Pronunciation: Vowels, Consonants and Stress
English pronunciation: 44 sounds (20 vowels, 24 consonants). Short vowels: /i/ (sit), /e/ (bed), /ae/ (cat), /u/ (put), /o/ (hot). Long vowels: /i:/ (seat), /u:/ (boot), /o:/ (saw), /a:/ (car), /3:/ (bird). Diphthongs: /ei/ (day), /ai/ (my), /oi/ (boy), /au/ (now), /ou/ (go), /ie/ (here), /ee/ (hair), /ue/ (poor). Stress: In words with 2+ syllables, one syllable is stressed. Rules: Nouns: stress first syllable (REcord). Verbs: stress second syllable (reCORD). Two-syllable adjectives: stress first. Suffixes: -tion, -sion, -ic, -ical stress the syllable before. Word stress changes meaning: INsult (noun) vs inSULT (verb). Sentence stress: content words (nouns, main verbs) are stressed, function words (articles, prepositions) are weak. Exercise: 1- Mark the stress: education, comfortable, information. 2- Practice minimal pairs: ship/sheep, sit/seat. Related: Phonetics and Vocabulary.
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