EXAMPLE EDD EDUCATION DISSERTATIONS

to reject, a reject.

to research, a research.

Practice on the following sentences that contain some of the words of the list used buth as noun and as verb. Underline the accent and read the sentences out loud.

You need to insert a paragraph here on this newspaper insert.

How can you object to this object? I'd like to present you with this present.

• The manufacturer couldn't recall if there'd been a recall.
• The religious convert wanted to convert the world. The political rebels wanted to rebel against the world.
• The mogul wanted to record a new record for his latest artist.
• If you perfect your intonation, your accent will be perfect. Due to the drought, the fields didn't produce much produce this year.

Unfortunately, City Hall wouldn't permit them to get a permit.

Listen and Learn: The Different Intonation of the Noun and the Verb.

• Intonation, the "music" of a language, is perhaps the most important element of a correct accent. Many people think that pronunciation is what makes up an accent. It may be that pronunciation is very important for an understandable accent. But it is intonation that gives the final touch that makes an accent correct or native. Often we hear someone speaking with perfect grammar, and perfect formation of the sounds of English but with a little something that gives her away as not being a native speaker.

Therefore, it is necessary to realize that there are three components to an accent, pronunciation, intonation, and linking. In other places we will examine pronunciation, the proper formation of vowels and consonants, and linking, the way that syllables within a word, and the beginning and ending of words come together.