Pronouncing verbs and nouns

6 Minute Vocabulary

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Hello

and

welcome

to

Six

Minute

Vocabulary

.

I'm

Catherine

,

and

I'm

.

Oh

,

,

yeah

,

a

present

.

Yes

,

well

,

how

kind

.

It's

not

even

my

birthday

.

I

know

,

but

every

day

is

a

present

day

in

learning

English

.

Actually

,

I

bought

it

because

the

word

present

is

a

key

word

for

the

topic

we're

going

to

present

in

this

program

.

Oh

,

yeah

.

Present

and

present

.

Yes

,

they're

spelt

the

same

way

,

but

we

say

them

differently

.

That's

right

.

Because

today

we're

talking

about

words

that

are

spelt

the

same

,

but

pronounced

differently

depending

on

whether

we're

using

them

as

nouns

or

verbs

like

present

and

present

.

So

the

present

you

gave

me

is

a

noun

.

That's

right

.

And

we're

presenting

six

minute

vocabulary

present

.

Here

is

a

verb

be

giving

you

more

examples

and

we'll

have

a

quiz

.

So

listen

carefully

and

we'll

also

bring

you

a

top

tip

for

learning

vocabulary

.

And

I've

got

an

invite

for

Katherine

to

my

party

.

And

it's

not

even

your

birthday

.

It's

my

birthday

every

day

.

OK

,

I'll

come

to

your

party

then

.

Well

,

more

about

that

invite

later

.

But

first

,

let's

hear

Lucy

talking

about

Sam

Smith

,

her

favorite

singer

.

Sam

Smith

,

are

you

a

fan

?

I

wouldn't

say

I'm

a

fan

,

but

I'm

aware

of

his

work

.

Oh

,

good

.

Anyway

,

here's

Lucy

and

she

is

a

big

Sam

Smith

fan

.

Think

about

this

question

while

you

listen

.

Will

the

number

of

people

who

want

to

go

to

his

concerts

go

up

or

down

?

I

really

want

to

go

to

a

Sam

Smith

concert

,

but

the

tickets

have

already

sold

out

.

Sometimes

when

that

happens

,

they

increase

the

number

of

concert

dates

.

I

want

to

hear

him

sing

.

Stay

with

me

.

It

won

record

of

the

year

at

the

Grammys

.

I

hope

he'll

record

some

new

songs

soon

,

but

that

will

mean

an

increase

in

people

wanting

concert

tickets

.

And

so

we

asked

you

,

well

,

the

number

of

people

who

want

to

go

to

Sam

Smith

concerts

go

up

or

will

it

go

down

?

And

the

answer

is

it

will

go

up

.

Lucy

says

there

will

be

an

increase

in

people

wanting

concert

tickets

.

Yes

,

and

increase

.

Here

is

a

noun

.

So

the

stress

is

on

the

first

syllable

increase

.

But

Lucy

also

used

the

same

word

as

a

verb

.

Listen

to

this

clip

.

Where

does

the

stress

fall

this

time

?

Sometimes

when

that

happens

,

they

increase

the

number

of

concert

dates

.

This

time

the

stress

falls

on

the

second

syllable

increase

because

Lucy's

using

the

word

as

a

verb

.

Other

nouns

and

verbs

with

the

same

spelling

move

the

stress

from

the

first

to

the

second

syllable

in

the

same

way

,

like

the

noun

decrease

,

which

becomes

decrease

when

it's

a

verb

.

And

there

is

,

of

course

,

near

the

invite

you

gave

me

to

your

party

.

Yes

,

invite

.

Here

is

a

noun

with

the

stress

on

the

first

syllable

.

But

if

I

say

to

Katherine

,

I

want

to

invite

you

to

my

party

on

Saturday

,

invite

is

a

verb

with

the

stress

falling

on

the

second

syllable

.

Don't

worry

,

Katherine

,

I

haven't

forgotten

,

nor

have

I

near

looking

forward

to

it

.

And

here's

another

clip

from

Lucy

.

Listen

out

for

another

word

she

uses

as

a

noun

and

a

verb

with

different

stress

patterns

.

I

want

to

hear

him

sing

Stay

with

me

,

it

won

record

of

the

year

at

the

Grammys

.

I

hope

he'll

record

some

new

songs

soon

.

We

had

record

and

record

.

Record

is

the

noun

.

So

the

stress

is

on

the

first

syllable

and

record

is

the

verb

.

So

the

stress

is

on

the

second

syllable

.

Six

minutes

vocabulary

from

BBC

Learning

English

.

We're

talking

about

nouns

and

verbs

that

are

spelled

the

same

but

pronounced

differently

like

a

record

and

to

record

.

And

we

stress

the

first

syllable

when

the

word

is

a

noun

and

the

second

syllable

when

the

word

is

a

verb

.

And

now

it's

time

for

a

quiz

.

So

get

ready

.

Which

is

the

correct

way

to

say

the

missing

word

in

these

sentences

.

Number

one

,

Michael

Phelps

has

the

for

the

most

Olympic

gold

medals

.

Is

it

A

,

record

or

B

,

record

its

record

because

it's

a

noun

?

Well

done

,

if

you

got

that

right

.

Number

two

,

we

hope

that

sales

will

this

month

.

Is

it

A

increase

or

B

increase

?

And

the

answer

is

B

,

increase

because

it's

a

verb

.

And

finally

,

number

three

,

I

need

to

buy

for

my

friends

.

They're

getting

married

tomorrow

.

Is

it

A

present

or

B

present

?

It's

a

present

because

it's

a

noun

and

that's

the

end

of

the

quiz

.

So

well

done

.

If

you

got

them

right

and

it's

almost

the

end

of

the

program

.

But

before

we

go

,

here's

today's

top

tip

for

learning

vocabulary

.

When

you

look

up

a

word

in

an

online

dictionary

,

listen

to

the

audio

and

try

to

copy

the

word

stress

,

if

possible

,

record

yourself

saying

the

word

and

compare

your

pronunciation

with

the

audio

from

the

dictionary

.

There's

more

about

this

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Learning

English

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