REVISION FOR THE FIRST TERM TEST A Objectives Students review English stress in words of more than two syllables Students can do the exercises about phonetics B Teaching aids Lesson plan, handouts, pr[.]
REVISION FOR THE FIRST TERM TEST A Objectives: - Students review English stress in words of more than two syllables - Students can the exercises about phonetics B Teaching aids: Lesson plan, handouts, projector C Procedure: - Some rules to put the stress on words of two syllables and more than that - Students take notes, give examples and exercises to master the knowledge Contents: I Two syllable words Two syllable verbs: stress often falls on the final syllable if it is/ contains: + a long vowel: refer, inform, repeat… + a dipthong (but / /): design, divide… (borrow…) + more than final consonant: perfect, intend, attend… Two syllable nouns: stress often falls on the final syllable if it is/ contains: + a long vowel: routine + a dipthong (but / /): design… (sorrow, window…) Two syllable adjectives: are stressed according to the same rules as Verbs e.g: correct, polite, technique, idea, heavy, happy, sincere… Other 2-syllable words: Adverbs and Prepositions: seem to behave like Verbs and Adjs E.g: again, before, behind… II Three syllable words Three syllable verbs: a Stress falls on the second syllable if the final syllable contains a short vowel and equal or less than consonant: E.g: consider, determine, interpret b … On the third syllable if it: + a long vowel: introduce + a dipthong (but / /): entertain + more than final consonant: resurrect c …On the first syllable if the third one is: + _ate: concentrate, educate + _ fy: certify, terrify, satisfy + _ise/ize: critisise, standardize Three syllable nouns: a Stress falls on the second syllable if + the final syllable has a short vowel, but / /: + the 2nd syllable has a long vowel, a dipthong or more than final const e.g: potato, disaster, mimosa… b …On the first syllable if: + second syllable has a short vowel and equal or less than final consonant + third syllable has a short vowel, but / / e.g: cinema, camera, evidence… c On the first syllable if the final one is/has: + a long vowel: photograph + a dipthong: marigold + more than final const: intellect d On the third syllable: magazine, lemonade, expertise… Three syllable Adjectives = rule of Nouns e.g: possible, insolent, opportune, important, similar, accurate, popular… ...3 Three syllable Adjectives = rule of Nouns e.g: possible, insolent, opportune, important, similar, accurate, popular…