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