JSS1 ENGLISH STUDIES THIRD TERM WEEK FIVE
CONTENT
- Speech Work: Stress
- Structure: Verbs (Passive Verbs)
- Comprehension: The New Alhaji
- Composition: Expository Essay
- Literature: Figures of Speech and Literary Terms in Recommended Poems
ASPECT: Speech Work
TOPIC: Stress – Stress Patterns
Stress occurs in different places in a word, and this, we call stress pattern.
Stress Patterns
1. In words of two syllables, the first syllable is stressed if the words are nouns.
E.g.: STUdent, PICture, MOther, TEAcher, FAther, BUtcher, TAIlor, VENdor, TRAder, DOCtor, WORker, DRIver, BUILder, FARmer, LAWyer, etc.
2. In words of two syllables, the second syllable is stressed if the words are verbs.
E.g.: dePEND, aCHIEVE, proTECT, exPLAIN, inSULT, exPORT, apPROACH, etc.
3. Generally, in English, any syllable which contains /∂/ (shwa) should not be stressed.
E.g.: aWAY, TAIlor, aGO, DOCtor, aLLOW,
4. Stress can also be placed on the third syllable of words.
E.g.: uniVERsity, typoGRAphical, elecTRIcity, psychoLOgical, distriBUtion, etc.
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