Stress - Qui tc nh du trng m Trng m ca mt t thng c th hin qua cch c phn m tit c trng m mnh hn khi c cc m tit cn li trong

t . Ta thng k hiu trng m bng cch nh du phy trn u m tit c nhn. 1. a s cc ng t 2 m tit th trng m chnh nhn m tit th 2 : Example : enjoy collect escape destroy enjoy repeat allow assist accept relax attract accent explain descend forget allow maintain consent ..... Ngoi tr : offer, happen , answer , enter , listen , open, finish, study, follow, narrow... 2. a s cc danh t v tnh t 2 m tit th trng m chnh nhn vo m tit th nht Example : mountain evening butcher carpet busy village summer birthday porter pretty morning winter beggar table handsome ..... Ngoi tr : machine mistake alone asleep ..... 3. Mt s t va mang ngha danh t hoc tnh t th trng m chnh nhn vo m tit th nht, nu mang ngha ng t th trng m chnh nhn vo m tit th hai: Example : record object produce absent import export present suspect increase contact progress rebel extract desert insult contrast conflict decrease protect subject Ngoi tr : visit reply picture travel promise advise answer 4. Danh t ghp thng c trng m chnh nhn vo t u tin : Example : raincoat tea- cup film- maker shorthand bookshop footpath shortlist airline bedroom typewriter snowstorm suitcase airport dishwasher passport hot- dog bathroom speed limit sunrise baseball wastebasket phonebook volleyball high school 5. Tnh t ghp thng c trng m chnh nhn vo t u tin, nhng nu tnh t ghp m t u tin l tnh t hay trng t (Adjective or adverb) hoc kt thc bng ui - ED th trng m chnh li nhn t th hai . Tng t ng t ghp v trng t ghp c trng m chnh nhn vo t th hai : Example : home - sick air- sick praise- worthy water- proof trust worthy lightingfast ... Nhng : bad- temper short- sighted well- informed upstairs well - done short- handed north- east down- stream

well - dressed ill - treated downstairs north - west ... 6. Cc tnh t c tn cng l : ant, - ent, - able, - al, - ful, - les, - y,- ly, ous s c trng m chnh nhn vo vn u : constant competent natural homeless rocky careful comfortable distant current facial careless happy powerful liable absent accent practical powerless dirty colorful passable * Ring ng t kt thc bng -ENT s nhn trng m vn th 2 : accent concent frequent present Ngoi tr : advisable depenable reliable disabled 7. Cc t kt thc bng cc ui : how, what, where, .... th trng m chnh nhn vo vn u : anywhere somehow somewhere whatever whoever .... 8. Cc t 2 m tit tn cng bng ui EVER th s nhn mnh vo chnh n: however whenever whatever ..... 9. Cc t 2 m tit tn cng bng ui -er , or th trng m nhn vo vn u : father teacher flower suffer filmmaker mother builder enter dressmaker baker Ngoi tr : confer prefer composer refer . 10. Cc t 2 m tit bt u bng A th trng m nhn vo vn 2 : abed about above aback again alone achieve alike alive ago asleep abroad aside abuse afraid 11. Cc t tn cng bng cc ui - acy, - age, - ate, - ure, - ety, - ity, ion ,- sion, - cial, - ous,- ian, - ior, - iar, - ence, - iency, - ient, - ier, - ic, - ics, -ent th trng m nhn vo t ngay trc n : enjoyment, decision.... democracy structure dictation librarian experience premier image society artificial superior efficiency republic vacate mathematics courageous familiar convenient relics Ngoi tr : cathonic lunatic arabic politics arithmetic 12. Cc t kt thc bng - ate , nu 2 vn th trng m nhn vo vn th nht. Nu 3 vn hoc trn 3 vn th trng m nhn vo vn th 3 t cui ln. Senate playmate congratulate concentrate activate complicate communicate regulate consulate nitrate classmate ofiginate 13. Cc t tn cng bng ui - ade, - ee, - ese, - eer, - eete, - oo, -oon ,- ain, th trng m nhn chnh cc ui ny : lemonade Chinese degree pioneer cigarette kangaroo saloon colonnade Japanese absentee engineer bamboo typhoon balloon Vietnamese refugee guarantee musketeer taboo afternoon typhoon Nhung : coffee, commitee...

