U3-SpeakingATalkATalkTimeTimeWealreadyknowtworulesaboutsentencesstress:•Stressnouns,verbs,adjectives,adverbsandnumbers
•Donotstresswordslikea,the,isandhaveexceptforspecialreasons
Hereisathirdrule:•Giveextrastresstothemostimportantwordinthesentences
You,thespeaker,mustdecidewhatthemostimportantwordis
ATalkATalkTimeTimeA1Readtheconversationbelowandpracticeitinpairs
Giveextrastresstothewordsincolour
•Amy:Whatdoyouthinkofcomputers,Frank
Aretheyclevererthanhumanbeings
•Frank:No,Idon’tthinkso
•Amy:Whynot
Computerscandoalotofthings
•Frank:Maybe,buthumanbeingscreatedcomputers
•Amy:That’strue
ATalkATalkTimeTimeA2Readtheconversationbelowanddrawacirclearoundthewordsyouwouldgiveextrastressto
Thenpracticeitinpairs
•Frank:Whichkindofcomputersarebetter,desktopsorlaptops
•Amy:Laptops,Ithink
•Frank:Why