1. Read aloud the pairs of words. Single out the phonemes which are contrasted: bee-thee, pine-fine, work-jerk
2. Define the number of syllables in the following words: magnet, colour, blazer
3. Provide these words with necessary stress marks: newcomer, old-fashioned, desert
4. Analyse the sentence considering the following points: In the foreign country an unmistakable indication of your own nationality will arrest the driver’s attention.
a) find strong and weak forms;
b) find cases of assimilation;
5. Mark stresses and draw the scheme of the sentence which sounds emphatic and emotional: The green-flies are in my roses already!