1. Read aloud the pairs of words. Single out the phonemes which are contrasted: bed-bared , burn-born, law-low
2. Define the number of syllables in the following words:
3. Provide these words with necessary stress marks:
4. Analyse the sentence considering the following points: Why don’t you do anything to gain more experience in writing essays?
a) find strong and weak forms;
b) find cases of assimilation;
5. Mark stresses and draw the scheme of the sentence which sounds friendly: Why didn’t you take advantage of an opportunity to tell them the truth?