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Teacher’s Name: Kaniz Dilruba Roll No-13 P.T.I Comilla
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Presentation Subject-English Topic: “Common patterns of stress and intonation in English”
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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 – to define syllable, stress and intonation to use common pattern of stress and intonation.
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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
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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
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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.
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Intonation: “Intonation is the way that the voice rises and falls as the speaker speaks.” For example-What’s your name?
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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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