Match the questions (1-3) with the pairs of answers (a-c) below. (In the brackets, the big circles are the strongly stressed syllables and the small circles are the weakly stressed syllables.)
Questions:
1. What kind of animals did Aaron book on the San Salvador flight?
2. What were two of the mistakes Aaron made before he went on holiday?
3. Who else works at the travel agency?
Answers:
a) thony, Mrs en. (Ooo, ooOo)
Well, there’s thony, and then there’s Mrs en. (ooOoo, oooooOo)
b) An teater, an telope, and an igator. (oOoo, oOoo, ooOooo)
He booked an eater, as well as an elope, and also an igator. (oooOoo, ooooOoo, ooooOooo)
c) The , the up, (oO, oOo)
He lost the , and he didn’t do the up. (oooO, ooooooOo)
Practise reading the questions and answers aloud. Try to say the pairs of answers in the same length of time.
|