1. Pronunciation “ ed” ending sound 1. Pronunciation “ ed” ending sound
2. Stress of two – syllable words.
3. Noun – verb – adjectives
Pronunciation
/e/ /ei/ /ei/ /ei/
/e/ /ei/ /e/ /e/
1. A. failed B. reached C. absorbed D. solved 2. A. celebrated B. attended C. displayed D. invited 3. A. removed B. washed C. hoped D. missed 4. A. looked B. laughed C. stepped D. moved 5. A. laughed B. passed C. suggested D. placed 6. A. visited B. prepared C. decided D. invited 7. A. happened B. lasted C. lifted D. decided 8. A. walked B. entertained C. reached D. looked 9. A. watched B. stopped C. pushed D. improved 10. A. helped B. laughed C. cooked D. intended
Choose the word whose the underlined part is pronounced differently.
Pronunciation
1. A. failed B. reached C. absorbed D. solved 2. A. celebrated B. attended C. displayed D. invited 3. A. removed B. washed C. hoped D. missed 4. A. looked B. laughed C. stepped D. moved 5. A. laughed B. passed C. suggested D. placed 6. A. visited B. prepared C. decided D. invited 7. A. happened B. lasted C. lifted D. decided 8. A. walked B. entertained C. reached D. looked
9. A. watched B. stopped C. pushed D. improved 10. A. helped B. laughed C. cooked D. intended
Choose the word whose the underlined part is pronounced differently.
Pronunciation
2. Stress rules of two – syllable words
1. Two-Syllable verbs and prepositions
In most two syllable verbs and prepositions, the stress is on the second syllable.
Examples:
be’gin, be’come, for’get, en’joy, dis’cover, re’lax, de’ny, re’veal, a’mong, a’side, bet’ween…
Exception: ‘answer, ‘enter, ‘happen, ‘offer, ‘open…
2. Two-syllable Nouns and Adjectives
In most two syllable nouns and adjectives, the first syllable takes on the stress.
Example:‘children, ‘hobby, ‘habit, ‘labour, ‘trouble, ‘standard,
‘basic, ‘busy, ‘handsome, ‘lucky, ‘pretty, ‘silly…..
Exception: ad’vice, ma’chine, mis’take, a’lone, a’mazed, …
receive polite perform
beauty copy
teacher prepare
parade
classmate actor
1. A. birthday B. cowboy C. enjoy D. pleasure 2. A. persuade B. reduce C. apply D. offer
3. A. money B. machine C. many D. mother 4. A. begin B. pastime C. finish D. summer 5. A. revise B. amount C. contain D. desire 6. A. standard B. happen C. handsome D. reuse 7. A. about B. around C. under D. between 8. A. healthy B. remain C. alone D. accept 9. A. exist B. evolve C. enjoy D. enter
10. A. constant B. basic C. irate D. obvious Pronunciation
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Pick out the word that has the stress differentlyfrom that of the other words
1. A. birthday B. cowboy C. enjoy D. pleasure 2. A. persuade B. reduce C. apply D. offer 3. A. money B. machine C. many D. mother 4. A. begin B. pastime C. finish D. summer 5. A. revise B. amount C. contain D. desire 6. A. standard B. happen C. handsome D. reuse 7. A. about B. around C. under D. between 8. A. healthy B. remain C. alone D. accept 9. A. exist B. evolve C. enjoy D. enter
10. A. constant B. basic C. irate D. obvious Pick out the word that has the stress differently from that of the other words
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