Stress Pattern

Choose the correct stress pattern for each word or phrase.

	A	B
1	develop	develop
2	secret language	secret language
3	competition	competition
4	Self-confident	Self-confident
5	Divorce	Divorce
6	Myself	Myself
7	Identical	Identical
8	Split up	Split up

Listen to check.

Correct answers.

1a, 2a, 3b, 4b, 5b, 6b, 7a, 8a.

Words or phrases with more than one syllable have a stress pattern.

Within a phrase or multiword item, one of the words carries more stress.

In two-part adjectives like self-confident, the stress falls on the second word, in this case self-confident.

In adjective + noun combinations the stress also falls on the second word, in this case a secret language.

In phrasal verbs the stress usually falls on the adverbial particle, in this case split up.

Listen for the stressed syllable in each word.

1 re / bel (n)	6 con / ven / tion / al
2 am / bi / tious	7 in / teres / ting
3 o / pen	8 lov / ving
4 cre / a / tive	9 re / laxed
5 sen / si / tive	10 self- / con / fi / dent

Sentence Stress

Play the audio several times so you can hear both the stressed syllables and the weak forms, as well as the elided (/ɪˈlaɪdɪd/) /d/ in used to. Pause between each sentence and repeat . Make sure you pronounce used to correctly.

1 We used to visit our relatives on Sundays.

2 I didn’t use to like chicken.

3 Did Tina use to work here?

4 Jack never used to like fireworks.

5 Did you use to wear costumes?

6 They used to burn incense.

7 Joe didn’t use to cry much.

8 Miles used to travel a lot.

9 She never used to drive.

10 Hannah used to drink a lot of milk.

In the case of used to, to is pronounced with a “schwa ” sound and is very weak.

/ ə / schwa sound.

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