Stress

- accent
- intensity of utterance
given to a speech sound
- importance or
prominence
given to a syllable
 Degrees
1. ( ’ ) Primary stress
2. ( ‘’ ) Secondary
stress
3. ( ‘ ) Tertiary stress
4. ( V ) Weak stress
 Rules
1. One word, one stress.
Ex. poLItical
2. The stress is always on a vowel.
Ex. Poli’tical
3. Compound nouns have primary
stress on the first component.
Ex. drugstore, toothpaste,
tablecloth
4. Compound verbs have primary
stress on the second component.
Ex. understand, overlook, outrun

5.Intensive-reflexive pronouns
have primary accent on the
last syllable.
Ex. Myself, himself, themselves
6.If words can be used as nouns
or verbs,the nouns are accented
on the firstsyllable and verbs
on the second.
Ex.
NOUN VERB
object object
present present
protest protest
7. Words ending in –tion,-sion,-
ic,-ical,-ity almost always have
primary accent on the syllable
preceding the ending.
Ex.
contribute contribution
economy economic
psychology psychological
electric electricity
 Practice Drill

A. Two-syllable words with

primary stress on the first
syllable.

cleric chasm
rabies chamber
ancient phonics
menace colleague
B. Two-syllable words with
primary stress on the second
syllable.

sauté induce
bamboo ravine
ordeal fatigue
cashier critique
C. Three-syllable words with

primary stress on the

second syllable.

condolence cathedral
important contribute
semester establish
induction successful
D. Three-syllable words with
primary stress on the last
syllable.

kangaroo attaché
referee afternoon
personnel appliqué
arabesque guarantee
E. Four-syllable words with
primary stress on the first
syllable.

fashionable characterize
interesting ceremony
memorable delicacy
category candidacy
F. Four-syllable words with
primary stress on the second
syllable.

authenticate insatiable
obliterate unanimous
deteriorate efficiency
establishment deductively
G. Four-syllable words with
primary stress on the third
syllable.

allocation beneficial
advertising macaroni
provocation recognition
institution diagnosis
H. Words which do not shift in
stress when suffixes are
added.

oppress oppressive oppression

correct corrector correction
attend attending attendance
profess profession professional
Directions: Find the words that have the
same word stress. Match the word from
the right column next to the matching
word in the left column.

A B
photograph diskette
engineer ballistic
computer twenty
bluebird elephant
sincere string
badge referee
Directions: Find the word that has
the same stress pattern.
A B
committee employee
seventeen referee
eliminate take out
situation record(verb)
lipstick intelligent
turn on photographic
Directions: For this activity, read the
word and choose the correct stress
pattern.
1. information
? Oooo
? oOoo
? oooO
? ooOo
2. photography
? Oooo
? oooO
? oOoo
3. guarantee
? ooO
? oOo
? Ooo
4. photographic
? oOoo
? Oooo
? ooOo
? oooO
5. seventeen
? ooO
? oOo
6.concentration
? Oooo
? oOoo
? ooOo
? oooO
7. scientific
? Oooo
? ooOo
? oOoo
8. cafeteria
? Ooooo
? oOooo
? ooOoo
? oooOo
9. record (V)
? Oo
? oO
10. checkout
? Oo
 Word Stress Bingo
for tea fifteen comedy blackboard printout

turn off sixty nineteen thirteen fourteen

black board committee bluebird forty turnoff

seventeen blue bird print out seventy sixteen

history thirty fifty his story ninety

 Word Stress Bingo
sixteen ninety forty blackboard fifty

turn off sixty nineteen thirteen fourteen

black board history bluebird seventeen Turnoff

comedy blue bird print out seventy for tea

committee thirty printout his story fifteen

Thank you and Good
Day!

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