Unit 22. Saturday September 13th

Introducing Word Stress
Unit ; Part A
If a word has more than one syllable, you give stress to one of thesyllables. To give it stress, do one or more of these to the syllable:
For example, Saturday is Ooo. | |||
Listen to the conversation and listen to the stress patterns of the words in bold type. A: When do you begin your holiday? о О O o o В: On the thirtieth of August. O o o О о A: That's next Saturday! O o o B: We're leaving in the afternoon. о о О A: And when are you coming back? B: Saturday September the thirteenth. о О о о О A: Thirtieth? O o o В: No. thirteenth! о О |
Unit ; Part B
Different words have different stress patterns (patterns of stressedand unstressed syllables). Listen to these two- and three-syllablewords. Oo April, thirty, morning, Sunday oO July, midday, thirteen, today, thirteenth Ooo Saturday, thirtieth, yesterday, holiday, seventy oOo September; tomorrow, eleventh ooO afternoon, seventeen, twenty-one ![]() ![]() |
Unit ; Part C
Stress patterns can help you hear the difference between similar words, for example, numbers ending in -teen or -ry. Listen to diese examples.
![]() Note: You can find more about word stress in Units 28 to 31. |
Exercises
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