What is stress in English pronunciation?
To communicate clearly when you are speaking in English, it’s important to stress the correct syllables in each word. This is called word stress, which means pronouncing one syllable of a multisyllabic word with greater emphasis (stress) than the other syllables in the word.
What are examples of word stress?
Most 2-syllable verbs
The word present, for example is a two-syllable word. If we stress the first syllable, it is a noun (gift) or an adjective (opposite of absent).
Word Stress Rules.
| rule | examples |
|---|---|
| For compound adjectives, the stress is on the second part | bad-TEMpered old-FASHioned |
How you say the sounds and stresses of a word?
How do you express stress in words?
You can talk about the feeling of being stressed by saying you are stressed out or wound up. These are both quite informal expressions so if you want to be more formal, you can say you are under a lot of pressure/stress.