Example of Colloquial and Familiar Words

Example of Colloquial and Familiar words. Colloquial - Familiar  a bunch of numpties numpties – a group of idiots idiots to bamboozle – to deceive go bananas – go insane or be very angry wanna – want to gonna – going to yall – you all go nuts – go insane or be very angry loo! blue -loo! sad  buzz off – go away "hat is stress# "ord $tress "hen a word has more than one syllable% not all syllables are pronounced with the same degree of force. &he syllable which is  pronounced with greater force is is called the stressed stressed syllable. 'ou can also call it the accented accented syllable. ()ccent( ()ccent( in this case case means (emphasis(.         

"hen spea!ing% it is important to put the stress on the correct syllable. *therwise% it would sound unnatural% and might even be difficult to understand+ ) word can only have one stress. ,n a very long word you can have a secondary stress% but it is always a much smaller stress. *nly vowels are stressed% not consonants. &he vowels in English are a% e% i% o% and u. &he consonants are all the other letters. &here are many exceptions to the rules. &he word stress rules in English are complicated. emember that there are exceptions to every rule. se a dictionary to chec! the word stress of new words. $oon% you will !now English well enough to add word stress naturally. "hat are the intonation patterns# &he definition of an intonation pattern is the way a person/s voice raises and lowers depending on what they are tal!ing about. ,ntonation describes how the voice rises and falls in speech. &he three main patterns of intonation in English are0 falling intonation% rising intonation and fall-rise intonation. Falling intonation   

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Falling intonation describes how the voice falls on the final stressed syllable of a phrase or a group of words. ) falling intonation is very common in wh-questions. wh-questions. Where’s the nearest p↘ ost-office? ost-office? What time does the film f ↘  inish? ↘ inish? "e also use falling intonation when we say something definite% or when we want to be very clear about something0  I think we are completely l ↘ ost. ost. OK, here’s here’s the magaz ↘  ↘ine  ine you wanted. ising intonation 

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ising intonation describes how the voice rises at the end of a sentence. ising intonation is common in  yes-no questions0  yes-no questions0  I hear the ealth !ent re is e"panding. #o, is that the new d ↗ octor? octor?  $re you th ↗ irsty? irsty? Fall-rise intonation   

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Fall-rise intonation describes how the voice falls and then rises. "e use fall-rise intonation at the end of statements when we want to say that we are not sure% or when we may have more to add0  I do ↘ n’t n’t support any foot%all team at the m ↘ om om↗ ent. 1but ent. 1but , may change my mind in future2.  It rained e&ery da y in the firs ↘ t w↗ eek. 1but eek.  1but things improved after that2. "e use fall-rise intonation with questions% especially when we request information or invite somebody to do or to have something. &he intonation pattern ma!es the questions sound more polite0  Is this your cam ↘ er  er ↗  a ↗a?   ? ↗ ee? Would you like another co ↘  ff ↗  ee?