word and sentence stress
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WORD AND SENTENCE STRESS
English Phoneticsproject
byAlejandra ValeroAldemar Trujillo
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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.
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Is the stress placed on syllables within words
EXERCISEListen and repeat after the recording
WORD STRESS PSYCHOLOGY
employEE
psyCHOLogy
repuTAtion
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This are two simple rules about the word stress:
• One word has only one stress
• We can only stress vowels, not consonants.
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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.
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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
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ACTIVITY: listen and underline the word stress:
tel e vi sionbe ginso ci etyex portgeo log icalre ve la tion
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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We hope you learned a little more
about word and sentence stress. THANKS FOR THE
ATTENTION.