Weak forms and Strong forms prepositions and Conjuctions.pdf

English Pronunciation of Weak and Strong forms

1. WEAK FORMS
AT
OF
TO
AND
OR
BUT

2. PRONOUNS
DETERMINERS
PREPOSITIONS
CONJUNCTIONS
AUXILIARY VERBS
WORD CLASSES
FUNCTION WORDSCONTENT WORDS
NOUNS
VERBS
ADJECTIVES
ADVERBS

4. EXAMPLES OF PREPOSITIONS
See you at lunch.
What are you looking
at?
A piece of cake.
What you are afraid
of?
Time to eat.
I don't want to.

5. PREPOSITIONS
PREPOSITION
WEAK FORM
(INITIAL AND MID POSITION
IN A SENTENCE)
STRONG FORM
(IN FINAL POSITION IN A
SENTENCE)
at
ət æt
of
əv ɒv
to
tə - tʊ tu:

6. We arrived at the park early.
That’s the restaurant we’ll meet at.
This book is hard to get rid of.
Of all the options, this is the best one.
She’s the one I was talking to.
He went to the store.
LET’S PRACTICE
At noon, everyone gathered for lunch.
The color of the sky was beautiful.To be honest, I didn’t like the movie.

7. STRONGWEAK
To be honest, I didn’t like the movie.
The color of the sky was beautiful.
He went to the store.
Of all the options, this is the best one.
At noon, everyone gathered for lunch.
We arrived at the park early.
She’s the one I was talking to.
This book is hard to get rid of.
That’s the restaurant we’ll meet at.

8. CONJUNCTIONS
CONJUCTIONS
WEAK FORM
(IN MID POSITION IN A
SENTENCE)
STRONG FORM
(IN INTIAL POSITION OR
AFTER PAUSES)
and
ən - n æn (d)
or
ə(r) ɔ:(r)
but
bət bʌt

9. EXAMPLES OF CONJUNCTIONS
Rock and roll
And she looked
at me.
AND - WEAK
1
AND -STRONG
4
See you on Monday or
Tuesday.
See you on Monday, or
better on Tuesday.
OR - WEAK
2
OR - STRONG
5
It’s good but expensive
But he told me..
BUT -WEAK
3
BUT -STRONG
6

10. I have a dog and a cat. And I have a sister too.
Or we can watch a movie.
I like pizza but not fish. But it’s raining.
LET’S PRACTICE
You can have tea or coffee.

11. STRONGWEAK
I have a dog and a cat. And I have a sister too.
You can have tea or coffee. Or we can watch a movie.
I like pizza but not fish.
But it’s raining.