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hello I’m Emma from English so tell me
really how do you know these words
announce but they’re also verbs and
they’re pronounced differently depending
on the type of word that they are so
right now it’s impossible to know how to
pronounce these words correctly the
great news is that there are some simple
rules that will help you to pronounce
these words correctly when you do use
them yeah simple English rules and I’ll
go over them with lots of examples
during this lesson today but first let
me explain why word stress is important
in spoken English English is a stressed
language words are stressed when spoken
because they’re important so when we
speak we speak those words more clearly
they’re the important words they must be
heard for the sentence to be understood
but if the word has more than one
syllable there will be one syllable that
is pronounced more clearly than the
others at least one syllables are
stressed differently and it’s actually a
really important part of speech so it’s
something you need to know not only does
word stress give English its rhythm but
it also helps native speakers to
identify words if you use the wrong
words stress in English you’ll you could
be pronouncing a completely different
word than the one you mean to and that
can be pretty confusing for someone
listening to you and when you’re
listening to a native English speaker
recognizing what words are stressed will
help you to understand the mean
more easily – so if you’ve been telling
yourself that word stress doesn’t matter
think again as I said there are some
simple rules that I’ll teach you in this
lesson today to help you to correctly
and confidently stress words in English
so let’s get our words back on screen so
you’ll notice that all of these words
have two syllables now as a general rule
most two syllable English nouns are
stressed on the first syllable
it’s a general rule but it’s true most
of the time by the way that’s also true
for adjectives most two syllable
adjectives are stressed on the first
syllable – and most two syllable verbs
are stressed on the second syllable
there are exceptions but this is true
most of the time and that my friends is
a really useful pronunciation tip nouns
verbs nouns verbs easy let’s look a
little more closely at the first word as
a noun the stress is on the first
syllable as a verb the stress is on the
second syllable
so listen decrease decrease can you hear
the difference there decrease decrease
say it with me
see if you can pronounce the difference
decrease decrease now specifically word
stress affects the vowels in English
it’s the vowel sounds that are different
when you are stressing and unstressed
syllables stress syllables have a
stronger vowel sound while unstressed
syllables reduce down and you’ll notice
this through all of the examples that I
teach in this lesson so while you master
the pronunciation of stressed syllables
today
you’ll also practice Val reductions for
all of the unstressed syllables – as the
value of the stock decreased we noticed
a decrease in revenue the same stress
pattern is used for increase as well
increase and increase one really great
way to practice the correct
pronunciation of English words is by
listening to audiobooks while you’re
reading the actual physical book you’ll
learn lots of new words in context and
hear the correct pronunciation – you’ve
heard me talk about audible before
because I love listening to books I can
do it anywhere while I’m running while
I’m driving and on the train or I’m
doing really mundane tasks like grocery
shopping and listening to your favorite
English books is such a great way to
improve your listening and your speaking
skills so sign up to audible using the
link in the description below and you’ll
get your first audiobook absolutely free
I’ve recommended a few books in the
description as well so make sure you
check them out and let me know what you
think next example
present present the vowel sound is
strong in the stressed syllable remember
and then the vowel sound in the
unstressed syllable reduces present
present we forgot to bring our birthday
present we will present the findings to
object object there was a strange
glowing object above the stage if you
object to our decisions you need to
suggest alternatives reject and reject
reject reject our football players are
all rejects from other teams my boss
will probably reject our suggestion to
have our monthly meeting at the pub
probably but it’s worth the shot
they signed the contract yesterday The
Villages may contract the virus by
drinking water from the river conflict
conflict conflict conflict do you have
any idea what’s causing the conflict the
neighbours story conflicts with the
story that Paul gave us produce and
produce produce and produce there’s lots
of fresh produce available at the market
can you produce any evidence that proves
you’re innocent hmm project now some
native English speakers pronounce the
stressed vowel there slightly
differently but it’s always stressed
project and project project project do
you know if they’ve received government
funding for that project during the
celebrations of the community projected
historical photos on the church building
record
and record record and record do you keep
a record of the number of tourists that
visit this place each year you need to
visit the police station so that they
can record your details hmm refuse and
refuse refuse and refuse Peter runs a
business that collects refuse from local
cafes and businesses refuse is a more
formal way of saying rubbish or garbage
the protesters are refusing to exit the
building oK we’ve been through plenty of
examples here but there are many more
examples of these types of words where
the noun and the verb are spelled
exactly the same but pronounced
hmm gosh I’m thinking of so many already
like desert and desert if you can think
of any others then please add them into
the comments under this video try to
write a sentence with these words if you
do that and everyone else does that
we’ll end up with hundreds of sentences
to practice with together so write your
sentence and then practice saying it out
loud you have to practice out loud
because stress is only important in
spoken English I hope you enjoyed the
lesson if you did make sure you tell me
give it a like and subscribe to my
channel come and join me and my English
learners we practice here together every
week keep practicing your spoken English
in either of these two videos here and I’ll see you in the next lesson
