1. Read aloud the pairs of words. Single out the phonemes which are contrasted: write-riot , pen-pain, keen-coin
2. Define the number of syllables in the following words: kitten, bicycle, tragedy
3. Provide these words with necessary stress marks: living-room, clarify, illogical
4. Analyse the sentence considering the following points: A train is waiting at the railway station on the platform.
a) find strong and weak forms;
b) find cases of assimilation.
5. Mark stresses and draw the scheme of the sentence which sounds intense and powerfl: You must send that child home at once!