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each
in 
each
other
is always unstressed, while the word 
other
may be 
stressed or unstressed, e.g. 
 
 
They `like each 

other. 
5. The adverb 
so
in 
do so
, 
think
 
so
– is not stressed, e.g. 
 
 
I `think so. 
6. The adverbs 
on
and 
forth
in the expressions 
and so on
, 
and so forth
are usually not 
stressed, e.g. 
There are some 'branches of 
`summer sports: |
`swimming, |
`fishing, |
`hunting and 
ˎ
so on.
7. The conjunction 
as
in the constructions of the type 
as well as
, 
as bad as
, 
as
 
much as
is
not stressed, e.g. 
I was to 
̀
blame there, Chris, 
≀
as 'much as 
ˎ
Ivory.
8. The word 
street
in the names of streets is never stressed, e.g. 
 
'Oxford Street, 'Regent Street
Note. 
1)
However, the words 
road
, 
square
, 
lane
, 
circus
, 
hills
, 
gardens
, 
mountains
, 
park

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are always stressed in the names of localities, e.g.
'Oxford 'Road, 'Trafalgar 'Square, 'Chancery 'Lane, 'Oxford 'Circus, 'Herne 'Hill, 'Kensington 
['kenz
ɪ
ŋt
ə
n] 'Gardens, the 'Ural 'Mountains, 'Hyde 'Park, etc. 
2)
The words 
sea
and 
ocean
are also stressed in geographical names, e.g. 
the 'North 'Sea, the 'Black 'Sea, the 'Baltic 'Sea, the At'lantic 'Ocean, the Pa'cific 'Ocean, etc. 
Phonetic drills 
 
 
1.
Copy out the following sentences, mark their stresses and read them: 
 
 
 
1.
 
Then I began to get nervous myself. 2. We never said good - night to one another. 3. I don’t
understand German myself. 4. At about four o’clock we began to discuss our arrangements for the 
evening. 5. I had different ways of occupying myself while I lay awake. 6. Andrew loved his work and he 
counted himself fortunate to have such an opportunity so early in his career. 7. A woman took it, looking 
at her curiously, and so did the young man with her, and other people held out their hands even before 
Ma got to them, walking slowly along the line. As she stepped over and held out one of the leaflets, the 
policeman, reddening with annoyance, reached out and snatched it from her hand. Instantly, without 
thinking, Ma snatched it back.
 
 
2.
Read each of the following sentences shifting the position of the last stress according to 
the following pattern: 
 
Lanny turned into Adderley Street.
(a) Who turned into Adderley Street? `Lanny 

turned into 
ˎ
Adderley 

Street.
(b) Where did Lanny turn? 'Lanny 'turned into `Adderley 

Street.
 
 
1. Fatty came over to his table. 2. I’m leaving to-night. 3. Lanny shrugged. 4. Fatty clicked his tongue in 
sympathy. 5. At the door he shook Fatty’s hand. 6. Two taxis took them to the station. 7. The train was 
waiting.