new Headway Pronounciatoin Pre inter

newHeadwayPronounciatoinPre inter

put /puvtoo /tu:/

cup /k^pihappy /'hapi/

pen /peubad /b¿ed/

tea /fiidid /drd/

cat kat/

got lgotlchin /tJm/

fune /d3u:n/

fall lf¡:llvoice /vcrs/

near /nre(r)/

hair Aea(r)ipure /pjus(r/

I

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j i

{I

Consonant symbols 1: the easily recognizable

phonemic symbols lpl, lbl, lIl, ldl, lkl,lgl,|fl,

lv I, lsl, lzl, fttl, lll, lrl, lrnl, lnl, and /w/ - voiced

and voiceless consonants

Connected speech

Word linking

lntonation and sentence stress

Intonation in Wh- and YeslNo questions

Unit 2

Sounds

The sounds /s/, /z l, and lnl wi¡hPresent Simple

third person singular verbs

Word focus

Two-syllable nouns

Connected speech

Strong and weak forms of auxiliary verbs ldt'zl,

lwozl , lhezl , and ldazl , lwezl, ftiaz/, etc

Strong and weak form ofprepositions of time

and place in a James Bond dialogue

Unit 4

Sound symbols

Single vowel symb ols li|,ltJ,lsJ,lel, fu:/,lul,loJ,

lñ, ltl, lol, lel, and /e/ - long and short vowels 17

Word focusContainers with /evl (a bottle of wine, a packet

of crisps, etc.)lntonat¡on and sentence stressList intonation in the game 'My sister Sally went

to the summer sales ' using clothes vocabularyUnit 5

SoundsThe sound /w/

Sentence stressRh).thm and /á/ with the going ro future in thepoem'Future Intentions'

lntonat¡onHearing the difference between polite and impolite

Unit 6

- ::: r.::: : r:ri 'll.al;r-:: : : r ': ': l, 1 ,,¡iltt-lerÁ*;;!¡l¡,lr'rrr¡rr;tii

SoundsThe sounds /n/ and l4l (and l4gl and lndSl) 24

Word focus

Three-syllable words

€onnected speechHearing different forms of l¡ft¿

Unit 7

Sound symbols

Consonant symbols 2: the less easily recognizablephonemic symbols l |, l 5l, l t! l, l $1, l g l, l ól, l jl,and /¡/ - voiced and voiceless consonants 27Sound¡

The sounds /0/ and /ó/

Connect€d speechHearing the difference between Present Perfect andPast Simple and the different pronunciations of 's

Unit 8

Sounds

The sounds {/, isl, and /tJ/ and the different

spellings ofthe sound {/

The sounds /u/ and /u:/

Intonation and sentence strcss

Questions with or with fiiendly and unfriendly

intonation, in fbrmal and informal dialosues

Unit 9

Sounds

The sounds /i:/ and /r/

Connected speech

Word counting and sentence stress patterns in

First Conditional sentences

Intonation end sentence sttess

Showing interest and surprise with short reply

questions in a dialogue

Unit l0

Sound symbols

'Double

vowel' or diphthong symbols letl,latJ,

lttl, /n/, leal, leal, laal, and lual

Connected speech

Strong form prepositions at the end ofquestions

Connected speech

Contractions: when they are used and when

they are not used

Unit ll

SoundsThe sound /h/

Word focus

Counting sylablesFour-syllable words

Intonation and sentence stress

Corrective stress in addresses and Dhone numbers

Unit 14

SoundsThe sounds /n/, /c:/, and /sol in single wordsand in the game 'Space Battle'

Word focusWords often confused because oftheirpronunciation

Connected speechHearing 'd (had or would)

Welcome tothe New Headway

Pre- I ntermed i ate P ron unci ati on Coursel

The questions and answers on these pages are to help you

to understand this book, so that you can get the best out

of it when you use it

Who is this book for?

The New Headway Pre-Inteflne¡liate Pronunciation Course

is for pre-intermediate students who wish to improve

their oronunciation

How does this book work?

