Cover of the textbook Speakout Upper-Intermediate - Students' Book

The key answer of exercise 4

The key to exercise solutions in chapter 3.1 - And the moral is ... for the textbook Speakout Upper-Intermediate - Students' Book with authors Frances Eales and Steve Oakes from Pearson Education

Question

Work in pairs. Mark the stress on the phrases in bold. Circle any weak forms (/ə/ or /ɪ/).

Answer

  1. The woman had /ə/ been /ɪ/ standing there for a long time and was /ə/ shivering badly.
  2. When she was /ə/ paying for her meal, the old lady remembered what Steve Hunt had /ə/ said.