Exercise 1-39:
Consistent Pronoun Stress In Changing Verb Tenses
This is the same as the previous exercise, except you now stress the verbs:
They eat them.
Practice this until you are quite comfortable with the intonation.
Notice that in fluent speech, the th of them is frequently dropped (as is the h in the other object pronouns, him, her).
The pronunciation and word connections are on the right, and the tense name is on the far left.
present 1
They eat them. theyeed'm
past 2
They ate them. theyεid'm
continuous 3
They're eating them. thereeding'm
.future 4
They'll eat them (if...) theleed'm (if...)
present conditional 5
They'd eat them (if...) they deed'm (if...)
past conditional 6
They'd' ve eaten them (if...) they dəveetn'm (if...)
relative pronoun 7
The ones that've eaten them (are...) the wənzədəveetn'm (are...)
present perfect 8
They've eaten them (many times). they veetn'm (many times)
past perfect 9
They'd eaten them (before...) they deetn'm (before...)
future perfect 10
They'll have eaten them (by...) they ləveetn'm (by...)
obligation 11
They ought to eat them. they ädəeed'm
obligation 12
They should eat them. they sh'deed'm
obligation 13
They shouldn't eat them. they sh'dn•need'm
obligation 14
They should have eaten them. they sh'dəveetn'm
obligation 15
They shouldn't' ve eaten them. they sh'dn•nəveetn'm
possibility/ability 16
They could eat them. they с'deed'm
possibility/ability 17
They couldn't eat them. they c'dn•need'm
possibility/ability 18
They could have eaten them. they c'də veetn'm
possibility/ability 19
They couldn't have eaten them. they c'dn•nə veetn'm
possibility 20
They might eat them. they mydeed'm
possibility 21
They might have eaten them. they my də veetn'm
probability 22
They must eat them. they məss deed'm
probability 23
They must have eaten them. they məsdəveetn'm
ability 24
They can eat them. they c'need'm
ability 25
They can't eat them. they cæn(d)eed'm