Lesson 18: Emphatic/ Contrastive Stress & Blends with R

Goals for this Lesson:

  1. Find out how to show opinions through emphatic stress.
  2. Learn how to contrast between opposites and lists.
  3. Practice using length and pitch in particular words in various sentences.
  4. Blend R with consonants as in bread, train, and three.

Step 1

Emphatic and Contrastive Stress

Last week we looked at how normal informational sentences are stressed.  The truth is, we can stress anything, but it gives the sentence a different feeling. Use your workbook to follow along.

Emphatic and Contrastive Stress


Step 2

Pronunciation Lesson 18

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