You can use this book (and recording) on its own Theexercises in it will help you to organize your study ofpronunciation

It is also part of th e New Headway English Course a¡d thetopics and language ofeach unit in this book link withthose in the New H¿adway Pre-lntermediate StudenfsBook

Sounds exercises

Unit 1 Consonant symbols l: the easily recognizable

phonemic symbols lpl, lbl,ltl, ldl,lW,lgl,

lfl, lv l, l sl, lzl, lhl, lU, lrl, lrnl, lnl, and lw l

-voiced and voiceless consonants

Unit 2 The sounds ls/, lzl,and lvl

Unit 3 Pronunciation of-elpast tenses

Unit 4 Single vowel symbols /i:/, /r/, /al,lal,ltl,

l tsl, loJ, l ñ, 1 ¡:1, lol, lel, and lel -long and

short vowels

Unit 5 The sound /w/

Unit ó The sounds lnl and lql, and lggl and lnd3l

Unit 7 Consonant symbols 2: the less easily

recognizable phonemic symbols /fl, /3/, /tJ/,

/$/,l0l,ló1,l1l, and /q/ - voiced and

voiceless consonants

Unit 8 The sounds ll,lsl, and lf[/

The sounds /u/ and /u:/

Unit 9 The sounds li:l and ll

Unit 10 'Double vowel' or diphthong symbols /er/,

l al, l cl, lol, l ee/, l aal, hul, and l uel

Unit ll The sounds lel,lel, and /¡l

Unit 12 The sounds lel and letl

Unit ll The sound /h/

U n i t 1 4 T h e s o u n d s o l , l t : l , a n d l a o l

,,,in*¡&:: ,!ii}@::

What types of exercise are there?

There are five different tlT)es ofexercise in this book:

1 Sounds and sound symbols The sounds exercises help

you to practise the sounds we use in English Some

sounds exercises are very useful for speakers of specific

languages (See the table opposite.)

2 Sounds and sound symbols exercises Sound symbols

exercises teach English sound symbols (phonemic

symbols) The connection between English spelling and

pronunciation is a problem for speakers ofall

languages Knowing English phonemic symbols helps

you to learn the pronunciation of new words easily

As you learn the symbols, you write example words in

the chart on page 55 This helps you to remember the

phonemic symbols correctly

3 Connected speech These exercises help you to

pronounce words in phrases and sentences correctly

Intonation and sentence stress These exercises helo

you lo hear and practise differenr kinds of intonation

and sentence stress patterns

Word focus In these exercises you study groups of

words where there are problems with sounds and

word stress

What about the recordint?

This book comes with one tape or CD

The symbol in the exercise shows exactly which part ofthe

recording you listen to

section of recording

unit number

What about the key?

The answers to exercises, and tapescripts which are not infull in the exercises themselves, are in the key at the backofthe book

As in the Naw H¿a dway Student's Boo( sometimes we askyou questions to help you work out rules for yourself Theanswers to these questions are in the key, too

This symbol after an exercise means look at the key Thepage number with the symbol shows you exactly where

to look

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What about technical words?

Here is a list oftechnical words we use in this book Use abilingual dictionary to translate them You can look back

at this list while you use the bool

rhr,th rn

soundspellingslresssyllablesymbolvoicedvoicelessvowelweak A"c:i _L!e+:_

¡Sr

Consonant symbols 1 Word linking

lntonation in llñ- and Yes/No questions

/tnltn/

go 9lriveyan letterroom meanqan mulicgtudy teacherwork hot

PlaYqooKflatnever

fl!! Now listen to the sound symbols on their own.

What is the difference in sound between the symbols

in Picture A and those in Picture B? Match the pictures

with the diaerams below

>> D56lTll ¡¡ 1¡s s¡und symbols in Y match the sound of

the letters underlined in the words in X? Listen and

mark the symbols / if they match and I if they don,t

match

Turn to the Sound symbol chart on p55 Write in anexample word to help you remember each sound ¡symbol you now know Underline the lelters ¡n thlword that match the sound symbol

.L'oVe,

J a c k

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Un¡t 'l 7

When we speak quickly, a word that begins w¡th a vo

t;r: sound is linked to the consonant sound at the end of

f word before it:

lfFl ¡¡s1s¡ r¿ practise saying these

paying attention to the linking

4 ¡If Listen and then practise saying all the fivephrases in the same way, starting from the efd

5 Mark the links in these phrases

a message_rn_a anger and other emotions

c o m p u t e r _ i n f o r m a t i o n new_¡dea

1l

14th-century.- English

fntonation in Wá- and Yes/No questions

''yá- questions contain a question word (Who, What,

,Where,Why, How,etc.) These questions ask for

information answers

yeslNo auest¡ons do not contain auest¡on words

quest¡ons ask for yes or No answers

Look at the questions below Mark the I4li- questions

with a star (* )

I Where do you live, - ?

