1. Read aloud the pairs of words. Single out the phonemes which are contrasted: led-laid, saw-so, pays-peers
2. Define the number of syllables in the following words: never, hearty, mercifully
3. Provide these words with necessary stress marks: immortal, mistake, criticize
4. Analyse the sentence considering the following points: He made no effort to make everybody sure he was right.
a) find strong and weak forms;
b) find cases of assimilation.
5. Mark stresses and draw the scheme of the sentence which sounds complete and final: Young men think old men fools, and old men know young men to be so.