Trong am

Stress
- The nature of stress:
Louder
Longer
More qualified vowels
Higher
- The rules:
VERBS

A/ Two syllable Verbs = Two syllable Adjectives

- oO: The 2nd consists of:
- a long vowel
a dipthong (but /ou/)
more than 1 final consonant
eg: refer, design, perfect
Not: visit, borrow, open

B/ Three syllable verbs

- oOo: The 3rd consists of:
a short vowel
less than 1 final consonant
eg: consider, determine, interpret
- ooO: The 3rd consists of:
a long vowel
a dipthong ( but /ou/)
more than 1 consonant
eg: introduce, entertain, recollect
- Ooo: The 3rd consist:
final “ate”
final “fy”
/ ai/
Eg: concentrate, certify, calculate, criticise

NOUNS
I/ Two syllable nouns

- oO: The 2nd consists of:
a long vowel
a dipthong ( but / ou/)
eg: routine, design
NOT: student, sorrow

II/ Three syllable nouns= three syllable Adjectives

oOo: - The 3rd consists of:
a short vowel
/ou/
- The 2nd consists of:
a long vowel
a dipthong
More than 1 final consonant
Eg: potato, disaster, mimoza
- Ooo: - the 3rd consists of:
a short vowel
/ou/
- The 2nd consists of:
a short vowel
/ou/
Eg: cinema, camera, evidence
- Ooo: The 3rd consists of:
a long vowel
a dipthong
more than 1 final consonant
eg: photograph, marigold, intellect

compound words

I/ Noun + noun: Stress falls on the 1st noun
Eg: handbag

II/ Adj + noun: Stress falls on Noun
Eg: loudspeaker, firstclass
EXCEPT:
‘Greenhouse, ‘gentleman, ‘background, ‘supermarket, ‘superstructure, ‘blackboard, ‘infrastructure, ‘blackmail,’whitehouse, ‘blueprint
III/ prefix + stem + suffix
No rule for prefix
suffixes that carry primary stress:
ain: entertain, contain
ee: trainee ( but em’ployee)
eer: engineer, career
ese: vietnamese
ette: cigarette, cassette
esque: picturesque
ique: technique
Suffixes that carry primary stress before them
tion: ‘nation, fiction,celabtation
graphy: ge’ography
ical: initial, potential
ic: economic
ion: internation
ious: delicious
ity: ability
ive: expensive
itive/ ative: talkative, infinitive