Changes in Meaning of Words

Cause by Stress Shift

Lesson 6

Learning Activities:

How do you pronounce

these words?

present

Learning Activities:

How do you pronounce

these words?

contact

Learning Activities:

How do you pronounce

these words?

object

Learning Activities:

How do you pronounce

these words?

insult

Learning Activities:

How do you pronounce

these words?

record

NOUNS
1. Conduct
2.Progress
3.Conflict
4.Object
5.Record

VERBS
1. Conduct
2.Progress
3.Conflict
4.Object
5.Record

What do you like most about

yourself? Each of us has a
particular gift or talent. Have
you discovered what are
yours?

Listen to the word where the

stress or emphasis is heard. Then
repeat each sentence aloud.

I cook the best spaghetti.

I cook the best spaghetti.
I cook the best spaghetti.

Which sentence suggests the

following meanings?
1. It is I who make the spaghetti,
not my sister.

A.I cook the best spaghetti.

B.I cook the best spaghetti.
C.I cook the best spaghetti.

Which sentence suggests the

following meanings?
2.
cook it.

I don't just eat spaghetti, but I do

A.I cook the best spaghetti.

B.I cook the best spaghetti.
C.I cook the best spaghetti.

Which sentence suggests the

following meanings?
3. I cook the best spaghetti, not
pancit canton.

A.I cook the best spaghetti.

B.I cook the best spaghetti.
C.I cook the best spaghetti.

1. Elvie sings beautifully.

2. Elvie sings beautifully.
3. Elvie sings beautifully.
A.Elvie not Donna, sings beautifully.
B.Elvie sings beautifully not recites.
C.Elvie sings beautifully not poorly.

What does stress mean? How

does it affect the meaning of a
sentence?
given
syllables in a word,
stress
emphasis

State the meaning of the following

sentences with stress on the
underlined word.
1.
Pablo is the leader of the
basketball team in school.
2.
Pablo is the leader of the
basketball team in school.
3.
Pablo is the leader of the
basketball team in school.

Listen as I read the following sentences. Put a check before

each sentence if the meaning of the stressed word fits the
sentence. If it does not, write the word with the correct
stress in the blank before the sentence.

_____ 1. Camels live in the dsert.

_____ 2. There was a big incrase in the supply of
rice.
_____ 3. Nobody contst the decision of the
judges.
_____ 4. He keeps a rcord of all his findings.
_____ 5. Does your mother prmit you to join the
tour?

Directions: Listen as the teacher says each

sentence. Pay attention to the word that is
emphasized and identify the meaning.
1. Regines rise as a singer was phenomenal.
a. not ordinary but phenomenal
b. not a doctor but a singer
2. Lito won in the regional division of the On
the Spot Painting Contest.
a. not the local but the regional
b. not writing but painting

3. My uncle serves as a consultant in a publishing

house.
a. not an author but a consultant
b. not a law firm but a publishing house
4. For years, Mr. Andres studied faces of people
a. not for a day but for years
b. not nature but face of the people
5. During his exhibit, his admirers requested for his
autographs.
a. not his family but his admirers
b. not his photographs but his autographs

Write down the meaning of each

sentence with stress on the underlined
word.
1. Brenda can solve a crossword puzzle
quickly.
2. Brian runs faster than the other boys