3. Identifying word stress: Activity 2

Brooklin Bridge

Stock Exchange
Central Park
Chinatown
East Village
City Hall

_VV

Manhattan=_ V _

V_V_

V_V

We can represent the stressed syllables by "V" and the unstressed by "_" in order to visualize the stress pattern of a word or group of words.

 Pass the mouse over this word:

Brooklyn Bridge

Stock Exchange
Central Park
Chinatown
East Village
City Hall

 

All these names have the same stress pattern.

Can you click on it?

 SAY IT - Module 1: Strategies for oral communication