New headway elementary 2nd edition pronunciation course

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Introduction to vowel sounds (1)

Problem consonants: final ‘-s’

Stress and connected speech Weak forms in Present Simple questions Weak forms of a and the

Word focus How many syllables?

Unit 5

Sounds Introduction to vowel sounds (2) Problem consonants: /@/ and /ð/ (th) intonation

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Hearing Past Simple forms

Stress and intonation

Comparatives and superlatives 42

Short forms (contractions) 43

Problem vowel and diphthong sounds:

Weak form of to 48

Intonation Sounding enthusiastic 49

Linking (revision) 53

Unit 14

Sounds

Problem consonants: /tf/, /d3/, and /j/ 54

Words with similar vowel sounds 55

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Introduction

Welcome to the New Headway Elementary How does this book work?

Pronunciation Course! You can use this book (and tape/CD) on its own The

exercises in it will help you to organize your study of The questions and answers on these pages are to help you

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

of it when you use it It is also part of the New Headway English Course and the

topics and language of each unit in this book tink with

Who is this book for? those in the New Headway Elementary Student’s Book The New Headway Elementary Pronunciation Course is for

elementary students who want an introduction to English

pronunciation

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Sounds exercises ry oS, if (xe os ow Ky & igs AY WAS Xe ⁄2⁄4⁄4Ề⁄43

| Unit] Introduction to consonant sounds ⁄

i: Unit 2 Problem consonants: final ‘-s’ v

ị Unit 3 Problem consonants: /r/ ⁄

ị Silent ⁄

2 Unit 4 Final ‘-es’ pronounced /1z/ v

Unit 5 Problem consonants: /@/ and /6/ (‘th’) ⁄

Unit 6 Problem consonants: /w/ v

Unit 7 Problem vowel sounds: /1/ and /1:/ v Yidv |v Viv |v

Unit 8 Problem consonants: /d3/ # | |v Vit sv

Problem vowel sounds: /3:/ V/ |w v ⁄ Unit 9 Problem vowel sounds: /z/ and /a/ v

Unit 10 Problem consonants: /h/ v v ⁄4 | |v |v

Unit TÌ Problem consonants: /n/ and /t/ ⁄ |

Unit 12 Problem vowel and diphthong sounds: /p/, /9:/, and /au/| Y

Unit 3 Problem vowel and diphthong sounds: /e/ and /e1/ 4 id 4 id

Problem consonants: /J/ and /t/ VY iviv ⁄ ⁄

Unitl4 — Problem consonants: /tf/, /d3/, and /j/ Yivdiviv 4 iv

What types of exercise are there?

There are four different types of exercise in this book:

1 Sounds The connection between English spelling and

pronunciation is often a problem for students of all

nationalities For this reason it is important to know

the English sound symbols (phonemic symbols) These

symbols help you to learn the pronunciation of new

words easily

Some Sounds exercises help you to learn the phonemic

symbols As you learn them, you write an example

word under each symbol from the list given under the

Phonemic symbols chart on page 57 These words help

you to remember the sound symbols correctly

Some Sounds exercises are particularly suitable for

speakers of certain languages (See the table opposite.)

Sounds and spelling exercises deal with the relationship

between spelling patterns and sounds They are suitable

for speakers of all languages

2 Connected speech These exercises help you to

pronounce words in phrases and sentences correctly

3 Intonation and sentence stress These exercises help

you to hear and practise different kinds of intonation

and sentence stress patterns

4 Word focus In these exercises you study groups of

words where there are problems with sounds and word

stress

What about the recording?

This book comes with one tape or CD,

The symbol in the exercise shows exactly which part of the

recording you listen to

GiB <— section of recording

—— unit number

What about the key?

The answers to exercises, and tapescripts which are not in the exercises themselves, are in the key at the back of the

book

As in the New Headway Student’s Book, sometimes we ask you questions to help you work out rules for yourself

The answers to these questions are in the key, too

This symbol after an exercise means look at the key The page number with the symbol shows you exactly where to look:

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What about technical words?

Here is a list of technical words we use in this book

Use a bilingual dictionary to translate them

You can look back at this list while you use the book

vowel weak

Introduction to consonant sounds

The sound of English

Introduction to consonant sounds

Listen and look at the spelling

cake /ketk/

chemist’s /kemnsts/

Look at the spelling and listen to these words ny, Zk,

/k/ L] /s/ stamp [sy LÍ] /h/ handbag f\

C cassette /kaseU ,

/s/

LÍ] /TÍ restaurant M The sound and the spelling are not always the same in

English To find the pronunciation of new words, look at

~ry n chimica f

It is important to learn the phonemic symbols 1 Listen and tick (W) the consonant sounds that

~ “ are the same in your language

spaces under the symbols

You will learn other consonant symbols as you work

Word focus |

The sound of English

1 Look at the pictures below Listen to the words

in three different languages Which is English?

