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Word stress suffixes and prefixes
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SUFFIXES Different types – identify them The employee was economical with money as he was running out of it.
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SUFFIXES Different types – identify them The employee was economical with money as he was running out of it.
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SUFFIXES How do they differ? em " ploy → employ " ee e " conomy → eco " nomical " run → " running
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SUFFIXES How do they differ? employ " ee → stress carrying /stressed suffix eco " nomical → stress imposing suffix " running → stress neutral suffix
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SUFFIXES What about these words? advantageous, shortage, religion, usherette, romantic, engineer stress carrying /stressed suffix: stress imposing suffix: stress neutral suffix:
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SUFFIXES What about these words? stress carrying /stressed suffix: ushe"rette, engi"neer stress imposing suffix: advan"tageous, re"ligion, ro"mantic stress neutral suffix: "shortage
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Stress neutral or impossing suffixes? -ious (injurious)? -eous (advantageous)? -ous (poisonous)? ical (economical)? -ic (economic)?
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Stress neutral or impossing suffixes? -ious (in"jurious)? stress imposing -eous (advan"tageous)? stress imposing -ous ("poisonous)? stress neutral ical (eco"nomical)? stress imposing (combination of –ic and –al) -ic (eco"nomic)? stress imposing Difference in meaning Economical vs economic?
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Prefixes and word stress "responsible → ir"responsible "comfort → dis"comfort a"greeable → disa"greeable
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Word families Work out the missing words, mark the stress, and pronounce them. Noun (abstract) AdjectiveNoun (person) Verb photographphotographicphotographerphotograph industry inventor competitive criticize politics nationalistic analyst
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Word families Noun (abstract) AdjectiveNoun (person) Verb photographphotographicphotographerphotograph industryindustrialindustrialistindustrialize inventioninventiveinventorinvent competitioncompetitivecompetitorcompete criticismcriticalcriticcriticize politicspoliticalpoliticianpoliticize nationnationalisticnationalistnationalize analysisanalyticalanalystanalyse
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Schwa hunt Noun (abstract) AdjectiveNoun (person) Verb phot o graph photographicphotographerphotograph industryindustrialindustrialistindustrialize inventioninventiveinventorinvent competitioncompetitivecompetitorcompete criticismcriticalcriticcriticize politicspoliticalpoliticianpoliticize nationnationalisticnationalistnationalize analysisanalyticalanalystanalyse
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Schwa hunt Noun (abstract) AdjectiveNoun (person) Verb phot o graph photographicphotographerphotograph industryindustrialindustrialistindustrialize inventioninventiveinventorinvent competitioncompetitivecompetitorcompete criticismcriticalcriticcriticize politicspoliticalpoliticianpoliticize nationnationalisticnationalistnationalize analysisanalytical a nalyst analyse
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Schwa hunt Noun (abstract) AdjectiveNoun (person) Verb phot o graph photographicphotographerphotograph industryindustrialindustrialistindustrialize inventioninventiveinventorinvent competitioncompetitivecompetitorcompete criticismcriticalcriticcriticize politicspoliticalpoliticianpoliticize nationnationalisticnationalistnationalize analysisanalytical a nalyst analyse
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