Pronunciation: Word Stress

Words in English are made of syllables, but some syllables are stressed and some are unstressed. Watch as Misha and Larissa give 7 rules or patterns for sentence stress. Then play along with their fun game!
Rules or Patterns
3:09 1. 2 syllable nouns or adjectives: O o
4:06 2. 2 syllable verbs or prepositions: o O
4:33 3. Compound nouns: O o
5:00 4. 3 syllables words ending in -er, -ly, or a consonant: O o o 5:37 5. words ending in -cy, -ty, -phy, -gy: 3rd syllable from the end stressed
6:19 6. 3 syllable words ending in -ee, -eer: last syllable stressed
6:39 7. words ending in -sion, -tion, -ic: syllable before the suffix stressed
7:37 GAME: Syllable SNAP
10:37 Your turn! Practice sorting words by stress pattern.
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this is my first time to understand the meaning of "word stress" because you said the word with srtess and without stress, In this way I can notice the difference. THANK YOU SOOOO MUCH

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[@mohamedmahdi8972]

Hello , I would like to thank you very much that you provided us with word stress knowledge in a form of stress rules. I have one question please, I have searched for the word " Intimacy" which end with the syllable-cy. As per stress rules, It should be for the third syllable from the end to be stressed but the cambridge dictionary showed the first syllable is stressed /ˈɪntɪməsi/. Please I would like to request your advice for this contrast. Thanks very much

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I think you have a change in your voice tone in this video Larisa? Am I right ?

[@izzuddinkarim5523]

Hi, thanks for sharing. it really benefits me! could you please tell me, where is the stress syllable for these words : 1. Textile 2. Process. In google translate it's pronounced as ˈtekˌstīl and ˈpräˌses. There are two apostrophes, It is up and bottom apostrophe

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Hi! The first syllable is stressed in both of these words.

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@@ExtraEnglishPractice can you tell me the meaning of lower apostrophe? if it indicates the non-stress syllable, why there are some words not having that mark? For example, return -> rəˈtərn

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Would u please provide us with lesson about possessive adjectives/pronouns and the difference between the two thks in advance

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We love making videos by request! Possessive adjectives and pronouns is something I'm sure a lot of people would like more practice with, so we'll make a video and let you know when it's up.

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The possessives video is here! We hope it's helpful. kzbin.info/www/bejne/i4qrkqt6qpdsrMk

[@JN_AGR]

Is there any rule of the sound ai&a_e. Why the spelling of rain is rain I could be rane

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@@JN_AGR Yes! The rule is that when two vowels are side by side, they often say the long form (alphabet name sound) of the first vowel. So rain sounds the same as rane (not a word), and beat sounds like beet. We have a whole video about this called VOWEL RULES.

[@satpalsingh7079]

According to rule when syllable ends with the vowel and only the vowel is usually have a long sound. But I had seen that you pronounced MI, I as e in Misha. Why is it so.

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Names don't follow any rules! :)

[@marlonbrenno2778]

I have such a hard time trying to pronounce the words "effortless" "effortlessly" "effortlessness". There are two main reasons for this: Reason # 1. The "t" sound: I know that in natural spoken english an american native speaker don't pronounce a "true t" like "tap" or "table", instead they pronounce a "held t" = the tip of the tongue touches the bony bump behind the upper teeth (AKA alveolar ridge), however there is no air release. I CAN'T do it naturally Reason # 2. Word stress: In my native language, Brazilian Portuguese, when a word has four or more syllables, the stress can only fall in one of the last three syllables in a word. In two syllable-words the stress pattern can be: DA da ( BOla, MAla) or da DA ( caJU, aMOR). In three-syllable words the stress pattern can be: da da DA (profesSOR, abriCÓ bamboLÊ), da DA da ( toMAte, baNAna, aÇUcar), DA da da (sílaba, fôlego, música). So, in a four-syllable word , five-syllable word or any other multi-syllable word, it doesn't matter how many syllables the word has, the stress can only fall in one of the last three syllables, so the stress patterns can be: da da da DA ( last Syllable): man je ri CÃO da da DA da (second to last Syllable): res pon SÁ vel da DA da da (third to last Syllable) : his TÓ ri co. In English however, if we count the syllables backwords, the stress can falls in the fourth to last Syllable: DA da da da : *EF* fort less ly *EF* fort less ness. Another crazy example is the word "Veterinary" which has five syllables and has the stress on the first syllable or on the fifth to last syllable (counting backwords): DA da da da da: *VET* er i nar y I'm not accostumed to these stress patterns, so that's why is pretty difficult for me

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secondary stress is missing

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I'm great.Could help me with my English pronunciation?I don't how to read these syllable . 1st.The word secretary \ˈse-krə-ˌter-ē\ I don't know how to read the second syllable \krə \ 2nd.The word terrible \ˈte-rə-bəl\ I don't know how to read the second syllable ə\ 3rd.The word usually .This word is tough.Could you tell me how to pounce this word's syllable Thank you for your help,beautiful ladies!.

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You are asking about the schwa sound. Any unstressed vowel can make this sound. We are working on a video to explain it. Hopefully it will be up soon. Stay tuned.