| Notice that the speaker can choose to make any word the most important one for the meaning of a sentence, and to make that word more strongly stressed than the other words. The meaning of the sentence changes slightly. Listen to one of the questions from the dialogue said with five different meanings because each time a different word is given this stronger stress. |
| 1. Did you use to live in York? |
Suggests the meaning: (There are different opinions about this.
What's the truth?)
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| 2. Did you use to live in York? |
Suggests: (I did. Or somebody else did What about you?) |
| 3. Did you use to live in York? |
Suggests: (But not now.) |
| 4. Did you use to live in York? |
Suggests: (But maybe you worked somewhere else.) |
| 5. Did you use to live in York? |
Suggests: (Not some other city.) |
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| Now listen to another sentence said with five different meanings. Match each sentence (1 - 5) with the correct suggested meaning (a - e). |
| 1. He had a yellow jeep. |
a) (But not any more. Not now.) |
| 2. He had a yellow jeep. |
b) (But nobody else did.) |
| 3. He had a yellow jeep. |
c) (Not a car or any other kind of vehicle.) |
| 4. He had a yellow jeep. |
d) (Just one. Not several of them.) |
| 5. He had a yellow jeep. |
e) (Not a red one or any other colour.) |
