Target Audience: Polytechnic Teachers and Students in Tamilnadu and general learners of English.
Subject: English-1, II YEAR MOP, M SCHEME
Objective: Students should be able to use English words with right stress pattern in connective speech.
Question Pattern in Exam: Choose any three stressed words in the following sentences
(3 marks)
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Stressed Words in a sentence
All the words in a sentence are not stressed. Look at the following carefully to understand which words are stressed and which words are not.
Content or lexical words – “stressed”
Examples
1. Nouns : Peter, man, India, place, Intelligence, Purity, etc.
2. Demonstrative pronouns: this, that, these, those, such, none, neither.
3. Interrogative pronouns: which, what, who, whom, whose (only five question words)
4. Adjectives : big, small, great, tall, beautiful, etc.
5. Main verbs: worked, teach, thought, went, read, etc.
6. Adverbs : beautifully, loudly, often, already, tomorrow, today, etc.
Form words or grammatical words or functional words – “unstressed”
1. Personal pronouns : I, we, you, he, she, it, they, etc.
2. Relative pronouns: that, which, who, whom, whose, when, where, whoever, whatever, etc. (Used in the Beginning of a clause, not as a question word)
3. Auxiliary verbs: am, is, are, was, were, has, have, had, will, can, must, would, etc.
4. Prepositions: at, on, for, in, from, to, before, with, etc.
5. Articles: a, an, the
6. Conjunctions: though, as, that, since, when, if, etc.
7. Words in contracted forms : isn’t, hasn’t, won’t, he’s, she’s, that’s, etc.
With reference to the above rules, students have to choose any three stressed words in the given sentences.
Exercises:
Choose any three stressed words in the following sentences:
1. I'm afraid I've broken my leg.
2. I’m busy until a quarter to three.
3. Swimming is one of the healthiest forms of exercise.
4. It’s a beautiful building in the city.
5. I want to become an engineer.
6. Necessity is the mother of invention.
7. I want to buy a pen.
8. I’ve never travelled by air.
9. The students went away.
10. Can I present you with a scooter as a treat?
Answers: 1. Afraid, broken, leg, 2 busy, quarter, three, 3. Swimming, healthiest, exercise, 4. Beautiful, building, city, 5. Want, become, engineer, 6. Necessity, mother, invention, 7. Want, but, pen, 8. Never, travelled, air, 9. Students, went, away, 10. Present, scooter, treat.
More Exercises for you:
1. There are different faculties in a university.
2. Meet the doctor at ten in the morning.
3. London is the capital of England.
4. I met my cousin after an interval of several years.
5. Elections are held every year.
6. Green vegetables are good for health.
7. Why don’t you mind your business?
8. I’ve a bad cold, I’m afraid.
9. Thanks for the opportunity given to me.
10. The prices of vegetables are increasing day by day.
Subject: English-1, II YEAR MOP, M SCHEME
Objective: Students should be able to use English words with right stress pattern in connective speech.
Question Pattern in Exam: Choose any three stressed words in the following sentences
(3 marks)
...........................................................
Stressed Words in a sentence
All the words in a sentence are not stressed. Look at the following carefully to understand which words are stressed and which words are not.
Content or lexical words – “stressed”
Examples
1. Nouns : Peter, man, India, place, Intelligence, Purity, etc.
2. Demonstrative pronouns: this, that, these, those, such, none, neither.
3. Interrogative pronouns: which, what, who, whom, whose (only five question words)
4. Adjectives : big, small, great, tall, beautiful, etc.
5. Main verbs: worked, teach, thought, went, read, etc.
6. Adverbs : beautifully, loudly, often, already, tomorrow, today, etc.
Form words or grammatical words or functional words – “unstressed”
1. Personal pronouns : I, we, you, he, she, it, they, etc.
2. Relative pronouns: that, which, who, whom, whose, when, where, whoever, whatever, etc. (Used in the Beginning of a clause, not as a question word)
3. Auxiliary verbs: am, is, are, was, were, has, have, had, will, can, must, would, etc.
4. Prepositions: at, on, for, in, from, to, before, with, etc.
5. Articles: a, an, the
6. Conjunctions: though, as, that, since, when, if, etc.
7. Words in contracted forms : isn’t, hasn’t, won’t, he’s, she’s, that’s, etc.
With reference to the above rules, students have to choose any three stressed words in the given sentences.
Exercises:
Choose any three stressed words in the following sentences:
1. I'm afraid I've broken my leg.
2. I’m busy until a quarter to three.
3. Swimming is one of the healthiest forms of exercise.
4. It’s a beautiful building in the city.
5. I want to become an engineer.
6. Necessity is the mother of invention.
7. I want to buy a pen.
8. I’ve never travelled by air.
9. The students went away.
10. Can I present you with a scooter as a treat?
Answers: 1. Afraid, broken, leg, 2 busy, quarter, three, 3. Swimming, healthiest, exercise, 4. Beautiful, building, city, 5. Want, become, engineer, 6. Necessity, mother, invention, 7. Want, but, pen, 8. Never, travelled, air, 9. Students, went, away, 10. Present, scooter, treat.
More Exercises for you:
1. There are different faculties in a university.
2. Meet the doctor at ten in the morning.
3. London is the capital of England.
4. I met my cousin after an interval of several years.
5. Elections are held every year.
6. Green vegetables are good for health.
7. Why don’t you mind your business?
8. I’ve a bad cold, I’m afraid.
9. Thanks for the opportunity given to me.
10. The prices of vegetables are increasing day by day.
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