Pronunciation: an introduction to strong and weak forms

Hello, 

Today in class we have corrected one pronunciation activity, 4c on page 27. The activity was about if «was» and «were» in the past continuous were stressed or unstressed. The answer was unstressed. This activity has led me to (me ha llevado a) explain the difference between the strong and weak pronunciation of grammatical words. 

Here is the link I have shown in class to explain that difference. Here is also a list of grammatical words which are weakened in connected speech. 

weak-forms-list

PRACTICE  (weak forms of prepositions) 

New Headway – Pre-Intermediate Pronunciation Students Practi (2)-17     (exercises on weak forms of prepositions) 

Track 3.8  for activity 1

Track 3.9 for activity 2 

Answer key 

activity 1 

1. to – 2. from  – 3. for – 4. at – 5. to – 6. of – 7. at – 8. to – 9. for – 10. for – 11. of – 12. from – 13. for 

activity 2  check the strong and weak form in a good monolingual/bilingual dictionary 

to  

from 

for 

at

of