Transcript 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
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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
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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
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Partner Practice
Look-alikes p. 38
 PERmit (Noun) You need a PERmit to
park here.
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perMIT (Verb) Please perMIT me to park
here.
Suffixes -er -or
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The suffixes –er and –or are not stressed
in English.
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Ex. BETter
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Exercise b. 1, 2 and 3 p. 39
BIGger
MAJor
FAVor
Guidelines p. 40
a FUNny STORy
 A PRETty PICture
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Stress the first syllable in most twosyllable __________ and __________.
 More than 90% of two-syllable nouns
have stress on the first syllable.
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Another Less Common Pattern
anNOUNCE
 rePEAT
 apPLY
 deNY
 Stress the second syllable in many twosyllable___________.
 More than 60% of two-syllable verbs have
stress on the second syllable.
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Two-Syllable Adverbs
beHIND
 beLOW
 aHEAD
 aBOVE
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Stress the second syllable in two-syllable
 _____________.
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Partner Practice
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P. 40 Exercise D Practice with Look-Alikes
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The convict is guilty. The jury voted to
convict him.
Three-Syllable Words
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TERrible
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WONderful
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GOVernment
More Three-Syllable Words
exAMPle
 comMITtee
 fanTAStic
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underNEATH
 afterNOON
 underSTAND
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Four-Syllable Words
occuPAtion
 explaNAtion
 acaDEMic
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aNALysis
 aSTROLogy
 psyCHOLogy
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More Four-Syllable Words
SECretary
 MEdiator
 APpetizer
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See the Common Word Stress Patterns
worksheet at
 http://college.hmco.com/esl/students
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Improve your Monitoring
Same or Different p. 45
 Is the stress on the same syllable or a
different syllable?
 Ex. busy bigger
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Which sentence do you hear? P.45
Compound Nouns
Have two parts
 Noun + Noun airplane
 Adjective + Noun greenhouse
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Where is the stress?
 Ice cream cash register supermarket
 Fire engine
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Spelling
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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!
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Partner Practice
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P. 47-48 exercise g #1,2,3
Other Compounds
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Verbs overSLEEP underPRICED
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Adverbs beHIND beLOW aBOVE
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Names New JERsey New YORK
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Reflexive pronouns itSELF mySELF
Partner Practice
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pgs. 48-49 Exercise H
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Ex. I lost my CREDIT Card
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Self-Quiz p. 51-52
Open Scene
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Check and Mark your Open Scene for the
two-syllable, three-syllable, and foursyllable words and stress patterns
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Check your and Mark your Open Scene for
any compounds and their stress pattern.
Homework:
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Review and study pages 46-51
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Record the first two pages of your part of
the Open Scene in Voicethread
More Intonation Patterns
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Predicting Stress
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There is no 100% way to predict stress
unless you use a dictionary.
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But, there are some general guidelines.
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
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More Intonation Patterns
Prefixes and Suffixes
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Suffixes Pattern 1
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-sion, -tion
deCIsion
soLUtion
ocCAsion
More p. 59
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-ic, -ical
MAGic
AtLANtic
iDENTical
-(d) (b) ian
CamBOdian
INdian
CoLOMbian
-ary
SEcretary
 VOLuntary
 voCABulary
 conTEMPorary
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How are the –ary words different?
Pattern 1 Guideline
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The suffix is not stressed in pattern 1
words. Which syllables are stressed?
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What is the guideline for pattern 1 words?
Pattern 2
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-ee
 employEE
 trusTEE
 refuGEE
-ese
VietnamESE
JapanESE
ChinESE
-ique
 uNIQUE
 anTIQUE
-ette
casSETTE
cigarETTE
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-eer
pionEER
caREER
enginEER
Guideline for Pattern 2
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Stress the suffix in pattern 2 words
Prefixes
 un unHEALthy
 unWISE
 unNEcessary
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ininTOLerant
insufFIcient
inDIFferent
More Prefixes
pre preVENT
 preFER
 preDICT
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exexPLAIN
exPOSE
exPERience
mismisPLACE
misTAKE
Prefixes are not usually stressed in
English.
Exceptions
COFFee TELevision
aRITHmetic
NAturalize PERmeate
 P. 60 Learn By Listening 2: Related Words
 Nation
 Noun
Adj./Adv.
Verb
 nationALity NAtional +ly
Nationalize
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P. 60 b. Partner Practice
Open Scene
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Find all the words with any of the prefixes
or suffixes we studied and mark the
stress.
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Practice saying these words.
Homework
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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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