Listen again and mark the stress on the words below

photograph police radio

passport toilet email

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To find where the stress is on a new word, you can look

at the stress mark in your dictionary

telephonie (Ptelifaon/ n teléfono

m —vt llamar por teléfono

Practise saying the words with the correct stress

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out some numbers They will be in a different order

from the numbers on the recording When you finish

sixty 60

seventy /0 eighty 80

ninety 90

Listen again and practise saying the numbers with the

correct stress

2 Choose one of the cards below, a, b orc

Listen and cross out (X) the numbers that you hear

You will hear each number twice

Who finishes first: a, b, or c?

Connected speech

Short forms (contractions) of be

Look at the short forms of be below

that’s (= that is)

myname’s (= my name is)

Listen and practise

Jane is talking about her pets Circle where the short

forms go — there are seven more

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Hello(I am)Jane This is my cat Her

name is Pepper She is three years old

and she is very intelligent, I think!

That is my dog, Sam Sam is twelve

years old now! He is a very nice dog,

3 Practise reading what Jane says, using short forms

4 Think about your pet or an animal you know

Complete the information below

Amie £m

Animal’s name:

Introduction to vowel sounds (1)

Problem consonants: final *-s’

The sound /9/

Introduction to sentence stress

Sounds

Introduction to vowel sounds (1)

There are twelve vowel sounds in English

Here are six of them

/i:/ see iy sit /u⁄ do /e/ get /ul look /a/ listen

1 Listen and answer the questions

1 Which sounds are long?

2 Which are the same (or very similar) in your

3 Which ones don’t you have in your language?

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Listen again and practise

2 Listen to the verbs and write in the symbol for

the vowel sound(s) (Yala Ke

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3 Look at the phonemic symbols on page 57 Find the

words from the box for sounds 25, 26, 27, 32, 33, and

36 Write them in the spaces under the symbols

You will learn the other vowel symbols in Unit 5

Problem consonants: final ‘-s’

A lot of words end in -s in English

1 Plural nouns 2 he/she Present

cups /S/ Simple forms Đa

Anna’s friend “ It’s here

Jane's bag How’s Andy?

Pete’s MUM xx He okay

1 Are these food words the same in your

language? Listen to the pronunciation in English

_ One sound is very important — the sound /9/

3 Match the words to the pictures

Stress

Introduction to sentence stress

1 The computer is asking Jack some questions

InJack’s answers some words are strong and some words mm MM-mm I'm twenty

are weak The important words are strong The others are

A It is important to use strong and weak words like Jack,

2 Practise Jack’s answers, like this or you will sound like the computer!

L] a

mm MM MM My name) Jack 3 Look at the computer’s questions Which are

the important (strong) words? Listen to a real person

a asking the questions and mark the strong words

mm mm MM I’m from Leeds L] "

2 What’s your name?

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4 Listen again and practise the questions Then practise

the questions and answers with a partner

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1 Listen to the sound /r/ Is it the same in your — children = letter r + yowel sound

: language? _ Surname = letter 7 + consonant sound

mother = letter r+ nothing

— ee

a : ¬——- 1 Listen to these examples

you —= — »¬ r+ vowel sound r+ consonant sound or nothing

the River Rhine , boyfriend sister ;

a red, red rose Practise saying the words and phrases

2 Listen again and practise saying the phrases

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2 Cross out (X) the rs that are not pronounced in the

Practise saying the words

3 Work with a partner Write five words with rs that are

pronounced, and five words with rs that are not

pronounced

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Connected speech

Weak forms and linking

1 Match the word in A to the opposite in B

2 Listen and count the words you hear

(o'clock = one word)

1 bank opens

2 LÌ He goes seven

3 LÌ This office half past two

4 |] We get up o'clock

5 LÌ Her plane two fifteen

6 |_| The programme about

Practise saying these times Use the weak

5 When we speak fast, we also link words together We do - 2 We know these words are questions because the

this when one word ends with a consonant sound and the intonation goes up

next word begins with a vowel sound at

The bank_opens_at nine_oclock Okay?

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: The other words are not ions The intonati Here are some more examples Practise saying them, down questions Tne intonation goes

He goes to bed_ at seven_o’clock

This_office closes_at half past two g :

We get_up_at_about_eight_o’clock

Is this the same in your language?

