1. Read aloud the pairs of words. Single out the phonemes which are contrasted: decree-degree, log-long, eddy-any
2. Define the number of syllables in the following words: urgent, tomato, appetite
3. Provide these words with necessary stress marks: ultra-modern, greenish-looking, import
4. Analyse the sentence considering the following points: While I’m making all these inquiries, you will wait for me in the carriage.
a) find strong and weak forms;
b) find cases of assimilation;
5. Mark stresses and draw the scheme of the sentence which sounds very strong: Ask me what the origin of his fortune is!