1. Read aloud the pairs of words. Single out the phonemes which are contrasted: judge-budge , try-Troy, art-out
2. Define the number of syllables in the following words: cozy, breakfast, peasant
3. Provide these words with necessary stress marks: unnatural, fifty-two, organize
4. Analyse the sentence considering the following points: Snow came in the night without a sound like a white cloud trembling down to the ground.
a) find strong and weak forms;
b) find cases of assimilation;
5. Mark stresses and draw the scheme of the sentence which sounds strong and powerful: Oh, well, I’ll risk it, but if the worst comes to the worst, don’t blame me.