Bài soạn STRESS IN ENGLISH

5.Rules for primary stress Word type Where is the stress?. Examples Two- syllable Nouns, Adjectives, Adverbs,Prepositions with the second syllable contains a short vowel Verbs ending wit

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SO WHAT

IS THE TOPIC?

STRESS OF WORDS

By: Ms Le Ngoc Han

WHY WORD STRESS?

parts in important tests.

1 Aims

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produce much more professional speech.

2010 Entrance test

2 Definition

an extra force put on a particular syllable of the word It is usually fixed

E.g.: PREsent GRAPHic geoGRAPHic teleVIsion dependaBIlity employEE bad-TEMpered homeSICK

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3 Levels How many levels

of word stress?

Primary stress always fall on long vowels (u:,i:,o:,ə:,a:), dipthongs (iə,ai,uə )

-E.g.deCIDE /di'said/

guiTAR / gi'tɑ:/

5.Rules for primary stress

5.Rules for primary stress

Word type Where is the stress? Examples

Two- syllable

Nouns, Adjectives, Adverbs,Prepositions with the second syllable contains a short vowel Verbs ending with -ow,-en, -el, -y, -le,

-ish

on the first syllable

CENter CLEver WORry AFter

Nouns, Adjectives

,Verbs, Adverbs, Prepositions with the second syllable contains a long vowel

or a diphthong or ends with no more than one

consonant

on the second syllable

aGREE aFFAIR poLITE beHIND

5.Rules for primary stress

Word type Where is the stress? Examples

Three- syllable

Nouns, Adjectives ,Verbs with the last syllable contains a short vowel and ends with no more than one consonant

on the second syllable

(n) diSASter (adj) eNORmous (v) reMEMber

Verbs, with the final syllable contains a long vowel or a diphthong or ends with no more than one consonant

on the final syllable (v) enterTAIN (v)introDUCE

(V)recomMEND

5.Rules for primary stress

Word type Where is the stress? Examples

Three- syllable

Nouns with both the second syllable and the final syllable contain a short vowel ,and ends with no more

than one consonant

on the first syllable (n)ANtonym (n)Enemy

(n)ALphabet

Nouns with the final syllable contains a long vowel or a diphthong or ends with no more than one consonant

on the first syllable

(n) PARadise (n)Architect (n) PHOtograph

5.Rules for primary stress

Word type Where is the stress? Examples

Compound

Nouns (N + N)

DESKtop PENcilcase BOOKshelf GREENhouse

Adjectives (Adj + P.P.)

on the last part (the verb part)

well-MEANT hard-HEADED old-FASHIONED

Verbs (prep + verb)

underSTAND overLOOK outperFORM

5.Rules for primary stress

Word type Where is the stress? Examples

turn OFF buckle UP hand OUT take OFF put OFF carry ON

5.Rules for primary stress

Word type Where is the stress? Examples

the syllable before the

ending

emplyEE waterlOO

-tion, -cian, -sion,

-ic -cious,-ual,-tious,-

logy,-graphy,- ial,-ient

ible,-ity,-ify,-techNIcian graduAtion coHEsion deLIcious bioLOgy…

-ate, -ize,-ary,

-ous The second syllable before the ending

MOderate SUMmarize GENerous

6.Q & A

Decide if the sentence is True or False

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questions within 10 seconds>>get 1

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 The team with higher mark will be the

winner.

The stress of 2-syllable words with the

second syllable contains a short vowel is

on the first syllable.

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The 3-syllable words with the final

syllable contains a short vowel and ends with no more than one consonant have stress on the final syllable.

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Compound nouns are always

stressed on the last part

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Compound adjectives are

stressed on the first part.

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Words with added endings :

“- -ate, -ize, -ary , -ous” are stressed on the second syllable before the ending

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Lucky Number!

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37