EXERCISE A:

PRACTICE PRONOUNCING THESE WORDS WITH STRONG STRESS. REPEAT AFTER THE SPEAKER WHO
SAID THE WORDS (WITH AUDIO) THEN RECORD YOUR OWN VOICE SAYING ALL OF THESE WORDS ON
YOUR OWN BY MENTIONING THE NUMBERS FIRST. FOR EXAMPLE, SAY “number 1. Accurate, number
2. Arise, number 3. Attention”….etc.

1. Accurate 21. Engagement 41. Pupil

2. Arise 22. Excellent 42. Quietly
3. Attention 23. Experiment 43. Rebel
4. Banana 24. Facilitator 44. Session
5. Bicycle 25. Fictitious 45. Sister
6. Bogus 26. Import 46. Spatial
7. Brother 27. Increase 47. Substitute
8. Butter 28. Kangaroo 48. Support
9. Button 29. Lovely 49. Syllable
10. Capital 30. Mother 50. Syllabus
11. Coffee 31. Newspaper 51. Table
12. Communicate 32. Opportunity 52. Teapot
13. Computer 33. Or 53. Technical
14. Conscious 34. Originally 54. Telephone
15. Crossword 35. Paper 55. Thorough
16. Defective 36. Phenomenon 56. Tomorrow
17. Delicate 37. Polar 57. Topical
18. Develop 38. Postman 58. Understand
19. Difficult 39. Private 59. Usherette
20. Dislocate 40. Pronunciation 60. Vowel
EXERCISE B.

PRACTICE SAYING THESE SENTENCES.

YOU MUST USE STRONG STRESS IN THE WORDS THAT HAS CAPITAL LETTERS.

I LOVE you.

I love YOU.

I not HIM, is the one who loves you.

I’d like a BIG, RED, COTTON SKIRT.

Did you say, A BIG RED NYLON SHIRT?

No, I said, A BIG BLUE COTTON SHIRT.

It’s a pity you WEREN’T at the party. But, I WAS at the party.

Did you say you were at the BARBEQUE? No, I was at the PARTY.

Did you say ENRICO was at the party? No, it WAS I, THOMAS, who was at the party.

They LIVE in an OLD HOUSE.

They LIVE in a NICE OLD HOUSE.

They LIVE in a LOVELY OLD HOUSE.

They’ve been LIVING in a DELIGHTFUL OLD HOUSE

They’ve been LIVING IN AN OLD COTTAGE.

They’ve been LIVING IN AN OLD VICTORIAN COTTAGE.