Word Stress – VI

  

Word Stress – VI

Dear readers, in the previous post, we discussed words that end with -ion and their stress patterns. In this post, let us learn about the word accent/stress patterns for the words which end with -ic, -ical, -ious, -ial in English. Pronouncing English words with proper accent makes one’s language stylish and it will sound intelligible. Speaking with good pronunciation strengthens one’s confidence level in terms of communication in English.

Words ending with -ic, -ical, -ious, -ial receive primary stress on the Syllable before the Suffix, i.e., second from the last syllable. For example, logic – LOgic, musical – muSIcal

Practise the following orally by giving more prominence on the capitalized syllables.

Ø  traffic              - TRAffic (https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/traffic?q=%EF%83%98%09traffic)

Ø  academic         – acaDEmic

(https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/academic)

Ø  pathetic           - paTHEtic

(https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/pathetic)

Ø  biological        - bioLOgical

(https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/biological)

Ø  electrical         - eLECtrical   

(https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/electrical)

Ø  psychological - psychoLOgical    

(https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/psychological)

Ø  atrocious         - aTROcious

(https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/atrocious)

Ø  commercial     - comMERcial

(https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/commercial)

Ø  confidential    - confiDENtial

(https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/confidential)

Ø  memorial        - meMOrial

(https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/memorial)

 

 Ø  In the next post, let us explore some interesting features about English pronunciation.

Reference:

Balasubramanian, T. 2017. English Phonetics for Indian Students. Trinity Press.

Author:

K. Nandhakumar

Assistant Professor of English

Sri Ramakrishna Mission Vidyalaya College of Arts and Science (Autonomous)

Coimbatore - 641 020 

  

 

PARTS OF SPEECH (PART VI)

 

PARTS OF SPEECH

                                          (PART VI)

 

Pronouns:

i)              Replaces a noun in the sentence.

ii)           Pronoun can do everything that noun can do.

iii)         They can be subject or predicate.

What are subject and predicate?

Every complete sentence has two parts. One is subject and the other one is predicate.

Subject tells us what (or who) the sentence is about.

Predicate tells us what the subject does.

Examples:

i)              Nathan was eating a sandwich.

        Nathan – Subject; Sandwich – object.

ii)           Sam loves football.

        Sam – Subject; football – object.

iii)         The dentist pulled out a tooth.

The dentist – subject; tooth – object.

                 

                Various pronouns are I, WE, YOU, HEM SHE, IT,    

                THEY.

 

                Why do we need them as we already have nouns?

i)              To avoid repeating nouns.

ii)           Repeating nouns make sentences cumbersome and complex.

 

Examples:

 

Raj bought the book because raj wanted to read it. (Using noun only)

Raj bought the book because he wanted to read it. (Using noun and pronoun)

 

The dog was barking because the dog was hungry. (Using noun only)

The dog was barking because it was hungry. (Using noun and pronoun)

 

Prakshi was crying so, prakshi’s father gave prakshi a bicycle. (Using noun only)

Prakshi was crying so, her father gave her a bicycle.

 

 

 

 

 

AUTHOR

Dr L Suresh

Assistant Professor of English

Sri Ramakrishna Mission Vidyalaya College of Arts and Science

Coimbatore - 641020

Contact: 9944138137

e-mail ID: sureshenglit@rmv.ac.in

 

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10 INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT ENGLISH LANGUAGE

 

1.    “Go!” is the shortest grammatically correct sentence in the English Language.

2.    11% of the entire English language is just the letter E.

3. The letter ‘I’ is the shortest, oldest and most commonly used word in English.

4. The most common adjective used in English is ‘good’.

5. The most commonly used noun is ‘time’.

6. The word ‘set’ has the highest number of definitions.

7. The oldest English word that is still in use is ‘town’.

8. Only two English words in current use end in “-gry”. They are “angry” and “hungry”.

9. The first English dictionary was written in 1755.

10. There are only 4 English words in common use ending in "-dous": hazardous, horrendous, stupendous, and tremendous.

Blogger:

N.Shanmugan
Assistant Professor of English
Sri Ramakrishna Mission Vidyalaya College of Arts and Science
Coimbatore - 641 020. 

 

English Expressions

                                                       Expressions about Challenges

          To take the plunge

o   To decide to do something you have been thinking about or you have been putting off for a while

To raise the bar

o   To set your target on something that you might find difficult to achieve

No end in sight

o   The point at which the problems will be over is not known

A setback

o   A problem that has arisen when you thought things were going along quite smoothly

Teething problems

o Short-term insignificant difficulties that occur at the start of something new

Author: 

Dr.M. Selvam

Assistant Professor of English

Sri Ramakrishna Mission Vidyalaya College of Arts and Science

Coimbatore – 641 020

PARTS OF SPEECH (PART V)

 

PARTS OF SPEECH

                                  (PART V)

 

i)              Countable nouns:

a)   Things we can count using numbers.

b)  Countable nouns can be singular or plural forms.

Examples: A dog, A man, 3 bags.

Examples in sentences: Ramesh has 8 pencils, She has 2 dogs, etc.

c)   Countable nouns are divided into two forms: Singular forms and plural forms.

d)  Singular forms: If there is one and only person, place or thing involved. A, AN and THE are used while using them.

Examples: A bus, An orange and The sun

Examples in sentences: The bird flew away, A dog is Man’s best friend, An apple a day keeps a doctor away, etc.

Plural forms: If there is more than one person, place or thing. “How many” is used to find the quantity of plural forms.

Examples in sentences: The monkeys started eating bananas, The birds flew away, etc.

 

ii)           Uncountable nouns:

a)   Things that cannot be counted with numbers.

b)  We can use some or any with them.

c)   They usually do not have any plural form.

Examples: Tea, Water, Sugar, etc. (We cannot count tea, water or sugar.)

Examples in sentences: This News is very important, I love listening music, Have you got any rice?, etc.

 

AUTHOR

Dr L Suresh

Assistant Professor of English

Sri Ramakrishna Mission Vidyalaya College of Arts and Science

Coimbatore - 641020

Contact: 9944138137

e-mail ID: sureshenglit@rmv.ac.in