Learning Objectives
Identify syllables stressed in words in order to improve pronunciation
Word stress– the emphasis placed on a specific syllable of a word when pronouncing it. In words that have more than one syllable, one syllable will be stressed (accentuated)
Stress on first Syllable |
Stress on last syllable |
Most 2-syllable nounsPRESent EXport CHIna TAble |
Most 2-syllable verbspreSENT exPORT deCIDE beGIN |
Most 2-syllable adjectivesPRESent SLENder CLEVer HAPpy |
Stress on syllable second from end |
Stress on syllable second from end |
Words ending in -icGRAPHicgeoGRAPHicgeoLOGic |
Words ending in -cy, -ty, -phy and -gydeMOcracydependaBIlityphoTOgraphygeOLogy |
Words ending in -sion and -tionteleVIsion reveLAtion |
Words ending in -alCRItical geoLOGical |
Compound nounsStress is on the first part |
Compound adjectivesStress is on the second part |
BLACKbird GREENhouse |
bad-TEMpered old-FASHioned |
Compound verbs, stress is on the second part
underSTAND overFLOW |
tips for teaching
One word cannot have two stresses.
Only vowels are stressed, not consonants.