New Headway Pronunciation Elementary Student''''s Practice Book_4 docx

Problem consonants: /n/ and /1n/ 1 Look at the pairs of words in the square below.. Check the meaning of new words in your dictionary or with your teacher.. 2 true false true false true

Sounds

Introduction to diphthongs

A diphthong is two vowel sounds put together

Example /e/ + /1/ = /et/

The first vowel sound is longer than the second

k There are eight diphthongs in English

Here are the eight diphthong sounds Look at the

phonemic symbols Can you guess what the sound is?

What is the word in phonemic script?

[ | fey /dev/ day

[| /a/ /natn/

|| fo /baư

L] /a0/_ /naUÍ

L] /ao/_ /naU/

[ ]/ea /hea

L_] /0a* /tua/

Listen and tick (W) the sounds you guessed correctly Write in the other words

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* Many native speakers do not use this diphthong

They use /o:/ instead

Cover the words Can you remember the words for the

sounds? Work with a partner Test your partner by

pointing to the symbols

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Introduction to diphthongs Problem consonants: /n/ and /1y/

Word stress (revision)

3 Read the phonemic symbols and match the phrase to

the picture

1 arialbiad g@ 5ø kaold nauz

2 a lerzi deI 6 9 brart lait

3 fea hea 7 a laud faut

4 norzi boiz

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LIÊM Listcn and check your answers

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Practise saying the phrases

4 Look at the phonemic symbols on page 57 Find the words from the box for symbols 37-44 Write them in the spaces under the symbols

Problem consonants: /n/ and /1n/

1 Look at the pairs of words in the square below Do you understand the meaning from

the pictures? Check the meaning of new words in your dictionary or with your teacher

II Listen Can you hear the difference?

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2 | Practise the two sounds To make /n/ and /1/, the air 3 GRD Listen and circle Are the sentences true or comes out through your nose Your tongue is further back false?

2 true false true false true false

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5 true false

6 true false Listen again and practise saying the pairs of words

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4 Work with a partner Make some statements about the e ©

pictures on p45 yourself Your partner will say if they a hotel b hotel

are true or false

a Japan b Japan

photographer b photographer

10 wr a policeman b policeman

11 ie a8 Ir a post office b post office

5 Look at the phonemic symbols on page 57 Find the =| ta iL

word from the box for sound 24 Write it in the space —

under the symbol

12 oF a vegetable b vegetable

Word stress (revi sion) Listen and check How many did you guess

correctly?

stress Which one is correct in British English? Cross

out the incorrectly stressed words 2 Listen again and write the /9/ sounds in the correct

words, like this

address

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2 a afternoon b afternoon Practise saying the words

3 Listen to some foreign students using the

e e words Tick (v7) the box if the stress on the word is

3 a cassette b cassette correct Cross (X) the box if it is wrong

i L | Have you got a dictionary?

4 / S12 a creditcard b credit card 3 |_| Could I borrow this cassette?

4 |! Do you know the address of your hotel?

a dessert b dessert 6 [_| Ithink] left my credit card in the post office

a dictionary —_b dictionary

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Problem vowel and diphthong sounds: /0/, /5:/, and /a0/

Words ending in the sound /3/

Weak form of to Sounding enthusiastic

Problem vowel and diphthong sounds: 8 mr p62

1 @PEB Listen to the three sounds Can you hear the this

difference?

/d3pn/ /d30:d3/ /de0/

Sounds and spelling

2 @R® Listen and answer the questions about John,

George, and Jo (The sounds /p/, /9:/, and /au/ will help Words ending in the sound /a/

youl)

Who 1 Look at the words in the box How is the last syllable

1s from Dover? John George Jo pronounced in each word?

1s from Boston? John George Jo camera answer picture

was born in York? John George Jo mirror sister opera

drinks water? John George Jo centre colour flavour

drinks Coca-Cola? John George Jo actor jumper hamburger

likes golfand hockey? John George Jo Listen and practise saying the words

, likes all sports? John George Jo

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2 Put the words in 1 into the columns below according

to their spelling

| -er 2 -or 3 -a

3 Work in groups Find:

10 more words to go in Column 1

3 more words to go in Column 2

3 more words to go in Column 3

1 more word to go in Columns 4, 5, and 6

The first group to finish shouts Stop!

4 Practise saying your words Pay attention to the /9/

sound at the end

Connected speech

Weak form of to

1 Match the parts in A and B below to make full

sentences

1 Tm going out ỜNGG a to see the manager

2 They’re waiting b to buy a newspaper

3 My daughter’s studying c to go out with her

boyfriend

4 My brother’s going d to meet some friends

abroad

5 We're going to the e to work

airport

6 She’s getting ready f to become a doctor

LUZ} Listen and check your answers

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2 Listen again Note the pronunciation of to at the beginning of B Is it strong or weak?

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Practise saying the sentences pronouncing to correctly Start with to like this

/tabaU

to buy to buy to buy

to buy a newspaper out to buy a newspaper I’m going out to buy a newspaper Practise saying the other sentences in the same way

4 GiB The weak to is used in other contexts Listen to

the dialogue below and write in the missing fos as in the example There are six more

D Where are you going, Dad?

F Toy the station meet Mum

D_ Oh, what time’s her train?

F Twenty five Do you want come?

D No, I’ve got go the doctor’s at quarter five

F Oh, yes, well, see you later!

D See you!

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Listen again and practise the dialogue line by line Pay attention to the pronunciation of to Read the dialogue aloud with a partner

Intonation

Sounding enthusiastic

1 RD Listen to these conversations at a party

Fill in the gaps in the suggestions below

1B Okay then!

