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PRONUNCIATION EXTRA

STARTER UNIT 6
6.2
6.1
3A WEAK FORMS: a/an, some, a lot of Tick the
1A 6.1 SOUNDS and SPELLING: /eə/ Look at sentences that are true about your town or
some different spellings of the sound. Then city.
listen and repeat the sound and words. 1 It has a beach.
/eə/ there, where, chair, work in pairs, their, 2 There’s a river.
parents, Mary, they’re 3 There’s an Indian restaurant.
PRONUNCIATION TIP 4 A lot of people drive to work.
5 There are some parks.
Some sounds in English are two sounds together. Practise 6 It has some good hotels.
the two sounds and then say them together. 7 There are a lot of tourists.
/e/ + /ə/ = /eə/, e.g. chair 8 It’s an important business centre.
/e/ + /ɪ/ = /eɪ/, e.g. cake
/æ/ + /ɪ/ = /ɑɪ/, e.g. time B 6.4 Listen to the sentences and underline the
stressed words.
B Complete the conversations with the words C Listen again to the weak sounds of a /ə/, an
in the box. /ən/, some /səm/ and a lot of /əlɒtəv/. Then
listen and say the sentences with the speaker.
there’s Mary where parents their pairs there
(x2) chair they’re 6.3
Conversation 1
A: 1 a mouse over 2 . 4A 6.5 SOUNDS and SPELLING: /æ/ /aː/ Look
B: 3 ? at some different spellings of the sounds. Then
A: On the 4 ! listen and repeat the sounds and words.
Conversation 2 /æ/ passenger, platform, taxi, international
A: Work alone or work in 5 . /aː/ car, pharmacy, sparkling, weekly pass, father
B: 6 are three of us.
B Look at the table. Start at ‘pharmacy’ and go to
A: Then work in a three. ‘market’. Choose only words with the sound /aː/.
Conversation 3 Go up, down, left or right.
A: 7 and Pat are sisters.
B: Are they from the USA? pharmacy Saturday parent match
A: No, 8 British but 9 Argentina start apple café
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are American.
carrot answer afternoon party
C 6.2 Listen and check. Then listen again and that Paris practice market
say the conversations with the speakers.
C 6.6 Listen and check. Then listen and repeat.
2A 6.3 INTONATION: yes/no questions Listen
and write five questions. 5A 6.7 WORD STRESS: checking Listen and
underline the stressed syllables in 1–4. Then
listen
B Read the Pronunciation tip. Then listen again
again and repeat.
and repeat the questions in Exercise 2A. Copy
the intonation. A: Please send my ticket to svet19@bmail.org.
B: Sorry, 1svet ninety?
PRONUNCIATION TIP A: No, 2svet nineteen.
Yes/No questions often go up at the end. B: At 3bmail.com?
A: No, 4bmail.org.
Is there a bank near here? Are you hungry? B 6.8 Listen to the conversation and correct the
information in the form.
NAME: Mrs Jo Kalani
ADDRESS: Flat 9,
49 Yew Road
POSTCODE: W7 3AB
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