HƯỚNG ĐẾN KỲ THI THPT 2020

KHÓA TIẾNG ANH NÂNG CAO

GIÁO VIÊN: CHÍ CHÂU

Lịch học: 21h30, Thứ Ba (14/7)

TOPIC 1: STRESSED SYLLABLE

I. INTRODUCTION
a. Syllable
syllable = a single ____________ of speech (either a whole word or one of the parts into which
a word can be separated, usually containing a vowel)

? How many syllables are there in the “realization”?

Your answer: _____________________________________.

b. Stressed syllable

? Is it tiring when reading these questions let alone completing them?

Question 1: A. stenography B. telegraphy C. lexicography D. cartography

Question 3: A. indemnify B. demystify C. prequalify D. classify

Question 4: A. grotesque B. picturesque C. arabesque D. burlesque

A. YES!
B. DEFINITELY YES!
C. All are correct.

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II. SOME COMMON PATTERNS OF STRESSED SYLLABLE
NOTE: Though some of these patterns presented below are frequently ______________ and are not
applied to __________ words, they provide a useful tool for guessing the pronunciation of words at
first glance.

1. STRESS PATTERN OF 2-SYLLABLE WORDS

Question 1: A. picture B. trouser C. forceful D. offend

Question 2: A. solid B. agent C. suspend D. footsteps

 2-syllable verbs ______________________________________________________.

 2-syllable nouns/ adjectives/ adverbs ___________________________________.

Question 3: A. project B. kitchen C. statue D. selfish

Question 4: A. frequent B. trouser C. active D. basic

Question 5: A. damage B. happy C. partner D. increase

Heteronyms: words that have one ____________________ spelling but two

_______________________ pronunciations and meanings.

2. COMPOUND NOUNS STRESS

Question 6: A. football B. bedroom C. embrace D. doghouse

Question 7: A. Whitehouse B. prepare C. homework D. high-chair

Question 8: A. birthday B. escort C. girlfriend D. affect

Since compounds are formed by combining two ___________________ words, the

___________________ word is stressed.

Question 9: A. grandmother B. policeman C. newspaper D. babysitting

Question 10: A. thunderstorm B. undersea C. businesswomen D. birthday

If the compounds have more than ________________ syllables, the stressed

syllable of the __________________ word is the stress syllable of the whole
compound.

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 3. WORDS WITH STRESS DERIVED FROM SUFFIXES
a) __________________ syllable ____________________ the suffixes
Question 11: A. scientific B. motivation C. decision D. oceanic

Question 12: A. epidemically B. pedantically C. specifically D. acidic

Question 13: A. nationality B. nationalize C. visionary D. amity

Question 14: A. politician B. industrious C. advantageous D. irresponsible

 -ion, -ic, -ial, -ive, -ible, -ity, -graphy, -ious/ -eous, -ish, -ian

Exceptions:
Television /ˈtel.ɪ.vɪʒ.ən/ /ˌtel.ɪˈvɪʒ.ən/
Arithmetic /əˈrɪθ.mə.tɪk/
Bishopric /ˈbɪʃ.ə.prɪk/
Politics /ˈpɒl.ə.tɪks/
Lunatic /ˈluː.nə.tɪk/
Turmeric /ˈtɜː.mər.ɪk/
b) __________________ syllables ____________________ the suffixes
Question 15: A. bureaucracy B. democracy C. efficiency D. tendency

Question 16: A. geography B. methodology C. calligraphy D. technology

Question 17: A. biography B. autobiography C. demography D. chronology

Question 18: A. bibliography B. orthography C. biography D. cryptography

Question 19: A. stenography B. telegraphy C. lexicography D. cartography

Question 20: A. identify B. solidify C. personify D. specify

Question 21: A. certificate B. escalate C. deliberate D. facilitate

Question 22: A. accurate B. approximate C. ultimate D. passionate

Question 23: A. indemnify B. demystify C. prequalify D. classify

Question 24: A. emulsify B. commodify C. cockneyfy D. recertify

Question 25: A. oversimplify B. disqualify C. dehumidify D. misidentify

 -ate, -cy, -fy, -gy, -phy

Exceptions:
obligatory /əˈblɪɡ.ə.tər.i/ (a)

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 c) Stress the suffix
Question 26: A. mountaineer B. examinee C. guarantee D. abductee

Question 27: A. nominee B. employee C. interviewee D. patentee

Question 28: A. inductee B. nonemployee C. internee D. chimpanzee

Question 29: A. musketeer B. volunteer C. mountaineer D. orienteering

Question 30: A. Vietnamese B. telegraphese C. Congolese D. Japanese

Question 31: A. telegramese B. Cantonese C. Lebanese D. Nepalese

Question 32: A. grotesque B. picturesque C. arabesque D. burlesque

 -ade, -ee, -eer, -ese, -ette, -esque, -mental, -nental, -oo, -oon

Exceptions
coffee /ˈkɒf.i/
committee /kəˈmɪt.i/
employee /ɪmˈplɔɪ.iː/ /ˌem.plɔɪˈiː/
reindeer /ˈreɪn.dɪər/
III. EXERCISE
Question 1. A. erode B. involve C. evade D. product
Question 2. A. maintain B. ensure C. reject D. household
Question 3. A. island B. horror C. expand D. busy
Question 4. A. cover B. mature C. mission D. legal
Question 5. A. approach B. science C. chamber D. flavor
Question 6. A. discuss B. biscuit C. sorrow D. mournful
Question 7. A. support B. simply C. attack D. defend
Question 8. A. firefighter B. grandfather C. policeman D. sunflower
Question 9. A. enhance B. embed C. enrich D. empty
Question 10. A. handsome B. appeal C. journey D. beauty
Question 11. A. negation B. division C. prohibition D. invention
Question 12. A. faithfully B. sincerely C. completely D. extremely
Question 13. A. constancy B. confidence C. donation D. celebrate
Question 14. A. prescription B. imagine C. romantic D. idiot
Question 15. A. generate B. delicious C. advocate D. theory
Question 16. A. implicate B. decorate C. certificate D. dedicate
Question 17. A. museum B. amusement C. musical D. amusing

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Question 18. A. fallacy B. volunteer C. category D. vacancy
Question 19. A. notify B. magnify C. election D. pregnancy
Question 20. A. adventure B. herbicide C. eternal D. inhibit
Question 21. A. pernicious B. adversity C. distribution D. ecology
Question 22. A. calculator B. disqualify C. emergency D. participate
Question 23. A. curriculum B. interviewee C. professionalism D. encouragement
Question 24. A. millennium B. perpetrator C. prosperity D. geology
Question 25. A. kindergarten B. euphemism C. equality D. honorable
Question 26. A. understanding B. referential C. responsibility D. trigonometry

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