ôn tập trọng âm (ôn thi c3)

Ôn Tập Trọng Âm
1.  Using suffixes to predict stress
(A)  Stress the suffix itself:
- ee
 employee        refugee            trainee          referee evacuee

- eer
 engineer          career             volunteer mountaineer

- ese
 Chinese          Japanese        Portuguese journalese

- ique
 unique             antique            technique

-ain
entertain / entə`tein/ ascertain/,æsə`tein/

-ette
cigarette /,sigə`ret/ laundette /:n`dret /

-esque
picturesque

         (B)  Stress the syllable immediately before the suffix:
 - ial 
 memorial        financial             artificial               essential 

 - ual
 visual              unusual             intellectual             individual

 - ian
 Canadian       vegetarian        pedestrian            politician

 - sion
 explosion        occasion          conclusion            permission 

 - tion
 definition         production           situation            qualification

 - ient  
 ancient             sufficient              efficient             deficient   proficient

 - cious
 delicious          conscious         suspicious           judicious

 - tious 
 ambitious         cautious           superstitious        conscientious

 - ic 
 academic        energetic            fantastic             terrific             realistic

- ible
 edible                 flexible              incredible             impossible   

 - ity
 ability                 necessity            publicity        possibility       humidity

 - ify
 classify              terrify                  humidify        personify         solidify

 - logy 
 biology             sociology            anthropology       psychology

 - graphy  
 geography      autobiography     photography        pornography

 - meter
 kilometer         parameter          speedometer        thermometer

 * Các hậu tố không ảnh hưởng đến vị trí trọng âm ở t ừ gốc ‘-able’: comfort // comfortable// ’-age’: anchor/`æηkə/ anchorage // ‘-al’ : refuse /ri`fju:z / refusal /ri`fju:zl / ‘-en’ : wide / / widen / / ‘-ful’ : wonder/ / wonderful/ / ‘-ing’: amaze / / amazing / / ‘-like’: bird / / birdlike/ / “-less”: power / / powerless / / ‘-ly’ : hurried / / hurriedly/ / ‘-ment’ (trong danh từ): punishment / / ‘-ness’ : Yellow / / yellowness / / ‘-ous’: poisonous / / ‘-fy’, ‘-wise’, ‘-y’
- Tiền tố: tiền tố thường không ảnh hưởng đến trọng âm của từ

(C)  Stress  the second syllable before the suffix:
 - ate 
 operate           exaggerate           associate          integrate      certificate

 - ize
 apologize       criticize                 recognize           computerize

 - ary
 secretary         necessary           contemporary     vocabulary 

 - ous 
 dangerous     mysterious            spontaneous       simultaneous

      2.  Using Parts of Speech to predict stress
          (A)  For certain two-syllable words used as both nouns and verbs,                 stress nouns on the first syllable, and verbs on the second syllable.  
       Noun            Verb                                   Example    1.  record         record                  The bank recorded a new record yesterday.    2.  present       present                He presented his wife with a beautiful present.    3.  conduct      conduct               They`re conducting a study into his conduct.    4.  suspect      suspect               The suspect was suspected of robbing the bank.    5.  desert         desert                  The desert is so dry that it is usually deserted.

          (B)  Stress compound nouns on the first part/word:  
  deadline           classroom             software           typewriter          policeman          airplane    bus station       air conditioner       sports car       credit card         stock market    Great wall

           (C)  Stress two-word verbs more strongly on the second word,                but for their noun equivalents, stress them on the first part.  
 Noun:  Here`s the printout. 
           She`s a dropout.             Where`s the checkout counter?             There was a holdup at the bank.                 This clearly is a setup.
  Verb:   He printed it out.                 She dropped out.      Can I check it out?      Hold up your hand. 
  I`ll set up a meeting for you.


Exercises
PRONUNCIATION:

Câu 1. A. busy B. study C. result D. bus
Câu 2. A. easy B. speak C. learn D. eat
Câu 3. A student B. stupid C. study D. studio
Câu 4. A. park B. car C. card D. carry
Câu 5: A. kissed B. stopped C. laughed D. closed
Câu 6: A. slow B. power C. how D. town
Câu 7: A. meal B. peace C. please D. weather
Câu 8: A. father B. there C. those D. think
Câu 9: A. chemist B. changes C. churches D. chairman
Câu 10: A. works B. plays C. reads D brings
Câu 11. A. wanted B. needed C. decided D. cooked
Câu 12. A.