RULES OF STRESS IN AMERICAN ENGLISHA.. TWO-SYLLABLE WORDS N/ADJ- 1st syllable; V-2nd syllable Ex: People, customs, Christmas, children, fireplace, father, Santa, to attend, service Exept
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A TWO-SYLLABLE WORDS (N/ADJ- 1st syllable; V-2nd syllable)
Ex: People, customs, Christmas, children, fireplace, father, Santa, to attend, service
Exeptions ( ngoại lệ) :
N: event, machine
V with 2 syllables ended with –OW-EN-Y-EL-ER-LE-ISH are stressed on the 1st syllable
To borrow, to open, to study, to travel, to offer, to startle , to finish
B WORDS OF 3 OR MORE THAN 3 SYLLABLES
Stress the third syllable counting backwards ( nhấn vào âm tiết thứ 3 đếm từ sau ra trước) Suffixes –ED-ING-LY-ARY are overlooked in this counting system : các tiếp vĩ ngữ ED-ING-LY-ARY không đếm
EX : Different, celebrate, holiday, families, popular, originate, charity, permanent, beautiful, beautifully…
C SUFFIXES
Before CIV (Consonant-I-Vowel) Australia, traditions, religious, decoration, mention, asia, relation, competition, physician…
Before IC : Athletic, systematic, atomic, pacific…
Exceptions : Rhetoric, lunatic, catholic, arithmetic, politics
ON the following ending syllables :
ADE ( parade); OO( taboo); OON( Cocoon); EE( employee); EEN( canteen), EER (engineer), ESE( Japanese), ESE/ISE ( Exercise); IZE/YZE ( Analyze) , SELF ( Himself, themselves)
D TWO WORDS OR THREE WORDS PHRASES :
a) Stress the first element
N-GERUND : fruit picking, weight lifting
Gerund-N : a dining room, a swimming pool, a driving license
N-N : A river bank, a church bell, a golf club
b) Stress the last element : modifiers are not stressed
Adj-N : Stress the noun : a silver fish, the best answer, a good investment
Proper name of people, place and titles are stressed
c) Stress both words : material, components and possessive cases
A steel door, the iron man, a stone wall, a gold medal…