word.
 As Verb:
pronounce (a word or phrase) clearly,
syllable by syllable.

5. doc/tor
Fri/day
o/ver
mis/take
pur/ple
prob/lem
en/gine
yel/low
be/side
di/vide
un/do
Co/llapse
Cre/ate
Pro/noun

6.  To pronounce a word or a part of word
(syllable) with extra force.
 in phonetics, intensity given to
a syllable of speech by special effort in
utterance, resulting in relative loudness.
This emphasis in pronunciation may be
merely phonetic (i.e., noticeable to the
listener, but not meaningful)

7. Kinds Loudnes
s
Vowel
Length
Vowel
Clarity
Pitch
Stressed
Syllable
Loud Long Full High
So, when you say a word more than one syllable,
remember to make the stressed syllable
louder, longer, clearer, and higher pitched.

8.  Nouns: stress on 1st syllable
Deadline, Classroom, Software,
Typewriter.Progress, Engine, Cautious
 Verbs: stress on 2nd syllable
Printout , setup, turn-on/off, Increase,
Decide,
 Suffix: stress on suffix itself
employee, refugee, trainee, referee
career, volunteer, education

9.  “Record” as a verb (rɪˈkɔːd/)
 “Record” as a noun
(/ˈrɛkɔːd/)
 Yellow (ˈjɛləʊ/)
Practice:
 doc/tor
 Fri/day
 o/ver
 mis/take
 pur/ple
 prob/lem
 en/gine
 yel/low
courageous
Mysterious
Impetuous
spontaneous
simultaneous
Argument

10.  Accent Improvement
 Pronunciation
 Golden key to spoken language
 Helps Spelling
 Rhythm in speech
 Clarity of meaning
 Differentiate parts of speech

11.  Word stress
Stress on syllable in the same word.
 Sentence Stress:
Stress on certain words in the same
Sentence.

12.  There are 3 kinds of words:
› Monosyllabic
› Bisyllabic
› Multisyllabic

13. Bat Sheet
Play Good
Stop Pink
You Tie
Fan Fish

14. There are three types of stress
in bisyllabic words.

15.  1st syllable receives primary stress.
 2nd Syllable receives no stress.
`1 2

17.  1st syllable receives no stress.
 2nd Syllable receives primary stress.
1 `2

19.  1st syllable receives primary stress.
 2nd Syllable receives secondary stress.
 It can be vice versa.
`1 ,2 `2,1

20.  ‘Pre ,sent
 Mo ‘no ply
 ,Res ‘po nse
 ,Geo ‘gra phic
 ‘O ,ppo site

21. These words consist of more
than one words.

22.  ‘Re si ,dent
 Pho,to`graph
 ‘Gra du ,ate
 ,Cre ‘ation
 Res ‘ponsi ,bili ‘ties
 Tech ‘no ,logy

24.  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.
 suspect suspect :The suspect was
suspected of robbing the bank.
 desert deser: The desert is so dry
that it is usually deserted.

25.  ' conduct (n ) con' duct (v)
 ' produce (n ) pro' duce (v)
 ' licence (n ) li' cence (v)
 ' invalid (adj ) in' valid (adj )
 ' convert (n ) con' vert (v)
 ' prospect (n ) pros' pect (v)
 ' protest (n ) pro' test (v)

26. It includes the emphasis or stress on some
certain words in a sentence or phrase.
Stress Patterns:
 Content words (noun, verb, adjectives,
adverbs) are usually stressed.
 Question Words are stressed.(what, when
how)
 Demonstrative pronouns (this, that, these,
those)
 Negative words and negative "to-be," "to-
have," and auxiliary verbs need to
be stresse. ( e.g.,
no, never, isn't, haven't, can't, don't, won
't)

27.  The speaker uses focus to emphasize a
certain part of his/her message.
The use of focus can indicate the
speaker's intended meaning of a
message.
The focused word needs to be stressed.

28.  John wants to be an actor, so
he wants to live in Hollywood.
 Mary made an appointment with
the dentist on Monday.
 After the movie, they went to a bar to
have beer.

29.  John is leaving Paris next week.
(Emphasize the time)
 John is leaving Paris next week.
(Emphasize the place)
 John is leaving Paris next week.
(Emphasize the action)
 John is leaving to Paris next week.
(Emphasize the truth)
 John is leaving to Paris next week.
(Emphasize the person)