LIST OF WORDS WITH STRESS AND THEIR MEANING

Prof. Francisco Zabala - 2014Sentence StressIn their citation form, every word has a lexical stress – or more. However,when they occur in context some of them are not stressed at all and mayeven take a weak vowel (i.e. .?+ h+ t+ H+ T.). It is convenient to[r]

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and the ends of sentences are saved by anticlimax by such resounding commonplacesas greatly to be desired, cannot be left out of account, a development to be expected inthe near future, deserving of serious consideration, brought to a satisfactory conclusion,and so[r]

Semantic Test
Time allowed: 90 minutes

Full name:…………………………………………….
Group:………………………………………………


I. Identify the sense relations that exist between:
1. reptile – crocodile ………………………………
2. to begin to commence ………………………………
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Period1 Reading

I. Objectives
By the end of the lesson, Ss will be able to:
Develop such reading skill as scanning for details, specific ideas, skimming for general information, and guessing meaning in context
Use the information they have learnt to discuss the topic
II. Teaching aids
Textbook, h[r]

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UNIT 6: FUTURE JOBS Lesson: ReadingI. Objectives: By the end of the lesson the students will be able to review a series of jobs they have learnt through Networks Game be acknowledged with what they should do before, during and[r]

Talk a LotFoundation CourseThe 100 Most Common Words in Written EnglishThe Oxford University list of the top 100 high-frequency words in written English is based on an analysis of theOxford English Corpus, which is a collection of texts in English that has a[r]

1.1 Background

INTRODUCTION
Depressive disorders, causing a very high rate of diseases'' burden, are
expected to show a rising trend during the coming 20 years. It is a significant public
health problem with relatively common, high prevalence and its recurrent nature
profoundly disrupts patien[r]

Tài liệu tiếng Anh tham khảo dành cho các anh chị học cao học quản trị kinh doanh, tài liệu chuẩn và rất thiết thực trong công tác làm luận văn, báo cáo.
Subjective sensations commonly experienced
in conjunction with “feeling stressed” are headache,
shortness of breath, lightheadedness or
dizziness,[r]

READING COMPREHENSIONA. Match the words with their meaning.1.1. climateclimatea)a) happeninghappening fastfast2.2. speedingspeeding upupb)b) weatherweather conditionsconditions3.3. fossilfossil fuelsfuelsc)c) enormousenormous

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A list of 1800 essential words with definitions and examples, using frequent TOEFL topic categories, is presented for ESL students preparing to take the TOEFL. Students are likely to think that the more words they know, the better grades they earn. Meanwhile, it is impossible to know all the words p[r]

Words ending in -cy, -ty, -phy and -gydeMOcracy, dependaBIlity, phoTOgraphy, geOLogyWords ending in -alCRItical, geoLOGical5 Compound words (words with two parts)ruleexampleFor compound nouns, the stress is on the first partBLACKbird, GREENhouseFor compound[r]

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COMPARATIVES AND SUPERLATIVES
1. COMPARATIVES
WITH er:
one syllable words (i.e. Fast faster)
twosyllable words ending in y (i.e. Early earlier)
IMP. words ending in e add only r (i.e. Late – later)
WITH more or less:
other twosyllable words (i.e. More modern)
words of more than two syllables[r]

Tài liệu tiếng Anh tham khảo dành cho các anh chị học cao học quản trị kinh doanh, tài liệu chuẩn và rất thiết thực trong công tác làm luận văn, báo cáo.
With the serious financial crisis that began in 2008, many banking service personnel
lost confidence and even influence their job involvement and[r]

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