1. Read aloud the pairs of words. Single out the phonemes which are contrasted: fear-fair, they-lay, big-beg
2. Define the number of syllables in the following words: bathroom, shopping, passing
3. Provide these words with necessary stress marks: tape recorder, export, get back
4. Analyse the sentence considering the following points: I’ve got a man coming to see me in a few minutes, and I don’t know how long the business’ll take.
a) find strong and weak forms;
b) find cases of assimilation;
5. Mark stresses and draw the scheme of the sentence which sounds encouraging: As a matter of fact, I’m going in the same direction myself.