word and sentence stress
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WORD AND SENTENCE STRESS
English Phoneticsproject
byAlejandra ValeroAldemar Trujillo
In this project we are going to try to teach how we apply the word and sentence stress through some diferent speaking exercises .
At first step we are going to give you an explanation and each explanation with an exercises.
Stress is the relative emphasis that may be given to certain syllables in a word, or to certain words in a phrase or sentence in other words, is the accent or the strong tone that we give in a sentence.
Is the stress placed on syllables within words
EXERCISEListen and repeat after the recording
WORD STRESS PSYCHOLOGY
employEE
psyCHOLogy
repuTAtion
This are two simple rules about the word stress:
• One word has only one stress
• We can only stress vowels, not consonants.
One Syllable – Stressed: the only syllable have the stressEAT, WELL
Two Syllable - First Syllable Stressed: PICture, HEAting
Two Syllable - Second Syllable Stressed:toDAY, aLLOW
NOW HERE ARE THE EIGHT WORD STRESS PATTERNS IN ENGLISH.
Three Syllable - First Syllable Stressed:Operate, Energy
Three Syllable - Second Syllable Stressed:poTAto, comMITtee
Three Syllable - Third Syllable Stressed:japanESE, volunTEER
Four Syllable - Second Syllable Stressed:neuTRAlity, eVAporate
Four Syllable - Third Syllable Stressed:inforMAtion, poliTIcian
ACTIVITY: listen and underline the word stress:
tel e vi sionbe ginso ci etyex portgeo log icalre ve la tion
Is the stress placed on words within sentences.EXERCISEListen and repeat after the recording
• Will you SELL my CAR because I’ve GONE to FRANCE
• The PRESIDENT’S FAMILY lives in the WHITE HOUSE
SENTENCE STRESS
Sentence stress is what gives English its rhythm or "beat".Most sentences have two types of word:
content words: give the meaning of the sentence
main verbs – sell, give, employnouns – car, music, mary
adjectives – red, big, interestingadverbs – quickly, loudly, never
negative auxiliaries – don’t, aren’t, can’t
structure words: complement the sentencepronouns – I, he, she, we, they
prepositions – on, at, intoarticles – a, an, the
conjunctions – and, but, becauseauxiliary verbs – do, be, have, can, must
“to be” as a main verb – is, are, was
EXAMPLES:Where did you go?We want to go to work.
Now practice the pronunciation through the intonation in the sentence stress and underline the stressed word, repeat after the recording:
My teachers really amuse me. How long are you going for? John wants to be an actor, so he wants to live in Hollywood. After the movie, they went to a bar to have beer.
We hope you learned a little more
about word and sentence stress. THANKS FOR THE
ATTENTION.