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Exercise 1 -46: Regular Transitions of Nouns and Verbs

CD 2 Track 15

In the list below, change the stress from the first syllable for nouns to the second syllable for verbs. This is a regular, consistent change. Intonation is so powerful that you'll notice that when the stress changes, the pronunciation of the vowels do, too.

an accent a concert a conflict a contest a contract a contrast a convert a convict a default a desert* a discharge an envelope an incline an influence an insert an insult an object perfect a permit a present produce progress a project a pronoun a protest a rebel a recall a record a reject

Nouns

[æks'nt] [känsert] [känflikt] [käntest] [käntræct] [käntræst] [känvert] [känvikt] [deefält] [dεz'rt] [dischärj] [änv'lop] [inkline] [influ(w)'ns] [insert] [ins'lt] [äbject] [prf'ct] [prmit] [prεz'nt] [produce] [prägr's] [präject] [pronoun] [protest] [rεbəl] [reekäll] [rεk'rd] [reject]

to accent to concert to conflict to contest to contract to contrast to convert to convict to default to desert to discharge to envelop to incline to influence to insert to insult to object to perfect to permit to present to produce to progress to project to pronounce to protest to rebel to recall to record to reject

Verbs

[æksεnt] [k'nsert] [k'nflikt] [k'ntest] [k'ntrækt] [k'ntræst] [k'nvert] [k'nvict] [d'fält] [d'z'rt] [d'schärj] [envel'p] [inkline] [influ(w)ns]† [insert] [insəlt] [əbject] [prfekt] [prmit] [pr'zεnt] [pr'duce] [pr'grεss] [pr'jεct] [pr'nounce] [pr'test] [r'bεl] [r'käll] [r'cord] [r'jεct]


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