WORD STRESS PATTERNS

A. Trng m t c hai m tit:

1. a s cc ng t c hai m tit th m tit th hai thng nhn trng m chnh:
Ex: escape; relax; allow; enjoy
Exception: promise; answer; enter; offer; happen; open; listen.
2. Cc danh t v tnh t hai m tit th trng m ri vo m tit u:
Ex: busy; table; porter; standard
Exception: machine; mistake; alone.
3. Mt s t c hai m tit va l danh t va l ng t th danh t c trng m chnh ri
vo m tit u cn ng t ri vo m th hai.
Ex: record; present; progress; produce; increase; contrast; desert; export; import;
object; protest; suspect; insult; rebel.
Exception: advice; visit; reply; travel; promise; picture.
B. T ghp:
1. i vi dng Phrasal Verbs th trng m ri vo m tit u tin.
Ex: setup; lookout; check-out.
2. Hu ht danh t ghp trng m ri vo m tit u tin.
Ex: raincoat; shortlist; tea-cup; airline; baseball
3. i vi cc tnh t ghp c t u tin l tnh t hoc trng t th trng m chnh ri vo
t th hai c ui -ed.
Ex: bad-tempered; well-done; short-sighted; ill-treated
Nhng i vi cc tnh t ghp khc th trng m ri vo m tit u tin.
Ex: homesick; airsick; trustworthy.
Exception: duty-free; snow-white.
4. Mt s trng t v ng t ghp li c trng m ri vo m tit th hai:
Ex: head-first; North-east; upstairs; downstairs; ill-treated; downgrade
C. Cc trng hp khc:
1. Nhng trng hp c ui tn cng l (-tion/ -sion/ -ic/ -ical/ -ially/ -itive/ -logy/ -graphy/
-try) th trng m ri vo m tit ngay trc n. Hoc m tit th hai k t cui.
Ex: protection; communication; recognition; liberation; permission; mision;
Exception: television;
Ex: economic; sympathetic; diplomatic; political; mathemmatical;
Exception: Arabic; arithmetic; Catholic; politics; rhetoric.
Ex: ability; possibility; simplicity; opportunity; essential; commercial; sensitive;
psychology; technology; geography; trigometry
2. Cc t c ui sau trng m ri vo m tit cha ui (-ee / -eer/ -ese/ -ain/ -aire/ -
ique/ -esque/ -ade/ -oo)
Ex: degree; referee; mountaineer; Vietnamese; lemonade; remain; contain;
questionaire; technique; unique; shampoo; picturesque; .
Exception: committee; coffee;
D. Notes: Nhng tin t v hu t khng lm thay i v tr trng m ca t.
Tin t: un / im / dis / non / en / re / over / under..
Hu t: ful / less / able / al / ous / ly / ment / ness