1. Stressing Syllables Listen and repeat
Look at the DESert. Look at the desSERT.
He gave me a MESsage.
He gave me a masSAGE.
Continue p. 36

2. Two Syllable Words PENcil DOZen SOFa prePARE apPOINT reCEIVE
prePARE the DINner
apPOINT the OFficers
reCEIVE a CALL
Most two syllable words have stress on the first syllable. Ex. p.37

3. Unstressed Syllables and the Schwa
To say a schwa, start by relaxing your mouth. Let your tongue rest gently behind your lower teeth. Open your lips and say uh.
PRObləm
Momənt
SEATəd
ROsəs
HUmən

4. Partner Practice Look-alikes p. 38
PERmit (Noun) You need a PERmit to park here.
perMIT (Verb) Please perMIT me to park here.

5. Suffixes -er -or The suffixes –er and –or are not stressed in English.
Ex. BETter BIGger MAJor FAVor
Exercise b. 1, 2 and 3 p. 39

6. Guidelines p. 40 a FUNny STORy A PRETty PICture
Stress the first syllable in most two-syllable __________ and __________.
More than 90% of two-syllable nouns have stress on the first syllable.

7. Another Less Common Pattern
anNOUNCE
rePEAT
apPLY
deNY
Stress the second syllable in many two-syllable___________.
More than 60% of two-syllable verbs have stress on the second syllable.

8. Two-Syllable Adverbs beHIND beLOW aHEAD aBOVE
Stress the second syllable in two-syllable
_____________.

9. Partner Practice P. 40 Exercise D Practice with Look-Alikes
The convict is guilty. The jury voted to convict him.

10. Three-Syllable Words
TERrible
WONderful
GOVernment

11. More Three-Syllable Words
exAMPle
comMITtee
fanTAStic
underNEATH
afterNOON
underSTAND

12. Four-Syllable Words occuPAtion explaNAtion acaDEMic aNALysis aSTROLogy
psyCHOLogy

13. More Four-Syllable Words
SECretary
MEdiator
APpetizer
See the Common Word Stress Patterns worksheet at

14. Improve your Monitoring
Same or Different p. 45
Is the stress on the same syllable or a different syllable?
Ex. busy bigger
Which sentence do you hear? P.45

15. Compound Nouns Have two parts Noun + Noun airplane
Adjective + Noun greenhouse
Where is the stress?
Ice cream cash register supermarket
Fire engine

16. Spelling Some compound nouns are spelled as one word. ex. keyboard
Some are spelled as two words. ex. gas station
You can’t tell by listening if the compound is spelled with one word or two. Dictionary!

17. Partner Practice
P exercise g #1,2,3

18. Other Compounds Verbs overSLEEP underPRICED Adverbs beHIND beLOW aBOVE
Names New JERsey New YORK
Reflexive pronouns itSELF mySELF

19. Partner Practice pgs. 48-49 Exercise H Ex. I lost my CREDIT Card
Self-Quiz p

20. Open Scene
Check and Mark your Open Scene for the two-syllable, three-syllable, and four-syllable words and stress patterns
Check your and Mark your Open Scene for any compounds and their stress pattern.

21. Homework: Review and study pages 46-50
Record the first two pages of your part of the Open Scene in Voicethread

22. More Intonation Patterns Prefixes and Suffixes
Suffixes Pattern 1
-sion, -tion -ic, -ical -ian
deCIsion Magic CamBOdian
soLUtion AtLANtic INdian
ocCAsion iDENTical CoLOMbian
More p. 59

23. -ary SEcretary VOLuntary voCABulary conTEMPorary
The suffix is not stressed in pattern 1 words. Which syllables are stressed? Write the guideline for each group.

24. Pattern 2 -ee -ese -eer employEE VietnamESE pionEER
trusTEE JapanESE caREER
refuGEE ChinESE enginEER
-ique -ette
uNIQUE casSETTE
anTIQUE cigarETTE

25. Guideline for Pattern 2 Stress the suffix in pattern 2 words Prefixes
un- in-
unHEALthy inTOLerant
unWISE insufFIcient
unNEcessary inDIFferent

26. More Prefixes pre- ex- mis- preVENT exPLAIN misPLACE
preFER exPOSE misTAKE
preDICT exPERience
Prefixes are not usually stressed in English.

27. Exceptions COFFee TELevision aRITHmetic NAturalize PERmeate
Partner Work
P. 60 Learn By Listening 2: Related Words
Nation
Noun Adj./Adv. Verb
nationALity NAtional +ly NAtionalize

28. Open Scene
Find all the words with any of the prefixes or suffixes we studied and mark the stress.
Practice saying these words.

29. Homework Review, listen, and practice pages 58-60.
Review the stress placement in the open scene words.
Practice for your oral quiz on Thursday.