Giáo án Tiếng Anh 10 Unit 3 Language - Tiếng Anh 10 Global Success

Stress in two-syllable words

1. Most two-syllable nouns and adjectives have stress on the first syllable except for the ones ending with oo, oon

E.g. + table /ˈteɪbl/, climate /ˈklaɪmət/, happy /ˈhæpi/, clever /ˈklevə(r)/

      + bamboo /ˌbæmˈbuː/, balloon/bəˈluːn/

2. Most two-syllable verbs have stress on the second syllable except for the ones ending with ow, en, er, le, el, ish, y.

E.g. + appear /əˈpɪə(r)/, explain /ɪkˈspleɪn/

        + finish /ˈfɪnɪʃ/, harden /ˈhɑːdn/, suffer /ˈsʌfə(r)/, follow /ˈfɒləʊ/, carry /ˈkæri/, struggle /ˈstrʌɡl/,
travel /ˈtrævl/

Verbs followed by
to-infinitive (to + V)

Verbs followed by Bare infinitive (V)

1-     agree                                                                                

2-     afford     

3-     arrange 

4-     decide       

5-     demand 

6-     expect

7-     fail

8-     happen   

9-     hesitate

10- hope

11- intend

12- learn  

13- manage

14- offer  

15- plan  

16- pretend 

17- promise                                            

18- refuse 

19- seem                  

20- tend

21- threaten

22- want        

1. Modal verbs:

can, may, must, would, should, could, may, might…

E.g. I can dance gracefully.

       He should stop smoking.

2. would rather/ would sooner, had better

E.g. I would rather stay at home than go out on such a rainy night.

       You had better tell him the truth.

3. make, let, see, hear, feel, watch, notice + Object

E.g. I saw her get off the bus.

       The police made the thief raise his hands.

But: In the passive voice, these verbs are followed by a to-infinitive except let.

E.g. The thief was made to raise his hands.

4. have sb

E.g. I am going to have someone repaint my house.