6 Look at sentences 5-8 in 2 above Find the words that Listen again and repeat Pay attention to the up and link together down intonation

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3 Work with a partner Say the words below Sometimes

7 Practise saying all the sentences Speak fast, using weak use question intonation (mA ) and sometimes use forms and linking statement intonation (@\ ) Your partner must say if

you are asking a question

Intonation

Introduction to intonation: up or down?

1 Listen to the pairs of words below One is a —

question Write next to the statements, and ? next to Vi FB

the questions 2

À: *Note house =/haos/

houses = /ha0z1z/

1 Listen and practise saying the words above

2 Work with a partner

Student A Look at card A on p19

StudentB Look at card B on p20

Read each word to your partner Your partner must say

the word with -s at the end (pronounced /z/ or /12/)

You can check the answers at the bottom of the card

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Final ‘-es’ pronounced /1z/

Weak forms in Present Simple questions Weak forms of a and the

lives /z/

Class

Stress and connected speech

Weak forms in Present Simple questions

1 Listen to the dialogues and write in B’s answers

2 Practise the questions Start with the strong

words, like this:

Do you know the time?

3 Practise the other questions in the same way Practise

the dialogues with a partner Pronounce Do you

1 Where do you live?

Do you live with your parents?

Do you have any children?

Do you like learning English?

Do you study English a lot at home?

Do you speak other languages?

What do you do in your spare time?

Do you smoke?

Do you like sport?

What sort of music/books/films do you like?

5 Choose five of these questions Decide who you want

to ask All stand up and ask each other

CARD A (see p18)

1 live 4 job 7 day

2 love 5 teach 8 nurse

3 language 6 drive 9 office /2l/ 6 /ZU 8 /ZJ £ /2/ 9 /Z/ S /2/ ¥ /ZU € _ /M€ /2/ 1

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Weak forms of a and the

Margaret is talking to her new colleague, Shirley, about

her family You can see their conversation below, but

the words a and the are not there Read the

conversation, and put in eight as and two thes

Do you have children, Shirley?

Yes, son and *( daughter

Oh, that’s nice, what do they do?

My daughter Jenny’s music teacher, and Michael,

my son, is at college — he wants to be pilot!

Michael lives with me, but Jenny lives in London —

she’s married with two children

Oh! So you're grandmother!

Yes, she has girl and boy too — Rebecca and Thomas

Oh, lovely — how old are they?

a boy the boy

Practise saying the phrases below Pronounce aand the correctly

1 agirl a boy

a daughter a son

She’s a music teacher He wants to bea pilot

2 the girl the boy the daughter the son

- took at the dialogue again Some words are strong (stressed)

{| N LÌ

Do you have children, Shirley?

L] a Yes, a son anda daughter

Ễ These are the important words

4 Practise saying the dialogue line by line Pay attention

to the stress, and the pronunciation of a and the Read the dialogue aloud with a partner

5 Work with a partner Have a similar conversation about your families Pay attention to the pronunciation

of aand the

CARD B (see p18)

1 class 4 catch 7 come

2 arrive 5 doctor 8 leave

3 sandwich 6 address 9 village

/Z/ 6 [Z/ 3 [Ei L {yo © /2/ § /ZU b /2Y € [2] /4/ T

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1 Use these clues to complete the crossword above Use

your dictionary to check spelling

Across —

2 the opposite of boring

3 brown and sweet, children love it

4 You can buy lunch or dinner here

6 potatoes, carrots, peas, cabbage

9 You use it to find the meaning of new words

10 the month after January

Down |

the day before Thursday

You use it to take photos

not single — has a husband/wife

In English, same wards have ‘silent syllables’

interesting = / m|trasjtinJ/ = three syllables

2 Look at these words from the crossword How many

syllables are there in each word? Listen again and

check

camera every married vegetables

chocolate February restaurant © Wednesday

dictionary _ interesting soldier

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Which syllable is silent? Cross out the ‘silent syllables’

and mark the stress like this

Practise saying the words

Practise saying the phrases below

my favourite chocolate every Wednesday evening

What an interesting camera!

Are you comfortable?

They aren’t married

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Sounding polite

Sounds

Introduction to vowel sounds (2)

1 Listen to the other six vowel sounds

2 Practise saying the sounds Cover the words Can you

remember the word for each sound?

