Lesson 4. Sentence stress - Trọng âm của câu
Mục tiêu bài học: Người học nắm vững các từ được nhấn và không được nhấn trọng âm trong câu Tiếng Anh.
Theory - Lý thuyết
Khi phát âm một câu tiếng Anh, ta sẽ:
a. Nhấn trọng âm những từ mang nghĩa nội dung:
- Danh từ (người, địa điểm, vật)
- Động từ (hành động, trạng thái), (ngoại trừ động từ To Be)
- Tính từ (bổ nghĩa cho danh từ)
- Trạng từ (bổ nghĩa động từ, tính từ, trạng từ, hoặc cả câu)
- Các từ phủ định (not, never, neither...)
- Động từ khiếm khuyết (should, could, might...) (ngoại trừ Will, Can)
- Yes, No và các trợ động từ trong dạng câu trả lời ngắn Có, Không (ví dụ: yes, he does)
- Lượng từ (ví dụ: some, many, no, all, one, two, three...)
- Các từ câu hỏi WH (what, where, when, why, how... )
b. Không nhấn trọng âm những từ chức năng mang tính hoàn thiện cấu trúc văn phạm của câu:
- Giới từ (to, in, at, on, for, from, with ...)
- Liên từ (and, or, so, but...)
- Đại từ nhân xưng (I, you, he, she...)
- Tính từ sở hữu (my, your, his, her...)
- Động từ To Be (am, is, are, was, were...)
- Trợ động từ (be, have, do trong các động từ hai phần hoặc câu hỏi)
- Động từ khiếm khuyết (will, be going to)
- Trợ động từ Can

Practice - Thực hành
Read loud, stress the underlined words
Đọc to, nhấn Trọng âm những từ gạch chân trong câu
Listen samples
Nghe phát âm mẫu
Hanoi is the capital of Vietnam
Lan and Kien are my friends.
I went to England with my brother.
We want to go to work.
Lan and Kien are friendy
Lan and Kien can swim very well.
She doesn't like cake
We don't want to go to work at night.
Lan never watches horror films
The hotel is neither spacious nor comfortable.
You should stop smoking.
You shouldn't drink and drive.
Could I borrow your motorbike?
They may arrive tomorrow
They can speak Vietnamese
They can't speak Japanese
He will change his mind.
Do you like football?
Yes, I do.
No, I don't.
Some children are playing in the park now
Some people prefer coffee, but many other prefer tea
I don't have any money.
No words can express my feeling.
I was abroad all last summer.
They have one house and two cars.
Why aren’t you doing the housework?
Where are you going after class?
What are you doing tonight?
the boys are playing a video game.
my computer is broken.
They've been writing the test for a long time
I've just received a letter from home.
I live with my parents in Hanoi.
Do you prefer coffee or tea?
My brother wants to buy a red car
What is his name?
Are they going to come to the party?
He said he has a dog, not a cat
My kids are at the park
My cat is sitting on the table.
Do you have any brothers or sisters?
She bought a blue car for her daughter
I am Vietnamese
I've never heard of that before
They'll ask the teacher for help
They are going to study tonight


Paragraph Stress Practice - Thực hành phát âm Đoạn văn
Read loud, stress the underlined words in paragraph
Đọc to, nhấn Trọng Âm những từ gạch chân trong đoạn văn
Listen samples
Nghe phát âm mẫu
Lan's introduction
My name is Lan.
I'm thirteen years old.
I'm a secondary schoolgirl.
I live in Hanoi with my parents.
My family has four members: my father, my mother, my elder brother and me.
Lan's daily morning activities
I often get up at 5 o'clock.
I brush my teeth.
I wash my face.
I do the morning exercise in the garden.
I have a shower.
I have breakfast.
Then, I take the 7am bus to school.
London City
London is the capital of England and The United Kingdom of Great Britain.
London's population up to 2024 is approximately 9.1 million.
The River Thames flows through the heart of London and divides the city into two parts: the Northern and the Southern.
The climate in London is fairly comfortable. The average temperature in winters is above 0 degree centigrade while it is below 30 degree centigrade in summers.
London has many famous attractions for culture, history, shopping, palaces such as Elizabeth Tower, Westminster Abbey, Buckingham Palace, Hype Park, Oxford Street, Downing Street.
Paris City
Paris is the capital of France, located on the banks of the River Seine.
Paris's population up to 2025 is over 12 millions.
The climate in Paris is rather comfortable. The coldest temperature in winters is about 3 degree centigrade while the hottest temperature in summers is around 25 degree centigrade.
Paris has many memorable attractions for visitors such as Eiffel Tower, Lourve Museum, River Seine, Arc de Triomphe.

Tokyo City
Tokyo is the capital of Japan.
To the year 2025, the population of Tokyo metropolitan area is about 33 million.
The climate in Tokyo in summers often exceeds 30 degree centigrade while in winters it rarely drops below 0 degree centigrade.
Tokyo has many attractions for tourists such as Sensoji Temple, Tokyo Skytree, Tokyo Tower, River Sumida.
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