I wish to wish the wish you wish to wish, But if you wish the wish the witch wishes,

I won't wish the wish you wish to wish. If Stu chews shoes, should Stu choose the shoes he chews? She sells sea shells on the sea shore; The shells that she sells are sea shells I'm sure. So if she sells sea shells on the sea shore, I'm sure that the shells are sea shore shells. If two witches would watch two watches, which witch would watch which watch? I wish I were what I was when I wished I were what I am. How much cash could a Sasquatch stash if a Sasquatch could stash cash? How many cookies could a good cook cook If a good cook could cook cookies? The great Greek grape growers grow great Greek grapes. She stood on the balcony, inexplicably mimicking him hiccupping, and amicably welcoming him in. Love's a feeling you feel when you feel you're going to feel the feeling you've never felt before. If coloured caterpillars could change their colours constantly could they keep their coloured coat coloured properly? Thirty-three thousand people think that Thursday is their thirtieth birthday. If two witches would watch two watches, which witch would watch which watch? Don't trouble trouble, until trouble troubles you! If you trouble trouble, triple trouble troubles you!

Pronunciation Help - Sentence Stress

Take a look at the following list of stressed and non-stressed word types. Basically, stress words are considered CONTENT WORDS such as

Nouns e.g. kitchen, Peter (most) principle verbs e.g. visit, construct Adjectives e.g. beautiful, interesting Adverbs e.g. often, carefully

Non-stressed words are considered FUNCTION WORDS such as

Determiners e.g. the, a, some, a few Auxiliary verbs e.g. don't, am, can, were Prepositions e.g. before, next to, opposite Conjunctions e.g. but, while, as Pronouns e.g. they, she, us

Content or Function?

Write down 'C' for content and 'F' for function. When you have finished click on the arrow to see if you have answered correctly. Example: magazine (C) as (F) many (F) went with just quickly the hard next to CD ROM open had

for information in order to difficult much exacting in front of Jack he however

Identification and Practice

Mark the stressed words in the following sentences. After you have found the stressed words, practice reading the sentences aloud.

John is coming over tonight. We are going to work on our homework together. Ecstasy is an extremely dangerous drug. We should have visited some more castles while we were traveling through the back roads of France. Jack bought a new car last Friday. They are looking forward to your visiting them next January.

Exciting discoveries lie in Tom's future. Would you like to come over and play a game of chess? They have been having to work hard these last few months on their challenging experiment. Shakespeare wrote passionate, moving poetry. As you might have expected, he has just thought of a new approach to the problem.

Sound scripting
These examples uses a method of bolding key content words and CAPITALIZING the most important words chosen for the best emotional impact. This starts off with a simple sentence paragraph that an intermediate student might use to practice and ends with a more advanced selection that is typical of a presentation. Click on the example link at the end of each, then click back on your browser to return to this page. Paragraph to be Read Our school is the best in town. The teachers are friendly, and very knowledgeable about English. I've studied at the school for two years and my English is becoming very good. I hope you will visit our school and try an English class. Maybe we can become friends, too! Paragraph with Sound Scripting Markup Our school is the BEST in town. The teachers arefriendly, and VERY KNOWLEDGEABLE aboutEnglish. I've studied at the school for two yearsand my English is becoming VERY GOOD. I hopeyou will visit our school and try an English class.MAYBE we can become FRIENDS! - Listen to Example Paragraph to be Read In this day and age, facts, statistics and other numbers are used to prove everything. Intuition, gut feelings and personal preferences are all out the door. Of course, there are some who are trying to battle this trend. Recently, Malcolm Gladwell wrote Blink, a best-seller which explores the usefulness of making split-second decisions based on intuition rather than careful consideration of all the facts and figures. In this book, Gladwell argues that initial impressions - or gut-feelings - are quite rational. However, that this "split-second" thinking process moves faster than what we usually associate with thinking. If you are one of these people - and there are many of us - Blink provides "proof" that you're actually quite a rational human being.

Paragraph with Sound Scripting Markup In this day and age, facts, statistics and other numbers are used to prove EVERYTHING.Intuition, gut feelings and personal preferences are all OUT THE DOOR. Of course, there ARE some who are trying to battle this trend. Recently, Malcolm Gladwell wrote BLINK, abest-seller which explores the USEFULNESS of making SPLITSECOND DECISIONS based on INTUITION rather than careful consideration of all the facts and figures. In his book, Gladwell argues that INITIAL IMPRESSIONS - or GUT-FEELINGS - are quiterational. However, that this "split-second" thinking process moves FASTER than what we usually associate with thinking. If YOU are one of these people - and there are MANY of us -Blink provides "PROOF" that you're actually quite a RATIONAL HUMAN BEING. - Listen to Example