A COMPASS TO ENGLISH SUCCESS

We believe that the only difference between a successful English learner and a bad English learner
is that the successful one knows how to use his time in learning the right things.

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 Rules of stress:

What is a syllable?

a unit of pronunciation having one vowel sound, with or without

surrounding consonants, forming the whole or a part of a word; e.g.,

there are two syllables in water and three in inferno.

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Rules of stress:

- 1-syllable words: sing, dance, eat…

- 2-syllable words: present, behave, content…

- 3-syllable words: interesting, amazing, fantastic…

- 4-syllable words: intelligent, articulate, meticulous…

- 5-syllable words: international, archaeologist, environmental…

- 6-syllable words: internationally, environmentalist, responsibility…

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Rules of stress:
1. Two-syllable words:

- Nouns and adjective = first syllable

• Project, perfect, present, presence, profile, program, export, import, province,

image, detail, pronoun, prefix, patience, language, punctual, conduct…

Exceptions: Event, routine..

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Rules of stress:

1. Two-syllable words:

- Verbs = second syllable

 Perfect, present, program, export, import, detail, predict, review, apply,

conduct, behave, employ, receive…

Exception: Manage, travel, listen…

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Rules of stress:

1. Two-syllable words:

- Words with stress on the first syllable only:

 Comment, access, contact…

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Rules of stress:

2. Three or more than three-syllable words:

- Backwards counting and stress on the third syllable:

 Beautiful, interesting, intelligent, applicable, dangerous, international,

meticulous, perfectionist, biology, geography…

- Exception: independent, dedication, amazing…

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Rules of stress:

2. Three or more than three-syllable words:

- Stress the syllable before “CIV” (Consonant + I + Vowel):

 TION: Construction, aviation, congestion, conjunction, probation…

 CIAN: Physician, magician, politician, musician, beautician…

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Rules of stress:

2. Three or more than three-syllable words:

- Stress the syllable before “IC”:

 Romantic, diplomatic, cosmetic, academic, electric, pandemic, economic,

electronic…

- Exception: politics, catholic, arithmetic…

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Rules of stress:

2. Three or more than three-syllable words:

- Stress the syllable before “CIV” (Consonant + I + Vowel):

 TIOUS: Nutritious, conscientious, superstitious…

 CIOUS: Delicious, malicious, facetious…

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Rules of stress:

2. Three or more than three-syllable words:

- Stress the syllable before “CIV” (Consonant + I + Vowel):

 CIAL: Commercial, artificial, superficial…

 SION: Decision, possession, profession…

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Rules of stress:

2. Three or more than three-syllable words:

- Roots that are always stressed

 EE: Employee, interviewee, trainee… (*coffee, committee)

 EER: Engineer, volunteer, pioneer…

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Rules of stress:

2. Three or more than three-syllable words:

- Roots that are always stressed

 OO: Bamboo, taboo…

 OON: Balloon, afternoon…

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Rules of stress:

3. Roots that are always stressed

 EEN: Thirteen…

 ESE: Vietnamese, Japanese, Taiwanese…

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Rules of stress:

4. Never stress on prefix or suffix

- UN: unbelievable, uncomfortable, unable…

- DE: deactivate, detachable, degrade…

- IM: Immoral, immature, impossible

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Rules of stress:

4. Never stress on prefix or suffix

- FUL: Beautiful, impactful..

- DE: deactivate, detachable, degrade…

- LY: Attractively, intelligently…

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LIAISON

In pronunciation, liaisons are the connection between two

words.) In American English, words are not pronounced one

by one. Usually, the end of one word attaches to the

beginning of the next word.

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LIAISON RULES:

1. Consonant & Vowel

/ˈbɑː.t̬ əl/ /kʌm/
/lɑːts/
Lots of Bottle of Come on

/s/ /l/ /m/

/θɪŋk/ /driːmz/
/læf/
Think of laugh at dreams of

/k/ /f/ /z/

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LIAISON RULES:

1. Consonant & Vowel

- She makes a birthday cake for her aunt.

- My mother is a nurse in a clinic.

- My teacher always gives us a lot of homework.

- She sometimes practices English with her brother.

- He has a handful of sand.

- She took a bus to work this morning because of her broken car.
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1. Consonant & Vowel

- My cat is black and white.

- There are three bedrooms in my house.

- She hates oranges and apple.

- He usually tells a joke at work.

- There is a bowl of popcorn on the table.

- The weather is hot and dry this week.

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1. Consonant & Vowel

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2. Vowel & Vowel

/ɡoʊ/ /tuː/
/duː/
Do I Go away Two apples

/w/ /w/ /w/

/ðiː/ /siː/
/θriː/
The elephant Three apples See it

/j/ /j/ /j/

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LIAISON RULES:

2. Vowel & Vowel

- I usually go away when my parents start complaining about my studying.

- Do I know you from somewhere?

- He put two apples in the fridge this morning.

- The elephant is eating some sugar cane.

- There are three apples on the table.

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3. Consonant & Consonant

A. If they are in different groups, we must PAUSE.

- I can speak French because I used to learn it in university.

- My cat likes to eat fish and chips.

- The school opens five days a week.

- The book makes me think a lot about our life purposes.

- Her English becomes more fluent because she practice it every day.
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3. Consonant & Consonant

B. If they are in the same group, we must LINK.

- I’m majoring in natural sciences at Baruch College.

- I bought both things; the antique clock and the antique glass.

- I need some money to buy her a big gift.

- The path through the park could be longer.

- I miss Sue; I wish she were here.

- I speak Korean not Japanese.

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Practice:

Martin had a terrible day yesterday. It was the day of his vacation to Spain but it was a

nightmare. He left the house at 10 o'clock in the morning and caught a taxi to the

airport.

Martin went to the check-in with his luggage. When the man who worked for the airline

asked for his passport, Martin became very upset. Where was his passport? Martin
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Practice:
He jumped back into the taxi and told the driver to take him home. The driver drove

quickly and Martin arrived back at his house in twenty minutes.

He ran into the house and went into his bedroom. He found his passport on the

bedside table and left the house again. But the taxi wasn't there! Where was the

taxi!

Martin jumped up and down angrily. "I don't believe it. The taxi left!" he shouted. He
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Practice:
After a few minutes, Martin found another taxi and told the driver to take him to

the airport as quickly as possible. The traffic on the roads was very bad and,

unfortunately, Martin's taxi arrived at the airport late. His plane left for Spain at

11.30 and Martin missed it. He was very sad and went to speak to the airline.

They promised to get him a seat on an evening flight and Martin went home on

another taxi to wait.