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My visit to a book fair

A book fair is an attractive fair. Different types of books are displayed here for sale. Last week we visited a book fair. Our English teacher, Ms Salina Akhter guided us. We went there by bus. We reached there at 10. We went round and enjoyed ourselves. We bought books of rhymes, jokes, stories, dictionaries with pictures, novels etc. We stayed there for about three hours. Then we came back home. It is a memorable event in my life.

Lesson-32

Pronunciation Stress

Summary:

From this lesson, we come to know that correct pronunciation of words is very important. Besides, for the stress on words in a sentence, they may take different meanings.

A: Read, listen and say. You should put stress on the words in bold type.

Reading, listening and speaking test.

A₁: Listen to and repeat the following sentences after your teacher.

Listening and speaking test

A₂: Read the above sentences again. Match each sentence with a suitable meaning given below.

Answer:

       i) 2: I saw Seema at the bookstore not at the museum.

ii) 4: I, not my sister, saw Seema at the bookstore yesterday.

iii) 1: I saw Seema, not Runa, at the bookstore yesterday.

iv) 3: I saw Seema at the bookstore yesterday, not last week.

B: Read and say the following sentences several times.

Each time change the stress from one word to another (the words in bold), and say how the meaning changes.

(i) I'm Seema's friend.             Answer: I am not Reema's friend.

(ii) I am Seema's friend.          Answer: I am not anybody else but Seema's friend.

(iii) I'm Seema's friend.           Answer: I am not Seema's sister.