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Teacher’s Name: Kaniz Dilruba Roll No-13 P.T.I Comilla

Presentation Subject-English Topic: “Common patterns of stress and intonation in English”

Learning Outcomes: By the end of this presentation you’ll be able – 1 Learning Outcomes: By the end of this presentation you’ll be able – 1. to define syllable, stress and intonation. 2. to use common pattern of stress and intonation.

What do we mean by syllable and stress What do we mean by syllable and stress? Syllable- “A syllable is apart of a word that contains a single vowel or sound and that is pronounced as a unit.” For example –Book has one syllable. Stress- “word stress is the term used to describe the accent or emphasis given to a particular syllable of a word.” For example- father answer begin

Common patterns of stress- 1 Common patterns of stress- 1. Many common nouns and adjectives will have stress on the first syllable. For example- people, mother, happy etc. 2.In words with prefixes such as-be,in,dis, ex,un etc.the stress is always on the second or third syllable. Example-Begin, Because, Examine,Dislike,Undeerstand

3. Suffixes, such as-ly,-ible,-ory,-ical,-ic are never stressed 3. Suffixes, such as-ly,-ible,-ory,-ical,-ic are never stressed.Examples-lovely,impossible,category,logical,economic. 4. Compound words which are formed with two nouns are common.They are stressed on the first noun.Examples-Newspaper,Grandfather,Grandmother. 5.Usually prepositions conjunctions will have no stress because they are not content words. Example-on, in, and etc.

Intonation: “Intonation is the way that the voice rises and falls as the speaker speaks.” For example-What’s your name?

Common pattern of intonation in English 1 Common pattern of intonation in English 1.We use rising voice at the end of the question type sentences. For example-what is this? 2.We use a falling voice at the end of the statement type sentences. For example-It’s a bag.

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