Are you putting the stress on the right syllable in these 20 common words?
So, let's make sure you get them right every time.
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Okay! Let's get started on these 20 tricky words.
Two words that look very similar but sound different because of their word stress.
How do you say these two words?
even.
The stress is on the first syllable.
Let's go on to the second pair.
How do you say these two words?
Say these two words to yourself.
So, now the stress has shifted to the...
Two very similar looking words...
Right then! Moving on: Pair 6.
How do you say these two words?
As you can hear, the stress is on the...
The stress is on the first syllable,
So, notice that by just changing the word stress, the pronunciation of the vowel changes as well.
So, in the first one, the stress is on the first syllable.
So, the 'p-o-s-e' sounds like 'ps':
Whereas in the second one, the stress is on 'p-o-s-e'
So, the stress (the main stress) is on the...
mine,
the stress is on the second syllable:
And, notice that, because there is no stress on the last syllable, on 'mine' in the last syllable,
the pronunciation has changed to
'min'.
So, a short sound not the complete 'I' sound:
Okay! The last two words are not in a pair.
But, it's the same word pronounced differently in British and American English.
'laboratory' in British English
with the stress on the second syllable:
But, different in American English, where the stress is put on the...
And, the final word... Same thing.
The same word, different pronunciation, because of the word stress.
So, in British English, the stress is on the...
whereas in American English, the stress is on the...
Listen to the difference again:
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