Pronunciation /ai/

The diphthong /ai/ is found with the following spelling -i- as in item, -y- as in shy, -igh- as in sights, but you can also find it in words such as buy, height, eyes.






Some examples are:

Watch the video to listen to the sound and practise it.

Sentence Stress

INTONATION, STRESS & RHYTHM

Using the right intonation or tone helps you to sound friendly and interested when you speak English. Stressing the right words in a sentence helps you speak with a good rhythm.
Intonation + stress = the music and rhythm of English.

Which words do I have to stress when I speak English?

Because we said that "stressing the right words in a sentence helps you speak with a good rhythm" you can guess that there are some words that need to be stressed some others that don't.
There are some general rules that can help you. We usually stress:

• Content words: those words which carry the meaning of the sentence (nouns, verbs, adjectives)
• Words containing important information: in a negative sentence the negative adverb is crucial and therefore it will be stressed.
• Words providing new information: words bringing new information to the topic will be stressed due to their relevance.

On some other occasions we can stress words that would not normally be stressed if we want to point out a different meaning or to put the emphasis somewhere different.

Have a look at the three videos below and practise with the exercises proposed:

How healthy are you?

Do you think you...

• eat enough fruit and vegetables?
• do enough sport or exercise?
• drink enough water?

Write your answer in a comment ;-P

Tips for Starting a Healthy Lifestyle

Watch the video, but do NOT worry if you don't understand everything, read the tips and try to understand the general meaning.

10 tips for a healthy life

Watch the video and see if you agree with the tips they give. 

Is there anything you would like to change or add?

Do you have a healthy lifestyle?

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Nobody does it better

This is the song we listened to in class last week.

Where do you live?

• Do you live in a village, a town or a city?
  

• Where is it?

• How big is it?

• What's it like?

• Do you like living there?

Tell me in a comment!

Expressions with time

Expressions with time

Formal Letters

Formal Letter Writing