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Unit 1  Unit 2  

Practice 1: Listen and repeat. Practice 1: Listen and repeat.

bean heel meal peel sheep cheap seat Sound 1: sheep bean eat seat leek cheeks
eat leek cheeks Sound 2: ship bin it sit lick chicks

Practice 2: Listen and repeat. Test Tick the words you hear.
Edith evening easy Jean cheese see tea 1. sheep / ship 4. cheap / chip
pea three eating Peter meat 2. bean / bin 5. heel / hill
3. cheeks / chicks 6. peel / pill
Dialogue
Peter: What would you like to eat, Edith? Practice 2: Listen and repeat
Edith: A meat sandwich. it’s interesting beginning
Peter: Jean? Would you like a meat sandwich or a isn’t Tim Mrs Smith
cheese sandwich? ill film fifty
Jean: A cheese sandwich, please, Peter. Indians minutes sixty
Waiter: Good evening.
Peter: Good evening. We’ll have one meat Dialogue
sandwich and two cheese sandwiches.
Edith: And three teas, please! Bill Is Tim in?
Waiter: (writing down the order) One meat Lyn Is he coming to the pictures?
sandwich…two cheese Mrs Smith Tim’s ill.
sandwiches…and…three teas. Bill Here he is! Hello Tim.
Tim Hello, Bill.
Intonation Questions with ‘or’ Lyn Are you ill, Tim?
These have falling tune at the end. The parts of words Tim Is it an interesting film?
which are in blacker type are louder, or stressed. Lyn It’s “Big Jim and the Indians”.
Bill And it begins in six minutes.
Would you like coffee or tea? Mrs Smith If you’re ill, Tim…
Would you like veal or beef? Tim Quick, Or we’ll miss the beginning of
Would you like coffee or milk or tea? the film!

Stress Listen and repeat

NOTES three thirteen thirty 3 / 13 / 30
four fourteen forty 4 / 14 / 40
five fifteen fifty 5 / 15 / 50
six sixteen sixty 6 / 16 / 60
seven seventeen seventy 7 / 17 / 70
eight eighteen eighty 8 / 18 / 80
nine nineteen ninety 9 / 19 / 90

NOTES:

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Unit 3   Unit 4  

Practice 1 Listen and repeat Practice 1 Listen and repeat

Sound 1: pin bin tin pig Bill chicks Sound 1: x pen men said beg bread
Sound 2: pen Ben ten peg bell cheques Sound 2: axe pan man sad bag Brad

Test Tick the word you hear Test Tick the word you hear
1. pin / pen 4. sit / set 1. pen / pan 4. gem / jam
2. pig / peg 5. Jinny / Jenny 2 .men / man 5. pet / pat
3. tins / tens 6. picked / pecked 3. said / sad 6. bed / bad

Practice 2 Listen and repeat Practice 2 Listen and repeat

any spend Jenny apple Anne camera
everybody friend jealous perhaps Amsterdam lavatory
everything left America passenger Alice travelling
Eddie shelf expensive cigarettes hijacker Miss Allen handbag
Ellen ten pence help yourself jacket left hand
black slacks Miss Bradley

Dialogue Dialogue
Eddie Hello, Ellen! Hello, Ben! Hello, Hostess Bradley Alice! Perhaps that passenger is a
Jenny! hijacker!
Ben Hello, Eddie. Have a cigarette! Hostess Allen Which passenger, Anne? That sad
Eddie Thanks, Ben. man with the camera? He’s
Ellen Help yourself to whisky. wearing black slacks and a jacket
Jenny It’s on the shelf. Hostess Bradley No. That fat lady with the big
Ben How did you spend your holiday, black handbag in her left hand.
Eddie? Hostess Allen Is she standing next to the
Eddie I went to America with a friend. lavatory?
Everybody Well! Hostess Bradley Yes, she’s traveling to
Ellen We’re all jealous. Amsterdam.
Ben Was it expensive? Hostess Allen You’re mad, Anne. I don’t
Eddie Yes. Very. I’ve spent everything. understand.
Jenny Haven’t you any money left? Hostess Bradley You see…When she went into the
Eddie Yes, Jenny. Ten pence. lavatory she didn’t have that
handbag in her hand, and now
Intonation she’s…
Statements usually have a falling tune at the end. Fat lady (clapping her hands)
“WH” questions (who? what? why?…) usually EVERYBODY STAND!
have a falling tune at the end. Handbag BANG !
YES/NO questions have a rising tune at the end.

WH question: How did you spend your holiday? NOTES:

Statement: I went to America.
YES/NO question Was it expensive?
Statement: Yes. Very.

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Unit 5   Unit 6: [  ] heart

Practice 1 Listen and repeat Practice 1 Listen and repeat

Sound 1: cap hat sack ban bag hag Sound 1: cap hat cat ban match clack
Sound 2: cup hut suck bun bug hug Sound 2: carp heart cart barn march clerk

Test Tick the word you hear Practice 2 Listen and repeat
1. cap / cup 4. mad / mud Sound 1: cup hut cut bun much cluck
2. hat / hut 5. hang / hung Sound 2: carp heart cart barn march clerk
3. bag / bug 6. ran / run

Practice 2 Listen and repeat Test Tick the word you hear
ugly must love 1. hat / hut / heart 4. bun / barn
untrue much lovely 2. cat / cut / cart 5. come / calm
unhappy lunch honey 3. cap / cup / carp 6. Patty’s / parties
understand Sunny worry
shut up cousin company Dialogue AT A PARTY
just once Russ wonderful
Margaret: Where’s your glass, Barbara?
Dialogue I LOVE YOU Barbara: It’s on the bar.
Russ: Honey, why are you so sad? Martin: Barbara! Margaret! Come into the
(Janet says nothing) garden! Martha and Charles are
Russ: Honey, why are you so unhappy? I don’t dancing in the dark.
understand. Margaret: In the garden? What a laugh!
Janet: You don’t love me, Russ! Barbara: So they are! They’re dancing on
Russ: But, honey, I love you very much. the grass!
Janet: That’s untrue. You love my cousin, Sunny. Margaret: They’re dancing under the stars.
You think she’s lovely and I’m ugly. Martin: And Arnold’s playing the guitar.
Russ: Janet, just once last month I took Sunny Barbara: Doesn’t Martha look smart!
out for lunch. You mustn’t worry. I like Margaret: Look at Charles! What a
your company much better than Sunny’s. marvelous dancer!
Janet: Oh, shut up, Russ. Barbara: Ah! Let’s take a photograph of
Russ: But, honey, I think you’re wonderful. You Martha and Charles.
mustn’t…. Martin: We can’t. It’s too dark.
Janet: Oh, SHUT UP!

