1. Read aloud the pairs of words. Single out the phonemes which are contrasted: mouth-mouse, kit-curt, daily-daisy
2. Define the number of syllables in the following words: comfortable, dinner, modern
3. Provide these words with necessary stress marks: gratitude, impossibility, bad-tempered
4. Analyse the sentence considering the following points: Take care not to make many mistakes when you bake those cakes.
a) find strong and weak forms;
b) find cases of assimilation;
5. Mark stresses and draw the scheme of the sentence which sounds grumbling: I’m sure she will make friends with her relatives.