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1. Function words are NORMALLY stressed in connected speech  True/False
2. In normal circumstances "at" would be stressed in the following sentence: I was looking at him." True/False
3. In normal circumstances "for" would be stressed in the following sentence. "What are you looking for" True/False
4. Function words that precede another word are called "proclitics". True/False
5. "A bout" and "about" are pronounced in exactly the same way. True/False
6. In rapid speech the voiced/voiceless distinction is often difficult to perceive in funtion words. For example in the sentence "A cup of tea." True/False
7. The pronoun "it" in "hit it" is an enclitic. True/False
8. In the sentence: "Did you say 'from' or 'for'?" the prepostions "from" and "for" would be stressed. True/False
9. The verb "can" is a function word. The negative "can't" contains a strong vowel. True/False
10. The verb "can" in the following sentence would normally contain a strong vowel: "I can go." True/False

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