Sentence Stress: Content and Function Words
Learning the rhythm of English is important for sounding natural. English is a stress-timed language. Some syllables have more stress than other syllables. This video is full of examples and activities for you to practice.
Download free worksheet: docs.wixstatic.com/ugd/db29b4...
1:08 Content words and function words
4:10 Content/function examples: call doctor & lost wallet
6:15 Timed sentences: Cats chase mice & Birds fly south.
8:10 Stressed and unstressed syllables (oOOo) EXPLANATION
9:12 Matching patterns in sentences ACTIVITY
11:00 Answers
11:38 DA DA guessing game #1
13:30 DA DA guessing game #2
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5 жыл бұрын
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5 жыл бұрын
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2 жыл бұрын
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5 жыл бұрын
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4 жыл бұрын
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4 жыл бұрын
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5 жыл бұрын
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5 жыл бұрын
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4 ай бұрын
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2 жыл бұрын
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6 жыл бұрын
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5 жыл бұрын
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4 жыл бұрын
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3 жыл бұрын
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3 жыл бұрын
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2 жыл бұрын
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3 жыл бұрын
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3 жыл бұрын
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4 жыл бұрын
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5 жыл бұрын
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6 жыл бұрын
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Thank you for your kindness explain this lesson. This is very helpful btw if I wanna say noun phrase example: beautiful girl, Should I stress the both of them?
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2 жыл бұрын
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I love the entire explanation, I can't wait for watching your video about sentence stress for special reasons.
This is very useful. Thank you. What happens when we have three content words in a row? For example: “I DON’T KNOW WHAT you’re saying.” Do we have to select the most important one(s) based on the context? Thank you! 🤓
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3 жыл бұрын
Yes, you could focus on the most important one. We also often blend words together (link words). In your example, we'd likely say: I dunno what you're saying."
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Жыл бұрын
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5 жыл бұрын
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3 жыл бұрын
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10 ай бұрын
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5 жыл бұрын
Thank you for the encouragement. Sorry, we don't have a good book recommendation. Maybe someday we can make just the book you are looking for! :)
Great way to explain stress in words. Love your videos. They are so much fun to watch. Thanks
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3 жыл бұрын
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2 жыл бұрын
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I sometimes only use the stressed words when writing a text/sms. But only with close friends and family or in an emergency.
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5 жыл бұрын
Yes, we do that, too, sometimes.
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6 жыл бұрын
Great suggestion. We would love to. Look for it in the new year.
What is your opinion about the exceptions to this rule?. Because there are many tendencies where the function words can be stressed in a sentence. like contrast, new information, adverbial in final position, etc. I think that tey are ridiculous rules because it always depends of the speaker context, it can alwas can vary. Im studing Phonetics and dont find the sense to these rules.
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4 жыл бұрын
English has many exceptions, unfortunately. This is true for both grammar and pronunciation rules, but it doesn't mean the rules aren't useful. But if you don't find them helpful, ignore them! 😉
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4 жыл бұрын
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3 жыл бұрын
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2 жыл бұрын
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4 жыл бұрын
Sorry about that! In our more recent videos, it's better.
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3 жыл бұрын
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3 жыл бұрын
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5 жыл бұрын
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I have one question! Why do not 'what' have stress in this sentence ' what's your favourite food?'... you said at the beginning of the video question words are content words, but at 14:06, What does not have any stress? if you do not mind, could you clarify for me? Thank you!
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4 жыл бұрын
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We need Vedeo about (shaken up) and shake out
Oh Thank you so much. This video is great!!! I wish you can make more sentences like this ones in an other video so we can practice a little bit more..
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2 жыл бұрын
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2 жыл бұрын
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2 жыл бұрын
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Hello. I am trying to pronounce the word TO but I am trying to find some of the reasons why Americans pronounce TO with a clear vowel sometimes (especially when it must be reduced and it is not at the end of a phrase and you are not pacing stopping for thinking of the next word or using it as a single word or talking about that word) instead of a schwa vowel, for example, I AM GOING "TO" REPEAT IT. Is it clear to emphatize the verb TO REPEAT or just a pronunciation or a colloquial speech shift with friends?????????
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4 жыл бұрын
There is such a wide range of pronunciations for any sound or feature depending on an equally wide range of variables. Who is the person speaking to? What is the intent of the statement? What is his/her emotional state? Typically "going to" is reduced to "gonna", so if "going" is stated clearly, it is not completely surprising that the "to" is also unreduced in this case.
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4 жыл бұрын
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Hello, why is this sentence grammatically incorect? "You should call the doctor because my leg is broken"
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3 ай бұрын
It looks good to me!
Good lesson but please speak louder. I can't upload more volume
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5 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the feedback. We are continuing to develop our technical skills, including audio production. We do all the production ourselves, and we're still beginners.
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3 жыл бұрын
.. The book?
Yeah I do my self study
EEP team please tell me English is a__________ Language?
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5 жыл бұрын
Hmm, I'm sorry, we don't understand the question. What do you mean?
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5 жыл бұрын
@@ExtraEnglishPractice Thanks for reply. Its a Google information. English is a stress-timed language. That means some syllables will be longer, and some will be shorter. Many languages, however, are syllable-timed, which means each syllable has the same length.
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5 жыл бұрын
You got it! Remember you can turn on the CCs to read the transcript as you watch.
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Low volume
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5 жыл бұрын
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Please what is the accent
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5 жыл бұрын
Do you mean what is our accent? We speak with one of the Canadian accents.
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2 жыл бұрын
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Audio too much low
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5 жыл бұрын
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Your voices are small, cuz you''re far from the microphone.
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7 ай бұрын
In our older videos, our recording skills weren't quite as good! We think we've improved since then.
Why your voice is so low
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5 жыл бұрын
We were having trouble with our audio settings. Our newer videos are better.
Can you please speak a little louder?
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4 жыл бұрын
The volume in our most recent videos is better!