2 When's your birthdav ?

3 Do vou have a iob ?

4 What sort of music do you like, ?

5 Have you got any brothers or sisters, , ?

6 Can you speak three languages, - ?

7 How do you come to school, - ?

8 Do vou like dancins ?

>> P5ó ffl Listen to the recording and mark these

statements True or False (The names at the end ofthe

questions wilJ help you to hear the intonation more

clearly.)

I

2

The vo¡ce Soes up at the end of l4á- questions

The voice 8oes up at the end of yeslNo questions

>> P5ó

Listen again and repeat the qu€stions and the names.(Use your memory Don't write the names in the gaps

i n 1 )

Make sure your intonation goes clearly up or down

on the name, according to whether you are asking aYes,/No or a tYh question

Now complete each question in I with the nanie ofastudent in your class (Put a different name in eachquestion.)

Listen again and repeat the questions Say the namesyou have written instead ofthe names on the

recording Ifthere are questions you don't like, crossthem out and write your own questions Practisesaying them with the correct intonation

Stand up and walk round the classroom Ask eachclassmate the question you have prepared for him/her.Write down the answers you get

Unit 'l 9

Two-syllable nouns

Strong and weak forms of auxiliary verbs

Sounds

The sounds lsl, lzl, and ltzl

Read the passage about Irene Redmond

Which adjectives do you think describe her life?

sad ronery easy boring busy

t: lrene Redmond and her husband Ken

:-.live in Hamilton G¿te in Queensland,

Australia They have three ch¡ldren

In the summer, when it's hot,lrene gglg up at six o'clock and fucs' to do all the housework by eight Ken

r makes breaKast He's a good cook

, At eight o'clock Ken's boss calls him on the radio After

t: Ken goes to work, l¡ene does the rest of the housework

, Most days kene wag¡99 the clothes

At ten o clock lrene puts the baby to bed and t-eaches her,: eldest daughter Usually she manages to do two hours of

: classes a day with her They eat at ti4elve lrene alwaysbakes her own bread and cakes She doesn't go shopping,i' but orders food on the Inlernet lo the afremoon she spends

l' time with the children

, The nearest town is Tiboobura lt's 100 miles away lrene, isn't lonely, but she misses her family Sometimes she drives:, into Tiboobuna to see a friend Ihe nearest ne¡ghbour lives

i- 35 miles away She invites him lo tea every week

' ln the evening lrene surfs the Internet, reads or playscards w¡th Ken Usually Ken loses They don't have a TV

lrene likes living in Ham¡lton Gate Ken loves it and hopes

to stav lhere for the rest of his l¡fe, but lrene isn't sufe

Work on your own Read the passage again and

underline all the verbs in the third person singular of

the Present Simple except is, doesn't, and isn't,

The sounds /s/ lzl and lvl

Work with a partner Put the verbs you underlined intothree groups, according to the pronunciation ofthethird person ending

llrl Listen and check your answers

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Listen again and repeat the verbs, paying attention tothe pronunciation ofthe ending

Circle the correct pronunciation to complete the rules

Work with a partner How much of the passage canyou remember? Use the verb lists from 3 to makesentences about lrene's life

Pay attention to the pronunciation ofthe verb endings

Group I /s/ Gtoup2 /zl Group! lul

2 lf the verb ends in any other voiceless consonant sound,you pronounce the ending /sl /zJ /u/.Example makes

3 lf the verb ends in any other voiced consonant sound or

a vowel sound, you pronounce the endinS lsl /zl /tz/.Example rains

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li

lIDl Diane DeVine is a film star Listen to her and

one ofher fans

She has lots oflikes and dislikes Match these words

with the pictures below

Look at the nouns below and make sure you knowwhat they mean Which are stressed O o and which o ?

