Pronunciation: Word Stress

Words in English are made of syllables, but some syllables are stressed and some are unstressed. Watch as Misha and Larissa give 7 rules or patterns for sentence stress. Then play along with their fun game!

Rules or Patterns
3:09 1. 2 syllable nouns or adjectives: O o
4:06 2. 2 syllable verbs or prepositions: o O
4:33 3. Compound nouns: O o
5:00 4. 3 syllables words ending in -er, -ly, or a consonant: O o o 5:37 5. words ending in -cy, -ty, -phy, -gy: 3rd syllable from the end stressed
6:19 6. 3 syllable words ending in -ee, -eer: last syllable stressed
6:39 7. words ending in -sion, -tion, -ic: syllable before the suffix stressed

7:37 GAME: Syllable SNAP

10:37 Your turn! Practice sorting words by stress pattern.

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