How do you pronounce it?

As well as learning the meaning of new words, you should also learn how they are pronounced. All words with more than one syllable have word stress. Some words have difficult sounds because that sound is not common in your own language. Make a note of the sounds that you find difficult.

Look at the examples below.

o o O o	o O o o	O o	o O o
e-du-ca-tion	co-mmu-ni-ty	tra-gic	a-ston-ished
tran-spor-ta-tion	ri-di-cu-lous	free-zing	di-rec-tor

When you learn a new word mark the stressed syllable on the word in your vocabulary notebook. A good dictionary will tell you which is the stressed syllable.

When speaking in sentences the important words are often stressed. Look at the examples below.

What do you do?
What time does the bus arrive?

Discussion

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Language level

B1 Intermediate

B2 Upper intermediate

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