- Bài 1
- Bài 2
Bài 1
Task 1. Practise reading the short conversations, paying attention to the difference in the underlined short words.
[Luyện đọc đoạn hội thoại ngắn, tập trung vào sự khác nhau giữa những từ được gạch chân.]
1. A.: What are you lookingfor?
B: I'm lookingformy new pen.
2. A: Who do you livewith?
B: I livewithmy little brother.
3. A: How can we use the word 'but'?
B: We can use it at the beginning of a sentence, or in the middle,butwe can't use it at the end.
4. A: Would you like to gotothe cinema tonight?
B: Yes, I'd loveto.
5. A: Was this cake madebyyour mother?
B: No, it was madeforher, notbyher.
Lời giải chi tiết:
1. A.: What are you lookingfor? [for: strong]
B: I'm lookingformy new pen. [for: weak]
2. A: Who do you livewith? [with: strong]
B: I livewithmy little brother. [with: weak]
3. A: How can we use the word 'but'? [but: strong]
B: We can use it at the beginning of a sentence, or in the middle,butwe can't use it at the end. [ but: weak]
4. A: Would you like to gotothe cinema tonight? [to: weak]
B: Yes, I'd loveto. [to: strong]
5. A: Was this cake madebyyour mother? [by: weak]
B: No, it was madeforher, notbyher. [for, by: strong]
Bài 2
Task 2. Look at the sentences. Put the underlined words into the correct column according to whether they are normallystressedorunstressedin a sentence.
[Nhìn vào các câu sau, xếp các từ được gạch chân vào cột thích hợp.]
1. This isawaytoachieveour target,butnottheonly way.
2. I'mfondofbananasandoranges.
3. It is not lawororder,butlawandorder.
4. It'scheap,butverybad.
5.Attemptstofindasolutionhavefailed.
6.Listeningtomusic iswhatI'm fondof.
7. IneedPeterandMarytosolve theproblem.
8. Theconjunction"but shouldn't be putatthe end ofthesentence.
Stress |
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Lời giải chi tiết:
|
Stress |
Unstressed |
1 |
a, achieve, the |
to, but |
2 |
fond, bananas, oranges |
of, and |
3 |
or, order, law, and |
but |
4 |
cheap, bad |
but |
5 |
Attempts, solution, failed |
to, a |
6 |
Listening, what, of |
to |
7 |
need, problem |
and, to |
8 |
conjunction, but, sentence |
at, the. |