Ex.3. Read the words in the groups bellow. Pay attention to the word stress.

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Ex.1. Read the words with the following letter combinations.

A. Reading drills

PRE-TEXT EXERCISES

ou [au]output, account, household

[ʌ]country, double, nourish

ea [i:]each, deal, feature, increase, mean, means

[e]health, wealth, measure, instead

[ei]great, break

ow [au]how, now, power

[ou]low, own, slow

au [ɔ:]because, automatic, automobile

ch [t∫]search, purchase, choose, exchange, channel

[k]mechanism, chemical, character

[∫] machine, chef, brochure

Ex.2. Read the following words with the letter c in different positions.

[k]economy, Cuba, occur, considerable, sector, country, occupation

[s]produce, service, difference, resource, society, decide, incentive, necessary, receive

[k]-[s]scarce, consequence, success, coercive

[∫]socialist, efficiency, beneficial, financial, artificial

[t∫]which, China, purchase, choose, exchange, channel

[k]mechanism, school, chemistry, chronicle

a) words with the stress on the first syllable:

mechanism, utilize, private, enterprise, difference, social, value, motivate, consequence, innovator, satisfy, borrow, voluntary, contract, surplus, shortage, rationing, indicate;

b) words with the stress on the second syllable:

identical, produce (v), unique, involve, considerable, occur, component, economy, resource, society, objective, creative, productive, pursue, decision, determine, incentive, consumer, possess, potential, competitive, maintain, abundant;

c) polysyllabic words with the main and secondary stress:

economic, manufacturing, beneficial, occupation, inability, artificial, interference.