hello I’m Emma from English so tell me
really how do you know these words
announce but they’re also verbs and
they’re pronounced differently depending
on the type of word that they are so
right now it’s impossible to know how to
pronounce these words correctly the
great news is that there are some simple
rules that will help you to pronounce
these words correctly when you do use
them yeah simple English rules and I’ll
go over them with lots of examples
during this lesson today but first let
me explain why word stress is important
in spoken English English is a stressed
language words are stressed when spoken
because they’re important so when we
speak we speak those words more clearly
they’re the important words they must be
heard for the sentence to be understood
but if the word has more than one
syllable there will be one syllable that
is pronounced more clearly than the
others at least one syllables are
stressed differently and it’s actually a
really important part of speech so it’s
something you need to know not only does
word stress give English its rhythm but
it also helps native speakers to
identify words if you use the wrong
words stress in English you’ll you could
be pronouncing a completely different
word than the one you mean to and that
can be pretty confusing for someone
listening to you and when you’re
listening to a native English speaker
recognizing what words are stressed will
help you to understand the mean
more easily – so if you’ve been telling
yourself that word stress doesn’t matter
think again as I said there are some
simple rules that I’ll teach you in this
lesson today to help you to correctly
and confidently stress words in English
so let’s get our words back on screen so
you’ll notice that all of these words
have two syllables now as a general rule
most two syllable English nouns are
stressed on the first syllable
it’s a general rule but it’s true most
of the time by the way that’s also true
for adjectives most two syllable
adjectives are stressed on the first
syllable – and most two syllable verbs
are stressed on the second syllable
there are exceptions but this is true
most of the time and that my friends is
a really useful pronunciation tip nouns
verbs nouns verbs easy let’s look a
little more closely at the first word as
a noun the stress is on the first
syllable as a verb the stress is on the
second syllable
so listen decrease decrease can you hear
the difference there decrease decrease
say it with me
see if you can pronounce the difference
decrease decrease now specifically word
stress affects the vowels in English
it’s the vowel sounds that are different
when you are stressing and unstressed
syllables stress syllables have a
stronger vowel sound while unstressed
syllables reduce down and you’ll notice
this through all of the examples that I
teach in this lesson so while you master
the pronunciation of stressed syllables
today
you’ll also practice Val reductions for
all of the unstressed syllables – as the
value of the stock decreased we noticed
a decrease in revenue the same stress
pattern is used for increase as well
increase and increase one really great
way to practice the correct
pronunciation of English words is by
listening to audiobooks while you’re
reading the actual physical book you’ll
learn lots of new words in context and
hear the correct pronunciation – you’ve
heard me talk about audible before
because I love listening to books I can
do it anywhere while I’m running while
I’m driving and on the train or I’m
doing really mundane tasks like grocery
shopping and listening to your favorite
English books is such a great way to
improve your listening and your speaking
skills so sign up to audible using the
link in the description below and you’ll
get your first audiobook absolutely free
I’ve recommended a few books in the
description as well so make sure you
check them out and let me know what you
think next example
present present the vowel sound is
strong in the stressed syllable remember
and then the vowel sound in the
unstressed syllable reduces present
present we forgot to bring our birthday
present we will present the findings to
object object there was a strange
glowing object above the stage if you
object to our decisions you need to
suggest alternatives reject and reject
reject reject our football players are
all rejects from other teams my boss
will probably reject our suggestion to
have our monthly meeting at the pub
probably but it’s worth the shot
they signed the contract yesterday The
Villages may contract the virus by
drinking water from the river conflict
conflict conflict conflict do you have
any idea what’s causing the conflict the
neighbours story conflicts with the
story that Paul gave us produce and
produce produce and produce there’s lots
of fresh produce available at the market
can you produce any evidence that proves
you’re innocent hmm project now some
native English speakers pronounce the
stressed vowel there slightly
differently but it’s always stressed
project and project project project do
you know if they’ve received government
funding for that project during the
celebrations of the community projected
historical photos on the church building
record
and record record and record do you keep
a record of the number of tourists that
visit this place each year you need to
visit the police station so that they
can record your details hmm refuse and
refuse refuse and refuse Peter runs a
business that collects refuse from local
cafes and businesses refuse is a more
formal way of saying rubbish or garbage
the protesters are refusing to exit the
building oK we’ve been through plenty of
examples here but there are many more
examples of these types of words where
the noun and the verb are spelled
exactly the same but pronounced
hmm gosh I’m thinking of so many already
like desert and desert if you can think
of any others then please add them into
the comments under this video try to
write a sentence with these words if you
do that and everyone else does that
we’ll end up with hundreds of sentences
to practice with together so write your
sentence and then practice saying it out
loud you have to practice out loud
because stress is only important in
spoken English I hope you enjoyed the
lesson if you did make sure you tell me
give it a like and subscribe to my
channel come and join me and my English
learners we practice here together every
week keep practicing your spoken English
in either of these two videos here and I’ll see you in the next lesson
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