1. Read aloud the pairs of words. Single out the phonemes which are contrasted: sent-send , leisure-ledger, do-zoo
2. Define the number of syllables in the following words: castle, Friday, pulley
3. Provide these words with necessary stress marks: reorganize, considerate, oval-shaped
4. Analyse the sentence considering the following points: I wish you’d behaved better in the public places like that.
a) find strong and weak forms;
b) find cases of assimilation;
5. Mark stresses and draw the scheme of the sentence which sounds searching: What’s he want to howl like that for when I’m playing?