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Unit 3: Cinema
 
Speak  1: Using stress to help describe a film
 
 
 
When John and Fiona are talking about the film they have seen they put more stress on certain parts of a sentence to emphasise the point.
 
Instructions for exercise
 
Sometimes we want to emphasise what we are saying. We can do this by placing more stress on a word or part of a word. This adds strength to the meaning.
Click on the text to listen to it.
Look out for the text turning red to detect when the stress is used and then try and repeat the pronunciation.

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  Units
 
 
Unit 1: Transport
 
  Unit 2: Hotel
 
  Unit 3: Cinema
 
 
 
Listen 1: Suggesting a night out in London
 
 
 
Listen 2: Deciding what film to see
 
 
 
Listen 3: Talking about the film
 
 
 
Read 1: Reading film reviews
 
 
 
Read 2: Cinemas in London
 
 
 
Speak 1: Using stress to help describe a film
 
 
 
Unit 4: Shopping
 
Unit 5: Work
 
Unit 6: Eating Out
 
  Useful links
 
 
BBC London film finder