Intonation: Making a list. Intonation: Listen and repeat:

Listen and repeat:

He bought a cup and some nuts. What a fast car!

He bought a cup, me nuts and some honey. What a funny dancer!
He bought a cup, some nuts, some honey, and a What a marvelous photograph!
brush. What a fantastic guitar!

NOTES: NOTES:

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Unit 7 REVIEW

1 2 3 4 5 6
     
bean bin Ben ban bun barn
beat bit bet bat but Bart
bead bid bed bad bud bard
peak pick peck pack Puck park

Listening: When you hear one of these

Practice words or sounds, say which number it is.

Examples: [a:] sound 6

bid sound 2

Now listen and repeat.

eat eggs mat sit cups grass
seat any ham fish buns garden
tea ready apple chips lunch tart

Reading: LUNCH ON THE GRASS.

Ben: Is lunch ready?

Ann: Yes. Let’s eat lunch in the garden.
Ben: Shall we sit on this seat?
Ann: Let’s sit on this mat on the grass.
Ben: Is it fish and chips for lunch?
Ann: No. It’s ham and eggs.
Ben: Have you any buns and ham?
Ann: Yes. And cups of tea and apple tart.

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Unit 8 [  ] clock Unit 9 [  ] ball

Practice 1: Listen and repeat. Practice 1: Listen and repeat.

Sound 1: hat cat Pat sack tap backs Sound 1: Don cod cot pot fox spots
Sound 2: hot cot pot sock top box Sound 2: dawn cord caught port forks sports

Test Tick the word you hear Test Tick the word you hear
1. cat / cot 4. Tammy / Tommy 1. spots / sports 4. shot / short
2. sack / sock 5. baddie / body 2. pots / ports 5. Rod / roared
3. tap / top 6. black / block 3. cod / cord 6. what a / water

Practice 2: Listen and repeat Practice 2: Listen and repeat

off got sorry or Paul awful
often bottle holiday score towards airport
on want horrible four audience reporter
“Onwash” what’s wrong washing all forward forty
a long job Mrs Bloggs popular always George walking
footballer ‘the Roarers’ York
Dialogue: TY ADVERTISEMENT
A football match
Voice A: What’s wrong with you, Mrs The score board the fallen footballer
Bloggs? The goal keeper a forward
Mrs Bloggs: What’s wrong with me? I want a The ball
holiday from this horrible job of
washing socks! Dialogue: SPORTS REPORT FROM
Voice B: Buy a bottle of “Onwash”, CHANNEL 4
Mrs Bloggs.
Voice C: “Onwash” is so soft and strong. Announcer: This morning the Roarers football
Voice D: You don’t want lots of hot water team arrived back from York.
with “Onwash” Paul Short is our sports reporter,
Voice A: It’s not a long job with “Onwash”. and he was at the airport.
Voice B: Use “Onwash” often. Paul Short: Good morning. This is Paul Short.
Voice C: You won’t be sorry when you’ve All the footballers are walking
got “Onwash”. towards me. Here’s George Ball,
Voice D: Everybody wants “Onwash”. the goalkeeper. Good morning,
Everybody: “Onwash” is so popular! George.
George Ball: Good morning. Are you a
reporter?
Paul Short: Yes. I’m from Channel 4. Please
tell our audience about the
football match with York.
George Ball: Well, it was awful. We lost. And
the score was four forty-four. But
it wasn’t my fault.
Paul Short: Whose fault was it?
George Ball: The forwards.
Paul Short: The forwards?
George Ball: Yes. The forwards. They were
always falling down or losing the
ball!

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Unit 10 [  ] book Unit 11 [  ] boot

Practice 1: Listen and repeat. Practice 1: Listen and repeat.

Sound 1: pot cock god lock rock box Sound 1: look pull full foot
Sound 2: put cook good look rook books Sound 2: Luke pool fool boot

Test Tick the word you hear Test Tick the word you hear
1.cock / cook 4. cod / could 1. look / Luke 3. pull / pool
2. lock / kook 5. Poss / Puss 2. full / fool 4. fullish / foolish
3. god / good 6. Brockhurst / Brookhusrt
Practice 2: Listen and repeat.
Practice 2: Listen and repeat. Sue June soup
put full cookery books Prue unit stupid
look woman shouldn’t you shoe afternoon nuisance
good bedroom didn’t’ you threw excuse me Miss Luke
foot living-room Mr Cook twenty-two chewing gum
could bookshelf It was YOU! rude

Dialogue: A LOST BOOK Dialogue: IN A GOOD SCHOOL

Mr Cook: Woman! Could you tell me where Miss Like: Good afternoon, girls.
you’ve put my book? Girls: Good afternoon, Miss Luke.
Mrs Cook: Isn’t it on the bookshelf? Miss Luke: This afternoon we’re going to
Mr Cook: No. The bookshelf is full of your learn how to cook soup. Open
cookery books. your books at unit twenty-two.
Mrs Cook: Then you should look in the Prue: Excuse me, Miss Luke.
bedroom, shouldn’t you? Miss Luke: Yes, Prue?
Mr Cook: I’ve looked. You took that book Prue: There’s some chewing gum on
and put it somewhere, didn’t you? your shoe.
Mrs Cook: The living room? Miss Luke: Who threw their chewing gum on
Mr Cook: No. I’ve looked. I’m going to put the floor? Was it you Prune?
all my books in a box and lock it! Prue: No, Miss Luke. It was June.
Mrs Cook: Look, Mr Cook! It’s on the floor Miss Like: Who?
next to your foot. Prue: June Cook.
Mr Cook: Ah! Good! June: It wasn’t me, stupid. It was Sue.
Sue: It was you!
June: It wasn’t me, you stupid fool. My
Intonation Question Tags mouth’s full of chewing gum.
Listen and repeat Look, Miss Luke!
Sue: Stop pulling my hair, June. It was
should you? could you? would he? you!
June: YOU!
She couldn’t cook, could she? Sue: YOU!
Miss Luke: Excuse me! You’re being very
He wouldn’t look, would he? rude. You two nuisances can stay
in school this afternoon instead of
Practise in pairs, adding appropriate question going to the swimming pool.
tags.

