Exercise 1-38:
Consistent Noun Stress in Changing Verb Tenses
This is a condensed exercise for you to practice simple intonation with a wide range of verb tenses.
When you do the exercise the first time, go through stressing only the nouns
Dogs eat bones.
Practice this until you are quite comfortable with the intonation.
The pronunciation and word connections are on the right, and the full verb tenses are on the far left.
......eat 1......
The dogs eat the bones. the däg zeet the bounz
......ate 2......
The dogs ate the bones. the däg zεit the bounz
......are eating 3......
The dogs're eating the bones. the däg zr reeding the bounz
......will eat 4......
The dogs'll eat the bones (if...) the däg zə leet the bounz (if...)
......would eat 5......
The dogs'd eat the bones (if...) the däg zə deet the bounz (if...)
......would have eaten 6......
The dogs'd've eaten the bones (if..) the däg zədə veetn the bounz (if...)
......that have eaten 7......
The dogs that've eaten the bones (are..) the däg zədə veetn the bounz (are...)
......have eaten 8......
The dogs've eaten the bones. the däg zə veetn the bounz
......had eaten 9......
The dogs'd eaten the bones. the däg zə deetn the bounz
......will have eaten 10......
The dogs'll've eaten the bones. the däg zələ veetn the bounz
......ought to eat 11......
The dogs ought to eat the bones. the däg zädə eat the bounz
......should eat 12......
The dogs should eat the bones. the dägz sh'deet the bounz
......should not eat 13......
The dogs shouldn't eat the bones. the dägz sh'dn•neet the bounz
......should have eaten 14......
The dogs should've eaten the bones. the dägz sh'də veetn the bounz
......should not have 15......
The dogs shouldn't've eaten the bones. the dägz sh'dn•nə veetn the bounz
......could eat 16......
The dogs could eat the bones. the dägz c'deet the bounz
......could not eat 17......
The dogs couldn't eat the bones. the dägz c'dn•neet the bounz
......could have eaten 18......
The dogs could've eaten the bones. the dägz c'də veetn the bounz
......could not have 19......
The dogs couldn't've eaten the bones. the dägz c'dn•nə veetn the bounz
......might eat 20......
The dogs might eat the bones. the dägz mydeet the bounz
......might have eaten 21......
The dogs might've eaten the bones. the dägz mydəveetn the bounz
......must eat 22......
The dogs must eat the bones. the dägz məss deet the bounz
......must have eaten 23......
The dogs must've eaten the bones. the dägz məsdəveetn the bounz
......can eat 24......
The dogs can eat the bones. the dägz c'neet the bounz
......can't eat 25......
The dogs can't eat the bones. the dägz cæn(d)eet the bounz