Pronunciation

Word stress in numbers

1 Read and listen to the dialogue.

TIM It’s my sister’s birthday today. She’s thirteen.
JULIE Thirty! That’s old!
TIM Thirty? No! I said, ‘Thirteen’.
JULIE Oh, … thirteen. She’s the same age as me.

2 Where is the stress on the red words? Where is the stress on the blue words?

3 Listen again and repeat. Then practise with a partner.