1. He couldn’t play football. NOTES:

2. You couldn’t cook a cake without sugar.
3. You wouldn’t like to meet a bull.
4. You wouldn’t like to meet a wolf.
5. He shouldn’t put good books on the cooker.
6. He shouldn’t look at the woman.
7. You couldn’t cook a book.
8. They shouldn’t read these books.

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UNIT 12 [] girl UNIT 13 [ ] camera

Practice 1: Listen and repeat. Practice 1: We use the sound  in words and
Sound 1: four torn Paul warm ward walker syllables that are not important. Practice these. In
Sound 2: fur turn Pearl worm word worker the words on the right the spelling has been
changed to show you when to make the sound .
Practice 2: Listen and repeat.
Sound 1: ten Ben bed head west kennel
Listen and repeat each one twice:
Sound 2: turn burn bird heard worst colonel
a photograph of  photgraph f
Practice 3: Listen and repeat. Barbara Barbr
Sound 1: shut huts bun bud bug gull a glass of water  glass f wat
Sound 2: shirt hurts burn bird berg girl a pair of binoculars  pair f binoculs
a photograph of her  photgraph f h
Test Tick the word you hear mother and father moth nd fath
1. bed / bud / bird 4. walk / work
2. Ben’s / buns / burns 5. short / shirt a book about  book bout
3. ward / word 6. or / er South America South meric

Practice 4; Listen and repeat Practice 2 Read the story aloud. The spelling
er Herbert worst skirts has been changed to show you when to make the
sir Sherman thirsty shirts sound .
early Turner dirty nurse
world weren’t Burton Curse these nurses Barbr spent Satday aftnoon looking t 
Thursday colonel beautiful book bout South meric.
Dialogue THE WORST NURSE ‘I want t go t South meric’, she said t hself.
Sir Herbert: Nurse! Th next morning, when Barbr woke up it ws
Colonel Burton: Nurse! I’m thirsty! six ’clock, nd h broths nd sists w still
Sir Herbert: Nurse! My head hurts! sleep. Barbr looked t thm, nd closed h
Colonel Burton: NURSE! eyes gain.
Sir Herbert: Curse these nurses!
Then she quitly got out f bed nd started t pack
Colonel Burton: Nurse Sherman always wears
such dirty shirts. h suitcase.
Sir Herbert: And such short skirts. She took sme comftble clothes out f th
Colonel Burton: She never arrives at work early. cupbd. She packed  pair f binoculs nd h
Sir Herbert: She and…er…Nurse Turner sist’s camr. She packed  photgraph f hself
weren’t at work on Thursday, nd one f h moth nd fath.
were they?
‘I mustn’t fget t have sme breakfst’, she said
Colonel Burton: No, they weren’t.
Sir Herbert: Nurse Sherman is the worst nurse t hself. Bt thn she looked t th clock. It ws
in the ward, isn’t she?  quart to sevn.
Colonel Burton: No, she isn’t. She is the worst ‘I’ll just drink  glass f wat’, she said.
nurse in the world! ‘ glass f wat,’ she said.
‘Wat,’ she said, nd opened h eyes.
NOTES: She ws still in h bed, nd h broths and sists
w laughing t h.
‘Tell s what you w dreaming bout,’ they said t
h.
Bt Barbr didn’t answ. She ws thinking bout
h wondful journey t South meric.

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Practice 3: Weak Forms.

Ws she dreaming? Yes, she was.
Weak strong

Listen and repeat:

Ws she thinking about South America? Yes, she was.
W her brothers and sisters asleep? Yes, they were.
D they like reading? Yes, they do.
Hve you read about South America? Yes, I have.
Ds your friend like reading? Yes, he does.
m I talking to myself? Yes, I am.
 we working hard? Yes, we are.
Hs your friend been to South America? Yes, he has.
Cn you swim? Yes. I can.

Test: Tiock the words you hear.

1. has / hs 4. does / ds
2. can / cn 5. am / m
3. was / ws 6. them / thm

Dialogue: SHOPPING
The words in italics are weak forms.
A: I’m going to the post office.
library.
B: Can you buy something for me at the
supermarket?
tobacconist’s?
A: But the supermarket is a long way
tobacconist’s mile
from the post office
library.

B: No. Not that supermarket.

tobacconist’s
Not the one that’s next to the cinema
swimming pool
I mean the one that’s near the fruit shop.
butcher’s
A: Oh, yes. Well, what do you want?
B: Some cigarettes and a box of matches
cigars tin of sweets
and an envelope
address book.

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Unit 14 REVIEW

1 2 3 4 5
[ ] [] [] [] []
Polly Paul pull pool pearl
Folly fall full fool furl
cod cord could cooed curd
what ward would wooed word

Now look read the words below:

The words on the left have the sound  here.

at look t it
of full f it
to them talk t thm
the th pool
a  cord
an or n hour  two
was it ws too long
and Polly nd Paul

Reading POLLY AND PAUL

John: Did you fall into the pool, Pearl?

Pearl: No. Polly and Paul pushed me into the
pool, and that pool is full of dirty water.
John: What did you do?
Pearl: I felt really foolish because my skirt was
too long and I saw Mr Lukey looking at
me.
John: What did Mr Lukey do?
Pearl: Mr Lukey was very good. First he got a
cord and threw it to me. Then he pulled me
out of the pool.
John: Hm..Polly and Paul. I’ll talk to these two.
They’re the worst children in the world.
Perhaps I’ll lock them in their rooms for an
hour or two.

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Unit 15 [ e ] tail Unit 16 [ a ] fine

Practice 1: Listen and repeat. Practice 1: Listen and repeat.

Sound 1: pen shed tell wet test pepper Sound 1: bar star darn lark cart heart
Sound 2: pain shade tail wait taste paper Sound 2: buy sty dine like kite height

Test Tick the word you hear Test Tick the word you hear
1. pen / pain 4. late / let 1. cart / kite 4. laugh / life
2. shed / shade 5. letter / later 2. darning / dining 5. hard / hide
3. pepper / paper 6. get / gate 3. star / sty 6. Pa / pie

Practice 2: Listen and repeat. Practice 2: Listen and repeat.

