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THEME NEWS STORIES

6 A. Study the notes about sentence stress.

Content words are usually stressed. Structured words are usually unstressed.
nouns book, Jason pronouns I, we

main verbs buy, go articles a, an
adjectives blue, handsome auxiliary verbs do, can
adverbs always, slowly conjunctions and, but
demonstratives this, that quantifiers many, some
negatives can’t, won’t verb ‘to be’ as a main verb am, is
numbers two, thirteen prepositions from, to
wh- questions words what, when possessive adjectives my, her

B. Listen and focus on the sentence stress. Tapescript 7.3

1. Sue and her father drank a cup of coffee.
2. I never wear a white T-shirt on a rainy day.
3. What time do you usually get up at the weekend?
4. She will buy two kilos of apples and a kilo of oranges.
5. I am thirsty. I will drink some water.

C. Read the sentences and determine the stress of the sentences. Then, listen and check.
Tapescript 7.4

1. They were in Rome when the earthquake happened.
2. No, my father is 45 years old.
3. I am from Japan but I live in France.
4. This is Jack’s car. It is red and fast.
5. I bought a jacket yesterday but it was stolen.
6. The cute girl was talking to your mother.
7. Morris is having salad and pasta because he doesn’t like eating meat.

THEME QUOTE

ALL STORIES
HAVE A BEGINNING, A
MIDDLE AND AN ENDING,
AND IF THEY'RE ANY
GOOD, THE ENDING IS A
BEGINNING
James Clavell

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