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E. Pronunciation

Auxiliary verbs (BE, HAVE, will, may, can, etc.) are usually not stressed. They use
unstressed or contracted forms in statements, and an unstressed form in questions.

Listen to the tape and repeat, paying particular attention to the

unstressed and contracted forms.

1. Ok, how long have you had the symptoms?

2. Oh, I’m not sure, about two or three days.

3. I don’t have a lot of energy.

4. What’s your appetite like?

What is the full form of the contractions?

F. Role-Play

Work with a partner. Choose a case and make up a dialogue.
Student A: play the part of a doctor. Ask about systems and specific problems for each of
the following cases.

Student B: play the part of the patient.
Cases:
1. The patient is a young man. He has a frontal headache.

2. The patient is a middle-aged woman. She feels pain when she is passing water.

3. The patient is an elderly man. He has a pain in his left leg and his back.

Information for student B:

1. You are a student of 18 (male). You have a headache at the front of your head. Your
headache is worse in the morning when you get up.
2. You are 42. You feel pain when you are passing water. You have to pass water
more frequently than usual.

3. You are a 65-year-old accountant. You have a pain in your left leg and back. You
have noticed some tingling in your left foot.