Longman Pronunciation Dictionary

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French Revolution, and there was a great celebration in Paris.
B: No, you are thinking of bicentennial.
A: Oh, the advantages of a classical education!
Part B: stress in words and phrases
This part of the book deals with the marking of stress in words and phrases. It begins with an
introductory case study, focussing on one very specific use of stress patterns in words, before going
on to look at the full range of stress patterns and marking. Stress is discussed in LPD in the
Introduction 3:3, and the note STRESS.
8 Pairs of words with different stress
A number of English words have the same spelling for a noun or adjective and a verb. There is
a group of these two-syllable words where the noun/adjective is stressed on the first syllable, and
the verb on the second.
e.g. a record �re kT�d to record rj �kT�d
perfect �pY�f jkt to perfect pY� �fekt
EXERCISE 39
AIM: To stress nouns and verbs correctly.
Fill the gaps in the sentences below. The words you need are listed under the sentences. Mark
the stressed syllable of each word.
1. There has been a big ..�increase.. in the number of students applying to this college.
2. As a Red-Cross volunteer, she sometimes has to .................. disabled people travelling across
London.
3. A recent .................. showed that 98% of households have colour television.
4. The council are going to .................. the High Street into a pedestrian shopping centre.
5. The winning song in the Eurovision Song .................. is usually pretty dull.
6. A gesture which is friendly in one country may be a deadly .................. in another country.
contest convert escort increase insult survey
EXERCISE 40
AIM: A. To use the dictionary to check stress patterns.
B. To stress nouns and verbs correctly.
a. The words below can all be a noun and a verb. For some of them the noun and verb have
different stress (like 'record'). For others, the noun and verb have the same stress. Underline the
words which you think have different stress for the noun and verb. Use the dictionary to check your
choice.
answer contrast offer present reject reply transport
b. Use each underlined word in two sentences, once as a noun and once as a verb. Make sure you
say the words with the correct stress.
Vowels in unstressed syllables
In some Noun-Verb pairs, the vowel in the first syllable is different in the noun and the verb.
e.g. �re kT�d rj �kT�d
In other pairs, the vowel is the same. e.g. �jn s�lt jn �s�lt
EXERCISE 41
AIM: To use the dictionary to check pronunciation.
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Use the dictionary to check the vowel in the first syllable of the words underlined below. Write the
word and mark the stressed syllable.
1a. There has been a decrease in the birth rate. ..�di� kri�s......
1b. The number of members is expected to decrease. ............
2a. His business interests conflict with his public duty. ............
2b. The border dispute may lead to armed conflict between the two countries. ............
3a. The President had an armed escort. ............
3b. The receptionist will escort visitors to the meeting room. ............
4a. Taxes are not expected to increase. ............
4b. The average increase in earnings last year was 6%. ............
5a. I cannot permit such behaviour. ............
5b. Have you got a permit for that gun? ............
6a. I'm going to protest. ............
6b. There will be a storm of protest. ............
7a. The rebels in the hiils will never surrender. ............
7b. Every child rebels against authority at some stage. ............
EXERCISE 42
AIM: Further practice with stress and pronunciation in pairs of words.
Can you solve the following clues? In each pair of clues, the words referred to have the same
spelling, but different stress. Write the spelling, and the pronunciation corresponding to each
meaning. The first one is done for you.
1. give sympathy and comfort console
kYn �sY�l
a keyboard, panel of switches
�kRn sY�l
2. decline to do something
rubbish
3. get smaller
a formal legal agreement
4. happy, satisfied [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]

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