Hey! Made late I’m Myra ice tonight
Say afraid waiting ‘Bye Violet nice all right
Mr Grey train eighty-eight time riding like type
May timetable station mind climbing Mike typist
They ages Baker Street Miles ninety-nine Nigel typewriter
Today changed April
railway

Dialogue: AT THE RAILWAY STATION Dialogue: MIKE, MYRA AND VIOLET

(Mr Grey is waiting at the railway station for a (Myra and Violet are typists in the library)
train)
Mr Grey: Hey! This train is late! I’ve been Myra: (smiling) Hello, Mike!
waiting here for ages!. Mike: Hello Myra. Hello Violet! You’re looking
Porter: Which train, sir? nice, Violet. (silence)
Mr Grey: The 8.18 to Baker Street. Mike: Would you like some ice-cream, Violet?
Porter: The 8.18? I’m afraid you’ve made Violet: No, thanks, Mike. I’m busy typing. Talk to
a mistake, sir. me some other time. I have ninety-nine
Mr Grey: A mistake? My timetable says: pages to type by Friday.
Baker Street train- 8.18. Mike: Never mind. Do you like riding, Violet?
Porter: Oh no, sir. The Baker Street train Violet: Sometimes.
leaves at 8.08. Mike: Would you like to come riding with me
Mr Grey: At 8.08? tonight, Violet?
Porter: You see, sir. They changed the Violet: Not tonight, Mike. I’m going for a drive
timetable at the end of April. It’s with Nigel.
the first of May today. Mike: What about Friday?
Mr Grey: Changed it? May I see the new Violet: I’m going climbing with Miles.
timetable? What does it say? Mike: Hm! Oh right . Bye!
Porter: It says: Baker Street train: 8.08. Myra: Violet, he’s put something behind your
Mr Grey: Hm! So the train isn’t late. I’m typewriter.
late. Violet: Is it something nice, Myra?
Myra: No, It’s a spider.

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Unit 17 [  ] boy Unit 18 REVIEW

Practice 1: Listen and repeat. Practice 1: Listen and repeat.

Sound 1: all ball corn tore jaw Sound 1: [] bay ale paint race
Sound 2: oil boil coin toy Joy Sound 2: [ buy isle pint rice
Sound 3:  boy oil point Royce
Test Tick the word you hear
1. corn / coin 4. aw / oi
2. bawling / boiling 5. bore / boy Listening Practice :
3. all / oil 6. all / oil Write down the words or sounds you hear.

Practice 2: Listen and repeat. Dialogue: A PAINTING OF A BOY.

toy annoying Joyce
enjoy boiling voice Jay: Do you like painting?
noisiest pointing Rolls Royce Joy: Yes. I’m trying to paint a boy lying beside
destroyed spoilt boyfriend a lake. Do you like it?
Jay: Hm…Why don’t you buy some oil paints?
Dialogue: JOYCE’S ROLLS ROYCE Joy: I don’t enjoy painting with oils.
(Joyce takes her Rolls Royce to the garage) Jay: Your painting is quite nice, but why are
Garage boy: What a terrible noise! you painting the boy’s face grey?
Joyce: Eh? Joy: (pointing) It isn’t grey. It’s white.
Garage boy: (raising his voice) WHAT A
TERRIBLE NOISE! This is the
noisiest Rolls Royce I’ve ever Your Transcription:
heard. (pointing)
Joyce: It’s out of oil.
Garage boy: Out of oil? And look! The water’s
boiling. Madam, a Rolls Royce
isn’t a toy. Perhaps you’ve spoilt
the motor or even destroyed it.
Joyce: How annoying! While you’re
changing the oil, I’ll go and visit
my boyfriend, Roy.

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Unit 19 [  ] house Unit 20 [  ] phone

Practice 1: Listen and repeat. Practice 1: Listen and repeat.

Sound 1: car bar bra grass arch Sound 1: burn fern Bert work flirt
Sound 2: cow bow brow grouse ouch Sound 2: bone phone boat woke float

Test Tick the word you hear Practice 2: Listen and repeat.
1. car / cow 4. ha / how Sound 1: caught nought bought jaw ball
2. grass / grouse 5. ah / ow Sound 2: coat note boat Joe bowl
3. bra / brow 6. tarn / town
Test Tick the word you hear
Practice 2: Listen and repeat. 1. cork / coke 4. ball / bowl
Ow! ground out our 2. fern / phone 5. burn / bone
now Brown mouse ours 3. or / Oh! 6. walk / work / woke
town lounge house our house
found loudly shouting Practice 3: Listen and repeat.
round upside-down couch Oh! know don’t joking
no throw Joan woke
Dialogue: A MOUSE IN THE HOUSE Joe snow groans coat
go over closed OK
Mrs Brown: (shouting loudly) I’VE FOUND A ago nose Jones
MOUSE! window hello October
Mr Brown: Ow! You’re shouting too loudly.
Sit down and don’t shout. Dialogue: SNOW IN OCTOBER
Mrs Brown: (sitting down) I’ve found a mouse (Joe Jones is sleeping, but Joan woke up a
in the house. few minutes ago.)
Mr Brown: A brown mouse?
Mrs Brown: Yes. A little round mouse. It’s Joan: Joe! Joe! JOE! Hello!
running around in the lounge. Joe: (groans) Oh! What is it, Joan?
Mr Brown: On the ground? Joan: Look out of the window.
Mrs Brown: Yes. It’s under the couch now. Joe: No. My eyes are closed and I’m going to
Mr Brown: Well, get it out. go to sleep again.
Mrs Brown: How? Joan: Don’t go to sleep, Joe. Look at the snow!
Mr Brown: Turn the couch upside down. Get Joe: Snow? But it’s only October. I know
it out somehow. We don’t want a there’s no snow.
mouse in our house. Ours is the Joan: Come over to the window, Joe.
cleanest house in the town. Joe: You’re joking, Joan. There’s no snow.
Joan: OK. I’ll put my coat on and go out and
make a snowball and throw it at your
CLUES: nose, Joe Jones!
Across Down:
1. only 1. slow Practice 4: Listen and repeat
2. don’t 2. John old hole bowl
3. know 3. snow cold hold stole
4. Joe 4. no sold told gold
5. billow (kłąb) 5. hello

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The English Diphthongs

Unit 21 REVIEW

Sound 1: [ Ow! now found loud about

Sound 2:  Oh! no phoned load a boat

Listening Practice :
Write down the words or sounds you hear.

Dialogue: THE JONES’S HOUSE

Mr Brown: Excuse me. Do you know where

the Jones’s house is?
An Old Man : Yes. It’s over that mountain along
a very narrow road.
Mr Brown: Oh, is it outside the town?
An Old Man : Yes. It’s south of the town. You
go past the hotel. The Jones’s
house has brown windows and
there are yellow roses growing
round the windows.

