PRONUNCIATION

RULES OF WORD STRESS IN ENGLISH

1.One word has only one stress
2.If you hear two stresses, you hear two words.

I. ACRONYMS

Stress is on the last letter.

•IBM’
•VOA’
•ACB’
•CIA’
•FBI’
•WHO’

II. COMPOUND NOUNS

stress the first part

•máil-man
•greén-house
•fíre-man
•the Whíte-House
•'dark-room
•'class-room
•roóm-mate

III: TWO-SYLLABLE NOUNS

1. All most nouns are stressed on the first syllable.

ánswer

cástle cháos

néighbor

chícken

Chrístmas

kítchen

clímate

ísland

hónor

knówledge

stómach

IV. TWO-SYLLABLE VERBS

1. stress the root

•to fásten
•to trável
•to hárden
•to stráighten
•to óffer
•to stúdy

•to atténd
•to colléct
•to eléct
•to prevént
•to begín
•to survíve

STOCK MARKET

STOCK MARKET VOCABULARY

1. Bear Market: Prices go down.


2. Broker: A person who buys or sells an investment for you [stocks, bonds, commodities, etc.


3. Bull Market: Prices go up.


4. Dividend: A dividend is a portion of a company's earnings that is paid out to shareholders on a quarterly or annual basis.


5. Exchange: An exchange is a place in which options, futures, and shares in stocks, bonds, indexes, and commodities are traded.


6. Margin: A margin account lets a person borrow money from a broker to purchase securities.


7. Market Maker: A market maker is a person, brokerage, bank, or institution that maintains a permanent firm bid and ask price on a certain stock.


8. Volume: The number of shares of stock traded during a particular time period.