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Lead in
Listen. Write the number of words you hear in each space.

1. 
   ……….leaving now ………..staying?
   

Are you leaving now or are you staying?

2. 
   …….waiting…………brother.
   
3. 
   I knew………going……….late again.
   
4. 
   take swimming pool?
   
5. 
   I thought…..station already,………. wrong.
   
6. 
   ……go to the zoo,……before?
   
7. 
   …….more books here……. have.
   
8. 
   He asked ….money.. lent……
   
9. 
   She told……..better off going by bus.
   

Rule: In English vowel sounds are not always stressed. There are cases when they are not stressed and pronounced with weak form. The weakening, shortening or disappearing of English vowel sounds in unstressed position is called reduction. Reduction reflects the process of lexical and grammatical changes.
Reduction may be of the following types: