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Word Stress & Intonation

Word stress refers to emphasizing certain syllables within words, such as the first syllable of a two-syllable noun or verb. Sentence stress emphasizes important words like nouns, verbs, adjectives and adverbs within a sentence. Intonation is the rise and fall of pitch in speech. There are two main intonation patterns: rising intonation for questions expecting a yes/no answer and enumerating lists, and falling intonation for statements, open-ended questions and questions starting with "whose, who, which, whom." Proper use of word stress, sentence stress and intonation aids clarity and understanding in speech.

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Word Stress & Intonation

Word stress refers to emphasizing certain syllables within words, such as the first syllable of a two-syllable noun or verb. Sentence stress emphasizes important words like nouns, verbs, adjectives and adverbs within a sentence. Intonation is the rise and fall of pitch in speech. There are two main intonation patterns: rising intonation for questions expecting a yes/no answer and enumerating lists, and falling intonation for statements, open-ended questions and questions starting with "whose, who, which, whom." Proper use of word stress, sentence stress and intonation aids clarity and understanding in speech.

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Word and Sentence

Word Stress

What is
Word Stress?
- importance, significance, or emphasis placed
on syllables in a word.
Word Stress

1st Syllable/ Word 2nd Syllable/ Word

2 Syl. Nouns 2 Syl. Verbs

2-3 Syl. Adjectives 2 Syl. Prepositions

2-3 Syl. Adverbs

Compound Nouns Compound Verbs


Word Stress

Drills
Word Stress

ánswer
ásthma clímate
cástle ísland
cháos chórus
sálmon doughnut
écho hónor
néighbor knówledge
chícken móther
Chrístmas stómach
Kítchen stúdent
Word Stress

cáutious álways
háppy láter
pléasant óften
sólid óver
próper shórtly
súnny slówly
húngry sóoner
úseful únder
Word Stress

a tákeover
a gétup
a létdown
a líftoff fíreman
a príntout the Whíte House
máilman hót dog
greénhouse pópcorn
roómmate
schoól bus
Word Stress

atténd compláin
colléct entertáin
eléct expláin
prevént maintáin
begín remáin
survíve
Word Stress

to take óver
to get úp
to let down
to lift óff
to print óut
•Black OUT
•break DOWN
•look OUT
Word Stress

2nd to the last 3rd to the last


Syllable Syllable
-ic -cy
-sion -ty

-tion -phy
-gy
-al
Word Stress

Drills
Word Stress
iCONic deMOcracy
hyperTENsion abSURdity
nuTRItion geOGraphy
exTENsion ALlergy
eLAStic NAUtical
dePENdency
exPANsion
phiLOsophy
AUCtion auTHOrity
loCAtion phoTOgraphy
JUNCtion geNEAlogy
casTRAtion astroNOmical
Sentence Stress

Sentence Stress
- importance, significance, or emphasis placed
on words in a sentence.
Three Ways To STRESS a word:

1. Get louder

2. Strrrrrrrrretch that word.

3. Change the pitch.


Sentence Stress

Stressed Unstressed
Nouns Pronouns
Main Verbs Prepositions
Adjectives Articles
Adverbs Conjunctions
Negative Auxiliary Verbs
Auxiliaries
Sentence Stress

• Rico loves to eat chicken salad.


• Wilma is the name of Wilson’s wife.
• Stella is the producer of this year’s fashion
show.
• The gardener cut the grass and watered the
flowers.
• John never understood what the lawyer had
been trying to say.
• The trainer taught us to properly put stress on
words in a sentence.
Intonation
Intonation
…the rise and fall or ups and downs of the
voice in speaking.
Intonation

Types of Intonation
Patterns:

1. Rising Intonation

2. Falling Intonation
Intonation

Rising Intonation
1. ENUMERATING or SERIES OF WORDS

I bought some bread, butter, cheese, and soda.

I would need your name, address, age,

and credit card number.


Intonation

Rising Intonation
2. YES or NO questions.
(also known as Closed-ended questions)

Are you okay? (Yes/No)

Is Reggie in his office? (Yes/No)

Are you mad at me? (Yes/No)


Rising Intonation
3. For questions that start with Have? Am? Will?
Was? Were? Has?

Have you listened to my last class? (Yes/No)

Am I qualified for the job? (Yes/No)

Has he visited you lately? (Yes/No)


Falling Intonation
1. STATEMENTS

2. Our headquarters is in Illinois.

3. She doesn’t have a car.

4. You shall receive a callback the day after tomorrow.

5. We are currently experiencing a system breakdown.


Falling Intonation
2. Open-ended questions

1. What are you showing on your screen?

2. Where did you find the equipment manual?

3. What could have caused the extra charges?

(Answers require more than yes or no)


Falling Intonation
3. Questions that start with Whose…? Who…?
Which…? Whom…?

1. Whose mobile phone do you use?

2. Who are you?

3. Which is the right step?

4. Whom did you call?

(Answers require more than yes or no)


Thank you! 

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