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Stress & Prosody

Move beyond individual sounds to the music of English: which syllable to stress, how stress shifts with a word's role, and how unstressed words reduce.

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  1. 1

    Module 1 · 3 lessons

    Syllable Stress

    1. 1Stress & SuffixesIt helps you emphasize the right parts of words, making your speech much easier to understand.Practice: Stress on the suffix→
    2. 2Shifting StressEver notice how some words sound totally different depending on whether you're using them as a noun or a verb?→
    3. 3American vs. British StressLet's explore how stress shifts can change a word's flavor!Practice: address (US) vs. address (UK) · garage (US) vs. garage (UK) · vaccine (US) vs. vaccine (UK) · rotate (US) vs. rotate (UK) · donate (US) vs. donate (UK)→
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    Module 2 · 1 lesson

    Sentence Stress

    1. 1Sentence StressSentence stress is super important for sounding natural and getting your meaning across clearly.→
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    Module 3 · 5 lessons

    Reductions

    1. 1Phrases with TOPractice: want to · need to · have to · going to · used to · try to→
    2. 2Phrases with ASPractice: fast · was · has · sassy · clasp · grasp→
    3. 3Phrases with INTOPractice: ran into · jumped into · fell into · turned into · got into · looked into→
    4. 4Phrases with AREPractice: Who are · How are · Why are · Where are · When are · What are→
    5. 5Common ReductionsThese are the natural shortcuts Americans use in everyday speech, making your English flow more smoothly and sound less formal.Practice: kind of (kinda) · going to (gonna) · want to (wanna) · did you (dija) · would you (wouldja) · give me (gimme)→
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