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The English Diphthongs

Unit 22 [  ] beer Unit 23 [  ] bear

Practice 1: Listen and repeat. Practice 1: Listen and repeat.

Sound 1: E bee tea pea bead Sound 1: ear beer pier hear tear(N) cheers
Sound 2: ear beer tear pier beard Sound 2: air bear pear hair tear(V) chairs

Test Tick the word you hear Test Tick the word you hear
1. bee / beer 4. pea / pier 1. cheers / chairs 4. here / hair
2. tea / tear 5. E’s / ears 2. beer / bear 5. dear / Dare
3. bead / beard 6. Dee / dear 3. pier / pear 6. clear / Clare

Practice 2: Listen and repeat. Practice 2: Listen and repeat.

Lear year cheers! Austria Claire there nowhere
here idea nearly windier pair they’re anywhere
hear atmosphere bearded easier chair wearing everywhere
dear mountaineer disappeared square Mary upstairs and downstairs
clear where hairbrushes carefully

Dialogue: A BEARDED MOUNTAINEER Dialogue: A PAIR OF HAIRBRUSHES

(Mr and Mrs Lear are on holiday in Austria) Mary: I’ve lost two small hairbrushes, Claire.
Mr Lear: Let’s have a beer here, dear. They’re a pair.
Mrs Lear: What a good idea! They have very Claire: Have you looked carefully everywhere?
good beer here. We came here last Mary: Yes. They’re nowhere here.
year. Claire: Have you looked upstairs?
Mr Lear: The atmosphere here is very clear. Mary: Yes. I’ve looked everywhere upstairs and
Mrs Lear: And it’s windier here than last downstairs. They aren’t there.
year. Claire: Hm! Are they square, Mary?
Mr Lear: (speaking to the waiter) Two Mary: Yes. They’re square hairbrushes. Have you
beers, please. seen them anywhere?
Mrs Lear: Look, dear! Look at that Claire: Well, you’re wearing one of them in your
mountaineer drinking beer! hair!
Mr Lear: His beard is in his beer. Mary: Oh! Then where’s the other one?
Mrs Lear: His beard has nearly disappeared Claire: It’s over there under the chair.
into his beer!
Mr Lear: Sh, dear! He might hear.
Waiter: (bringing the beer) Here you are
sir. Two beers.
Mr Lear: (drinking his beer) Cheers, dear!
Mrs Lear: Cheers! Here’s to the bearded
mountaineer.

Linking words. Listen and repeat Linking words. Listen and repeat
/r/ not pronounced /r/ pronounced /r/ not pronounced /r/ pronounced
Here they are. Here are all the books Claire Claire and Mary
Here’s the beer. The beer is here on the a pair a pair of shoes
I can hear Mr Lear. table. a square chair a square envelope
Mr Lear calls her “dear”. He can hear us too. It’s there. There it is
He’s a mountaineer. Dear old Mrs Lear is They’re here. They’re under a table.
here in the kitchen. I’ve looked everywhere I’ve looked everywhere
A mountaineer always for them. In the house.
drinks beer in the
mountains.

NOTES: NOTES:

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NAME: NAME:

Unit 18 REVIEW Unit 18 REVIEW

Practice 1: Listen and repeat. Practice 1: Listen and repeat.

Sound 1: [] bay ale paint race Sound 1: [] bay ale paint race
Sound 2: [ buy isle pint rice Sound 2: [ buy isle pint rice
Sound 3:  boy oil point Royce Sound 3:  boy oil point Royce

Listening Practice : Listening Practice :

Write down the words or sounds you hear. Write down the words or sounds you hear.

Dialogue: A PAINTING OF A BOY. Dialogue: A PAINTING OF A BOY.

Jay: Do you like painting? Jay: Do you like painting?

Joy: Yes. I’m trying to paint a boy lying beside
a lake. Do you like it?
Jay: Hm…Why don’t you buy some oil paints?
Joy: I don’t enjoy painting with oils.
Jay: Your painting is quite nice, but why are
you painting the boy’s face grey?
Joy: (pointing) It isn’t grey. It’s white.
Joy: Yes. I’m trying to paint a boy lying beside
a lake. Do you like it?
Jay: Hm…Why don’t you buy some oil paints?
Joy: I don’t enjoy painting with oils.
Jay: Your painting is quite nice, but why are
you painting the boy’s face grey?
Joy: (pointing) It isn’t grey. It’s white.

NAME: NAME:

Unit 18 REVIEW Unit 18 REVIEW

Practice 1: Listen and repeat. Practice 1: Listen and repeat.

Sound 1: [] bay ale paint race Sound 1: [] bay ale paint race
Sound 2: [ buy isle pint rice Sound 2: [ buy isle pint rice
Sound 3:  boy oil point Royce Sound 3:  boy oil point Royce

Listening Practice : Listening Practice :

Write down the words or sounds you hear. Write down the words or sounds you hear.

Dialogue: A PAINTING OF A BOY. Dialogue: A PAINTING OF A BOY.

Jay: Do you like painting? Jay: Do you like painting?

Joy: Yes. I’m trying to paint a boy lying beside
a lake. Do you like it?
Jay: Hm…Why don’t you buy some oil paints?
Joy: I don’t enjoy painting with oils.
Jay: Your painting is quite nice, but why are
you painting the boy’s face grey?
Joy: (pointing) It isn’t grey. It’s white.
Joy: Yes. I’m trying to paint a boy lying beside
a lake. Do you like it?
Jay: Hm…Why don’t you buy some oil paints?
Joy: I don’t enjoy painting with oils.
Jay: Your painting is quite nice, but why are
you painting the boy’s face grey?
Joy: (pointing) It isn’t grey. It’s white.

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NAME: NAME:

Unit 21 REVIEW Unit 21 REVIEW

Sound 1: [ Ow! now found loud about Sound 1: [ Ow! now found loud about
Sound 2:  Oh! no phoned load a boat Sound 2:  Oh! no phoned load a boat

Dialogue: THE JONES’S HOUSE Dialogue: THE JONES’S HOUSE

Mr Brown: Excuse me. Do you know where
the Jones’s house is?
An Old Man : Yes. It’s over that mountain along
a very narrow road.
Mr Brown: Oh, is it outside the town?
An Old Man : Yes. It’s south of the town. You
go past the hotel. The Jones’s
house has brown windows and
there are yellow roses growing
round the windows.
Mr Brown: Excuse me. Do you know where
the Jones’s house is?
An Old Man : Yes. It’s over that mountain along
a very narrow road.
Mr Brown: Oh, is it outside the town?
An Old Man : Yes. It’s south of the town. You
go past the hotel. The Jones’s
house has brown windows and
there are yellow roses growing
round the windows.

