Word Stress Rules
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Glenda Umza
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Word Stress Practice
Rules and Exceptions
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Deduce the rules
discuss with your classmate(s)
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Multiple Select
What do these words have in common:
unhappy - dishonest - insane ?
Choose all the ones that apply
They're all adjectives
They're all nouns
They all have a prefix
They all have a suffix
The prefix is NOT stressed
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Multiple Select
What do these words have in common:
decrease - disobey - return?
Choose all the ones that apply
They're all adjectives
They're all verbs
They all have a prefix
The prefix is always stressed
The prefix is NOT stressed
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Rule #1
Prefixes are not usually stressed
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Multiple Choice
Where's the stress in these verbs?
appear - conclude - define - employ
in the first syllable
in the second syllable
in the third syllable
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Multiple Choice
Where's the stress in these adjectives?
alive - complete - distinct - extreme
in the first syllable
in the second syllable
in the third syllable
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Rule #2
The second syllable is stressed when it's the root of the word
But!
How do we know that?
( Most words coming from Latin and
hence more similar to Spanish follow this pattern)
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Multiple Choice
Where's the stress in these words:
harden - straighten - suffer - punish ?
first syllable
second syllable
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Multiple Choice
What else is true about these words:
harden - straighten - suffer - punish ?
They're exceptions to rule #1
They're exceptions to rule #2
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Multiple Select
What's true about these words:
mother - house - people - hunger
They're all adjectives
They're all nouns
They all come from German
They're all stressed on the first syllable
They're all stressed on the second syllable
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Rule #3
Most two syllable words coming from German
are stressed on the first syllable
( Most everyday words in English follow this rule)
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Multiple Choice
But... wait a minute!
What's going on with these words:
hotel - mistake - success - design
They're all nouns
They're stressed on the second syllable
They're exceptions to rule # 3
All of the above
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Multiple Select
Choose all the options that are true about these words:
myself - ourselves - herself
They're all...
object pronouns
reflexive pronouns
stressed on the first syllable
stressed on the second syllable
None of the above ( life is so fake =(
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Multiple Select
Choose all the options that are true about these words:
outdo - overlook - outsmart
They're all...
phrasal verbs
compound verbs
stressed on the first syllable
stressed on the second syllable
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What about 3 syllable words?
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Multiple Choice
Where's the stress in these words:
acceptance - employer - gorilla
First syllable
Second syllable
Third syllable
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Multiple Choice
Where's the stress in these words:
afternoon - kangaroo - seventeen
First syllable
Second syllable
Third syllable
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Multiple Choice
Where's the stress in these words:
seventy - yesterday - strawberry
First syllable
Second syllable
Third syllable
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Rule #4
Three syllable words
have more changeable stress
depending on their suffix and origin
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Great Job!
We'll practice more in a coming lesson!
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