The organs of speech

Provide the following words with necessary stress marks.

birdcage, coalmine, teapot, mail-bag, dance-music, grandfather, handwriting, shopkeeper, ladybird, waiting-room, tape-recorder, ground floor, knee-deep, shop-window, hot-water-bottle, waste-paper-basket, post-graduate, second-hand.

5. 
   Practise saying the following verbs with two equal stresses.
   

carry out go on

come across point out

get up put on

see off sit down

set up take off

fall out fall back

make up get back

blow out bring forth

pick out fix up

6. 
   Practise saying the following compound nouns with one stress denoting a single idea.
   

butterfly, newcomer, butter-fingers, blacksmith, greatcoat, airplane, bluebottle, butter-boat, butterdish, bookmark.

7. 
   Fill the gaps with one of the words in its correct form in the sentences below. Translate them into Ukrainian.
   

1. 
   Scotland ………..a lot of its food from other countries.
   

Its ……….include oil, beef, and whisky.

2. 
   Ministers are worried. There has been an …….in the number of unemployed.
   
3. 
   But the number of crimes has …….,so that’s good news.
   
4. 
   I’m very pleased with my English. I’m making a lot of ………..
   
5. 
   How dare you call me a liar and a cheat! What an ………
   
6. 
   There was a demonstration yesterday. People were ……about blood sports.
   
7. 
   People usually buy CDs these days. Not many people buy ……..any more.
   
8. 
   Don’t touch the video! I’m ……a film.
   
9. 
   Britain ……..about 75% of its own oil.
   

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