REVISION FOR THE FIRST TERM TEST
A. Objectives:
- Students review English stress in words of more than two syllables.
- Students can do the exercises about phonetics.
B. Teaching aids: Lesson plan, handouts, projector
C. Procedure:
- Some rules to put the stress on words of two syllables and more than that.
- Students take notes, give examples and do exercises to master the knowledge.
Contents:
I. Two syllable words.
1. Two syllable verbs: stress often falls on the final syllable if it is/ contains:
+ a long vowel: refer, inform, repeat…
+ a dipthong (but / /): design, divide… (borrow…)
+ more than 1 final consonant: perfect, intend, attend…
2. Two syllable nouns: stress often falls on the final syllable if it is/ contains:
+ a long vowel: routine
+ a dipthong (but / /): design… (sorrow, window…)
3. Two syllable adjectives: are stressed according to the same rules as Verbs
e.g: correct, polite, technique, idea, heavy, happy, sincere…
4. Other 2-syllable words: Adverbs and Prepositions: seem to behave like Verbs
and Adjs
E.g: again, before, behind…
II. Three syllable words.
1. Three syllable verbs:
a. Stress falls on the second syllable if the final syllable contains a short vowel
and equal or less than 1 consonant:
E.g: consider, determine, interpret
b. … On the third syllable if it:
+ a long vowel: introduce + a dipthong (but / /): entertain
+ more than 1 final consonant: resurrect
c. …On the first syllable if the third one is:
+ _ate: concentrate, educate + _ fy: certify, terrify, satisfy + _ise/ize:
critisise, standardize
2. Three syllable nouns:
a. Stress falls on the second syllable if
+ the final syllable has a short vowel, but / /:
+ the 2nd syllable has a long vowel, a dipthong or more than 1 final const.
e.g: potato, disaster, mimosa…
b. …On the first syllable if:
+ second syllable has a short vowel and equal or less than 1 final
consonant
+ third syllable has a short vowel, but / /
e.g: cinema, camera, evidence…
c. On the first syllable if the final one is/has:
+ a long vowel: photograph + a dipthong: marigold + more than 1 final
const: intellect
d. On the third syllable: magazine, lemonade, expertise…
3. Three syllable Adjectives = rule of Nouns