Pronunciation in English
Pronunciation in English
Pronunciation in English
Unit Summary
LANGUAGE REVIEW
You can use the vocabulary of this unit to:
• talk about activities: What are you doing? I'm listening to music.
• talk about facts: I speak Spanish. I watch TV at night.
GRAMMAR
• Present continuous: What are you doing? I'm talking with Kate.
• Present continuous and simple present: Luis speaks Spanish. He's talking to Ana now.
• Short answers: Where is Luis? In his office.
PRONUNCIATION
• Verb stress with -ing endings: What are you doing? I'm taking a break.
• Wh- question stress: What are you doing?
VOCABULARY
Events
watch a movie
go to a concert
watch a basketball game
see a play
go to a party
have a picnic
go on a trip
go to the beach
Vocabulary: Events
Pronunciation: Pres. Progressive Verb Stress
Words that have stress are long, loud, and clear. For
present progressive verbs, the main verb (the -ing verb)
gets the stress. We make it longer, louder, and clearer
than the be verb. We make the be verb short and weak.
B: I'm WORKing.
B: They're DANcing.
Listen to the way these people say "What are you doing?"
Listen to the stress in the sentences in bold.