Real English

Rhythm: adjacent stresses

Hiya. The rhythm series is to help you create the pace of the English language. Why is it so important? Let me demonstrate:

One day I went to the supermarket. There I met my friend. Tom, that is. We greeted each other warmly and had a short chit-chat before saying goodbye and going our separate ways.

Let’s try again:

One day I went to the supermarket. There I met my friend. Tom, that is. We greeted each other warmly and had a short chit-chat before saying goodbye to each other and going our separate ways.

Okay. If you want the first version, just leave; but if you want the second one, then listen closely.
In this episode you will hear word combinations with a full stress on each word. Listen and repeat (you’ll have to pause the video after each phrase, though). Get your rubber band too. Here we go:

blue shirt, fresh fruit, beautiful house, bright light, clear sky, hot water, heavy traffic, empty bottle
run fast, sing clearly, walk hastily, talk loudly, listen carefully, eat greedily, wait patiently, sleep soundly
painfully boring, fairly good, rather expensive, bitterly cold, really unfair, badly damaged, grossly fat, truly happy, totally absurd

All right. Watch this video time and again, and practise how to apply inflection and stress. Now go, practise—armed with your rubber band. See you soon.
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