How words work.
Syllables and word stress .
Ćwiczenia fonetyczne
Syllables –
pieces of sound
walk, go, home
1 – syllable wordshap - py, birth - day
2 – syllableWhat word stress is
In English words, some syllables are stressed more than others –
we say them more forcefully.
Mon – day Jan - u - a - ry
What the patterns are
English word stress is not always on the same syllable. Here are
some examples of stress in
different syllables of the word:
computer languages
Word stress patterns
examples
Two – syllable words
O o o O
fi - nal neu – tral
be - fore be – gin
Three – syllable words
O o o o O o o o O
in- stru- ment
ca- len- dar do- cu-
ment
de- ve- lop as- to- nish op- po- nent
un-der- stand
o- ver- look Ja- pa- nese
Four – syllable words
o o O o o O o o
e- co- no- mic gra- du- a- tion
ge- o- me- tric
e- lec- tri- cal ther- mo- me- ter
pho- to- gra- phy
How stress is marked
main stress
photographer /f tgrf/
photographic / ft græfık/
secondary stress