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

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

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

A. Reading drills

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are [ɛə] welfare, care, dare, spare, rare, compare

ire [ɑiə] retire, require, fire, acquire, tire, expire

air [ɛə] fair, stair, pair, hair, air, lair

aw[ɔ:] law, lawn, awe, awful, awkward, paw

[g] degree, regulation, government, slogan, great, regardless

[dʒ] energy, engineering, generate, average, suggest, percentage, marginal

[ŋ] among, nothing, seeing, paying

a) words with the stress on the first syllable:

certain, operate, elderly, benefit, common, public, vary, burden, taxable, influence, social, fiscal, modify, pattern, purpose, legal, levy, advocate, generate, governance, equity, equitable, argue, loophole, standard, manner, principle, measure, recognise, average, marginal, total;

b) words with the stress on the second syllable:

except, society, accept, include, utilities, activity, distribute, security, performance, transaction, transfer (v), discourage, taxation, degree, complain, criteria, efficient, intelligible, allow, withhold, afford, discomfort, impose, proportional, progressive, regressive, percentage;

c) polysyllabic words with the main and secondary stress:

economic, engineering, infrastructure, education, unemployment, regulation, externalities, representation, accountability.