American English Pronunciation Workbook

Comparison of two syllable stress patterns

1. lifelong [laɪflɔŋ] about [ɛbaʊt]
2. baseball [beɪzbɔl] culture [kəlʧɚ]
3. fourteen [foʊɹtin] always [ɔlwɛz]
4. across [əkɹɔs] thirteen [θɚtin]
5. supply [splaɪ] student [studn̩t]
6. belief [bəlif] meantime [mintaɪm]
7. people [pibʊ] outside [aʊtsaɪd]
8. extra [ɛkʃtɚ] instead [ɪnstɛɾ]
9. working [wəɹkɪŋ] surfboard [sɚfboʊɹd]
10. contact [kɑntæt] nineteen [naɪntin]
11. network [nɛʔtwɚk] respect [ɹɪspɛkt]
12. hallway [hɔlweɪ] extra [ɛkʃtɚ]
13. thirteen [θɚtin] occur [əkɚ]
14. downtown [ɾaʊntaʊ] gossip [ɡɑsəp]
15. tv [tivi] cowboy [kaʊbɔɪ]
16. respect [ɹɪspɛkt] lifelong [laɪflɔŋ]
17. exhaust [ɪɡzɔs] couple [kəpl̩]
18. ago [əɡoʊ] coupon [kjupɑn]
19. culture [kəlʧɚ] tv [tivi]
20. lazy [leɪzi] degree [dɪɡɹi]
21. something [səmpθɪŋ] hindsight [haɪnsaɪɾ]
22. outfit [aʊtfɪt] tv [tivi]
23. contact [kɑntæk] become [bikəm]
24. hallway [hɔlweɪ] early [ɚli]
25. worthwhile [wəɹθwaɪl] around [əɹaʊn]
26. nineteen [naɪntin] project [pɹɑʤɛkt]
27. outside [aʊtsaɪd] almost [ɔlmoʊs]
28. within [wɪðɪn] fourteen [foʊɹtin]
29. believe [bl̩iv] problem [pɹaʊbʊm]
30. report [ɹɪpoʊɹɾ] access [æksɛs]
31. project [pɹɑʤɛkt] nineteen [naɪntin]
32. women [wɪmən] without [wɪðaʊʔt]
33. early [ɚli] almost [ɔlmoʊs]
34. always [ɔlweɪz] fourteen [foʊɹtin]
35. hindsight [haɪnsaɪɾ] supposed [ʃəpoʊst]
36. contact [kɑntæk] really [ɹɪli]
37. baseball [beɪsbɔl] accept [əksɛpt]
38. baseball [beɪzbɔl] culture [kəlʧɚ]
39. worthwhile [wəɹθwaɪl] roommate [ɹumeɪʔt]
40. supposed [səpoʊzd] outside [aʊtsaɪɾ]
41. connect [kn̩ɛk] freedom [fɹiɾəm]
42. convince [kənvɪns] hindsight [haɪnsaɪɾ]
43. forward [foʊwəd] outside [ɑtsaɪd]
44. couple [kəpl̩] about [ɛbaʊt]
45. women [wɪmən] always [ɔleɪz]
46. always [ɔlweɪs] nineteen [naɪntin]
47. breakdown [bɹeɪdaʊn] about [əbaʊɾ]
48. subway [səbweɪ] failure [feɪljɚ]


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