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Word Stress in English
Word Stress in English
Word Stress in English
PHOTOGRAPH
PHOTOGRAPHER
PHOTOGRAPHI
C
Total Stressed
Word Stress syllables syllable
PHO TO GRAPH 3 #1
PHO TO GRAPH 4 #2
ER
PHO TO GRAPH 4 #3
IC
There are two basic things to keep in mind that
will help you determine how to stress a word:
longer in duration
higher in pitch
louder in volume
Compoun well-meant
Adjectives
d words hard-headed
on the last old-fashioned
part (the understand
verb part) overlook
Verbs
outperform
Where is
Word type Examples
the
stress?
turn off
Phrasal Verbs on the particle
buckle up
economic
-ic
the syllable before
electrical
the ending
Word Technicia
-tion, -cian, -sion
With n
Added graduation
endin -phy, -gy, -try, -cy, biology
g -fy, -al geometry
the third from
the last Parameter
-meter
syllable Thermometer
Homographs
Noun Verb
CONflict conFLICT
DEfect DeFECT
EXport exPORT
EXtract exTRACT
PERmit perMIT
PROtest proTEST
REcord reCORD
PRACTICE
TIME
PG. 90-91
na-tion bap-ti-sm
e-mo-tion ce-re-mo-ny
mo-tion in-tes-tine
e-rup-tion e-du-cate
lo-tion na-tio-na-li-ty
so-lu-tion bam-boo
po-tion u-ten-sils
con-di-tion a-do-les-cent
pho-to-graph ac-cu-ra-cy
fa-mi-ly at-tain-ment
1.He is my friend.
2.He is my friend.
3.He is my friend.
4.He is my friend.
5.He is my friend?
6.He is my friend.
tra-di-tion
pro-verb
va-lues
folk-lore
u-nique