Curso de Inglés Avanzado Lección 3

Some words can be either a verb or a noun depending on where you place the stress.
The following words all have 2 syllables. When the first syllable is stressed the word is a noun. When the second syllable is stressed, the word is a verb.

Listen to some examples.

		English Word Stress What is STRESS? • Stressed syllables in speech are those which are l o n g e r, LOUDER and hiGHer in pitch or loudness. It’s the part that you give the most emphasis to when you speak • From the point of view of the speaker, stress involves using more energy as the speaker pushes air from the lungs and articulates syllables. • From the listener’s perspective, the most obvious features of stress are probably longer vowel duration in the stressed syllable and higher pitch* (pitch = tono).
1. refund (noun) / refund (verb) 2. permit (verb) / permit (noun) 3. increase (noun) / increase (verb)

Listen again and repeat.

Now listen to the following words and decide if they are nouns or verbs.

	1. Transport				6. Progress
	2. Record				7. Produce
	3. Protest				8. Refund
	4. Decrease				9. Import
	5. Export				10. Insult

Check your answers.

Complete the sentences with one of the above words. You may need to change the form of the word.

1. I’m trying to a podcast for my website, but my microphone isn’t working.
2. Have you been following the of the Large Hadron Collider project near Geneva?
3. Due to the global economic crisis there has been a sharp in unemployment.
4. Demonstrators were in Brussels yesterday against the high unemployment figures.
5. How dare you call me a liar. I have never been so in all my life.
6. Brazil and a lot of coffee.
7. Because of the wide use of CCTV cameras in the UK, street crime has by 17% in the last 12 months.
8. Bob ate 9 boiled eggs in 3 minutes. That must be a .
9. The public system in Japan is one of the best and most efficient in the world.
10. More people are looking for natural, chemical-free these days. Especially organically grown fruit and vegetables.

Listen to check.

Check your answers.

Listen and repeat the sentences.

Sometimes the stress can change the meaning of a word. Match the words below with their definitions, depending on which part of each word is stressed.

Check your answers.

Listen and repeat the following sentences.

1.	Refuse	I’ll make you an offer you can’t refuse
1.	Refuse	A dustman collects refuse.
2.	Minute	Digital devices are becoming more minute as technology advances.
2.	Minute	Wait a minute!
3.	Deserted	He deserted the army and got 2 years in jail.
3.	Desert	Las Vegas was built in a desert.
4	Present	On behalf of the company, I’d like to present you with this award.
4	Present	Here’s a little Christmas present for you.
5.	Invalid	You can only park here if your car has an invalid sticker.
5.	Invalid	If your passport’s out of date, it’s invalid.
6.	Contract	If we reach an agreement, we’ll have to draw up a contract.
6.	Contract	When you heat metal it expands. When it cools it contracts.
7.	Object	Object – UFO stands for unidentified flying object.
7.	Object	I objected to the way he talked down to me.
8.	Content	If you turn to the contents page, it’ll be easier to find what your looking for.
8.	Content	I wouldn’t say I’m extremely happy with my life at the moment, but I am content.

¿Cómo puedo desactivar el bloqueo de anuncios en La Mansión del Inglés?