(dup) American Accent Lesson 7 — American Accent Course Monthly

Lesson 7: Intonation Shifts & Long and Short Vowels

Goals for this Lesson:

Learn how stress can change in words using different parts of speech.
Understand the historical perspective on spelling and pronunciation.
Know how to pronounce the vowels /ey/ and in say, /ay/ as in hi and /ow/ as in go.
Recognize many differences between long and short vowels
Pass our short quiz with at least 80% accuracy.

Step 1

Word Intonation Patterns- 3 and 4 Syllables

There are certain words that change their stress patterns based on their part of speech (such as changing from a noun to a verb.) Let me show you how they work in this lesson. Use your workbook to follow along.

Words That Shift Stress

Step 2

Pronunciation Lesson 7

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Step 3

The /ey/ as in hey and cake

Please repeat after me…

/ey/ Words- Slow Pace

/ey/ Words- Normal Pace

/ey/ Sentences- Slow Pace

/ey/ Sentences- Normal Pace

Grace made a great cake.

The pay rate may not be favored in the organization.

Our vacation place was famous for its high elevation.

What a pain to take a date out in the rain.

The grade on the paper made me elated.

Wait for the snake to eat the alligator.

Pronouncing the /ay/ as in fine and hi

/ay/ Words-Slow Pace

/ay/ Words- Normal Pace

/ay/ Sentences- Slow Pace

/ay/ Sentences- Normal Pace

A wild tiger walked down the highway.

Mike tried to hide his crime.

This time we are behind the final line.

He smiled for a while during the trial.

We find we should align the tires every 10,000 miles.

Don’t cry when you find out what it costs to buy my writing.

The /ow/ as in home and no

/ow/ Words- Slow Pace

/ow/ Words- Normal Pace

/ow/ Sentences- Slow Pace

/ow/ Sentences- Normal Pace

Oh no, don’t go.

Stay close to home when you are alone.

The motor that I own is broken.

Joan used the hotel phone to ask room service for soap.

I hope you won’t drink the coke without me.

If I had known I could grow my own, I would have.

Step 4

Take the Lesson 7 Quiz

Quiz 7

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Question 1

When using words that shift stress, nouns are usually stressed at the end and verbs are usually stressed in the beginning.

Examples:

a record
to record

A	True
B	False

Question 2

What part of speech do you hear?

project

A	noun
B	verb

Question 3

What part of speech do you hear?

rebel

A	noun
B	verb

Question 4

What part of speech do you hear?

graduate

A	noun
B	verb

Question 5

What part of speech do you hear?

animate

A	adjective
B	verb

Question 6

Hundreds of years ago the sounds of English vowels were quite different from today's vowel sounds.

A	True
B	False

Question 7

The vowels in "heal' and 'health' sound different today because of something called the Great Vowel Shift.

A	True
B	False

Question 8

Which word do you hear?

A	got
B	goat

Question 9

Which word do you hear?

A	Tom
B	time

Question 10

Which word do you hear?

A	bake
B	beck

Question 11

Long vowels are usually spelled with 2 letters.

A	True
B	False

Question 12

Does this word sound correct?

A	Yes
B	No

Question 13

Does this word sound correct?

say

A	Yes
B	No

Question 14

Does this word sound correct?

A	Yes
B	No

Question 15

Some Ways to spell the /ey/ are...

A	a_e, ia, ay
B	a_e, ai, ay
C	aw, ai, ay

Question 16

Which sentence do you hear?

A	The gift is for John.
B	The gift is for Joan.

Question 17

Which sentence do you hear?

A	That's not his top.
B	That's not his type.

Question 18

Which sentence do you hear?

A	She sat in the shed
B	She sat in the shade.

Question 19

Which sentence do you hear?

A	They feed the children here.
B	They fed the children here.

Question 20

Which sentence do you hear?

A	Tom had a small snack.
B	Tom had a small snake.

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