Word Stress

A stressed syllable in a word is usually noticeable by being

and

than the syllables next to it.

Look at the groups of words and decide what the rule is there are exceptions, as always!!

1. father table happy silly Nouns/adjectives with two syllables have stress on the __________ syllable. 2. revise presume invite begin Verbs with two syllables have stress on the ___________ syllable. 3. record import reject increase Words which behave like nouns and verbs: - when its a noun the stress is on the ____________ syllable. - When its a verb the stress is on the ____________ syllable. 4. religion occasion organisation television characteristic futuristic graphic elicit exquisite Words ending in _____ or _______ are stressed on ________________________. 5. democracy geography university particular attitude Many words of three syllables or more (if they are not covered in the points above) are stressed on the _____________ syllable. 6. greenhouse blackbird crossword bad-tempered old-fashioned tight-fisted understand overlook overcome Compound words (words with two parts) are stressed - on the ____________ part if the words are _________________. - on the ____________part of the words are ______________ or __________. 7. controversy harassed oregano These words ___________________________________________________ ! 8. Silent syllables: count the syllables in the following words. In each word, mark which syllable is stressed and which syllable is dropped. interesting vegetable favourite general history different temperature camera

Marking stress: which method do you find the clearest? formation cassette window imposter unhappy delightful waterfall magazine

What makes good pronunciation? Listen and make notes on the following: 1. Did the woman want to go to Torquay or Turkey ? 2. Whats the difference between letters and sounds? 3. What is a shwa and why is it important? 4. cat catch caught 5. 6. A cup of tea Tashtagol is a tiny little town a few streets and a handful not because of cars but because of cows 7. switch off fried egg 8. do it I am go out 9. three eggs two eggs

http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/multimedia/pron/progs/prog1.shtml

My wife went to the West Indies. Jamaica? No, she went because she wanted to Do you get it?

1. I can pose music for TV programmes. 2. The TV guide is on the sent a page of the newspaper. 3. The map shows all the citizen railways. 4. Coke and Pepsi arrival companies. 5. I saw a nudist play.
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Where is your wife from? Alaska What?? you dont know? Do you get it? 1. The office has changed into civilian clothes 2. I picture book off the floor 3. Spy does are not scary at all 4. He was in the necks room 5. I scream in the summer.

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Pronunciation websites: Photransedit : Transcribe text into phonetic script at a touch of a buttonBBC Learning English Interactive IPA ChartThe Phone Voice : Voiceover artist pronounces individual words in RP English VirtuAule : Read aloud the phonetic script and listen Voki - enables users to express themselves on the web in their own voice using a talking character. You can customize your Voki to look like you or take on the identity of lots of other types of characters animals, monsters, anime etc. Your Voki can speak with your own voice which is added via microphone, upload, or phone. Voki lives on your blog, social network profile and will soon be integrated in various instant messaging platforms. You will also be able to download it to most video supported phones. English Central : On English Central you can choose a nice video (one of 3 levels) and then listen to the lines of dialogue in the clip. Text / subtitle support is provided or it can be hidden. Next, record your voice, speaking the same line(s) that you listened to. Get feedback instantly as to how well you pronounced / intoned / stressed / spoke the lines. Are you a budding Marlon Brando? English Central will give you a grade and enter it on their scoreboard. Youll even get feedback on your total clip progress and a score for the complete video http://cambridgeenglishonline.com/Phonetics_Focus/ All you need on one site! Play games, create flashcards and posters, record and practise etc

If you dont have any recording software on your computer (like Windows Sound Recorder or GarageBand on Macs), you can use a web-based audio recorder: audioboo Vocaroo SoundCloud
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Robber: Put all the money into the bag. Teller: Put the monkey in the bag? Robber: Put all the MONEY in the bag. Teller : Put all the money in the back? Robber: No put the money in the BAG ! Teller: Where should I put it?

Robber: Into the BAG ! Teller: No, where should I put the BAG Robber: Give it to ME Teller: Why? Robber: WHY? WHY? Why do you think! Teller: Id rather give it to the policeman standing behind you. Robber: POLICEMAN!!
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