lliEl Listen and mark the stresses

O ¡zebras mountains cl¡mate diamondsgiraffes country ' football descentbaseball exports reserve sw¡mm¡nt

champagne Japan trumpets shampoo

pa¡ntings coffee guitars apples

sardines cartoons Br¡tain toothpaste

Gonnected speecli'**********s

Strong and weak forms of auxiliary verbs

Read the text about Ianet Stobbs and her husband

Eduardo Revuelta

Janet and Eduardo Rewelta-Stobbs üvenear Alicante in Spain They weremarried in Aücante Eduardo's a doctorand Janet's an Xnglish teacher Janet wasborn in England, but she can speak goodSpanish They share the housework

Edua¡do likes cooking They've got twochildren - Artuo and Pablo

2 Answer these questions Use short answers

1 Does lanet live in Spain? Yls.sfu npos,

2 Has she got ajob?

Was she born in England?

Can she speak Spanish?

Were they married in Spain?

Do they share the housework?

Have they got any children?

>> P56

Auxiliary verbs have weak and strong forms

Complete this table

¡IEl Listen to the questions and answers in 2.

Underline the weak forms like this - and thestrong forms like this -

>> p57rlfl ¡is1s¡ 1¡t u hear the weak form of the

auxiliar¡ write W If you hear the strong form, write S

1 Was your plane lat"i @

It was very late @

2 Have you got a new coat? EYes, I have

3 Does your girlfriend work with you? f-lYes, 'she does l- l* T

4 Were they married in Mexico? fl

No, they were married in New York l-l

5 Has your father got grey hair? f l

Yes, he has fl

6 Do you go jogging every ctay? !

Yes, Ido !

7 How many languages can you speak? f ]

I can speak two - English and Chinese I ILook at the rule and check your answers

1:t beginning or in the middle of a sentence, and when it is

l not stressed We use the stronS form when the auxiliary:l verb is at the end of a sentence, or sfressed.

FF P57Work with a partner Practise the dialogues with therecording

In groups, prepare seven questions to interview yourteacher Use each auxiliary verb once

ExampleHale you got a car?

Has your car got a CD player?

Interview your teacher Listen to the other groups.Don't ask the same questionsl

ldtlldttzllha-v/

fttezllwtl

twDzl

/kan/

>> P57

3 *H:*ilL.,]i:ffisitionsortimeand p,ace

Pronunciation of -ed past tenses

ffrl Listen to the beginnings ofthree stories Notice

the way the -ed verb endings are pronounced

1 Lastnight Bert stopped at the supermarket on his

way nome

2 Yesterday afternoon Fred called a restaurant to

book a table for two

3 Yesterday evening Daüd invited Amanda to dinner

l il The rest of the stories are mixed up Listen as

you read, and sort the sentences into columns,

according to the pronunciation ofthe -ed verb endings

4 He arranged a meeting with his daughter there

5 He cooked a big supper for his wife and children

6 He decided to cook her favourite meal

7 He washed up after supper

8 They ordered a lot of the most expensive things

on the menu

9 They watched a good film on TV after the meal

l0 They enjoyed it a lot

11 The food was wasted because she didn't come

12 They arrived home after midnight

&, a vowel, we pronounce the -ed ending /d/ ExampleY'called lk¡:ldl

lfthe verb ends in a vo¡celess consonant sound apart

o fron /t/ (lp/.M,'f/./s/ /e/,/J/orlrj/), we pronoLDceg- the -ed ending /t/ Example i¡opped /stDpr",

Check the meaning and pronunciation ofthese verbs

answer laugh showwalk mend tryplan watch wash

ffi ,}.4.

V.lltl

{ffi

\-,1 frcd ldl

Who had the worst evening, do you think? >> P57

ll[ Listen and check your answers

Unit I 13

Sometimes it is difficult to hear the d¡fference

between the itl and /d/ endings When the verb is

l¡nked to the next word because that word starts with

a vowel sound, the endings are much clearer

lf,!! Listen to the linking.

ta

She laughed3t the joke

lp Listen and mark the links in these sentences.

3 They answered everybody's questions

4 He tried a piece

¡¡ P57Listen again and practise the sentences, paying

attention to the linking

I She walked all day

5 They planned it weelts ago

ll oa <> o

6 It washed all üe glasses beautifully

Saying years

Circle the correct date in each ofthese sentences

(Ifyou don't know the answers, try to guess them.)

