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II. Use the utterance from Ex. I as respounses to the
following statements and questions.

1. When are you leaving for London? 2. And how are

things with you? 3. Is he having a pleasant time there? 4. Why do

you get up so early? 5. Do you stay in town all day? 6. Get me my

sunglasses, will you? 7. You look tired. I think you need a rest. 8.

Shall we go by bus or by the Underground? 9. It was late when

you left the Browns yesterday. How did you get home? 10. I’m

afraid they don’t know the time of the meeting.

III. Learn these idioms. Make sure you observe the weak

forms in them.

1. He is as proud as a peacock.

2. He is as strong as an ox.

3. The children were as good as gold.

4. She’s as fit as a fiddle.

5. It’s as heavy as lead.

2. Words which may be both weak and strong

in an unstressed position

This group includes auxiliary and modal verbs and

prepositions which are reduced when unstressed at the beginning

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