The rules of word stress Xin giới thiệu bài viết của Mio79, một thành viên tích cực của diễn đàn dethi.com, về word stress. 1. RULE 1: two syllable words a) noun/adj of 2 syllables: stress 1st syllable ex: student, table, sticker . happy, random, courage exceptions: machine, event b) verbs of 2 syllables: stress 2nd syllable ex: to admit, to intent, to construct . c) verbs of 2 syllables-ending with OW, EN, Y, EL, ER, LE, ISH :stress 1st syllable ex: to open, to follow, to hurry, to struggle, to flatter, to finish 2. RULE 2: three or > three syllable words: stress 3rd syllable- counting backwards ex: to celebrate, curriculum, to unify . exception: to develop, imagine, banana 3.RULE 3 : suffixes: a) stress before CIV(consonant-I-vowel) ex: australia, religious, physician b) stress before IC ex: titanic, panasonic, pacific exceptions: rhetoric, lunatic, catholic, arithmetic, politics, Arabic c) stress on the following ending syllábles: ADE, OO, OON, EE, EEN, EER, ESE, ISE, IZE, AIRE, SELF, ETTE, ESQUE EX: pickaboo, millionaire, cocoon, analyze, engineer, themselves d) stress before TION, TAL ex: tradition, continental, 4. RULE 4: phrases: 4.1. noun phrases: a) WH - to inf ; whether/if-to inf ; gerund+ obj :stress on the last word : ex: what to do, learning english . b) compound nouns : b1/ N+N , N+gerund , gerund+N: stress on 1st element ex : river bank, coal mining, living room . b2/ N + adj : stress on N : ex: a handsome and good man . b3/ N( possession, material, component) + N: stress on both of them: ex : my father's book, wood chair, egg cake . 4.2. adj / adv phrases : stress on the last word : ex : the book on the table, the girl standing over there, in the morning , by car . 5. RULE 5 : sentences :stress on: # verbs : the last verb # nouns : the last noun # adv # complement # before commas # on reflexive pronouns ex: I go to school and learn English I do it myself (Trao đổi thêm tại đây) (Theo Mio79) Tin liên quan: Dog-Eat-Dog ( people are looking out for their own interests . ) [03.07.2007 06:15] Add Fuel To The Fire ( do something to make a bad situation worse . ) [27.06.2007 08:31] Colors: I'm Feeling Very Blue Today [27.06.2007 08:28] Noun Functions [23.06.2007 08:21] What Time is it ? [22.06.2007 05:28] Pull up your socks, Sock away, The shoe is on the other foot, On a shoestring [22.06.2007 02:34] T lo i trong ti ng Anh (the Parts of Speech)ừ ạ ế [22.06.2007 02:16] Everything But Kitchen Sink ( almost everything has been included . ) [21.06.2007 07:12] A Chip on Your Shoulder: What Are You Going to Do About It? [21.06.2007 07:10] Verb Functions [21.06.2007 06:47]