I, ¡r Christofher Columbus: discovered America

1918 1939

history of your country or the world Write a HistoryQuiz and then test the other teams

lftf Listen and check your answers

>> P57

Unit 3 15

_ Cennected speech

,/ Strong and weak forms of prepositions

| @! Listen to this conversation betwccn James

Bond's boss, M, and his secretar¡ Miss Moneypenny

As you listen, frll in the missing prepositions

B Hello Can I speak (1) lo Miss Moneypenny?

S Speaking

B Hello, Iri here I'm phoning (2) - the

Ritz I'm looking (3) - lames Bond We

had a lunch appointment (4) twelve

ls he thereí

S I'm sorr¡ sir, but he's gone (5)

-Budapest

B I was afiaid (6) - that Where exactly?

S He's stáying (7) the Hotel Royal

B Why didn't he listen (8) - me? He's just

asking (9) trouble

S He's only staying there (10) -, a couple

( 11) - days

B All right Contact him and tell him (12)

me he's a damn fool Oh, and you can tell him I'm

waiting ( 13) - his call

me

üe Ritzmelames Bondtrouble

a couplehis call

the Hotel Royal

staymgafraid _ thatcouple days

lff! Listen and practise saying the prepositions ontheir own and in the phrases

Read the dialogue aloud with a partner Pronounce theprepositions in their weak forms

r -$

Single vowelsymbols

Containers List intonation

!!f,! Listen to the symbols below What is the

difference between the symbols in Picture A and the

7 4pples lal lal

8 bluc lul luJ

9 ciggrette /,r/ lal

>> P57

manymuchwhatunivglsitymagazlnesaren'tmilktwo

>> p57

>> p57Un¡t 4 U

eggssugarlotworldwinehalfbirdsfruit

: : ¡

789

Turn to the Sound symbol chart on p55 Write in

example words to help you remember the single vowel

symbols Underline the letters that match the sound

!![ Listen and correct the mistakes in thisshopping list

b

"ans o!.¿otf

be(

a couple ol cac4or.s oX eqq

2 bo++l.s aX diy.L ! r¿¿, I ros¿,

2 pacv¿+s al c.isps (ba¡l¿¡¿¿ llavoutl

a +i^ oI J.¿¿^ ol¡\t¿s

a suall ¡ar" ol collee

a bot of, salz44 ualdtes

a biq tube ol llue

>> p57

¡ 1 : : : : : ' , : - ' , - r - _ r Y : 1 1 - : ' 1 _ ' X , 1 { a r 1 1 1 l i 1 1 1 1 } t g 3 1 i i

' We don't stress the word of in fasl speech We pronounce

it /av/ and we always l¡nk it to the final consonant sound

of the word before:

>> P57

3 box

4 tin

Play the game in groups of four Don't write anlthing.Listen to the person who speaks before you Rememberthe clothes and colours he/she says, and add

something (Sally can buy things for her boyfriend,Sam, too!)

Rules of the game Ifyou forget something, you are out ofthe game The last person in the game is the winner

Pay attention to your intonation as you play

5 Rhythm and lal

Hearing the difference between polite and impolite

The sound /w/

The sound /w/

Circle the words in the box which contain a /w/ sound'

warm how heavY violence

leaving world when watch

two languages borrow favourite

own views worried questions

$f Listen and check your answers You will only

hear the words with a /w/ sound

>> p58

lf, Listen to some students saying these sente,nces'

úurk th p.onutt.iation of the /w/ words right (/) or

wrong (f )

I Can I have some wir¿?

2 Wou?youhke anlthing tó drink?

3 He wor'l talk to his mother'

4 It's in the west of HtngarY

5 You need to buY a new wheel

6 It's the worst film I've ever seen

'' ''-"':13X

l,s

lf sayin6 iwl at tfre beginning of words is difficult for you,

put a word that ends with a rounded vowel or diphthonE

sound (two, saw, no, now) in front of the /w/ word .;;

3 ¡ff,| Listen and practise'

two wallets

I found two wallets

4 Say these sentences in the same way Start vt¡ith theword before the /w/ word each time

I They saw wild koalas in the trees

2 There's no wine in the shoP

3 Now wait a minutel

4 She bought him a new watch

5 Match üe questions with the answers.

The sweet white one,

To make the sound /w/, first

pact¡se /u:/ Push Your liPs out,

and make them round and hard

watching the whales?

