ATalktimeATalktimeStrongandweakformsStrongandweakformsSomewordshavebothastrongformandaweakSomewordshavebothastrongformandaweakform
Inmostsentences,weusetheweakformsofthesewords
Sometimesweusethestrongformsforemphasis
Listentotheconversationbelow
Payattentiontothepronunciationofthewordsinblue
Thenpractiseitinpairs
May:What’syourfavouritesubject,Ben
Ben:Maths
OurMathsteacherusesalotofgamestohelpuslearn
Hemakestheclassreallyinteresting
Also,Iliketoworkwithnumbers
May:OK
Doyouknowthenumberofstudentsinyourclass
Ben:Yes,Ido
Thereare35studentsinmyclass—18boysand17girl
Icanrememberalltheirbirthdays
May:You’reamazing
BBSpeakupSpeakupMandydidnotcopyherhomeworkcorrectly,soshecalledJoyce
Inpairs,checktheMathsproblemsinMandy’sexercisebook
Followtheexample
72+271
72+2722
150-222
150-223
10,000x36