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Strong and Weak Form

The document discusses strong and weak forms in spoken English. Content words like nouns, verbs, adjectives and adverbs are pronounced with stress (strong form) while functional words like pronouns, conjunctions, prepositions are pronounced without stress (weak form). In a sentence, content words typically take strong forms while functional words take weak forms, using the schwa vowel sound. However, functional words can take strong forms for emphasis or if they appear at the end of a sentence. Some examples of words and their strong and weak forms are provided like "the", "does", "him", "for". A practice section tests the reader's understanding of applying strong and weak forms.

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Strong and Weak Form

The document discusses strong and weak forms in spoken English. Content words like nouns, verbs, adjectives and adverbs are pronounced with stress (strong form) while functional words like pronouns, conjunctions, prepositions are pronounced without stress (weak form). In a sentence, content words typically take strong forms while functional words take weak forms, using the schwa vowel sound. However, functional words can take strong forms for emphasis or if they appear at the end of a sentence. Some examples of words and their strong and weak forms are provided like "the", "does", "him", "for". A practice section tests the reader's understanding of applying strong and weak forms.

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STRONG AND WEAK FORMS

Introduction
- In spoken English, to make the natural rhythm of the utterance, words can be classified into 2
types: Strong form Vs weak form

Trong tiếng anh nói, để làm cho lời nói có nhịp điệu tự nhiên, các từ có thể được chia làm
hai loại là dạng mạnh và dạng yếu

- Content words: N, V, Adj, Adv : key words, convey important information: - Strong form –
EMPHASIS

Nó chứa các từ như: danh từ, động từ, tính từ, trạng từ: các từ chìa khoá, truyền tải thông
tin quan trọng: DẠNG MẠNH- NHẤN MẠNH

I’m a teacher (N) . I’m passionate ( adj) about teaching (V) English ( N) .

- Functional words: words that help us construct the sentence in terms of Grammar but they
don't really mean anything: Pronouns, Conjunctions, Prepositions, Articles, Determiners ( this/
that/ those..), Auxiliaries ( I was (auxiliary )studying English) and Modal verbs (may, could,
should , might…, etc) – WEAK FORM – NO STRESS

I( Pronoun – functional - weak) - was ( auxiliary – Functional word - weak) studying ( Verb-
Content – strong) .

- Functional words have no stress, and so they are weakened. That weakened form is called
"weak form" as opposed to a "strong form", which is the full form of the word pronounced with
stress. The strong form - Content words only happens when we pronounce the words alone, or
when we emphasize them. Weak forms are very often pronounced with a schwa, and so are very
weak and sometimes a bit difficult to hear properly.

Some basic rules

- Normally, in a sentence, the content words are fully stressed – Strong form whereas the
functional words are unstressed or pronounced in the weak forms - Content : strong
Functional – Weak.

- Most of the weak forms use the vowel sound schwa /ə/ and  Weak form – vowels-/ə/
- If you want to show emphasis or contrast, we can vary intonation by using strong forms
where we should normally use weak forms, e.g. "where've you been all day?" /bi:n/

I love him, not you.  strong form. You MUST ( modal verb) go. – STRONG FORM

- If a functional word comes at the end of a sentence we usually use its strong form, e.g. "what
are you looking for?" /fɔ:/ - Functional words- End of the sentence – STRONG FORM

For example:

Wor
Strong form Weak form
d
/ði/ /ðə/
The - Đứng trước nguyên âm - Đứng trước phụ âm
Ex: Hoa have bought the apples. Ex: I dislike the man.
/ bət/
/bʌt/
But Ex: My friend is very pretty, but is not enough
Ex: I’m but a fool.
intelligent.
 
/ðæt/ /ðət/
- Đóng vai trò là đại từ hay tính từ chỉ - Làm đại từ quan hệ.
định. Ex: I think that we should improve quality of
That
Ex: That is Hoa’s book. services a lot.
(Đó là quyển sách của Hoa.) (Tôi nghĩ rằng chúng ta nên nâng cao chất
That girl is very beautiful. lượng các dịch vụ nhiều hơn nữa.)
(Cô gái kia rất xinh.)
 
/dʌz/
/dəz/
- Dùng trong câu nhấn mạnh
- Khi làm trợ động từ
Does Ex: She does hope for interview next
Ex: Does she work as a teacher?
week.
(Cô ấy là giáo viên à?)
(Cô ấy rất hi vọng vàm buổi phỏng vấn
tuần tới.)

/him/
/im/
Ex: This gift was sent to him not to his
Him Ex: I haven’t seen him for ages.
wife.
(Lâu rồi tôi không gặp anh ấy.)
(Món quà đó được gửi tới anh ấy chứ
không phải cho vợ anh ấy.)
Her   /hə/
/hə:/
Ex: He loves her but not other girls. Ex: Her mother is still young.
(Anh ta chỉ yêu cô âý mà không phải bất (Mẹ của cô ta vẫn còn rất trẻ.)
kì cô gái nào khác.)

/fɔ:/ /fə/
For Ex: A good job is what I looking for. Ex: I am looking for a job.
(Một công việc tốt chính là thứ mà tôi (Tôi đang tìm một công việc.)
đang tìm kiếm.)

/ət/
/æt/
At I’ll meet you at the office.
What are you looking at?
(Tôi sẽ gặp anh ở văn phòng.)
(Bạn đang nhìn gì vậy?)
PRACTICE

1. Was she looking at him?


2. A. Do they like playing tennis? B. Yes, they do.
3.I dislike the woman
4. That baby is very cute.
5. Are they playing the piano?
6. Have you read the book” Atomic habbit” ?
7. I’ll give it to her soon.
8. Look! It’s him.
9. She does hope for the test next week.
10.Does she work as a doctor?
11.She loves him but not other boys.
12.I am looking for a job.
13. I’ll meet you at the cinema.
14. You must go home before 9 P.M.
15. He’s already gone to HCM city
16. There’s a flight to HCM city at six, but there’s no flight from there tonight.
17. There's a building surrounded by many trees.
18. Where are my glasses? - Over there.
19. A:  Can you play badminton?  
20. B - Not now, I could when I was younger.

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