Underline the stressed words in the sentences. Listen and check. Then practise saying the sentences with a natural rhythm.
1. The village was completely destroyed by floods.
2. Some gases are released into the air through human activities.
3. Has the earth’s temperature increased in the past few years?
4. Some environmental disasters wil become more frequent.
Listen and underline the stressed words. Then practise saying the sentences with a natural rhythm.
1. Forests are helpful in cooling down our planet.
2. Plants can store a lot of carbon in their roots, branches, and leaves.
3. Oceans can also remove carbon from the atmosphere and store it.
4. Oceans may start releasing the carbon they store as global temperatures rise.
1. helpful và cooling.
2. plants, store, carbon, roots, branches, leaves.
3. oceans, remove, atmosphere, store.
4. oceans, start releasing, carbon, store, global, temperatures, rise.
Read the following sentences. Underline the stressed words in each one. Then mark the stressed syllables in these words. Listen and check.
1. The earth is getting warmer and warmer.
2. There will be more floods and storms in the coming years.
3. ASEAN has helped its members to achieve economic growth.
4. The burning of coal and oil releases a lot of carbon dioxide into the air.
1. The earth is getting warmer and warmer.
2. There will be more floods and storms in the coming years.
3. ASEAN has helped its members to achieve economic growth.
4. The burning of coal and oil releases a lot of carbon dioxide into the air.
1. The earth is getting warmer and warmer.
2. There will be more floods and storms in the coming years.
3. ASEAN has helped its members to achieve economic growth.
4. The burning of coal and oil releases a lot of carbon dioxide into the air.
PRONUNCIATION Listen and mark the words that are stressed in the sentences from exercise 5. Then practise saying the sentences yourself.
1. When a Russian space CAPSULE had a major PROBLEM in 1971, the COSMONAUTS DIED in less than 30 SECONDS.
2. In 1966, a SCIENTIST PASSED out after 15 SECONDS in a VACUUM.
3. The SCITENTIS PASSED out for 27 SECOND.
4. In the 1960s, Randy Gardner STAYED awake for more than 250 HOURS.
5. After STAYING awake for so long, randy Gardner then SLEPT for almost 50 HOURS.
Listen and underline words with elision. Then practise saying the sentences in pairs.
1. There are no correct answers on her test paper.
2. He’s going to fly to Bangkok tonight.
3. The participants were probably excited about the palace history.
4. I believe that members expressed different opinions about the issue.
Mark the intonation in the question tags. Then listen and check. Practise saying the sentences in pairs.
1. I can’t find my key. You will helo me find it, won't you?
2. People have destroyed so many forests, haven’t they?
3. I haven't been to Yellowstone. I think it’s a farnous natural park in the USA, isn’t it?
4. I don‘t know much about Sam. He didn't graduate from university, did he?
1. I can’t find my key. You will helo me find it, won't you? 
(Tôi không thể tìm thấy chìa khóa của mình. Bạn sẽ giúp tôi tìm nó, phải không?)
2. People have destroyed so many forests, haven’t they? 
(Con người đã phá hoại nhiều rừng quá phải không?)
3. I haven't been to Yellowstone. I think it’s a farnous natural park in the USA, isn’t it?
(Tôi chưa từng đến Yellowstone. Tôi nghĩ rằng đó là một công viên tự nhiên xa xôi ở Hoa Kỳ, phải không?)
4. I don‘t know much about Sam. He didn't graduate from university, did he?
(Tôi không biết nhiều về Sam. Anh ấy không tốt nghiệp đại học phải không?)
1. I can’t find my key. You will helo me find it, won't you?
2. People have destroyed so many forests, haven’t they?
3. I haven't been to Yellowstone. I think it’s a farnous natural park in the USA, isn’t it?
4. I don‘t know much about Sam. He didn't graduate from university, did he?
Listen and practise the sentences. Underline the bold words with /br/, and circle the bold words with /pr/.
1. My brother says online learning improves our IT skills.
2. Santa claus brings a lot of presents to children.
3. She briefly introduced the new programme.
4. He spent a lot of time preparing for his algebra test.
5. My mum prays at the temple before breakfast on Sundays.
1. My brother says online learning improves our IT skills.
2. Santa claus brings a lot of presents to children.
3. She briefly introduced the new programme.
4. He spent a lot of time preparing for his algebra test.
5. My mum prays at the temple before breakfast on Sundays.
1. My brother says online learning improves our IT skills.
brother /ˈbrʌð.ər/
improve /ɪmˈpruːv/
2. Santa Claus brings a lot of presents to children.
bring /brɪŋ/
present /ˈprez.ənt/
3. She briefly introduced the new programme.
briefly /ˈbriːf.li/
programme /ˈprəʊ.ɡræm/
4. He spent a lot of time preparing for his algebra test.
prepare /prɪˈpeər/
algebra /ˈæl.dʒə.brə/
5. My mum prays at the temple before breakfast on Sundays.
pray /preɪ/
breakfast /ˈbrek.fəst/
Mark (') the stressed syllable in the underline words. Then practice saying the sentences.
1. A’nalogy is the process of comparing one thing with another that has similar features in order to explain it.
2. Audi’ology is the science that deals with the sense of hearing.
3. Eth’nology is the scientific study and comparison of human races.
4. Ide’ology is a set of ideas that an economic or political system is based on.
5. Bi/o/tech’no/lo/gy is the use of living cells and bacteria in industrial and scientific processes.
6. Cos’mography is the part of science that deals with the general features of the earth and the universe.
7. Ca’lligraphy is beautiful handwriting that you can do with a special pen or brush.
8. Bi’ography is the story of a person’s life written by someone else.
9. Ocea’nography is the scientific study of the ocean.
10. Histori’ography is the study of writing about history.
Mark the intonation in the following sentences using 
(falling intonation), 
(rising Intonation), 
(level-rising intonation), or 
(fall-rise intonation). Then listen and check. Practise saying them in pairs.
1. Could you show me the way to the Museum of History?
2. What do you want to see during the festival?
3. How about going on a boat trip this weekend?
4. I want to go to a vocational school after finishing secondary school.
5. Would you like to go to the cinema with me?
6. Why don’t you join the cooking classes?
7. During my trip, I visited a historic monument, an ancient pagoda, and an old village.
8. Are you good at time management?
1. Could you show me the way to the Museum of History? 
2. What do you want to see during the festival? 
3. How about going on a boat trip this weekend?
4. I want to go to a vocational school after finishing secondary school.
5. Would you like to go to the cinema with me?
6. Why don’t you join the cooking classes?
7. During my trip, I visited a historic monument, an ancient pagoda, and an old village.
8. Are you good at time management?
Listen and practise the sentences. Underline the bold words with /ə/, and circle the bold words with /ɪ/.
1. There is a lot of water in the bottle.
2. The farmers here are hard-working.
3. They are picking fruits in the orchard.
4. People in my village usually gather at weekends.
5. Please buy some milk and pasta at the supermarket.
/ə/: water,farmers,orchard,gather,pasta
/ ɪ/: in,hard-working,picking,village,milk
