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6.1.2 Pronunciation and Syllabic Stress
English · Grade 10 · 4 lessons in the design
What this covers
- Syllables and syllable division
- Primary and secondary stress in longer words
- Sentence stress: content and function words
- Rhythm in spoken English
- Weak forms and connected speech
What you will be able to do
- divide words into syllables
- identify primary and secondary stress in longer words
- apply sentence stress to content words
- recognise weak forms in connected speech
Key questions
“Why does English sound uneven rather than steady?”
Lessons
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Syllables and stress patterns
40 min · 2 practice tasks · quizCounting the beats in a word, and finding the one that carries it.
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Sentence stress and rhythm
40 min · 2 practice tasks · quizWhich words carry the beat in a sentence, and why English sounds uneven.
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Marking the beat in a sentence
40 min · 1 practice tasks · quizFinding content words, reducing the rest, and hearing why English sounds uneven.
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Reading a culture text with rhythm
40 min · 1 practice tasks · quizPutting word stress, sentence stress and weak forms onto a short passage so it sounds spoken, not recited.