Изучаем English Unit 33. That Could be the Man.
Unstressed Words
Unit 33; Part A
All of the sentences below have three syllables with this stress pattern: OoO. The middle word in each sentence is unstressed because it is not as important as the other two words. Listen.
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Unit 33; Part B
| These are the kinds of words which are not normally stressed, with example words from the sentences in A above. pronouns (your) the verb be (was) auxiliary verbs (can) articles (the) conjunctions (and, or) prepositions (to)  Note: Negative auxiliary verbs (can't, don't, hasn't, etc.) are usually stressed. See Unit 32. | |||
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| Note: Speakers can choose to put stress on words which are normally unstressed. They do this for emphasis or contrast. (See Unit 49.) | |||
Exercises
 Give the stress patterns for these sentences.Key.1. OoO 2. OooO 3. OO 4. OoooO 5. OoO Example: Go to the shops. OooO 1 Go to school. 2 Where was the key? 3 Tell John. 4 What was in the news? 5 Whats your name? |
| Put one of the unstressed words from the box in the middle of eachphrase or sentence below. Then say the phrases or sentences with thisstress pattern: OoO. Key. 1 it 2 a 3 are 4 can 5 of 6 or 7 some 8 my or my a it can some of are
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| Listen. How many unstressed words are there between the stressed words in each sentence? Write 0, 1, 2 or 3. Key.1. Eat some cheese 1 2. That was the man. 2 3. What was his name? 2 4. What for? 0 5. Go to the shops 2 6. Go home! 0 7. Turn to the right 2 Example: Drink .... milk. 3 1 Eat ... cheese. 2 That ... man. 3 What ... name? 4 What ... for? 5 Go ... shops. 6 Go ... home 7 Turn ... right |
| Complete each set of four sentences with the unstressed words given.Each sentence should have one more unstressed word than the sentencebefore, so that the four sentences have the same pattern as in theexample. Then listen, check and repeat. Key.1. Drink milk. Drink some milk. / Drink the milk. Drink it with milk. Drink some of the milk. / Drink it with the milk. / Drink it with some milk. 2. Turn right. Turn it right. Turn to the right. Turn it to the right.  |
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