Stress (exercises):

1. Transcribe the words:

1. old-fashioned, hard-working, good-looking, blue-eyed, bad-tempered, absent-minded, bare-headed, home-made;

2. disconnect, antireligious, postwar, overestimate;

3. bookcase, dining-room, note-book, writing-table;

4. a blackboard – a black board; a bluebottle – a blue bottle; a dog’s-ear – a dog’s ear; a faintheart – a faint heart, a strongbox – a strong box, an overwork – the over work, a yellow cup – a yellow cup, a tallboy – a tall boy, a redbreast – a red breast, a bluebell – a blue bell, a blackshirt – a black shirt.

2. Translate into Ukrainian:

a missing list – a missing-list; a dancing girl – a dancing-girl.

3. Translate and pronounce the words:

to export, the export; to increase, the increase; to conduct, the conduct; to extract, the extract, to import, the import; to progress, the progress; to record, the record; to transport, the transport; to insult, the insult; to refuse, the refuse; to lead, the lead; to tear, the tear; to wind, the wind; to present, the present; to desert, the desert; to object, the object; to contract, the contract, to accent, the accent; to suspect, the suspect, to decrease, the decrease; to row, the row; to produce, the produce; to permit, the permit; to protest, the protest; to refund, the refund, to content, content.

4. Provide the following words with necessary stress marks.

birdcage, coalmine, teapot, mail-bag, dance-music, grandfather, handwriting, shopkeeper, ladybird, waiting-room, tape-recorder, ground floor, knee-deep, shop-window, hot-water-bottle, waste-paper-basket, post-graduate, second-hand.

5. Practise saying the following verbs with two equal stresses.

carry out go on

come across point out

get up put on

see off sit down

set up take off

fall out fall back

make up get back

blow out bring forth

pick out fix up

6. Practise saying the following compound nouns with one stress denoting a single idea.

butterfly, newcomer, butter-fingers, blacksmith, greatcoat, airplane, bluebottle, butter-boat, butterdish, bookmark.

7. Fill the gaps with one of the words in its correct form in the sentences below. Translate them into Ukrainian.

1. Scotland ………..a lot of its food from other countries.

Its ……….include oil, beef, and whisky.

2. Ministers are worried. There has been an …….in the number of unemployed.

3. But the number of crimes has …….,so that’s good news.

4. I’m very pleased with my English. I’m making a lot of ………..

5. How dare you call me a liar and a cheat! What an ………

6. There was a demonstration yesterday. People were ……about blood sports.

7. People usually buy CDs these days. Not many people buy ……..any more.

8. Don’t touch the video! I’m ……a film.

9. Britain ……..about 75% of its own oil.

8. Answer the following questions using the words from exercise №3.

1. What does a dustman do?

2. What’s the Sahara?

3. What do you get lots of on your birthday?

4. What are the first pages in any book?

5. Write another word for each of these:

• happy

• a written agreement

• to say you won’t do something

• the process of developing or improving

• the offence

• a rise in the amount