Idioms of the Day To be Back on

Idioms of the Day • To be Back on One's Feet • To be physically healthy again • Ex. My mother is back on her feet after being sick for two weeks. • To Keep Something to Yourself • To not share information about something or someone. • Ex. You should keep your political opinions to yourself.

Word Stress 11/9/2016

What is a Syllable? One vowel sound and/or nearby consonants that forms a whole word, or part of a whole word. One Syllable Two Syllable Three Syllable or More • What’s • Rush • Help • Forest Fo-rest • Finish Fi-nish • Problem Pro-blem • Seminar Se-mi-nar • Appreciate Ap-pre-ciate • Especially E-spe-cially

What is Stress? • Pronounce one syllable (vowel sound) of a word longer and stronger • Stress only happens with multi-syllable words. • • • Houses Guitar Expect Cookies Assignment

2 -Syllable Words • Most 2 -Syllable words are stressed on the first syllable. • • Especially for nouns Cycle Equal Standard Symptom Headache Broken

2 -Syllable Words • Many 2 -Syllable words that are both nouns and verbs are pronounced differently because of stress. • • Noun Verb Project Object Contrast Recall

3 Or More Syllable Words • • Memorization Certainty Category Analyzing Advantage Containment Comparison • BUT words that end with –ics , -ical , -tion , sion , -cian , always stress the syllable BEFORE them Music Economy Accelerate Explore Musician Economics Acceleration Exploration

Activity! PART 1: With a partner, predict where the stress will be on the bold words https: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=NHop. JHSl. Vo 4&list=PLBWAc. Gs. O 1 Nwp. Dpk_f 4 Up. ZNBq. Hy 22 s. MDo. A

PART 2: We will listen to the video several times. Listen to how the speaker in the video stresses each bold word on your paper. Mark where the stress is on each word.