Master Word Stress Patterns: Adjectives, Adverbs & Compound Nouns

On a scale of 1 to 10, how much would you rate for me as a student? I'm just very excited because we've only met three times and I see that you are able to absorb the instruction and the patterns quickly. You're able to apply it. When you have questions, you ask. That's good. And I am confident that even within a month's time, you will feel the difference. And I think the people listening to you will feel the difference of how you're communicating. Let's continue to work on word stress. In this lesson, we'll practice word stress in longer adjectives as well as adverbs and compound nouns. You can practice with my student from India, Nitish. If you're new to my channel, welcome. I'm Jennifer and I teach American English for confident, effective communication. If you'd like my free digital downloads to boost your fluency, then visit my website englishwithjennifer.com. You're picking up on the patterns very well. We just used two-syllable adjectives. Let's try some three-syllable adjectives. Watch this pattern. Nice. And you're linking your vowels very well. We don't say creative, but creative. Like I asked you to link client, create. The pattern holds. Something like that, right? I'm supportive of my friends, my family. I'm supportive of whatever you choose to do. You're so resourceful. You're so insightful. So we said creative, supportive, resourceful, insightful. Ah, but there always will be exceptions. It's good to be sensitive. Good. You want to be sensitive to her needs. And to her feelings. Nice. Very good. And to her feelings. Yes. Okay. So, let's go to another group here. You're doing awesome. Adverbs. Same thing. We don't usually put the stress on a suffix, but on the root. A lot of adverbs end in ly. Right? Adverbs answer the question how. How are you doing things? Quickly. I need you to do this quickly. Kindly. Longer ones are probably going to follow the same pattern. Stress on the first, not on the ly. For example, Link again, so you got the stress. With a Y sound. Leave. Beautiful. Nice. Yeah, get the syllables. Now we have Nice. Okay? Super. When you have a chance between now and the next time we meet, For sure. I do that as well. Okay. Another group that has a pattern are compound nouns. Sometimes we just have, like, glass. I drink from a glass. But then we take another noun and put it together, and that's why we have eyeglasses or sunglasses. The pattern usually is we stress the first noun. Eyeglasses. Sunglasses. So put stress on the first. Whether it's written as one word or two words, if it's a compound noun, we usually give more stress to the first. So say it for me. Right, we don't say My son is a college student. You say, oh, Jennifer, isn't your son a college student? Oh, Jennifer, isn't your son a college student? Yes, he is a college student. Very good. Uh-huh. Which year of college he is, by the way? Where does he go, you say? What college does he go to? I asked which year of the college he is in. Oh, you can ask, what year is he in? What year is he in? Oh, hold on, hold on. What year is he in? Beautiful. What year is he in? He's a second-year student. He's a sophomore. Okay. Can you think of other compound nouns? Let's try these. Repeat after me. Language lesson. Language teacher. Mindset. I hope you have a healthy mindset when it comes to language studies. So, you have done so well with all these patterns. I threw a lot at you. The best thing to do now is review. There's more to come. But we talked about word stress in nouns, in verbs, in adjectives, in adverbs, and compound nouns. These are the only rules that I have to go through in terms of stress? No, there's more. But we're starting to expose you to the patterns so that you feel the rhythm. You feel where the stress is. I'm also very happy to hear that you're lengthening the stressed vowel. Your voice is going up in pitch. It's becoming louder. You got the patterns now. You're repeating after me. And I hear that you're repeating the patterns naturally. Okay, so good job. Thank you. You need to repeat. Thank you so much. Internalize. It's all happening because of you, obviously. You're a good student. On a scale of 1 to 10, how much would you rate for me as a student? I'm just very excited because we've only met three times. And I see that you are able to absorb the instruction and the patterns quickly. You're able to apply it. When you have questions, you ask. That's good. Based on the three conversations, what do you feel? I am confident that you are... First of all, I know that you are making progress day by day. And I am confident that even within a month's time, you will feel the difference. And I think the people listening to you will feel the difference of how you're communicating. I want to encourage you to practice a little each day. Review the word lists from different lessons. Remember what I said earlier. We're not aiming for perfection. We're aiming for improvement. To get just a little better and a little more confident from lesson to lesson. Confidence is going to be key when you speak English. Joe Namath was a popular football player when I was a kid. I had his photo in my room at one point. I found a quote by Joe Namath that I want to share with you. He said this. When you have confidence, you can have a lot of fun. And when you have fun, you can do amazing things. I hope you see how Natisse has brought a good attitude to our lessons. Studying with Natisse is a lot of fun, so I believe we're going to do amazing things. I hope you're enjoying our lessons too. That's all for now, but before I go, I'll ask you to hit the like and subscribe button so that you don't miss any of the lessons I have planned for you. If you'd like more interaction and feedback, then join the English with Jennifer community on Patreon where we practice all skills for confident, effective communication. The link is in the video description. 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