b) Make up your own sentences, using the words below.export, import, contract, abstract, escort, insult, perfect, permit, protest, rebel.
Decide which syllable should be stressed and why.
financial
permission
intellectual
pedestrian
occasion
artificial
possibility
situation
realistic
qualification
sufficient
conscious
cautious
flexible
necessity
suspicious
production
recognize
energetic
referee
terrific
publicity
terrify
impossible
solidify
sociology
essential
anthropology
psychology
proficient
autobiography
vegetarian photography
parameter
judicious
speedometer
superstitious thermometer
refugee
trainee
fantastic
humidify
conclusion
career
deficient
volunteer
Japanese
antique
incredible
technique
exaggerate
humidity
vocabulary
associate
contemporary
certificate
efficient
criticize
politician
Portuguese
unusual
necessary
computerize
mysterious
individual
integrate
personify
spontaneous simultaneous
Decide whether the two words in each pair have the same stress pattern.
Two-syllable words
1. advise compete
2. humid perform 3. discuss moral 4. critic courage 5. contain mislead
Three-syllable words
1. official magnify 2. referee pioneer 3. elastic optical 4. origin proficient 5. editor gratitude
Four-syllable words
1.opposition necessity 2.geography calculator 3.economics politician 4.secondary competitive
Five-syllable words
1.incompatible sociology 2.technological participation 3.magnification examination 4.electricity organization
Group the following words so that they match the patterns in the table.
a)Infamous
dinosaur
banana
calendar
enjoyment
excel
begin
imply
arrive
cluster
eternal
before
worry
kingdom
countless
defeated
history
statement
passage
mountain
pattern
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b)astonish
calendar
develop
opponent
appetite
curious
hurricane
possibility
document
congregate
crocodile
commercial
instrument
choke
vanilla
sentiment
Three-syllable words
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Read the sentences paying attention to double-stressed words. Decide which of the stresses should be lost.
1. She says she’s eighteen. This is lab eighteen.
2. She’s rather light-headed. They say she’s light-headed.
3. He’s a middle-aged man. None of them are middle-aged.
4. Does he live upstairs? The upstairs study is mine.
5. There are fifty five pages in the magazine. It happened in nineteen fifty five.
6. It’s his favorite armchair. There’s a large armchair in the study.
7. This meat is underdone. He doesn’t like underdone meat.
8. He’s rather independent man. He’s rather independent.
9. He has five o’clock tea nearly every afternoon. It’s nearly five o’clock. He’s having afternoon tea.
10. The upstairs room is vacant. He lives upstairs.
11. There’s a good-looking girl over there. She’s very good-looking.
12. The girl is nineteen. The nineteenth page is missing.
13. He has a charming little weekend cottage. He goes there every weekend.
14. He’s a hard-working student. He’s very hard-working.
15. She’s nearly fifteen. There were fifteen students in the group.
16. They are coming for the weekend. The weekend was great fun.
Date: 2015-12-18; view: 1974
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