Exercise 1 -46: Regular Transitions of Nouns and Verbs CD 2 Track 15
In the list below, change the stress from the first syllable for nouns to the second syllable for verbs. This is a regular, consistent change. Intonation is so powerful that you'll notice that when the stress changes, the pronunciation of the vowels do, too.
| Nouns | 
 | Verbs | ||
| an accent | [æks'nt] | to accent | 
 | [æksεnt] | 
| a concert | [känsert] | to concert | 
 | [k'nsert] | 
| a conflict | [känflikt] | to conflict | 
 | [k'nflikt] | 
| a contest | [käntest] | to contest | 
 | [k'ntest] | 
| a contract | [käntræct] | to contract | 
 | [k'ntrækt] | 
| a contrast | [käntræst] | to contrast | 
 | [k'ntræst] | 
| a convert | [känvert] | to convert | 
 | [k'nvert] | 
| a convict | [känvikt] | to convict | 
 | [k'nvict] | 
| a default | [deefält] | to default | 
 | [d'fält] | 
| a desert* | [dεz'rt] | to desert | 
 | [d'z'rt] | 
| a discharge | [dischärj] | to discharge | 
 | [d'schärj] | 
| an envelope | [änv'lop] | to envelop | 
 | [envel'p] | 
| an incline | [inkline] | to incline | 
 | [inkline] | 
| an influence | [influ(w)'ns] | to influence | 
 | [influ(w)ns]† | 
| an insert | [insert] | to insert | 
 | [insert] | 
| an insult | [ins'lt] | to insult | 
 | [insəlt] | 
| an object | [äbject] | to object | 
 | [əbject] | 
| perfect | [prf'ct] | to perfect | 
 | [prfekt] | 
| a permit | [prmit] | to permit | 
 | [prmit] | 
| a present | [prεz'nt] | to present | 
 | [pr'zεnt] | 
| produce | [produce] | to produce | 
 | [pr'duce] | 
| progress | [prägr's] | to progress | 
 | [pr'grεss] | 
| a project | [präject] | to project | 
 | [pr'jεct] | 
| a pronoun | [pronoun] | to pronounce | 
 | [pr'nounce] | 
| a protest | [protest] | to protest | 
 | [pr'test] | 
| a rebel | [rεbəl] | to rebel | 
 | [r'bεl] | 
| a recall | [reekäll] | to recall | 
 | [r'käll] | 
| a record | [rεk'rd] | to record | 
 | [r'cord] | 
| a reject | [reject] | to reject | 
 | [r'jεct] | 
research [res'rch] to research [r'srch]
a subject [s'bjekt] to subject [s'bjekt]
a survey [s'rvei] to survey [s'rvei]
a suspect [s'spekt] to suspect [s'spekt]
The désert is hot and dry. A dessért is ice cream. To desért is to abandon.
Pronunciation symbols (w) and (y) represent a glide sound. This is explained on page 63.