2 What was wrong with bthe weather on

c They didn't want Will

to worry

d It was wet and windY'

>> P58

Rhythm and lel

Some syllables are 'heavier' than others in the

following poem We stress them because they are in

important words

lffl ¡¡5¡s¡ ¿¡d mark the stresses O The first verse

and the last verse are done for you

Emma's going to have a lot of bab

And sarah's going lo write a b""*.tt-ff * Steven's going to be a scientist ,, +

And try to help the human ¡áce Z

Helen's going to be in the Olympic team,And finish in the long jump in first place

But I haven't got any idea

Pippat going to travel round the world

Hannaht going to stay at home

Peter's going to join a punk rock band,

And Richard's going to teach in Rome

Amanda's going to move to Hollywood

Where she hopes to become a star

Frankt going to pass his driving test,

And then he's going to buy himself a car

i

' ¡r'j a

p5871

How many syllables (stressed and unstressed) are there

in the eight lines below? (goingcounts as one syllable

stresses Very often the sound in these unstressed

syllables is /a/

lf,f! Listen to these words and names.

Noticc the unstressed a' sounds

lal ) lel a l¿l lalO O lel O lal

Amanda summer OlymPics human Anna

lfl Listen to the eight lines below Mark the /ai

sounds in each line

telline 3 My classmates all know what they want to do

lel lal lal lalline ó Hannah's going to stay at home

line 7 Peter's going to ioin a Punk rock band

lin¿ 8 And Richard's going to teach in Rome

lire ll Frankt going to pass his driving test

line 12 Andthenhet going to buy himself a car

line 14 AndRoger's going to learn how to cook

line 19 Helen's going to be in the Olympic team

S t u d e n t C - l i n ¿ 1 1

S t u d e n t D - l i n ¿ 1 9

You're going to have a speaking race Say your linetogether with the other students in your group Allstart at the same time and all speak as fast as you can.Who was the winner? Did any of you finish at üe sametime?

Now do the same with an even numbered line, asfollows:

S t u d e n t A - l i ¿ e ó S t u d e n t C - l i ¿ e 1 2

S t u d e n t B - l i ¡ e 8 S t u d e n t D - l i f l e 1 4

>> P59

lfff Listen to the first verse of the poem with

rh¡hm clicks As you listen, clap with the recording

< lf, Listen to the whole poem again Clap therh¡hm as you read aloud with the recording

Hearing the difference between polite

and impolite offers

I Read the dialogues The offers are underlined

$fl Listen to the difference between the offers

In Dialogue A the woman ¡s ¡nterested and polite

In Dialogue B the woman is uninterested and impolite

Read üese dialogues Underline the offers

I ! ¡ane Oh,no! My skirt looks terrible,

a n d I ' m g o i n g o u t i n t e n m i n u t e s

Paul I'll iron it for you

'¡ f-] Rob I d like to have a look at that red coat,

Assistant I'll get it for you in a moment

I'm busy right now

Boss I told you yesterday that there weren't

any stamps

Secretary I'm sorr¡ I forgot I'll buy some

now

) L l Driver The red light's on and it's making a

terrible noise Can you do something about

it quickly?

Mechanic OK I'll have a look at the enginefor you

>> 059lBflil 1i51s¡ an¿ mark the offers polite (p) or

Impolite (I) in the box on the left in 2

>> P59

To sound'músic'ofyour voice.

To make a polite offer your intonat¡on should go up onthe stressed word, fall, then go up a littte at the end Thehigher up you go at the start, the more polite you sound

¡Elll |ll show iilo you

fff,fl Listen and practise.

I'll buy it for you

I'll clean them for you

I'll carry it for you

I'll get some for you

Complete each dialogue with an offer from 4

I A Oh dear I forgot to buy any eggs

B

2 A This suitcase is so heary, I can't possiblycarry it up those stairs

B

I can't serve drinks in these dirty glasses

I'm not having lunch today because I left

my Durse at home

r:a

3 AB

B

3 I

>> p59

6 ¡EL Now practise making the offers politely

at-ft ,rt sottr¿ - ; - - - \ for yil)rou say

I nl s"t il;f;;;)

You hear

4 L_ l Duncan I couldn't do the maths homework

last night Could you?