NAME: NAME:

Unit 21 REVIEW Unit 21 REVIEW

Sound 1: [ Ow! now found loud about Sound 1: [ Ow! now found loud about
Sound 2:  Oh! no phoned load a boat Sound 2:  Oh! no phoned load a boat

Dialogue: THE JONES’S HOUSE Dialogue: THE JONES’S HOUSE

Mr Brown: Excuse me. Do you know where
the Jones’s house is?
An Old Man : Yes. It’s over that mountain along
a very narrow road.
Mr Brown: Oh, is it outside the town?
An Old Man : Yes. It’s south of the town. You
go past the hotel. The Jones’s
house has brown windows and
there are yellow roses growing
round the windows.
Mr Brown: Excuse me. Do you know where
the Jones’s house is?
An Old Man : Yes. It’s over that mountain along
a very narrow road.
Mr Brown: Oh, is it outside the town?
An Old Man : Yes. It’s south of the town. You
go past the hotel. The Jones’s
house has brown windows and
there are yellow roses growing
round the windows.

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NAME: NAME:

Unit 22 [  ] Unit 22 [  ]
GRADE: GRADE:

Practice 1: Listen and repeat. Practice 1: Listen and repeat.

Sound 1: E bee tea pea bead Sound 1: E bee tea pea bead
Sound 2: ear beer tear pier beard Sound 2: ear beer tear pier beard

Dialogue: A BEARDED MOUNTAINEER Dialogue: A BEARDED MOUNTAINEER

Mr Lear: Let’s have a beer here, dear. Mr Lear: Let’s have a beer here, dear.
Mrs Lear: What a good idea! They have very Mrs Lear: What a good idea! They have very
good beer here. We came here last good beer here. We came here last
year. year.
Mr Lear: The atmosphere here is very clear. Mr Lear: The atmosphere here is very clear.
Mrs Lear: And it’s windier here than last Mrs Lear: And it’s windier here than last
year. year.
Mr Lear: (speaking to the waiter) Two Mr Lear: (speaking to the waiter) Two
beers, please. beers, please.
Mrs Lear: Look, dear! Look at that Mrs Lear: Look, dear! Look at that
mountaineer drinking beer! mountaineer drinking beer!
Mr Lear: His beard is in his beer. Mr Lear: His beard is in his beer.
Mrs Lear: His beard has nearly disappeared Mrs Lear: His beard has nearly disappeared
into his beer! into his beer!
Mr Lear: Sh, dear! He might hear. Mr Lear: Sh, dear! He might hear.
Waiter: (bringing the beer) Here you are Waiter: (bringing the beer) Here you are
sir. Two beers. sir. Two beers.
Mr Lear: (drinking his beer) Cheers, dear! Mr Lear: (drinking his beer) Cheers, dear!
Mrs Lear: Cheers! Here’s to the bearded Mrs Lear: Cheers! Here’s to the bearded
mountaineer. mountaineer.

Unit 22 [  ] Unit 22 [  ]

Practice 1: Listen and repeat. Practice 1: Listen and repeat.

Sound 1: ear beer pier hear tear(N) cheers Sound 1: ear beer pier hear tear(N) cheers
Sound 2: air bear pear hair tear(V) chairs Sound 2: air bear pear hair tear(V) chairs

Dialogue: A PAIR OF HAIRBRUSHES Dialogue: A PAIR OF HAIRBRUSHES

Mary: I’ve lost two small hairbrushes, Claire.
They’re a pair.
Claire: Have you looked carefully everywhere?
Mary: Yes. They’re nowhere here.
Claire: Have you looked upstairs?
Mary: Yes. I’ve looked everywhere upstairs and
downstairs. They aren’t there.
Claire: Hm! Are they square, Mary?
Mary: Yes. They’re square hairbrushes. Have you
seen them anywhere?
Claire: Well, you’re wearing one of them in your
hair!
Mary: Oh! Then where’s the other one?
Claire: It’s over there under the chair.
Mary: I’ve lost two small hairbrushes, Claire.
They’re a pair.
Claire: Have you looked carefully everywhere?
Mary: Yes. They’re nowhere here.
Claire: Have you looked upstairs?
Mary: Yes. I’ve looked everywhere upstairs and
downstairs. They aren’t there.
Claire: Hm! Are they square, Mary?
Mary: Yes. They’re square hairbrushes. Have you
seen them anywhere?
Claire: Well, you’re wearing one of them in your
hair!
Mary: Oh! Then where’s the other one?
Claire: It’s over there under the chair.

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Read the words.
mouth thumb thick think path thin three
bathe clothe with breathe booth scythe
thanks sheath than they there those either
Read the words in contrast
Sound 1: free first fin Fred half
Sound 2: three thirst thin thread hearth
Read the sentences.
I thought she was thirty-three.
Edith's birthday was last Thursday.
The Smiths' house is worth thirty thousand
pounds.
Not that one either.
The leather one.
This is another leather hat, madam.
It's a smoother leather.
______________________________
Read the words.
mouth thumb thick think path thin three
bathe clothe with breathe booth scythe
thanks sheath than they there those either
Read the words in contrast
Sound 1: free first fin Fred half
Sound 2: three thirst thin thread hearth
Read the sentences.
I thought she was thirty-three.
Edith's birthday was last Thursday.
The Smiths' house is worth thirty thousand
pounds.
Not that one either.
The leather one.
This is another leather hat, madam.
It's a smoother leather.
________________________________
Read the words.
mouth thumb thick think path thin three
bathe clothe with breathe booth scythe
thanks sheath than they there those either
Read the words in contrast
Sound 1: free first fin Fred half
Sound 2: three thirst thin thread hearth
Read the sentences.
I thought she was thirty-three.
Edith's birthday was last Thursday.
The Smiths' house is worth thirty thousand
pounds.
Not that one either.
The leather one.
This is another leather hat, madam.
It's a smoother leather.
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YEAR 1
Read the words.
mouth thumb thick think path thin three
bathe clothe with breathe booth scythe
thanks sheath than they there those either
Read the words in contrast
Sound 1: free first fin Fred half
Sound 2: three thirst thin thread hearth
Read the sentences.
I thought she was thirty-three.
Edith's birthday was last Thursday.
The Smiths' house is worth thirty thousand
pounds.
Not that one either.
The leather one.
This is another leather hat, madam.
It's a smoother leather.
____________________________
Read the words.
mouth thumb thick think path thin three
bathe clothe with breathe booth scythe
thanks sheath than they there those either
Read the words in contrast
Sound 1: free first fin Fred half
Sound 2: three thirst thin thread hearth
Read the sentences.
I thought she was thirty-three.
Edith's birthday was last Thursday.
The Smiths' house is worth thirty thousand
pounds.
Not that one either.
The leather one.
This is another leather hat, madam.
It's a smoother leather.
___________________________________
Read the words.
mouth thumb thick think path thin three
bathe clothe with breathe booth scythe
thanks sheath than they there those either
Read the words in contrast
Sound 1: free first fin Fred half
Sound 2: three thirst thin thread hearth
Read the sentences.
I thought she was thirty-three.
Edith's birthday was last Thursday.
The Smiths' house is worth thirty thousand
pounds.
Not that one either.
The leather one.
This is another leather hat, madam.
It's a smoother leather.
Practical Phonetics YEAR 1

