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Which adjectives and adverbs helped you answer questions 
1 
and 2?
Are the adjectives and adverbs of opinion 1 -1 0 positive or negative? W rite P (positive) or
N (negative) next to each one.
1 viable 
_____ 
5 erroneous 
_____
9 deceptive 
_____
2 flawed 
_____ 
6 compelling _____ 
10 reliable 
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rigorously _____
7 needlessly _____
U
authentic _____ 
8 succinctly 
_____
j 
Exam tip: 
When you learn new adjectives and adverbs, make sure you know they are 
j used positively or negatively.
Language and communication

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Part 2: 
Practice exercises
In Unit 8 we saw how content words such as nouns, verbs, adjectives and adverbs are
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usually stressed in English. English also has w eak form s - words that are not stressed in
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speech. These words include auxiliary verbs (e.g. be, have, do), prepositions (e.g. in, at,
of\, pronouns (e.g. my, us, your), articles (a, an, the) and conjunctions (e.g. and, but, so).
Read the exam ples below and then listen. Notice how the underlined words in each
sentence are more difficult to hear than the words in italics.
• 
When I
was 
Living
in 
Ireland,
it was 
quite d iffic u lt
to 
understand
the 
local accent.
• 
Do you 
think \Vs im p o rta n t
to 
sound
like a 
native sp ea ke r
?
• 
I would have 
le a rn t Latin
but it wasn't an 
option
when I was at 
school.