Nick It was easy I'll do it for you

,l

Unit 5 23

The sounds lnl and/4/ (and lqgl and lnd3{

Three-sy[[able nouns Hearing different forms of like

Sounds .'"""

The sounds lnl and l4l

(and /49/ and /nd3/)

l?fl Listen to these words The A words end in the

sound /rV The B words end in the sound /4/' Can you

hear the difference?

The letter n is sometimes pronounced /n/ andsometimes /¡/ Put the words in the box into thecorrect column below

winter modern drink window

junk thanks children unclefriendly pond newsagent expens¡ve

l![ Listen and check your answers.

3 Complete the rule

The letter n is pronounced /¡/ when the following sound

Listen again to the /n/ and /¡i words in 2 and practisesaying them

lvlng

th¡ng /¡g/ hungry rndS danger

ñ.h*"ffi;ñ"oun."lffil*

*

*

I Put these words into the columns below

srnSrnS stranSe wrong congratulations

stronSer young oranges exchanged

wedding single bungalow buildings

English darling changing king

/l/ / rlg/ /nfi/

t¡¡rg hungt'l dangc¡

l![ Listen and check your answers

6 Complete the rule

The letters ng at the end of a word are always

pronounced /_/

>> P59l!f,t Listen to some students saying these sentences

Circle where they make mistakes with the sound /¡/

I He's stronger than Hercules

2 Can't you see an¡hing?

3 Are you enjoying it here?

4 I'll ring up later

5 He goes jogging every day

6 My brother often goes fishing

8 Match up these mini-dialogues

I Captain! I rhinkwe're sinking

HaYe you got anEnglish-Hungariandictionary?

This orange looksstrange, miss

We're not invitingthat boring old thingfor Christmas!

>> p59

All right, Angela, youcan exchange it foranother one,But darling, he'ssingle, ninety-nine,and his only niecelives in Montreal.incredible! They saidthe Titanic wasunsinkable

Bilingual dictionariesare with the foreignlanguage books on thesecond floo¡ sir

l![f Listen and check your answers.

Word focus

Three-syllable words

f![ Listen and say these names with the correct

stress

Melanie Rel'ecca Ilern¡ d ct tc

What are Melanie, Rebecca, and Bernadette like?

!!nf Listen and write these words in the correct part

ofthe table below, according to meaning and stress'

good-looking romant¡c tomatoes

overweiSht unemployed carrot soup

beautiful journalist Aberdeensociable musician Birminghamimpolite sausaSes Bologna

O o ¡Melanie

¡ O ¡Rebecca

¡ ¡ OBernadette

l!f! Listen and check your answers Who do you

think is the best eirlfriend for Luisi?

Listen again and practise saying the words with the

correct stress

fl$l Listen to these sentences and mark the mainstress on the underlined words

I She's a magazine journalist

2 We waited in the airport for seventeen hours

3 Who wants to be a millionaire?

4 We've got a second-hand car

5 Todd's only seventeen

6 Mr Green was a millionaire businessman

7 Arena's my favourite magazine

8 I bought my computer sgeoglhaof!

Hearing different forms of like

l!f,lf Listen and tick (/) the sentences you hear

I a What's your sister like?

b What does your sister like? '/

I'd like a strawberry ice-cream

I like strawberry ice-cream

Would you like to go dancing?

Do you like going dancing?

Tina's like her mother

Tina likes her mother

How do you like your coffee?

How would you like your coffee?

6 a We aren't like each other

b We don't like each other

l!f,[f Listen and complete the sentences below.

