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Strong and Weak Form

This document provides examples of the strong and weak forms of pronouns and auxiliary verbs in English. For pronouns like she, them, we, you, her, he, at, for, some, there, of, the stress differs between the strong and weak forms. Auxiliary verbs like can, could, must, am, are, was also have stressed vs unstressed variations depending on their place in a sentence. Examples are given to illustrate proper usage of strong vs weak forms.

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Strong and Weak Form

This document provides examples of the strong and weak forms of pronouns and auxiliary verbs in English. For pronouns like she, them, we, you, her, he, at, for, some, there, of, the stress differs between the strong and weak forms. Auxiliary verbs like can, could, must, am, are, was also have stressed vs unstressed variations depending on their place in a sentence. Examples are given to illustrate proper usage of strong vs weak forms.

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  • Pronouns
  • Prepositions
  • Auxiliary Verbs

Pronouns

She Strong form: /i:/ Weak form: /I/ A: She doesnt smoke or drink! (she is strong) B: Ah, thats what she told you! (she is weak)

Them strong form: / m/ weak form: /em/


when I said, Give them a drink I didnt mean them, I meant the people. (first them: weak, second them: strong)

We Strong form: /wi:/ weak form: /wI/ A: Im afraid we cant stay any longer (we is weak) B: What do you mean, we? Ive got plenty of time. (we is strong)

You strong form: /ju:/ weak form: /j/ A: Will you be at the meeting on Friday? (you is weak) B: Yes. Will you be there? (you is strong)

Her Strong form: /h:/ weak form: // or /h/ A: Do you know that woman? B: Her? No, I dont recognise her. (rst her is strong, second her is weak) He strong form: /hi:/ weak form: /I/ A: Is he there? (he is weak) B: Who? A: The boss. B: No. Everybody else is working, but hes gone home! (he is strong)

At Strong form: t In final position:


Weak form: t

Prepositions
whats he shooting at? wts i u:t t? Ill see you at lunch al si: ju t ln

For Strong form: in final position: Weak form:

whats that for? wts t f:? f (before consonants) tea for two /ti: f tu:/ fr (before vowels) thanks for asking /ks fr :sk/

Some strong form: it occurs before countable noun, meaning an unknown individual I think some animal broke it a k sm nml brk t in final position : Ive got some av gt sm
weak form: its used before uncountable noun, meaning an unspecified amount of and before other nouns in the plural, meaning an unspecified number of have some more tea hv sm m: ti:

There strong form: demonstrative function: e (er before vowels) put it there /pt t e/ in final position: e or e there isnt any, is there? znt eni z e Weak form: (before consonants), r (before vowels) there should be a rule / d bi ru:l/ there is /r z/ Of strong form: v in final position:

someone Ive heard of smwn av h:d v

weak form: v most of all /mst v :l/

Auxiliary Verbs
Can , could strong form: kn , kd I think we can /a k wi kn/ most of them could / mst v m kd/ weak form: kn, kd they can wait /e kn wet/ he could do it /hi: kd du: t/ Must strong form: in final position: mst she certainly must / I s:tnli mst/ weak form: conclusion or deduction (she left at 8 oclock, so she must arrived by now) ms (before consonants) you must try harder /ju ms tra h:d/ mst (before vowels) he must eat more /hi mst i:t m:/

Am strong form (in final position): m shes not as old as I am / Iz nt z ld z a m/ weak form: m why am I here? /wa m a ?/ Are strong form: : I know the Smiths are /a n sms :/ weak form: (before consonants), here are the plates / plets/ r (before vowels) , the coats are in there

Was strong form: wz the last record was weak form: wz he was here a minute ago

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