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 d?veetn'm (if...)

　　relative pronoun 7

　　The ones that've eaten them (are...) the w?nz?d?veetn'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 l?veetn'm (by...)

　　obligation 11

　　They ought to eat them. they ?d?eed'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'd?veetn'm

　　obligation 15

　　They shouldn't' ve eaten them. they sh'dn?n?veetn'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'd? veetn'm

　　possibility/ability 19

　　They couldn't have eaten them. they c'dn?n? veetn'm

　　possibility 20

　　They might eat them. they mydeed'm

　　possibility 21

　　They might have eaten them. they my d? veetn'm

　　probability 22

　　They must eat them. they m?ss deed'm

　　probability 23

　　They must have eaten them. they m?sd?veetn'm

　　ability 24

　　They can eat them. they c'need'm

　　ability 25

　　They can't eat them. they c?n(d)eed'm