Key to worksheets 14 and 15 "Stress in compounds and phrases":

ex. 59:
early stress: SPANISH lessons- EVENING classes- COMMUNITY centre - STUDY group - DRIVING instructor - GRAMMAR book
late stress: Monday EVENINGS - English TEACHER - Spanish ACCENT - civil ENGINEER - driving AMBITION - South AMERICA

ex. 61:
late stress: rubber DUCK - apple PIE - cheese SAUCE - jam SANDWICH - peach BRANDY - salt BEEF
early stress: RUBBER plant - APPLE blossom  - CHEESE grater - JAM jar - PEACH stone - SALT cellar

• A list of weak forms.

• Useful websites: an updated version based on your tips from last semester

Bridget Jones: Interview with Colin Firth (read by Helen Fielding)

please listen to it only after the first session

And this is the link to the lake scene from "Pride and Prejudice" which seemed to fascinate Bridget in the interview.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hasKmDr1yrA

 

The following are various activities we may do in class, just please look at them only AFTER we've covered them :-).

You can practise reading from transcription (see the text below).