Unit 41  Unit 42 

Practice 1: Listen and repeat. Practice 1: Listen and repeat.

Sound 1: mouse sum sick sink pass Sound 1: Dan day dare doze Ida
Sound 2: mouth thumb thick think path Sound 2: Than They There Those either

Practice 2: Listen and repeat. Practice 2: Listen and repeat.

Sound 1: free first fin Fred half Sound 1: Sound 2:
Sound 2: three thirst thin thread hearth
What’s this? This is the Zoo.
What are those? Those are zebras.
Practice 3: Listen and repeat. What’s that? That’s a zebu.
Sound 1: tin tree tanks sheet What’s this? This is Z.
Sound 2: thin three thanks sheath What’s that? That’s zero.
What are these? These are zips.
Who’s that? That’s Zack.
Tick the words you recognise
1 a) sink; b) think 4 a) taught; b) thought Practice 3: Listen and repeat.
2 a) mouse; b) mouth 5 a) moss; b) moth Sound 1: bays close whiz breeze boos size
3 a) tin; b) thin 6 a) fought; b) thought Sound 2: bathe clothe with breathe booth scythe
Listen and repeat: Tick the words you recognise
thank you Ethel Judith 1 a) Ida; b) either 4 a) size; b) scythe
thought author worth 2 a) day; b) they5 a) bays; b) bathe
thousand nothing Mrs Smith 3 a) dares; b) there's 6 a) boos; b) booth
thirsty something Smiths'
Thursday birthday Edith Practice 4 Listen and repeat:
thirty-three mathematician moths the together another
this feathers smoother
Dialogue Gossips that leather rather
Judith: Edith Smith is only thirty. clothes Miss Brothers
Ethel: Is she ? I thought she was thirty-three.
Judith: Edith's birthday was last Thursday. Dialogue The hat in the window
Ethel: Was it ? I thought it was last month. Miss Brothers: I want to buy the hat in the window.
Judith: The Smiths' house is worth thirty thousand Assistant: There are three hats together in the
pounds. window, madam. Do you want the one with
Ethel: Is it ? I thought it was worth three thousand. the feathers?
Judith: Mr Smith is the author of a book about Miss Brothers: No. The other one.
moths. Assistant: The small one for three pounds ?
Ethel: Is he ? I thought he was a mathematician. Miss Brothers: No. Not that one either. That one
Judith: I'm so thirsty. over there. The leather one.
Ethel: Are you ? I thought you drank something at Assistant: Ah ! The leather one. Now this is
the Smiths'. another leather hat, madam. It's better
Judith: No. Edith gave me nothing to drink. than the one in the window. It's a smoother
Ethel: Shall I buy you a drink ? leather.
Judith: Thank you. Miss Brothers: I'd rather have the one in the
window. It goes with my clothes.
Assistant: Certainly, madam. But we don't take
anything out of the window until three
NOTES: o'clock on Thursday.

NOTES:

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Unit 32  Unit 33 

Practice 1: Listen and repeat. Practice 1: Listen and repeat.

Sound 1: sea Sue sip ass Russ puss Television treasure an unusual
Sound 2: she shoe ship ash rush push garage casual clothes collision
Peugeot
Tick the words you recognise measuring tape Asia
1. Sue’s / shoes 4. sack / shack
2. ass / ash 5. seats / sheets Reading Television programmes:
3. puss / push 6. save / shave Channel O

Listen and repeat: 7.00 Children’s film: “Treasure Island”

Sheets Show Wish 7.15 News comment: An unusual collision
Shall Shirts Swedish 7.30 Fashion: Casual clothes.
Shop Sure English 7.45 Travel film: Across Asia in a Peugeot.
Shut Washing Shrunk 8.15 Do-it-yourself: How to measure a new
Shouldn’t Machine Finished garage.
Shaw Special demonstration 8.30 Variety show: It’s a pleasure.
shake Marsh

Dialogue A special washing machine

Mrs Marsh: Does this shop sell washing

machines?
Mr Shaw: Yes. This is the newest washing
machine , Madam.
Mrs Marsh: Is it Swedish?
Mr Shaw: No, madam. It’s English.
Mrs Marsh: Please, show me how it washes.
Mr Shaw: Shall I give you a demonstration?
Here are some sheets and shirts.
You put them in the machine. You
shut the door. And you push this
button.
Mrs Marsh: This machine shouldn’t shake like
that, should it?
Mr Shaw: Washing machines always shake,
madam. Ah! It’s finished now.
Mrs Marsh: But the sheets have shrunk and so
have the shirts.
Mr Shaw: Do you wish to buy this machine,
madam?
Mrs Marsh: I’m not sure.

NOTES:

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Unit 34  Unit 35 

Practice 1: Listen and repeat. Practice 1: Listen and repeat.

