Stress In Longer Words

Ex.11 Use the beginnings and endings to make longer words from the words below.

EXAMPLE child childhood, childish, childishness, childless

1. believe ___________________________

2. enjoy ____________________________

3. care _____________________________

4. friend ____________________________

5. happy ____________________________

6. help ______________________________

Ex.12 Write the words from the box in the correct part of the table according to their stress pattern.

Ex.13 Fill the gaps with the word from the box which has the stress pattern given. Listen and check. (B53)

My favourite subjects at school were sciences, especially Ooo _chemistry_ and oOoo ____________. I’ve always been good with numbers, so I was good at oOo ______________. I didn’t really like the social science subjects, like ooOoo _____________ and Oo __________, and that’s strange because when I went to university I did Ooo ___________.

Ex.14 Write in the word which is missing from the ‘family’. Listen, check and repeat. (B54)

EXAMPLE society, sociology_ (ooOoo), sociological

1. civil, civilize, ____________ (oooOo)

2. ________ (oOoo), biologist, biological

3. personal, ___________ (ooOoo), personalize

4. legal, legalize, __________ (oooOo)

5. _________ (Oo), authority, authorize