Weak auxiliaries and stress

Click here to see examples of how auxiliaries are usually unstressed in English.

Now click here to learn about stress patterns.

Here you have more about stress.

PRONUNCIATION

1. Pronunciation tips.
Have a look at this old post:

10.09.2009  PRONUNCIATION

2.Another old entry

Pronunciation of -ed endings

10.22.2009

Pronunciation of regular verbs in the past

Sentence stress

Read here about the importance of word stress and listen to some examples and click here to see some simple rules.

ENGLISH MANIA

Watch this video about English and its use. This website allows you to watch videos with or without subtitles, pause, listen again more slowly and record yourself as well as follow your progress.

Getting fat

Listen and read this conversation between two friends. You can listen to it at two different speeds and practise pronunciation.

Pronunciation of -ed endings

Watch this video in which an American teacher explains how to pronounce -ed endings.

Do this exercise.

Daily situation: bad phone reception

You can practise pronunciation listening and repeating short conversations like this one.

PRONUNCIATION

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Learn to pronounce words

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