3 Listen to the vowel sounds in the words below

Introduction to vowel sounds (2)

Problem consonants: /8/ and /6/ (‘th’)

4 Below are some more ‘home’ words Match the

phonemic symbols with the pictures below

1 /frid3/ h 6

2 /do:/ 7

3 /ga:don/ 8

4 /ba:6/ 9 5_ /kaAbad/ 10

5 Practise saying the words, paying attention to the

pronunciation of the vowel sounds

6 Look at the phonemic symbols on page 57 Find the

words from the box for sounds 28, 29, 30, 31, 34, and

35 Write them in the spaces under the symbols

Problem consonants: /8/ and /6/ (‘th’)

1 Listen A lot of English words are spelt with th

These letters are pronounced /@/ or /d/

To make these sounds, the tongue must touch the back of

your teeth like this

If you have problems with the sounds, put your finger in

front of your mouth and touch it with your tongue, like

this

J

À- With the sound /ð/ you use your voice

With /6/ you do not use your voice

Work in groups of three

Write eight words spelt with th (not the words above)

Are they pronounced /@/ or /6/? Use your dictionary

to check

The first group to finish shouts Stop! The winning

group reads out their words If they pronounce a word

incorrectly, the other groups can shout Challenge!

Look at the pictures and listen

Read the sentences Pay attention to the th sounds!

Look at the phonemic symbols on page 57 Find the

words from the box for sounds 18 and 19 Write them

in the spaces under the symbols

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2 InEnglish it is very important to use intonation to sound

polite and friendly Look at the difference between the

Intonation

Sounding polite voices in Office A and Office B

Office A Office B

1 Listen to the people in Office A and the people ~~ n /

in Office B Hello? Hello?

Why do the people in Office B sound more friendly?

Do you use intonation like this in your language? Do — aA

you think it is important? Anne? Anne?

Can | help you? Can | help you?

Excuse me Excuse me

4 Look at the picture of the Tourist Information Office

Below the picture are the lines of three conversations

Write each line in the correct speech bubble

Desk 1

Yes, please Is the Museum of Modern Art near here?

Hello Can | help you?

Mmm, just a minute here’s a map

Problem consonants: /w/

can and can’t

Pronunciation of negative forms

Sounds 4 Match the words in the box with the phonemic

when 4 who swim what

1 Listen to the sentences Underline the /w/ week & winter whole twenty

\ 3 wrong we two write

MY SISTER WENDY WE WANT WAYNE |

wAS Twenty-one} WE WANT WAYNE | L1 _/W1/ 5 /ron/ 9 /wen/

3 /hu:/ 7 /twent/ 11 /haol/ 4_/wmta/ 8 _/WI:k/ 12 /wot/

P 1 w before ris silent write,

2 wh and o: wis silent who,

2 ~ Do you have the sound /w/ in your language?

Try starting with /Au:/ mr ps9 uuu where UUU Was 7 Listen and practise saying the silent w words

uu where UU WaS

u where U , WAS

where was

3 Practise saying the sentences in 1 Start very slowly,

then say them faster and faster

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Connected speech

can and can't

1 Listen to two children, Ben and Isabel, talking about what they can

and can’t do Put ticks (“) or crosses (X) in the table

| can ride a bicycle but | can't ride a horse

2 Listen and practise saying these sentences

1 Ican speak English I can’t speak Chinese

2 Ican play football I can’t play tennis

3 Ican drive a car I can’t drive a lorry

4 Ican read fast I can’t write fast

3 Look back at the table in 1 Which of the things can you do?

Complete column 3

Practise saying the sentences carefully so that your teacher can understand!

I can’t play football

I can ride a bicycle

Work with a partner Tell your

partner which things you can and can't do Listen to the things your partner can and can’t do

Complete column 4

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Pronunciation of negative forms

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1 Listen to the dialogue Do not write in the

verbs Tick (“) the affirmative verbs, and cross (X) the

negatives

Bob My mother’s parents, Thomas and Frida,

(1 MỸ a strange couple

They (2 [ ]) married

nearly sixty years They

(43 LÐ very rich, but they

(4[_|) very happy

Jack Why?

Bob Frida (65[_}) English

she (6 [ ]) speak English

very well

Jack Where (7 [ ]) she from?

Bob Berlin Germany

Jack (8 [ ]) Thomas speak

German?

