1. Which of the following words has the stress on
the first syllable
•Biologist
•Photographer
•Psychiatrist
•Secretary

2. Which 2-syllable word has a different
stress pattern from the others?
• police
• mother
• student
• money

3. Which 2-syllable word has a different stress
pattern from the others?
• career
• shampoo
• balloon
• problem

4. Which 3-syllable word has a different
stress pattern from the others?
• cinema
• Saturday
• umbrella
• manager

5. Which 3-syllable word has a different stress
pattern from the others?
• potato
• paragraph
• computer
• professor

6. Which of these adjectives beginning with
‘un’ or ‘in’ has the stress on the final
syllable?
• informal
• unhappy
• unfriendly
• unemployed

9. What is stress?
How can you identify stressed syllables?
Which sound never appears within a
stressed syllable?
Up to how many levels of stress have been
identified?

10. Why learn stress?
"I carried the b'tell to the
hottle." Now reverse the stress
patterns for the two words and
you should be able to make
sense of the sentence! "I
carried the bottle to the
hotel."

11. Some definitions...
In English we can use the word ‘stress’ to
refer generally to the way we emphasize
something, or give prominence to it
When a word or syllable is pronounced with greater
force than other words in the same sentence or other
syllables in the same word.

12. How to identify stress?

15. O o
equal
o O oo
equality
O o o
equalise
o o o O o
equalisation

16. Plumber- electrician- doctor- journalist- musician- shop-
assistant- teacher- soldier- novelist- architect- carpenter-
actor- policeman- fireman- lecturer- florist-
businessman- artist- farmer- scientist- researcher-
gardener-designer

19. Register-Record-Upset-Project-Control- protest-
subject- present
•They are conducting a science project
•Before the meeting, you have to register first.
•The equipment is out of control
•A protest was held by the company against
animal testing
•This offer is subjected to the approval of the
board