Sound 1: ships sheep sherry shop cash wash Sound 1: cheap choke chin cherry larch H
Sound 2: chips cheap cherry chop catch watch Sound 2: jeep joke gin Jerry Large age

Tick the words you recognise Tick the words you recognise
1. shop / chop 4. ships / chips 1. Choking / joking 4. chain / Jane
2. sherry / cherry 5. shin / chin 2. larch / large 5. chilly / Jilly
3. washing / watching 6. shoes / choose 3. cheap / jeep 6. cheered / jeered

Listen and repeat: Listen and repeat:

Children Butcher’ shop Mrs Church Gin Dangerous Village
Cheque Chump chops Much Jeep Manager Bridge
Cheshire Shoulder chops Which January Agency Edge
Cheaper A delicious chicken Just Injured Large
Choose Children’s lunch Joke Passenger George Churchill
jail damaged Ginger-haired
Dialogue At the butcher’s shop Chap

Butcher: Good morning, Mrs Church. Dialogue George Churchill

Mrs Church: Good morning, Mr Cheshire. I’d
like some chops for the children’s Jerry: Just outside this village there’s a very
lunch. dangerous bridge.
Butcher: Chump chops or shoulder chops? John: Yes. Charles told me two jeeps crashed on
Mrs Church: I’ll have four shoulder chops and I it in January. What happened?
want a small chicken. Jerry: Well, George Churchill was the driver of
Butcher: Would you like to choose a the larger jeep, and he was driving very
chicken, Mrs Church? dangerously. He’d been drinking gin.
Mrs Church: Which one is cheaper? John: George Churchill? Do I know George
Butcher: This one’s the cheapest. It’s a Churchill?
delicious chicken. Jerry: Yes. That ginger-haired chap. He’s the
Mrs Church: How much is all that? I haven’t manager of the travel agency in Chester.
got cash. Can I pay by cheque? John: Oh, yes. I remember George. He’s always
Butcher: Of course, Mrs, Church. telling jokes. Well, was anybody injured?
Jerry: Oh, yes. The other jeep went over the edge
of the bridge, and two children and another
Recipe: passenger were badly injured.
4 chops John: Were both the jeeps damaged?
sherry Jerry: Oh, yes.
Cheddar cheese John: And what happened to George?
1 fresh chilli Jerry: George? He’s telling jokes in jail now, I
a pinch of chilli powder (not too much chilli) suppose?
mushrooms
shallots
pour a little sherry over the chops
Chop the mushrooms, cheese and shallots.
Mix the mushrooms, cheese, shallots and chilli.
Grill the chops.
Put the chops in a dish.
Spread the mixture over the chops.
Grill the chops and mixture for a few minutes.
Serve the chops with fresh French salad and chips.

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Unit 40  Salesman; Excuse me, sir. This child is too

small to ride this bicycle. It’s a
Practice 1: Listen and repeat. very difficult bicycle to….
Sound 1: ill eel and old ear eye Uncle Bill: Be careful, Paul!
Sound 2: hill heel hand hold hear high Paul: You always tell me to be careful.
Don’t help me. I won’t fall.
Tick the words you recognise Salesman: But, sir. This is a very special
1. eels / heels 4. art / heart bicycle. It’s…
2. and / hand 5. ow / how Paul: Don’t pull the bicycle, Uncle Bill.
3. eye / high 6. air / hair I’ll do it myself.
Uncle Bill: Be sensible, Paul. This gentleman
Listen and repeat: says it’s a … (Paul falls)
Hit Having Horse Paul: It’s Uncle Bill’s fault. He was
Hilda Happened Heard holding the bicycle.
Mrs Higgins Hospital Hope
Hello Horrible Perhaps
Unit 49  girl (silent [r])
Helen How Behind
husband house unhappy
Listen and repeat:
New York Later Quarter
Depart Weather Airport
Dialogue A horrible accident Afternoon Announcer Order
Passengers Sir Earlier
Helen: Hello, Ellen.
Forbidden Are Departure
Ellen: Hello, Helen. Have you heard? There’s
been a horrible accident. Wonderful Beer Forecaster
Helen: Oh, dear! What’s happened? German Dear Supermarket
Ellen: Hilda Higgins’ husband has had an Upstairs Four Dr Darling
accident on his horse. Marvelous More Mr Martin
Helen: How awful! Is he injured? Emergency There
Ellen: Yes. An ambulance has taken him to
hospital. Storm sure
Helen: How did it happen? worse
Ellen: He was hit by an express train. It was on
the crossing just behind the house. Dialogue: In the airport.
Helen: How horrible!
Ellen: He’s having an important operation in Announcer: The 2.30 plane to New York will
hospital now. Poor Hilda! She’s so depart later this afternoon at four
unhappy. forty-four. Passengers on this
Helen: Perhaps he’ll be all right. flight are forbidden to leave the
Ellen: I hope so. airport.
Dr Darling: Wonderful! I’m going to the bar
Unit 47  ball (dark /l/) to order some more German beer.
Mr Martin: Where’s the bar?
Listen and repeat: Dr Darling: It’s upstairs. There’s a bookshop
Bill Help Uncle too and a supermarket. This is a
marvelous airport.
Paul Myself Bicycle
Mr Martin: Oh, dear! I wanted to get to New
Tell Holding Careful York earlier. Ah! Here’s an air
Fall Difficult Beautiful hostess. Excuse me. I don’t
Pull Salesman Sensible understand. Has there been an
I’ll A spoilt child Special emergency?
Small Always Little Air hostess: Oh, no, sir. There’s just a storm,
Fault Gentleman and the weather forecast says it
will get worse. So the plane will
Dialogue A spoilt little boy in a bicycle shop leave a little later this afternoon.
Mr Martin: Are you sure?
Paul: What a beautiful bicycle! Air hostess: Oh, yes, sir. Our departure time is
Uncle Ben: Paul! Be careful! at four forty-four.

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Practical Phonetics YEAR 1

REVIEW:

CONSONANTS Review

Sound 1: mouse sum sick sink pass

Sound 2: mouth thumb thick think path

Sound 1: free first fin Fred half

Sound 2: three thirst thin thread hearth

Sound 1: tin tree tanks sheet

Sound 2: thin three thanks sheath

Read the words.

mouth thumb thick think path thin three
bathe clothe with breathe booth scythe
thanks sheath than they there those either

Read the sentences.

I thought she was thirty-three.
Edith's birthday was last Thursday.
The Smiths' house is worth thirty thousand
pounds.
Not that one either.
The leather one.
This is another leather hat, madam.
It's a smoother leather.

Sound 1: ships sheep sherry shop cash wash

Sound 2: chips cheap cherry chop catch watch

Sound 1: cheap choke chin cherry larch H

Sound 2: jeep joke gin Jerry Large age

Hit Having Horse

Hilda Happened Heard
Mrs Higgins Hospital Hope

New York Later Quarter

Depart Weather Airport
Afternoon Announcer Order
Passengers Sir Earlier
Forbidden Are Departure
Wonderful Beer Forecaster

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