1. Read aloud the pairs of words. Single out the phonemes which are contrasted: kick-king, boat-moat, came-lame
2. Define the number of syllables in the following words: coffee, stony, ladykbird
3. Provide these words with necessary stress marks: dancing-girl, palatalization, irregular
4. Analyse the sentence considering the following points: Don’t you think it would be better to wait for him at the Blackbird?
a) find strong and weak forms;
b) find cases of assimilation;
5. Mark stresses and draw the scheme of the sentence which sounds encouraging: But we are confident of winning the first place in the competition.