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