2A Shall we go into the 2

2B Okay

3A Lets have another Ị

3B Okayl

4B Okay, just a minute

5B Okay, if you want to

6A Shall we start the 2

6B Okay, if you want to

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2 Balways answers Okay, but does B really want to do

what A suggests? Listen again and tick (“) if B really is

enthusiastic about the suggestion, and cross (X) the

dialogues where B isn’t really enthusiastic

1 |v] 3 [| | 5 [|

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In the dialogues where B is not enthusiastic, the voice

starts low

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Okay

To show enthusiasm, the voice starts high and goes down and then up again, like this

Okay

Listen again and repeat what B says Copy the intonation Practise the dialogues with a partner

Your teacher* will make some suggestions to you You

must always answer Okay Use intonation to show if

you're really enthusiastic

Make a suggestion yourself See how the class responds!

* See the Answer key on page 62

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Problem vowel and diphthong sounds: /e/ and /e1/

Problem consonants: /{/ and /tj/

The sound /9/ in final syllables

Linking (revision)

Problem vowel and diphthong sounds: /e/ this and the /er/ sounds like this a~p

and /et/

1 Listen to the pairs of words below Can you

hear the difference?

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2 Now look at these words Check the meaning of new

words in your dictionary or with your teacher

LukW® Listen and circle the word you hear

2 let late Last year, I went to Spain on holiday with my friend

5 How many examples of /e/ and /e1/ can you find in

3 You make the sound /e/ at the front of your mouth Your these sentences? Mark them in the same way as 4 lips look like this

1 An African elephant weighs five to seven tonnes

lel le 2 Elvis Presley played rock’ roll :

hours

~ To make the sound /er/, first make a long /e/ sound and 4 We met in the USA in 1986

_ then a short /1/ sound

5 Julie read about the weather in Budapest

6 Practise reading the sentences in 5 Pay attention to the

Now practise saying the pairs of words in 1 /e/ and /ei/ sounds

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Problem consonants: /{/ and /tƒ/

1 GED Listen to these words

shirt sugar delicious dishwasher pronunciation

The sound /{/ is often spelt sh What other ways is it

spelt?

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2 Look at the text about Sheila How many examples of

the /{/ sound can you hear? Underline them

Sheila is a receptionist at the International Hotel in

Chicago At the moment she’s studying Spanish

XD Listen and check your answers

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3 Tomake the sound /f/, first practise /s/, Now move your

tongue back and up a little It is the sound we make when

we want people to be quiet!

Practise reading the text about Sheila aloud, paying

attention to the /{/ sound

4 KH Listen Can you hear the difference?

she’s cheese sheep cheap

shoes choose wash watch

The second word in each pair has the sound /t/ To make

the sound /tf/, first say /t/ Then say /{/ Repeat each

sound quickly until you say the two sounds together The

sound /tf/ is usually spelt ch

ccc

5 Look at the picture below Can you find:

a Spanish beach? Sheila catching a fish? some Scottish children? an English teacher?

a Frenchman eating cheese? _a pair of cheap shoes? two Chinese men playing chess?

Listen to the phrases Underline the sound /f/

like this — and the sound /tf/ like this nn,

6 Practise saying the words Work with a partner, like this

It’s a Frenchman eating cheese

What’s this?

7 Look at the phonemic symbols on page 57 Find the

words from the box for sounds 20 and 22 Write them

in the spaces under the symbols

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Sounds and spelling 2 The final syllable in the words in 1 is spelt differently in

each word, but the vowel sound in the final syllable is

merican - season children musician

1 Write in the missing letters

LEZ Listen and practise saying the words in 1 Pay attention to the sound /9/ in the final syllables

3 Look at the box below and find two words with the

same ending as each word in 1 Write them in the

German successful London decision

delicious hospital beautician pronunciation

LUEAL) Listen and check your answers

4 Practise saying the words Can you think of any more

5 Think of phrases with these words

5 televs n

Examples

a successful student

a German hospital

Practise saying the phrases

7 beautif _1

8 nation |

9 intellig nt

10 nerv s

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52 Unit B

WILLY ZT

1 Look at the words below Check the meaning of new

words in your dictionary or with your teacher

5 She speaks

awful excellent experience

2 GEM) You will hear some sentences If they have an

adjective, write adj; if they have an adverb, write adv;

and if they have an adjective and an adverb, write both

2) 3} Listen again and fill in the gaps in the sentences 7 She livesina

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4 - Notice the linking between words A and B

A B

fantastic_idea

a

Ị What kind of sound does A end with? What kind of

sound does B begin with?

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5 Look at the other sentences in 3 and mark the linking

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4 He got into their , Listen again and practise putting in the linking

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Problem consonants: /t{/, /d3/, and /j/

Words with similar vowel sounds Contractions and weak forms in the Present Perfect

Sounds | sảnh Tin My 3 The words below are similar in many

“ languages In English they all begin with one of the Problem consonants: /t$/, /d3/, and /j/ sounds above: /t{/, /d3/ or /j/ Listen and write the

correct symbol in the box

1 @EZNB Listen to the words below Can you hear the

difference between the three consonant sounds?

1 chocolate

2 |] yoga

2 Say the three words Which ones are most difficult for

ou? Practise saying these again `

_ Tomake đJ/ first start with the sound /1:/,

iii yes

ii yes

5 L] Jacket

: i yes

k You practised /d3/ in Unit 8, and /t{/ in Unit 1B

: Remember that you use your voice for /d3/ but you do

_- not use your voice for /t{/

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