Practical tasks

1. Divide these words into phonetic syllables.

1. prism 7. gravy 13.evil
2. hazard 8. ride 14.talent
3. female 9. open 15.pilot
4. twelve 10.elevator 16.cycle
5. marbles 11.impossible 17.stopping
6. report 12.dairy 18. farmer

Task 2. Provide these words with necessary stress marks.

1. fair-minded
2. sit down 10. romance 17. variable
3. wooden spoon 11. parentage 18. looking-glass
4. walking stick 12. indirect speech 19. difficult course
5. red house 13. mobile person 20. selling price
6. volunteer 14. hot tea
8. epitome 15. doctor’s office
9. madhouse 16. stone age

Task 3. Transcribe the words and translate them into Russian (Ukrainian) according to the part of speech.

1. ‘exploit - 6. ‘survey -
2. in’sert - 7. con’vict -
3. ‘increase - 8. di’gest -
4. re’bel - 9. ‘escort -
5. trans’port - 10. ‘pervert -

Task 4. Mark the stress marks in the underlined words below and translate the sentence.

1. The shop was selling everything off at a discount.

2. Don’t let this discourage you from trying again.
3. Parliament is in recess.
4. They are leaders of industry and commerce.
5. He describes his exploits as a war correspondent in his book.
6. Much of the fruit is exported to Europe.
7. There was a kitchen household refuse.
8. She has always been something of a rebel.
9. The city was subjected to repeated bombing raids.
10. He sat down in the armchair and surveyed the room.

Task 5. Call the tendencies which allow you to put the stress:

1. for’get 6. ‘blue-‘eyed
2. ‘personal 7. under’pay
3. ge’ology 8. ‘darkroom
4. dis’turb 9. sy’nopsis
5. dependa’bility 10. an’tique

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