Word stress

•Each word has one major stressed syllable.

•Indicated by increase in loudness & higher pitch.

•Where is the stress in the following examples?

Word stress

•Each word has one major stressed syllable.

•Indicated by change in loudness, higher pitch

•Common patterns for word stress include:

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Word stress

•Each word has one major stressed syllable.

•Indicated by change in loudness, higher pitch

•Common patterns for word stress include:

□□□ □□□

Word stress

•Each word has one major stressed syllable.

•Indicated by change in loudness, length of syllable.

•Common patterns for word stress include:

General rules for word stress – Nouns & Adjectives

Many common 2-syllable nouns and adjectives are stressed on the first syllable:

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Sister Paper Lovely Careful

General rules for word stress - Verbs

•Many common 2-syllable verbs have the stress on the second syllable

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Decide Pretend Explore Begin

Same Verb and Noun words

•Words that have both noun and verb forms change stress depending on their grammatical form. Nouns are stressed on the first syllable while verbs are stressed on the second syllable.

Compound Nouns

Compound nouns are usually stressed on the 1st syllable:

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Postman Key ring Newspaper Door handle

Practice

•Now look at the practice sheet and try to decide which syllable is stressed in each case.

•Discuss it with a partner

Answers