451. Exercise 5. Transcription.

452. Transcribe the following words when you hear them, giving particular attention to the weak syllables. Each word will be said twice. If you need more time for writing, stop your tape and restart it when you are ready for the next word. (1...10)

454. Tape Unit 10. Word Stress.

455. Exercise 1. Stress marking.

456. When you hear the word, repeat it, then place a stress mark before the stressed syllable.

457. ['enimi] enemy

458. [səb'trækt] subtract

459. [kə'lekt] collect

460. ['elifənt] elephant

461. ['kæpitl] capital

462. [ə'bzə:və] observer

463. [ka:'nei∫n] carnation

464. ['profit] profit

465. ['pærədaiz] paradise

466. [entə'tein] entertain

468. Exercise 2. Pronouncing from transcription.

469. The following are British place-names. When you hear the number, pronounce them with the stress as marked. You will then hear the correct pronunciation, which you should repeat.

1. ['∫rəuzbri]

2. 6. ['bə:miŋəm]

3. [pol'perəu]

4. 7. [no:'θæmptən]

5. [æbə'di:n]

6. 8. [d/\n'di:]

7. [wulvə'hæmptən]

8. 9. ['kæntəbri]

9. [æbə'ristwəθ]

10. 10. ['beiziŋstəuk]

12. Exercise 3. Placing stress on verbs, adjectives and nouns.

13. When you hear the number, pronounce the word with the appropriate stress. You will then hear the correct pronunciation, which you should repeat.

14. TWO-SYLLABLE WORDS

15. VERBS

1. [disi:v] deceive

2. 6. [əbdзekt] object

3. [∫a:pən] sharpen

4. 7. [koŋkə] conquer

5. [kəlekt] collect

6. 8. [riko:d] record

7. [prənauns] pronounce

8. 9. [poli∫] polish

9. [kopi] copy

10. 10. [dipend] depend

12. ADJECTIVES

1. [i:zi] easy

2. 6. [jeləu] yellow

3. [kəmpli:t] complete

4. 7. [ə:li] early

5. [meidзə] major

6. 8. [səblaim] sublime

7. [aleun] alone

8. 9. [hevi] heavy

9. [biləu] below

10. 10. [əlaiv] alive

12. NOUNS

1. [bi∫əp] bishop

13. [ofis] office

2. [æspəkt] aspect

14. [ərei] array

3. [əfeə] affair

15. [pətrəul] patrol

4. [ka:pit] carpet

16. [dentist] dentist

5. [difi:t] defeat 10. [o:tem] Autumn

7. THREE-SYLLABLE WORDS

8. VERBS

1. [entətein] entertain

2. 6. [ilisit] elicit

3. 2. [rezərekt] resurrect

4. 7. [koməndiə] commandeer

3. [əbændən] abandon

4. 8. [imædзin] imagine

3. [dilivə] deliver

4. 9. [ditə:min] determine

3. [intər/\pt] interrupt

4. 10. [sepəreit] separate

4. ADIECTIVES

3. 1. [impo:tnt] important

4. 6. [inslənt] insolent

3. 2. [ino:məs] enormous

4. 7. [fæntæstik] fantastic

3. 3. [derilikt] derelict

4. 8. [negətiv] negative

3. 4. [desiml] decimal

4. 9. [ækjərət] accurate

3. 5. [æbno:ml] abnormal

4. 10. [/\nlaikli] unlikely

4. NOUNS

3. 1. [fə:nit∫ə] furniture

4. 2. [diza:stə] disaster

5. 3. [disaipl] disciple

6. 4. [æmbjələns] ambulance

7. 5. [kwontiti] quantity

8. [kəθi:drəl] cathedral

9. [holəko:st] holocaust

10. [trænzistə] transistor

11. [æksidənt] accident 10.[təma:təu] tomato

4. Tape Unit 11. Complex word stress.

5. Exercise 1. Stress-carrying suffixes.

6. When you hear the number, pronounce the word with stress on the suffix. You will then hear the correct pronunciation which you should repeat.

1. -ain: entertain [,entə'tein] 4. -ese: Portuguese [,po:t∫ə'gi:z]

2. -ee: refugee [,refju'dзi:] 5. -ette: cigarette [,sigə'ret]

3. -eer: mountaineer [,maunti'niə] 6. -esque: picturesque [,pikt∫ə'resk]

4. When you hear the stem word, say the word with the given suffix, putting the stress on that suffix. In these examples, a secondary stress comes on the penultimate syllable of the stem.

5. employ + -ee absent + -ee

6. engin + -eer profit + -eer

7. Sudan + -ese Pekin + -ese

8. Usher + ette statue + -ette (statuette)

10. Exercise 2. Neutral suffixes.

11. When you hear the stem word, add the suffix without changing the stress.

3. comfort + -able

4. power + -less

3. anchor + -age

4. hurried +-ly

3. refuse + -al (refusal)

4. punish + -ment

3. wide + en (widen)

4. yellow + -ness

3. wonder + -ful

4. poison + -ous

3. amaze + -ing

4. glory + -fy (glorify)

3. devil + -ish

4. other + -wise

3. bird + -like

4. fun + -y (funny)

4. Exercise 3. Stress-moving suffixes.

5. When you hear the stem word, say it with the suffix added and put the stress on the last syllable of the stem.

6. advantage + -eous (advantageous) injure + -ious (injurious)

7. photo + -graphy tranquil + -ity (tranquillity)

8. proverb + -ial reflex + -ive

9. climate +-ic (climatic) embryo + -logy

11. Exercise 4. Compound words.

12. When you hear the number, say the item.

13. a) First clement adjectival, stress on second element.

1. loudspeaker 4. second-class

2. bad-tempered 5. three-wheeler

3. headquarters

3. b) First element nominal, stress on first element.

1. typewriter 4. suitcase

2. car-ferry 5. tea-cup

3. sunrise

3. c) Mixture of type (a) and (b).

1. long-suffering 4. red-blooded

2. gunman 5. gear-box

3. shoelace 6. overweight

4. Exercise 5. Word-class pairs.

5. You will hear the number of the item and its word-class. Stress the second syllable if it is a verb; stress the first syllable if it is a noun or adjective.

6. 1. abstract (Adjective) 10. object (Noun)

7. 2. conduct (Verb) 11. perfect (Adjective)

8. 3. contract (Noun) 12. permit (Verb)

9. 4. contrast (Verb) 13. present (Adjective)

5. desert (Noun) 14. produce (Verb)

6. escort (Noun) 15. protest (Noun)

7. export (Verb) 16. rebel (Verb)

8. import (Noun) 17. record (Noun)