Pronouns, possessives, conjunctions, prepositions, articles.

	weak	strong		weak	strong
you	/jǝ/	/juː/	your	/jǝ/	/jɔː/
me	/mi/	/miː/	his	/ɪz/	/hɪz/
he	/i/	/hiː/	their	/ðǝ/	/ðeǝ/
she	/ʃi/	/ʃiː/	and	/n/ or /ǝn/	/ænd/
him	/ɪm/	/hɪm/	but	/bǝt/	/bʌt/
her	/ǝ/ or /hǝ/	/hɜː/	some	/sǝm/	/sʌm/
we	/wi/	/wiː/	that	/ðǝt/	/ðæt/
us	/ǝs/	/ʌs/	at	/ǝt/	/æt/
them	/ðǝm/	/ðem/	for	/fǝ/	/fɔː/
from	/frǝm/	/frɒm/	a	/ǝ/	/eɪ/
to	/tǝ/	/tuː/	an	/ǝn/	/æn/
of	/ǝv/	/ɒv/	the	/ðǝ/ /ði/	/ðiː/

Ex.11.1. Listen and mark the underlined words W (weak) or S (strong).

Example: w w

1. A: Are you going to talk to him? B: No, I think he should talk to me first.

2. A: Shall I phone her? B: Yes, I think you should.

3. A: You see those photos over there? Do you know them? B:I know her, but I don’t know him.

4. A: What are you going to give him? B: I think I’ll give him a shirt. What about you?

5. Let him come in and ask him what he wants.

6. She says she’ll bring her money tomorrow.

7. I’m tired … shall we go now?

8. Everybody’s leaving. What about us? Shall we go, too?

9. Tell us when you’re ready.

10. A: Who broke that window? B: He did! C: No, I didn’t, she did!

Ex.11.2. Listen, compete the sentences, read.

Example: What did she say?

1. What _______________ think about it?

2. Where _______________ tonight?

3. 3. _______________ ready _______________ now.

4. Where _______________?

5. _______________ come in.

6. _______________ feeling all right?

7. 7. Tell _______________.

8. 8. I _______________ phone number but not ______________.

Ex.11.3. Listen and repeat the poem, be careful to speak with the correct rhythm. Stress the words in bold, and use weak forms of the pronouns between them.