Lj2 Week 39 - P1 L4 Pronunciation Lesson 3

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Pronunciation Lesson 3

Vowel sound practice æ - e - i

Stress patterns

Try to find a way out of the maze .

You can go through any doorway if the word in the next cell has the same vowel sound as the one you start from.

For example in the maze for æ (hand), you can go through the doorway to the cash cell as this word has the same vowel sound. You can't go through the doorway into the want cell as this word has a different vowel sound.

Vowel sound practice æ - e - i

Key:

Maze A: / æ / hand - cash - mad - man - gas - match - bag - sand - lamb - fans - rang

Maze E: / e / leg - west - left - fell - help - pet - next - bet - sent - egg - men - spend - test

Maze I: / I /  chin - win - sing - miss - dig - hit - film - king

Vowel sound practice æ - e - i

Question: Would you like to go to Brazil?

Answer: I would love to go to Brazil.

Why does the speaker stress the word love in the answer?

Join the correct answer to the question. Bold words are stressed.

Stress practice

Would you like to go to Brazil?

What do you speak, apart from English?

Istanbul's the capital of Turkey, isn't it?

Do you speak English or Czech?

Ankara's the capital of Iran, isn't it?

Ankara's a small place in Turkey, isn't it?

Where would you like to go?

I'd love to go to Brazil.

I speak English and Czech.

No, Ankara's the capital of Turkey.

I speak English and Czech.

I'd love to go to Brazil.

No, Ankara's the capital of Turkey.

No, Ankara's the capital of Turkey.

Nouns (zelfstandig naamwoorden) with two syllables (lettergrepen) usually have the stress on the first syllable in English. This is true in about 90% of cases.

For verbs (werkwoorden) it is more common for the stress to be on the second syllable. This is true in about 60% of cases (so there are plenty of exceptions!).

If we write a first syllable stress as Oo and a second syllable stress as oO, then which of these two stress patterns is used for melon and which for prefer?

Stress patterns

melon : Oo

prefer :  oO

These are the typical stress patterns for nouns and verbs, but there are plenty of exceptions.

Now go through the mazes. You may only go through a cell if the word has the stress pattern written to the left of the maze (Oo for nouns and oO for verbs)

Stress patterns

Key:

Nouns: Oo _> melon- salad - coffee - lemon - menu - artist - colour - actor - concert - college - minute - tourist - sofa

Verbs: oO -> prefer - invite - collect - forget - belong - enjoy - explain - decide - compare - behave - allow - describe - escape - repeat - believe

Stress patterns practice

Choose the correct stress pattern for the following country names

Stress patterns practice

Belgium

1. Oo
2. oO

China

1. Oo
2. oO

Taiwan

1. Oo
2. oO

Finland

1. Oo
2. oO

Sudan

1. Oo
2. oO

Angola

1. Ooo
2. oOo
3. ooO

Canada

1. Ooo
2. oOo
3. ooO

Algeria

1. Oooo
2. oOoo
3. ooOo
4. oooO

Well done!

You have made it to the end of this pronunciation lesson. I hope you have learned something about the correct pronunciation and stress pattern of some English words.

Next week you're going to start preparing for your speaking exam.