IMPOSSIBLE! [or NOT?] – Learn English Conversation in 4 Hours Part 20

The video tutorial focuses on pronunciation techniques, emphasizing stress and reductions in spoken English. It covers how to stress words like 'Big Dogs' and 'Daisy', and explains the use of function words and reductions, such as 'let me' becoming 'lemmy'. The tutorial also highlights the importance of stressing main verbs like 'remember' while reducing helping verbs like 'can'. Proper nouns like 'Banjo' are stressed for clarity.

What is the purpose of stretching out stressed words like 'Big dogs' in a conversation?

• To reduce the importance of the words

• To make the sentence longer

• To emphasize the words

• To confuse the listener

Why is the word 'Daisy' stressed in the phrase 'OK, Daisy'?

• Because it is a proper noun

• Because it is a verb

• Because it is an adjective

• Because it is a common noun

How is the function word 'and' pronounced when the speaker is uncertain?

• It is omitted completely

• It is pronounced clearly and slowly

• It is pronounced quickly

• It is pronounced with a different vowel sound

What happens to the phrase 'Let me' in spoken English?

• It is pronounced fully

• It is reduced to 'Lemmy'

• It is replaced with 'Allow me'

• It is pronounced with a pause

Why is the word 'can' often reduced in spoken English?

• Because it is a noun

• Because it is a helping verb

• Because it is the main verb

• Because it is an adjective