1.‘Ican`driveacar',butI`can'tdriveamotorcycle.’“Cannot”isusuallycontractedto“can't”.SomanylearnersofEnglishassumethatinordertodistinguishbetween“can”and“can't”,onemustlistenforthefinal“t”sound/t/.Andwhenspeaking,onemustpronouncefinal‘t’sound/t/clearly.However,thisisnotinfacthownativespeakersdistinguish“can”and“can't”.Peopledonotsay‘I`candriveacar,butIcan’tdriveamotorcycle.’Peoplesay‘Ican`driveacar',butI`can'tdriveamotorcycle.’Thedifferencebetween“can”and“can't”isinstress.“Can”isnotstressed,theverbafteritis.“Can't”isstressed.Theverbafteritisnot.2.There’ssomethinginmyeyes.There’ssomethinginmyice.Thelastwordsintheexamples,eyesandicedifferin2ways.Onedifferenceisthewordeyesendwiththesound“z”,andiceendwiththesound“s”.Theotherdifferenceinthepronunciationof“eyes”and“ice”ishowthevowelsound“ai”ispronounced.Intheword“eyes”,itislonger.Intheword“ice”,itisveryshort.Cap,cab,plate,played,seat,seed.3.When2identicalorsimilarconsonantsareinarow,mostsoundsarenotpronounced.Forexample,stopPeter.“stop”endsinthesound“p”,and“Peter”beginsinthesamesound.Togetherthewordsarelinkedas“sto-peter”.Thewordsaren’tpronouncedstopPeter.It’sabigcake.Ilikegoats.DadtoldmeIlikeGavin.4.theletter“t”isusuallypounced“t”.Butyoumayhavenoticedthatinfluentspeech,nativespeakerssometimespronouncedthe“t”as“d”.Thathappenswhenthe“t”comesbetweentwovoicedsounds.No.1“matter”.“matter”isoftenpronounced“mader”asin“What’sthematter?”No.2“atom”.“atom”isoftenpronounced“adom”asin“ThefirstatombombwasdroppedonHiroshima.”No.3“twenty”.“twenty”isoftenpronounced“twendi”asin“Thatwillbetwentydollars,please.”No.4“little”.“little”isoftenpronounced“liddle”asin“Hegotalittleangry.”No.5“city”.“city”isoftenpronounced“cidi”asin“Didyougrowupinthecityorthecountry?”5.Tagquestionsareusedintwoverydifferentways,andthedifferencedependsonwhetheryouusearisingorfallingpitchattheendofthetagquestion.Onewaytagquestionsareusedistogetyourlistenertoagreewithyouaboutsomethingyouthinkisafact,ormustbetrue.Ifyouthin