14. Tt cc t kt thc bng ui - ly u nhn trng m theo tnh t ca n: carelessly differently patiently diligently difficultly 15. Cc t ch s lng nhn trng m t cui kt thc bng ui teen . ngc li s nhn trng m vn u tin nu kt thc bng ui -y : thirteen fourteen............ // twenty thirty , fifty ..... 16. Cc i t phn thn lun nhn mnh cui t : myself, himself, themselves .. 17. Cc tin t (prefix) khng bao gi mang trng m , m thng nhn mnh t th 2(t gc ): unusual dislike indefinite reflect illegal mistake ..... --------------------

Exercise Exercise 1 : Choose the word that has a different stress pattern from the others. 1. A. attract B. advance C. adventure D. battle 2. A. borrow B. canal C. camera D. button 3. A. design B. cancer C. cattle D. dairy 4. A. favourite B. effective C. Egyptian D. electricity 5. A. gather B. environment C. exist D. export 6. A. B. experiment C. expensive D. explain government 7. A. extinction B. explorer C. failure D. creation 8. A. B. disappear C. distribution D. discover demonstration 9. A. B. function C. predict D. protect prevention 10. A. separate B. protect C. provide D. release Exercise 2 : Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from those of the other. 1.A. good B. food C. soon D. too 2. A. about B. would C. round D. out 3. A. enough B. cough C. rough D. through 4. A. chooses B. houses C. horses D. rise 5. A. chair B. machine C. check D. child 6. A. sit B. sound C. sun D. sugar 7. A. gone B. done C. song D. shop 8. A. mud B. shut C. push D. but 9. A. sweat B. heat C. threat D. thread

10. stone

B. zone

C. none

D. phone

Exercise3 : Choose the word that has a different stress pattern from the others. 1.A. sensitive B. strangely C. surgery D. surprise 2. A. wonder B. wealthy C. vanish D. variety 3. A. position B. professor C. population D. possession 4. A. abandon B. ancient C. apply D. attraction 5. A. annual B. average C. mother D. bacteria 6. A. benefit B. biology C. chemical D. cricket 7. A. function B. demand C. complain D. request 8. A. inhabit B. invent C. material D. opera 9. A. parachute B. period C. particular D. solar 10. A. remedy B. satellite C. refusal D. satisfy Exercise 4 : Choose the word that has a different stress pattern from the others. 1. A. extensive B. applicant C. create D. artistic 2. A. infectious B. poisonous C. disastrous D. religious 3. A. accurate B. reduce C. internal D. transport 4. A. mature B. machine C. majesty D. majority 5. A. redundant B. descendant C. relevant D. consultant 6. A. mountain B. maintain C. fountain D. certain 7.A. reply B. appeal C. offer D. support 8. A. answer B. allow C. agree D. deny 9. A compare B. approve C. enter D. pollute 10. A. mother B. relax C. father D. garden 11. A decide B. combine C. apply D. happen 12. A promise B. picture C. listen D. accept 13. A .apple B. England C. shampoo D. grammar 14. A open B. provide C. complete D. prefer 15. A become B. promise C. suggest D. disorder 16. A flower B. exclude C. husband D. farmer 17. A. doctor B. simple C. castle D. enlarge 18. A. decide B. behave C. offer D. occur 19. A. exciting B. telephone C. tomorrow D. November 20.A. B. cinema C. yesterday D. politics policeman ------

The Rules Of Word Stress

Intonation- pronunciation

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( 8 Votes ) Word stress is your magic key to understanding spoken English. Native speakers of English use word stress naturally. Word stress is so natural for them that they don't even know they use it. Non-native speakers who speak English to native speakers without using word stress, encounter two problems: 1. They find it difficult to understand native speakers, especially those speaking fast. 2. The native speakers may find it difficult to understand them. 1.RULE 1 : two syllable words a)Noun/Adj of 2 syllables: stress 1st syllable: Ex: student, table, sticker... happy, random, courage.... Except: machine , event b)Verbs of 2 syllables :stress 2nd syllable Ex: to admit, to intent, to construct... c)Verbs of 2 syllables-ending with OW, EN, Y, EL, ER, LE, ISH :stress 1st syllable Ex: to open, to follow, to hurry, to struggle, to flatter, to finish..

2.RULE 2 : three or > three syllable words - stress 3rd syllable- counting backwards: nhn vn th 3 t sau m ti. Ex: to celebrate,curriculum, to unify... Except: to develop, imagine, banana 3.RULE 3 : suffixes: a) stress before CIV(consonant-I-vowel) Ex: australia, religious, physician.. b) stress before IC Ex: titanic, panasonic, pacific.... Except: rhetoric, lunatic, catholic, arithmetic, politics, Arabic c) stress on the following ending syllables: ADE, OO, OON, EE, EEN, EER, ESE, ISE, IZE, AIRE, SELF Ex: pickaboo, millionaire, cocoon, analyze, engineer, themselves.... d) stress before TION, TAL Ex: tradition, continental,.... 4. RULE 4: phrases 4.1. noun phrases: a) WH - to inf ; whether/if-to inf ; gerund+ obj :stress on the last word Ex: what to do, learning english... b) compound nouns : * N+N , N+gerund , gerund+N: stress on 1st element Ex : river bank, coal mining, living room... ** N + adj : stress on N Ex: a handsome and good man... *** N( possession, material, component) + N: stress on both of them Ex : my father's book, wood chair, egg cake... 4.2. adj / adv phrases : stress on the last word Ex : the book on the table, the girl standing overthere, in the morning , by car... 5. RULE 5 : sentences stress on * verbs : the last verb

* nouns : the last noun * adv * complement * before commas * on reflexive pronouns Ex: I go to school and learn English I do it myself