Lesson Five: It's Important To Stress The Correct Syllable In A
Word Another reason that English is difficult to speak is how
words are stressed. For words of more than one syllable, some
syllables are always accented or stressed more than others. Here
is an example: 'carry' In this word the first syllable 'car' is
more stressed than 'ry'. If you were to pronounce it with the
second syllable stressed, like: This would sound very strange.
You may be wondering how to you actually make a syllable sound
stressed. Here is how: Your pitch should be higher for a
stressed syllable A stressed syllable should be longer than an
unstressed one A stressed syllable is usually louder than an
unstressed one The vowel sound in a stressed syllable is
normally more pronounced, your tongue is further away from the
middle of your mouth than an unstressed one. Here is an example:
'Company'      com pa ny For this word, 'com' is stressed and
'pa' is not stressed. For this reason, the vowel in 'pa' is not
stressed, and when you say