Unit 9

Stressed words &unstressed words in a sentence

Review

Stressed syllables: long; pitch change; full vowel sounds

Unstressed syllables : short ; have a reduced vowel sound

Stressed syllables vs. unstressed syllables

Stressed syllables: long, have a pitch change and have full vowel sounds

Unstressed syllables: short and often have a reduced vowel sound.

eg. banana

A reduced vowel: a short, unclear vowel sound, very often the sound / ə /

Any English vowel letter can be pr

onounced with the schwa /ə/

/ ə /

allow

firemen

possible

command

support

What to stress in a sentence?

Stressed words give information to the listener.

Unstressed words join the information words together.

Conversation Who What Where When

A Bob Buy books Bookstore In an hour

B

C

D

E

Listen to the following conversations and write the information in the appropriate box.

Information words vs. function words

What kind of words can carry information?

What kind of words can only connect words?

Information words

Information about

who

what

when

where

why

how

Information words

Nouns

Verbs

Adjectives

adverbs

Content Words

Main Verbs go, talk, writing

Nouns student, desk

Adjectives big, clever

Adverbs quickly, loudly

Negative Aux. Verbs can’t, don’t, aren’t

Demonstratives this, that, those

Question Words who, which, where

Function words

Function words

articles

prepositions

auxiliary verbs

conjunctions

possessives

pronounsFunction words:

Connecting the information words to form grammatical sentences

Function Words

Pronouns I, you, he ,they

Prepositions on, under, with

Articles the, a, some

Conjunctions but, and, so

Auxiliary Verbs can, should, must

Verb “to be” is, was, am

Content Words Function Words

Main Verbs go, talk, writing

Pronouns I, you, he ,they

Nouns student, desk Prepositions on, under, with

Adjectives big, clever Articles the, a, some

Adverbs quickly, loudly

Conjunctions but, and, so

Negative Aux. Verbs

can’t, don’t, aren’t

Auxiliary Verbs

can, should, must

Demonstratives

this, that, those

Verb “to be” is, was, am

Question Words

who, which, where

Practice : find the stressed words

Honesty is the best policy. He would die rather than yield. It’s better to be too early than to be too late. A rose is a beautiful flower. The strong should help the weak. They went arm in arm.

Imitation

Gloria offered john six kinds of food. Complete the following table.

shrimp salad

roast chicken

sugar cookies

Shrimp salad be allergic to seafood refrigerator ham

Food offered

Shrimp salad

Accepted

NotAccepted

AnyReasons

Allergic to

seafood

Listening for information (2)

Gloria offered John six kinds of food. Complete the following table. An example is done for you.