Word stress

Learning English Vocabulary

BBC

Language Learning, Education

4.5 • 523 Ratings

🗓️ 13 December 2021

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Summary

Do you know how to pronounce the words photographer and photograph? We can help you.

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0:00.0	This is a download from BBC Learning English.
0:03.2	To find out more, visit our website.
0:07.0	Six Minutes Vocabulary.
0:09.2	From BBC Learning English.
0:12.4	Hello and welcome to six-minute vocabulary.
0:15.9	I'm Catherine.
0:16.8	And I'm Finn.
0:19.5	Catherine, look at this photo.
0:22.0	Do you like it?
0:23.2	I took it this morning.
0:25.1	Wow, Finn.
0:26.5	That's not bad.
0:27.4	Okay.
0:28.2	I didn't know you were into photography.
0:30.2	Well, I love taking photographs.
0:32.3	Really?
0:33.3	Well, funnily enough, the words photography and photograph are good examples of today's topic, which is word stress.
0:42.8	We're going to look at the way word stress can change in words that come from the same root word.
0:48.5	We'll show you how to work out the stress of these words.
0:52.3	There'll be a quiz.
0:53.5	And we'll leave you with a top tip for learning vocabulary.
0:57.8	But first, let's listen to John.
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