6 Minute Vocabulary - Pronouncing verbs and nouns

This is the BBC . This podcast is supported by advertising outside the . This is a download from BBC Learning English to find out more , visit our website , six minutes from BBC Learning English . Hello and welcome to Six Minute Vocabulary . I'm Catherine , and I'm . Oh , , yeah , a present . Yes , well , how kind . It's not even my birthday . I know , but every day is a present day in learning English . Actually , I bought it because the word present is a key word for the topic we're going to present in this program . Oh , yeah . Present and present . Yes , they're spelt the same way , but we say them differently . That's right . Because today we're talking about words that are spelt the same , but pronounced differently depending on whether we're using them as nouns or verbs like present and present . So the present you gave me is a noun . That's right . And we're presenting six minute vocabulary present . Here is a verb be giving you more examples and we'll have a quiz . So listen carefully and we'll also bring you a top tip for learning vocabulary . And I've got an invite for Katherine to my party . And it's not even your birthday . It's my birthday every day . OK , I'll come to your party then . Well , more about that invite later . But first , let's hear Lucy talking about Sam Smith , her favorite singer . Sam Smith , are you a fan ? I wouldn't say I'm a fan , but I'm aware of his work . Oh , good . Anyway , here's Lucy and she is a big Sam Smith fan . Think about this question while you listen . Will the number of people who want to go to his concerts go up or down ? I really want to go to a Sam Smith concert , but the tickets have already sold out . Sometimes when that happens , they increase the number of concert dates . I want to hear him sing . Stay with me . It won record of the year at the Grammys . I hope he'll record some new songs soon , but that will mean an increase in people wanting concert tickets . And so we asked you , well , the number of people who want to go to Sam Smith concerts go up or will it go down ? And the answer is it will go up . Lucy says there will be an increase in people wanting concert tickets . Yes , and increase . Here is a noun . So the stress is on the first syllable increase . But Lucy also used the same word as a verb . Listen to this clip . Where does the stress fall this time ? Sometimes when that happens , they increase the number of concert dates . This time the stress falls on the second syllable increase because Lucy's using the word as a verb . Other nouns and verbs with the same spelling move the stress from the first to the second syllable in the same way , like the noun decrease , which becomes decrease when it's a verb . And there is , of course , near the invite you gave me to your party . Yes , invite . Here is a noun with the stress on the first syllable . But if I say to Katherine , I want to invite you to my party on Saturday , invite is a verb with the stress falling on the second syllable . Don't worry , Katherine , I haven't forgotten , nor have I near looking forward to it . And here's another clip from Lucy . Listen out for another word she uses as a noun and a verb with different stress patterns . I want to hear him sing Stay with me , it won record of the year at the Grammys . I hope he'll record some new songs soon . We had record and record . Record is the noun . So the stress is on the first syllable and record is the verb . So the stress is on the second syllable . Six minutes vocabulary from BBC Learning English . We're talking about nouns and verbs that are spelled the same but pronounced differently like a record and to record . And we stress the first syllable when the word is a noun and the second syllable when the word is a verb . And now it's time for a quiz . So get ready . Which is the correct way to say the missing word in these sentences . Number one , Michael Phelps has the for the most Olympic gold medals . Is it A , record or B , record its record because it's a noun ? Well done , if you got that right . Number two , we hope that sales will this month . Is it A increase or B increase ? And the answer is B , increase because it's a verb . And finally , number three , I need to buy for my friends . They're getting married tomorrow . Is it A present or B present ? It's a present because it's a noun and that's the end of the quiz . So well done . If you got them right and it's almost the end of the program . But before we go , here's today's top tip for learning vocabulary . When you look up a word in an online dictionary , listen to the audio and try to copy the word stress , if possible , record yourself saying the word and compare your pronunciation with the audio from the dictionary . There's more about this at ABC Learning English dot com . Join us again for more six minute vocabulary by .