Hernaldo de Jesús Leguizamón - Ayudante de cátedra I.S.

Dardo Rocha UEP 71

Ayudante de Fonética y Fonología inglesas 2016

 Accentuate the following sentences; look for the nucleus and the rest accentable words.

1) He is a teacher of English. 14) The garden is full of raspberries.

2) He is an English teacher. I adore soft fruit.
3) I’m listening to you. 15) Are you interested in tennis?
4) Do you libe in London? I like all sports.
No, I’m visiting London. 16) Would you like lemonade?
5) Do you like dogs? I’d love a cold drink.
I like all animals. 17) Would you like a cold drink?
6) Is this present from John? I’d love some lemonade.
It’s not from him, it’s for him. 18) Are you interested in sports?
7) I haven´t written yet, but I will write. I like tennis.
8) Is she traveling by air? 19) Does your mother enjoy soap opera?
I think she’s frightened of flying. She adores Dynasty.
9) Perhaps you should take a taxi. 20) I’m rather tired.
I hate taxis. I’m exhausted.
10) What a handsome clock! 21) Do you get on well with your relatives?
Yes, but it is the most unreliable timepiece. I’m very friendly with my cousins.
11) They’ve bought a new car. 22) The phone. It’s ringing.
It looks like a very expensive vehicle 23) The phone´s ringing.
12) Shall we walk? 24) It’s my purse. It’s vanished. My purse has vanished.
Yes, I enjoy going on foot. 25) Can I help you, madam?
13) He brought her a bunch of flower. 26) Let´s start again, children.
What kind of flowers? 27) I’m going shopping this morning.
I never know the name of flowers, but they were 28) He’s flying to Paris on Friday.
blue flowers.

*Try to write down or remember an explanation for each of the groups. Different cases of stress shift or exceptions
to LLI rule are grouped among the sentences.