Week 11: Basic Emphasis Pattern (1)

Basic Emphasis Pattern (1):

Content Words

English speakers use a basic pattern for emphasis when reading or speaking. If you get to use this pattern correctly, you will:

· Hear them better,

· Understand their speech better, and

· Be understood better.

Basic Emphasis Pattern (1)
Content Words	Nouns	Main verbs	Adverbs	Adjectives	Question Words
	cat male truck	eat quit clean	slowly quickly nicely	pretty ugly normal	who where when
Structure Words	Pronouns	Prepositions	Articles	“to be” verbs	Conjunctions
	I you	in into on at over of	the a an	is am are was were	and but so yet
	Auxiliary verbs
	can could

Content words are easier to hear because they are given extra emphasis on the sentence.

Examples:

1. This is a cat.

2. What does it eat?

3. Please come quickly.

4. You did excellent work.

5. Why did you write the letter.

Content Word Practice

Write content words that fit these categories. Include at least 6 more words for each category.

Basic Emphasis Pattern (1)
Nouns	Verbs	Adverbs	Adjectives	Wh-Words
car office	run talk	quickly happily	red hot	who where

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