Exercise 4. Compound words.

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Exercise 2. Neutral suffixes.

Exercise 1. Stress-carrying suffixes.

Tape Unit 11. Complex word stress.

When you hear the number, pronounce the word with stress on the suffix. You will then hear the correct pronunciation which you should repeat.

1. -ain: entertain [,entə'tein] 4. -ese: Portuguese [,po:t∫ə'gi:z]

2. -ee: refugee [,refju'dзi:] 5. -ette: cigarette [,sigə'ret]

3. -eer: mountaineer [,maunti'niə] 6. -esque: picturesque [,pikt∫ə'resk]

When you hear the stem word, say the word with the given suffix, putting the stress on that suffix. In these examples, a secondary stress comes on the penultimate syllable of the stem.

employ + -ee absent + -ee

engin + -eer profit + -eer

Sudan + -ese Pekin + -ese

Usher + ette statue + -ette (statuette)

When you hear the stem word, add the suffix without changing the stress.

comfort + -able

power + -less

anchor + -age

hurried +-ly

refuse + -al (refusal)

punish + -ment

wide + en (widen)

yellow + -ness

wonder + -ful

poison + -ous

amaze + -ing

glory + -fy (glorify)

devil + -ish

other + -wise

bird + -like

fun + -y (funny)

Exercise 3. Stress-moving suffixes.

When you hear the number, say the item.

a) First clement adjectival, stress on second element.

1. loudspeaker 4. second-class

2. bad-tempered 5. three-wheeler

3. headquarters

b) First element nominal, stress on first element.

1. typewriter 4. suitcase

2. car-ferry 5. tea-cup

3. sunrise

c) Mixture of type (a) and (b).

1. long-suffering 4. red-blooded

2. gunman 5. gear-box

3. shoelace 6. overweight