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Stressing Syllables

Stressing Syllables. Listen and repeat Look at the DESert. Look at the desSERT. He gave me a MESsage. He gave me a masSAGE. Continue p. 36. Two Syllable Words. PENcil DOZen SOFa prePARE apPOINT reCEIVE prePARE the DINner apPOINT the OFficers reCEIVE a CALL

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Stressing Syllables

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  1. Stressing Syllables • Listen and repeat • Look at the DESert. Look at the desSERT. • He gave me a MESsage. • He gave me a masSAGE. • Continue p. 36

  2. Two Syllable Words • PENcil DOZen SOFa • prePARE apPOINT reCEIVE • prePARE the DINner • apPOINT the OFficers • reCEIVE a CALL • Most two syllable words have stress on the first syllable. Ex. p.37

  3. Unstressed Syllables and the Schwa • To say a schwa, start by relaxing your mouth. Let your tongue rest gently behind your lower teeth. Open your lips and say uh. • PRObləm • Momənt • SEATəd • ROsəs • HUmən

  4. Partner Practice • Look-alikes p. 38 • PERmit (Noun) You need a PERmit to park here. • perMIT (Verb) Please perMIT me to park here.

  5. Suffixes -er -or • The suffixes –er and –or are not stressed in English. • Ex. BETterBIGgerMAJorFAVor • Exercise b. 1, 2 and 3 p. 39

  6. Guidelines p. 40 • a FUNnySTORy • A PRETtyPICture • Stress the first syllable in most two-syllable __________ and __________. • More than 90% of two-syllable nouns have stress on the first syllable.

  7. Another Less Common Pattern • anNOUNCE • rePEAT • apPLY • deNY • Stress the second syllable in many two-syllable___________. • More than 60% of two-syllable verbs have stress on the second syllable.

  8. Two-Syllable Adverbs • beHIND • beLOW • aHEAD • aBOVE • Stress the second syllable in two-syllable • _____________.

  9. Partner Practice • P. 40 Exercise D Practice with Look-Alikes • The convict is guilty. The jury voted to convict him.

  10. Three-Syllable Words • TERrible • WONderful • GOVernment

  11. More Three-Syllable Words • exAMPle • comMITtee • fanTAStic • underNEATH • afterNOON • underSTAND

  12. Four-Syllable Words • occuPAtion • explaNAtion • acaDEMic • aNALysis • aSTROLogy • psyCHOLogy

  13. More Four-Syllable Words • SECretary • MEdiator • APpetizer • See the Common Word Stress Patterns worksheet at • http://college.hmco.com/esl/students

  14. Improve your Monitoring • Same or Different p. 45 • Is the stress on the same syllable or a different syllable? • Ex. busy bigger • Which sentence do you hear? P.45

  15. Compound Nouns • Have two parts • Noun + Noun airplane • Adjective + Noun greenhouse • Where is the stress? • Ice cream cash register supermarket • Fire engine

  16. Spelling • Some compound nouns are spelled as one word. ex. keyboard • Some are spelled as two words. ex. gas station • You can’t tell by listening if the compound is spelled with one word or two. Dictionary!

  17. Partner Practice • P. 47-48 exercise g #1,2,3

  18. Other Compounds • Verbs overSLEEP underPRICED • Adverbs beHIND beLOW aBOVE • Names New JERsey New YORK • Reflexive pronouns itSELF mySELF

  19. Partner Practice • pgs. 48-49 Exercise H • Ex. I lost my CREDIT Card • Self-Quiz p. 51-52

  20. Open Scene • Check and Mark your Open Scene for the two-syllable, three-syllable, and four-syllable words and stress patterns • Check your and Mark your Open Scene for any compounds and their stress pattern.

  21. Homework: • Review and study pages 46-51 • Record the first two pages of your part of the Open Scene in Voicethread

  22. More Intonation Patterns • Predicting Stress • There is no 100% way to predict stress unless you use a dictionary. • But, there are some general guidelines.

  23. Special Three Syllable Words • Native speakers usually drop the middle syllable in these words: • family fam’ly vegetable veg’table • salary sal’ry interesting int’resting • different diff’rent scenery scen’ry • camera cam’ra • chocolate choc’late • favorite fav’rite

  24. More Intonation Patterns Prefixes and Suffixes • Suffixes Pattern 1 • -sion, -tion -ic, -ical-(d) (b) ian • deCIsionMAGicCamBOdian • soLUtionAtLANticINdian • ocCAsioniDENTicalCoLOMbian • More p. 59

  25. -ary • SEcretary • VOLuntary • voCABulary • conTEMPorary • How are the –ary words different?

  26. Pattern 1 Guideline • The suffix is not stressed in pattern 1 words. Which syllables are stressed? • What is the guideline for pattern 1 words?

  27. Pattern 2 • -ee -ese -eer • employEE VietnamESE pionEER • trusTEE JapanESE caREER • refuGEE ChinESE enginEER • -ique -ette • uNIQUE casSETTE • anTIQUE cigarETTE

  28. Guideline for Pattern 2 • Stress the suffix in pattern 2 words • Prefixes • un- in- • unHEALthyinTOLerant • unWISEinsufFIcient • unNEcessaryinDIFferent

  29. More Prefixes • pre- ex- mis- • preVENT exPLAIN misPLACE • preFER exPOSE misTAKE • preDICT exPERience • Prefixes are not usually stressed in English.

  30. Exceptions • COFFeeTELevisionaRITHmeticNAturalizePERmeate • P. 60 Learn By Listening 2: Related Words • Nation • Noun Adj./Adv. Verb • nationALityNAtional +ly Nationalize • P. 60 b. Partner Practice

  31. Open Scene • Find all the words with any of the prefixes or suffixes we studied and mark the stress. • Practice saying these words.

  32. Homework • Review, listen, and practice pages 58-60. • Review the stress placement in the open scene words. • Practice for your oral quiz on Thursday. Correctly stress a given word using the guidelines.

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