Bob Well, he (9[ ]) speak

many languages, but he

understand it very well, but she

(13L ]) really speak it

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Listen again and fill in the correct verb form:

was/wasn’t, were/weren’t, can/can’t, could/couldn’t

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Ề When we speak fast, we use contractions and weak forms

_ for these verbs

He couldn't speak German

Practise saying the dialogue line by line, paying attention to the pronunciation of these verb forms Practise the dialogue with a partner

Problem vowel sounds: /1/ and /1:/

Past Simple forms that are difficult to pronounce

Hearing Past Simple forms Intonation in Wh- questions

2 Listen and circle the word in 1 you hear twice

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Problem vowel sounds: /1/ and /1:/

3 /i/ is a short sound To make it your lips look like this

/t:/ is a long sound To make it your lips look like this

fic! SLT

Practise saying the pairs of words

1 Look at the words below Check the meaning of new

words in your dictionary or with your teacher

lines You will make a letter of the alphabet What is it?

eat e «live « cheap chit

e leave eit « wheel ewill chip « «heat fill * feel chill seats sit © heel « bine ship s bean e s sheep fits * feet e leak * lick

Word focus

Past Simple forms that are difficult to

pronounce

1 Look at the verbs below Check the meaning of new

words in your dictionary or with your teacher Write in

the past form

1 read read 6 hear

2 Can you pronounce the past forms?

You can find the pronunciation in your dictionary

] read /ti:d/ verb (reads, reading, read

(red}, has read)

1 look at words and understand them:

Have you read this book? It’s very

learn /13:n/ verb (learns, learning, learnt

Qig:nt) or learned has learnt or

1 move very quickly on your legs: I was

late so Iran to the bus-stop

2 go; make a journey: The buses don’t run

fall’ /fo:1/ verb (falls, falling, fell(7feTj,

has fallen /'fo:lan/)

1 go down quickly; drop: The book fell off

the table © She fell down the stairs and

broke her arm

5 see /si:/ verb (sees, seeing, saw (s9:),

has seen /si:n/)

1 know something using your eyes: It was

so dark that I couldn’t see anything

© Can you see that plane? © I'm going to

6 hear /hia(r)/ verb (hears, hearing, heard

Listen and check your answers Practise saying

the past forms

Match the verbs in the box to their past forms below

see read wear pay say think buy put teach mean catch cut send

Listen to the pairs of verbs in 4 Tick (“) the

box if the past forms rhyme, put a cross (X) if they don't

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Practise saying the past forms above Test a partner

You say a verb from the box in 4 and your partner says the past form

Connected speech

Hearing Past Simple forms

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-ed at the end of regular Past Simple forms is

pronounced in three different ways Listen

it /d/ /d/

liked - loved hated

worked lived intended

finished opened started

stopped arrived ended

SSE a nea ecm RA ES

1 Practise saying the verbs in the three groups above

2 Complete the rule

a | want that

The -ed ending is pronounced /1d/ if the infinitive of the b_ Iwanted that

verb ends with thesound/ /or/ ¿

3 In a sentence the -ed form is sometimes

difficult to hear Listen to the five pairs of sentences

below Can you hear the difference between a (Present

Simple) and b (Past Simple)?

5 a They enjoy their English lessons

b They enjoyed their English lessons

Listen again and practise saying the pairs of sentences

4 Listen to the sentences and circle the verb you

hear, Present Simple or Past Simple

1 We arrivefarrivedyon Monday morning

2 It opens/opened at nine o’clock

4 They close/closed on Monday

5 They start/started at eight o’clock

6 The trains stop/stopped at midnight

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5 Close your book Listen and practise saying

each sentence in the Past Simple Pay attention to the

2 a Ilove him pronunciation of the -ed ending

b_ Iloved him

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3 In W⁄i- questions (questions with What, Who, When,

Where, Why, How, etc.) the intonation usually goes down

Stress and intonation —

1 You will hear the beginning of seven questions

Listen and tick (“) the correct words below to finish ›

the questions There is only one correct answer Where were you born:

1) ja You born?

[jb did you born?

When was your sister-born?

c were you born?

2 LÌ a_ born your sister? If your intonation is flat you may sound rude y [_] b your sister born?

| Ì c .youborn? ƯAIN It helps to start the question quite high

3 | | a married?

[LÍ b born? Where were you born?

| | ¢ birthday?

4 [|] a her grandfather die?

; Where were you born?

[| b die her grandfather?

|] ¢ her grandfather died?

L] b " he was? eA SBN EATERS SSE ASRS ESA

[ ] c .hedid Practise saying the other questions in the same way

6 [ ] a .wenttouniversity? 4 < @gAC) Work with a partner Look at the tapescript

on page 60 Practise reading the dialogue together

L] b_ were to university?

L]Ìe go to university?

7 |_| a you leave university?

LÌ b_ you were left university?

| ] ¢ you left university? 3 Ệ 1 8

2 GEAGB Listen to the full questions and their replies

Check your answers

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