Sentence stress links and examples
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The document provides resources for working on sentence and word stress, including overviews, guides, presentations, examples of stress patterns in sentences and how stress impacts meaning, as well as examples of poems and passages demonstrating stress patterns.
Sentence stress links and examples
- 1. WORK ON SENTENCE ANDWORD STRESS OVERVIEW http://www.pronuncian.com/Lessons/Default.aspx?Lesson=207 http://www.3480.net/usa/Course3_6.htm POINTERSANDGUIDES http://www.really-learn-english.com/english-pronunciation-lesson-02-word-stress-and- syllables.html http://usefulenglish.ru/phonetics/stress-in-compound-words http://www.pronuncian.com/Stress/default.aspx http://usefulenglish.ru/phonetics/listening-for-word-stress PRESENTATIONS http://www.slideshare.net/roxache/word-and-sentence-stress-13385526 INTONATION http://usefulenglish.ru/phonetics/listening-for-falling-and-rising-intonation EXAMPLE I didn’tsay we shouldkill him. =Someone elsesaidwe shouldkill him. I didn’t saywe shouldkill him.=Iam denyingsayingit. I didn’tsay we shouldkill him.=I impliedit/whisperedit/wrote itdown. I didn’tsay we shouldkill him. =I saidsomeone else shouldkill him/youshouldkill him,etc. I didn’tsaywe shouldkill him.=I said we shouldn’tkillhim/we mustkill him, etc. I didn’tsaywe should kill him.=I said we shouldtake himtodinner/take care of him/ sendhim on a divingholiday.
- 2. I didn’tsaywe shouldkill him.=We shouldkill someone else. I don't thinkhe shouldgetthe job. Meaning:Somebodyelsethinkshe shouldgetthe job. I don'tthinkhe shouldgetthe job. Meaning:It's nottrue that I thinkhe shouldgetthe job. I don't thinkhe shouldgetthatjob. Meaning:That's not reallywhatImean.OR I'm not sure he'll getthatjob. I don't think he shouldgetthat job. Meaning:Somebodyelseshouldgetthatjob. I don't thinkhes houldgetthat job. Meaning:In myopinionit'swrongthat he'sgoingto getthat job. SENTENCES Why mustI go now? I have beenthere tentimesalready,it’sacompletewaste of time Its an absolute digrace the bill forthisyeariscompletelyridiculous An extradiscountwill be availabletoall customersinthe New year.How amazingandwhata relief My watchis accurate , yours isway tooslow Can youreallypromise aresultbynextFriday? Joe is 32 Annie isalmost45 , much olderandwiser. All the guidelinesclearlyrecommendsafetyprecautions
- 3. Annie boughtablue car last weekforonyfiftyt housanddollars How muchis yourelectricbill,mine isridiculous POEM It was MANYand MANY a yearago, In a KINGdombythe SEA, That a MAIden THERE livedWHOMyoumay KNOW By the NAMEof ANnabelle LEE; AndthismaidenSHE livedwithNOOtherthought Than to LOVE and BE lovedbyME. I wasa CHILD and she wasa CHILD, In thisKINGdombythe SEA; But we LOVED witha LOVE thatwas MORE thanlove - I and myANnabelle Lee; Witha LOVEthat the WINgedSEraphsof HEAven COvetedHER andME. But our love wasSTRONgerbyFAR than the LOVE Of THOSE whowere OLderthan we Of manyFAR WIserthan we AndNEItherthe ANgelsinHEAvenaBOVE, Nor the DEmonsdownUNDER the SEA, Can EVER disSEvermySOUL fromthe SOUL Of the BEAUtiful Annabelle Lee. ComPUter,comPUter, I LOVE my comPUter.
- 4. My PRINter,myKEYboard,myMOUSE. I NEverhave PROblems, I use it ALL DAY. I NEvergo OUT of the house! ComPUter,comPUter, I HATE my comPUter. My MOdem,myDISK DRIVE,my SCREEN. I ALwayshave PROblems, It’s DRIvingme CRAZY. CompPUters MAKE me wantto SCREAM! PASSAGEWe CouldTalk withthe Animals… ′Dr.′Dolittle |isable to′talkto| —andunder′stand—animals.|Thishaslongbeena dreamof many people—tobe able tocommunicate withanimalsandknow whatthey’re thinking.Foralmostas long,scientistshave wonderedif animalsactuallyhave language.Itseemscleartoanyone whohasa dog or cat or who closelyobservesanimalsthatthere iscertainlycommunicationgoingon.Buthow do animalscommunicate?Whatdothey“say”?Andis it trulylanguage?