Sentence stress is the combination of weak and strong words in a sentence, which creates a sort of rhythm. The first step in learning how sentence stress works, is to know which words are weak and which ones are strong. After that, you need to know how the stress patterns are used to make a… Read More Sentence Stress Part 3
This topic is a little bit more about grammar than pronunciation, but it is important because so many students are confused by it. There is one very small difference in grammar, which can make a big difference in meaning. It’s the word “a” when using the words “few” and “little”. “Few” is not the same… Read More Few and little
Do you know how to stress? I don’t mean feeling worried and stressed out! I mean word stress and sentence stress — what exactly does that mean? Word stress and sentence stress are similar — they use the same sound features, but just on a different level. Word stress involves strong syllables and weak syllables… Read More How to stress
Sentence Stress is the combination of strong and weak words in a sentence which create a sort of rhythm. This rhythm is explained in Sentence Stress Part 1. But, which words are strong and which words are weak? Here are the categories with some examples. Strong words Nouns: book / capacity / Tom / melody… Read More Sentence Stress Part 2
What is sentence stress? In English, some words are spoken more strongly and are easier to hear, and some words are spoken quickly, or weakly, and can be hard to hear clearly. This combination of weak words and strong words in a sentence, makes a kind of rhythm which is called sentence stress. Here is… Read More Sentence Stress Part 1
The pronunciation pattern of phrasal verbs is less complicated than the grammar. Phrasal verbs have a stable, predictable stress pattern, which is: the 2nd word gets the stress. That means that the 2nd part is said more strongly (or, it sounds louder, longer and higher). Some examples: call OFF pass aWAY run INto make UP… Read More Phrasal Verbs — The Good News (The Pronunciation)
The topic of phrasal verbs includes a little grammar and a little pronunciation. Since the grammar part is more complicated than the pronunciation part, this introduction to phrasal verbs covers the “bad news”. First, what is a phrasal verb? In order to speak in English, it is important to know about phrasal verbs. They are… Read More Phrasal Verbs — The Bad News (The Grammar)
