tailieunhanh - Spoken english elementary handbook part 11

Tham khảo tài liệu 'spoken english elementary handbook part 11', ngoại ngữ, kỹ năng đọc tiếng anh phục vụ nhu cầu học tập, nghiên cứu và làm việc hiệu quả | What is Sentence Stress Contents What is Sentence Stress Sentence Stress in Starting Sentences from Elementary Book 1 Stressed Syllables in Starting Sentences from Elementary Book 1 Stressed Syllables Vowel Sounds in Starting Sentences from Elementary Book 1 Sentence Stress in Starting Sentences from Elementary Book 2 Stressed Syllables in Starting Sentences from Elementary Book 2 Stressed Syllables Vowel Sounds in Starting Sentences from Elementary Book 2 List of Common Contractions in English Sentence Stress - Activity Cards Blank Talk a Lot Focus on Connected Speech What is Sentence Stress Sentence stress is a natural part of spoken English and students should be encouraged to use it during Talk a Lot courses. English is a stress-timed language which is spoken with rhythm. This results from strong and weak stresses that are built into both individual words and sentences. How can students recognise stresses in a sentence The main rules for sentence stress in a neutral sentence one without special emphasis are as follows i There are two kinds of word in most sentences content words and function words. Content words are words that give the meaning in a sentence such as nouns . bread main verbs . eat note be is an exception because it is a main verb but is always unstressed phrasal verbs . put on adjectives . sliced adverbs . quickly numbers wh- question words . what and negative auxiliary verbs . isn t . Function words are words that are essential to make the sentence grammatically correct but that don t have any intrinsic meaning on their own . without content words. They are words such as pronouns . she them auxiliary verbs . are in They are going. prepositions . in on articles and determiners . a the some conjunctions . and quantifiers . many and the verb be when used as a main verb. English native speakers may automatically listen to the content words in a sentence .