I She 's v¿ry lit4 her mother

4 ab

5 ab

-f Consonant symbols 2

f The sounds l0l and lól

f Present Perfect and Past Simple

Sound

Consonant symbols 2

!fif Listen to these sound symbols and example words

Memorize the sound of each symbol

lllll Listen to these words Write two of them next to each sound symbol

above, according to the sound ofthe underlined letters

Look at the groups of symbols below

A contains voiceless sounds

.B contains vo¡ced sounds

4 ¡ml Listen and repear thesouncs

IOUbi4lday

ofu!K

pleasure

th¡slol8

!uropeeleap

>> Dó0Write as many crazy example sentences as you can with the groups ofthree

words Practise saying them

THt, t9 9?Er.tAL:

€ N 6 L l 9 H 5 U 9 , 4 R l

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lft! Listen to these words and ci¡cle the correct

phonetic transcription

a

b

ca

t

cabcabc

bcabcab

bc

>> PóO

Turn to the Sound symbol chart on p55 Write

example words to help you remember the consonant

symbols you have just learnt Underline the letters that

match the sound symbols

The sounds l0l and l6l

The letters fh can be pronounced l0l or ló1 Put thesewords into the columns below, according to theoronunciation ofthe Ietters ¡h

grandfather other them threenorth thinSs clothes athtetehealth months their leather

/01 t6t

lp Listen and check your answers

>> p60Can you add more words to the columns above? - r ' a : : : : : '

'i

To make the sound /0/, touch the back of your top teeth w¡th your tonSue Push out air between your teeth and

;,, your tongue /0/ is a voiceless sound.

To make the sound /ó/, make the sound /01 but use yourvo¡ce

I lf you have problems making the sounds l0l and /ói, putyour finger in front of your mouth and touch it with yourtongue, like th¡s:

i 'thorsdo j/

l'92l.zdetJ/wotJ/

l'fo'.óalI'fs:óer I

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Learners of English somet¡mes pronounce the sound

l0l as lsl,lt/, or lfl

Learners of English sometimes pronounce the sound

/ól as lzl,ld,l, or lvl

!ftf Listen to some students readine these min!

dialogues aloud Circle the rá sounds tt=hi.h th.y

pronounce incorrectlv.

Sorry I brokeGolplates

That's all right I didn't really like them

There are your theatre ticketsl

Thanks a lot

Do you like my leather trousers?

I think they're great!

I

I

KL

E

F

Itt Tomt birthday on Thursday

Yes, and I haven't got him anlthing

How much is that watch worth?

About thirty pounds

This music's boring

Shh! My brother likes the Beatles!

Read the mini-dialogues aloud with a partner

Pronounce the letters tl, correctly

>> pó0

Unit 7 29

Present Perfect and Past Simple

-the pronunciation of t

lfl Look at these pairs ofsentences Listen and tick

(/) the sentences you hear

l a Philip bought you a lovely present

Philip's bought you a lovely present

I never liked maths

I've never liked maths

She never invited me to her flat

She's never invited me to her flat

Who burnt the frying-pan?

Who's burnt the frying-pan?

Nick posted that letter

Nick's posted that letter

Tell me what happened!

Tell me what's happened!

We lived in London for tlvo years,

We've lived in London for ívo years

lftf Listen to these sentences When do youpronounce ! as /s/? When do you pronounce t as /z/?

I She's answered my letter

2 Who's unlocked the desk drawer?

3 lt's arrived!

4 Inspector Brown's examined the room

5 Jack's entered the disco dancing competition

6 My wife's invited her mother to stay

7 David's ordered some chamPagne

8 That new record shoP's oPened

>> pó0Look back at the Present Perfect sentences in 1

In which sentences should you pronounce 's as /s/?

In which sentences should you pronotnce 's as lzl?

&''.¡r ,s

5eii

The sounds ll,lsl,and ltl

lfl Listen to the dialogue

We nearly always pronounce the leners Jr5 as /Ji r¿Vs 6¿.

write the sound /Y in other ways too

-*,e;i'''':::::,.::.¡ :]::::'¡|'

lf[ Listen In one word in each line below the

underlined letters are pronounced {/ Circle those

woros

>> pó0

The sound {/ is often confused with /s/ and /tf

fTfl ¡;s1"tt Circle the words you hear twice

It can be long

(Think of a snake!)

To make the sound {/,first practise /s/ Nowmove your tongue backand up a l¡nle /y is thesound that starts theword s¡,/p lt can be long

(Think of someone saying'Be

/t/ is the sound thatstarts the word ch,p

It is always short

>> pó0

The sounds fl , lsl, and ltf'l The sounds lal and lu:l Questions with or

sortcatchsew

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