reading aloud part 2 - syllables and word stress (o level oral examination)
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2-syllable wordsAdvisead -vise
Competecom - pete
Discussdis - cuss
Quietqui-et
Orangeo -range
Tableta - ble
CHALLENGEPlease separate the following words
into 3-syllable pattern.
1. Official2. Elastic3. Expensive
CHALLENGEPlease separate the following words
into 4-syllable pattern.
1. Economics2. Geography3. Secondary
CHALLENGEPlease separate the following words
into 5-syllable pattern.
1. Incompatible2. Technological3. Organization
-EE Employee Refugee Trainee
-EER Engineer Career Volunteer
-ESE Chinese Japanese Portuguese
-IQUE Unique Antique Technique
-IAL Memorial Financial Artificial
-UAL Visual Unusual Intellectual
-IAN Canadian Vegetarian Pedestrian
-SION Explosion Occasion Conclusion
-TION Definition Production Situation
-IENT Ancient Sufficient Efficient
-CIOUS Delicious Conscious Suspicious
-TIOUS Ambitious Cautious Superstitious
-IC Academic Energetic Fantastic
-IBLE Edible Flexible Incredible
-ITY Ability Necessity Publicity
-IFY Classify Terrify Humidify
-LOGY Biology Sociology Anthropology
-GRAPHY Geography Autobiography Photography
-METER Kilometer Parameter Speedometer
-ATE Operate Exaggerate Associate
-IZE Apologize Criticize Recognize
-ARY Secretary Necessary Contemporary
-OUS Dangerous Mysterious Spontaneous
NOUN VERB EXAMPLErecord record The bank recorded a new record
yesterday.
present present He presented his wife with a beautiful present.
conduct conduct They're conducting a study into his conduct.
NOUN VERB Here's the printout. He printed it out.
She's a dropout. She dropped out.
Where's the checkout counter? Can I check it out?
1.Su
ffix
es 1.1 Stress the suffix itself1.2 Stress the syllable before the suffix1.3 Stress thesecond syllable the suffix
2.Pa
rts
of S
peec
h 2.1 Stress the firstsyllable for nouns. Stress the secondsyllable for verbs.2.2 Stress the firstpart/ word for compound nouns.2.3 Stress the second word for two-word verbs, but the first part for noun equivalents.
LISTENING EXERCISES
LISTEN to the recording.
FIND which sentence in each pair you hear
CHOOSEthe correct response.
E.g.“Does Mary like HISTORY?” or“Does Mary like his STORY?”
1. Yes, that's her favorite subject.
2. No, she's heard it hundreds of times.
If you hear the stress is on
HISTORY, you choose the answer (1).
If you hear the stress is on
STORY, you choose the answer (2).
1“Why doesn't he like the DESERT?” or
“Why doesn't he like the DESSERT?”
1. It's too dry.2. It's too sweet.
2“What does he think of EUROPE?” or
“What does he think of YOUR ROPE?”
1. It's a wonderful place to go. 2. It's not strong enough.
3“Is it ELEMENTARY?” or
“Is it a LEMON TREE?”
1. No, it's very advanced. 2. No, it's an orange tree.
PRACTICES1. http://www.englishclub.com/pronunciation/word-stress-
quiz.htm2. http://www.roadtogrammar.com/wordstress/3. http://esl.fis.edu/grammar/multi/stress.htm4. http://www2.nkfust.edu.tw/~emchen/Pron/stress_exB.htm
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