LESSON #2.

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By Paula Pollano

WEAK AND STRONG FORMS

1) TRANSCRIBE FUNCTIONS WORDS ONLY: auxiliary verbs, prepositions,
pronouns, conjunctios, articles.
 She can play the piano. ↦ ……………………………………………………………………………………
 Mary is from Chicago. ↦ ……………………………………………………………………………………
 What are you looking at? ↦ ……………………………………………………………………………………
 Where are you from? ↦ ……………………………………………………………………………………
 The letter is from him, not to him. ↦ ……………………………………………………………………………
 I travel to and from London a lot. ↦ ………………………………………………………………………….
 He likes her, but does she like him? ↦ …………………………………………………………………………
 You must choose us or them, you can’t have it all. ↦ …………………………………………………
 You can’t play tennis. - Yes, I can. ↦ …………………………………………………………………………
 You aren’t interested in coming next week, are you? – Yes, I am. ↦
……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
 I’ve heard you have a company in the city. – No, I work for a company in the city ↦
…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….
 Who is she? – She’s our sister. – Our sister is so talented! ↦
…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….
2) DECIDE HOW THE INDICATED WORD WOULD CHANGE THE MEANING OF
THE FOLLOWING STATEMENTS.
 I am an English teacher in Portland, Oregon. - strong 'am'
 I am an English teacher from Portland, Oregon. - strong 'from'
 He said that she should see a doctor. - strong 'should'
 They were able to find a job despite the difficult market. - strong 'were'
 Do you know where he comes from? - strong 'do'
 I'll give the assignment to them. - strong 'them'
 She's one of our most valued students. - strong 'our'
 I'd like Tom and Andy to come to the party. - strong 'and'