Phonetics and stress exercises

48.a.deny b.pity c.widely d.city 49.a.Internet b.invent c.media d.spend 50.a.used b.worked c.watched d.practiced WORD STRESS 1.. The endings : “_fy, _ise, _ate”  If having 2 syllables

PHONETICS

12 a.character b.chemistry c.scholarship d.charity

1 a cost b dog c come d fox

4 a fished b learned c saved d pleased

6 a laughed b stopped c placed d phoned

7 a coughs b Alice’s c clocks d hates

9 a nation b national c nature d grey

10 a clown b South c Southern d plough

12 a measure b pleasing c reason d houses

14 a chemist b school c scholarship d children

15 a reading b middle c life d picture

24 a attracted b excited c admired d fascinated

26.a.sight b.mineral c.pipe d.device 27.a.flood b.groom c.typhoon d.balloon 28.a.primary b.divide c.comprise d.religion 29.a.school b.children c.Chinese d.church 30.a.impressed b.disappointed c.wished d.stopped 31.a.currency b.difficult c.much d.summer 32.a.tunic b.slit c.design d.ethnic 33.a.clothes b.cloth c.ethnic d.think 34.a.practical b.tradition c.fashion d.pattern 35.a.stopped b.designed c.embroidered d.used

37.a.clothed b.impressed c.enjoyed d.worked 38.a.please b.pleasure c.easy d.teacher 39.a.tired b.enjoyed c.reached d.arrived 40.a.town b.grown c.mountain d.down 41.a.campus b.practice c.language d.favorite 42.a.qualify b.scenery c.grocery d.academy 43.a.school b.scholarchip c.chemistry d.children

45.a.meal b.breakfast c.read d.week 46.a.realize b.organize c.surprise d.promise 47.a.practised b.studied c.watched d.worked

48.a.deny b.pity c.widely d.city

49.a.Internet b.invent c.media d.spend

50.a.used b.worked c.watched d.practiced

WORD STRESS

1 The endings which receive the stress:

- Oo : shampoo, kangaroo, yahoo… (cuckoo)

- Ee : employee, absentee, trainee,…(committee, coffee…)

- Oon : afternoon, cartoon,…(teaspoon)

- Eer : engineer, volunteer…

- Ette : cigarette, kitchenette…

2 The endings : “_fy, _ise, _ate”

 If having 2 syllables receive the stress on the second syllables.

- Ate : dictate, locate,…

- Ize (ise) : surprise, baptize, precise,…

- Fy, ly : defy, rely, reply,…

 If having 3 syllables receive the stress on the third syllables from the end.

- Ate : situate, dominate, personate,…

- Ize (ise) : recognize, apologize, criticize, emphasize,….(hospitalize)

- Fy : simplify, personify, identify, magnify…

3 The endings which receive the stress on the syllables preceding them:

- Ic : atomic, mechanic, economic, mathematical, political,…

- Ion : education, population, translation, dictation,…

- Ian : Italia, mathematician, historian…

- Ient : sufficient, efficient…

- Ious : laborious, industrious, studious, enormous…

- Ety : ability, activity,…

- Logy : biology, psychology, ecology,…

- Graphy : geography, photography,…

4 The stress of nouns, adjectives and verbs having 2 syllables

- Noun/adj :stress is on the first : export, record, expert

- Verb : stress is on the second : export, record, expert

1 a.reason b.although c.expense d.create

2 a.leisure b.television c.cartoon d.helmet

3.a.enough b.recipe c.belong d.together 4.a.dynamic b.geneticist c.police d.television

10 a.composition b.anniversary c.celebration d.television

11 a.activity b.introduce c.supervisor d.celebration

13 a.reduction b.popular c.investigate d.convenient

14 a.environmental b.technological c.personality d.representative

15 a.employment b.recycle c.recorder d.interesting

16 a.valuable b.impossible c.responsible d.conditional

17 a.efficiency b.simplicity c.military d.psychology

18 a.disappointed b.conspicuous c.miraculous d.accessible

22 a.potential b.delicate c.apprentice d.astonished

25 a.package b.accountant c.supervisor d.customer

27 a.sociable b.pollution c.understand d.realize

28 a.industry b.agriculture c.restaurant d.ambulance

30 a.potential b.military c.deficiency d.intensity

32 a.conservation b.environment c.association d.deficiency

33 a.environmental b.technological c.personality d.representative

35 a.signature b.scholarship c.terminus d.transaction

37 a.entertainment b.accumulation c.humiliation d.determination

42 a.accessible b.conventional c.environment d.preservation

50 a.agency b.memory c.counter d.require

52 a.advancement b.chemical c.conception d.infrequent

54 a.advertiser b.history c.difficulty d.adventurous

57 a.composition b.anniversary c.celebration d.television

59 a.challenging b.impervious c.acceptable d.advisable

60 a.activity b.introduce c.supervisor d.approximately

64 a.independence b.politician c.immortality d.difficult

70 a.vocational b.employer c.minority d.reasonable

74 a.adventure b.discover c.represent d.experience

75 a.contribute b.neighbor c.difficult d.coastal

76 a.interested b.interesting c.response d.happening

82 a.convenient b.favorable c.evaluate d.relationship

85 a.democracy b.commitee c.proficiency d.television

87 a.guarantee b.wholesaler c.expenditure d.complicate

93 a.exception b.scholarship c.transition d.discover

94 a.particular b.significant c.satisfaction d.collaborate