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    This document discusses rules for word stress and sentence stress in English. It provides examples of words with primary and secondary stress. General rules given for sentence stress include placing stress on question words, commands, and nouns/pronouns. Some exceptions to the rules are also noted, such as questions beginning with "how". Stress can also be used for emphasis, with verbs like "be", prepositions, and in exclamations.

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    This document discusses rules for word stress and sentence stress in English. It provides examples of words with primary and secondary stress. General rules given for sentence stress include placing stress on question words, commands, and nouns/pronouns. Some exceptions to the rules are also noted, such as questions beginning with "how". Stress can also be used for emphasis, with verbs like "be", prepositions, and in exclamations.

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    Word Stress/ Sentence Stress:: Drawing Rules by Noticing Examples

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    This document discusses rules for word stress and sentence stress in English. It provides examples of words with primary and secondary stress. General rules given for sentence stress include placing stress on question words, commands, and nouns/pronouns. Some exceptions to the rules are also noted, such as questions beginning with "how". Stress can also be used for emphasis, with verbs like "be", prepositions, and in exclamations.

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    Word Stress/ Sentence

    Stress:
    Drawing rules by noticing
    examples
    Word Stress: degrees
    • ’Fif’teen /’He’llo

    • ,Under’stand/ ,Centrali’zation

    • ,Inte,llec’tuality
    Rhythmical Variations
    (only for double-stressed words)

    • ‘Week’end

    • ‘Weekend ‘outings

    • ‘Next week’end
    Some general rules for sentence stress

    • ‘What have you ‘done?

    • ‘Give me ’that ‘file

    • ‘Give it to me

    • ‘Give it ‘back i’mmediatly.


    Some exceptions to the Gral. Rule

    A-’How many ‘days in a ‘week?


    B- ‘Seven days.

    ‘Pleasure trip/’Business trip/ ‘Road trip


    Emphasis
    • ‘He came to discuss it with you

    • He ‘came to discuss it with you

    • He came to dis’cuss it with you

    • He came to discuss it with ‘you


    Miscellaneous
    • What an a’mazing ‘story!

    • ‘Oxford Street

    • ‘Oxford ‘Road

    • ‘Law court/’Golf club/’Cricket bat


    Verb «to be»
    • He was ‘sorry he ‘couldn´t ‘make it.

    • We were ‘happy to ‘see her

    • ‘Ask him what the ‘time is

    • He´d ‘like to ‘know where she ‘is


    Further exceptions
    • It ‘can be ‘done

    • But I ‘do like him

    • ‘Did you see ‘Martin?

    • She ‘shouldn´t have ‘told me


    Prepositions
    • ‘Who is she ‘talking about?

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