NIT 5 BY cup I'm hungry. How much money's in the hat? Nothing. ~ Nothing? I'm hungry too. ~ Oh shut up! Everybody's hungry. 1 Target sound /s sa a First practise the sound /ae/ J (see page 15). Listen and repeat ¢ - sob b Put your tongue back alittle to make Sy —Z~ the short target sound ia/. eS Listen and repeat. \ise ¢ Listen and repeat both sounds: = fed and ini 2 Minimal pairs Sound 1 Sound 2 fei ial cap cup Where's my cap? Where's my cup? hat hut : There's a hat in the garden, There's a hut in the gerden, SEEM track truck IPs See the tracks on the road. See the trucks on the road ban bun CG There's aban on it. — There’s a bun on it. — bag bug 4 She's got a bag. She's got a bug ankle uncle whe My ankle was injured. My uncle was injured.BO) unis cup Minimal pair words sssaa_Listen and repeat the words, * — ae * I's a farm cat. It's a farm cart “ There's a ban on it, — There's a barn on it. sonimal pair words \risa Listen and repeat the words. \uhb You will hear five words from each minimal pair. For for je! (sound 1) or 2 for fax! {sound 2) EXAMPLE Pair: 2,1, 1, 2,2 pack park "ll pack the car. I'll park the car. a ich word write 124) UNITS jas heart Minimal pair sentences \ssa¢ Listen to the minimal pair sentences. atshd Listen to five of the sentences and write J for /a/ (sound 1) or 2 for fax! (sound 2}. Aisae Sentence stress In English sentences, the important words have a strongly stressed syllable that is LOUDer and s 1 o wer. The unstressed syllables are quieter and quicker This gives English its rhythm. Listen to the minimal pair sentences again and underline the sentence stress (on page 23). EXAMPLE What a lovely carp! Minimal pairs B Sound 1 Sound 2 - Jal Oe cup carp = What a beautiful cup! What a beautiful carp! hut heart s There's a problem with There's a problem with — my hut, my heart. cart ty cut He covered his cut 1} X ia He covered his cart barn What's in that bam? bun What's in that bun? calm ‘Calm down,’ she said come ‘Come down,’ she said. Minimal pair words \waa Listen and repeat the words sub You will hear five words from each minimal pair. For each word write | for /e! (sound 1) or 2 for /a/ (sound 2). EXAMPLE Pair 1: 1,2, 1,2, 2 Minimal pair sentences \sra¢ Listen to the minimal pair sentences. vend Listen to five of the sentences and write / for /a/ (sound 1) or 2 for /ay (sound 2) Avae Sentence stress Listen to the minimal pair sentences again and underline the sentence stress (above) EXAMPLE What's in that bun?UNIT 6 heart BB) je f Vick the words a), b) or ©) that you hear in the senten La} hat b) hut LL) heart 2aycat [J by cur Lo Geart sacap [] bweup | yearp C] 4ajbun [J bjbarm [) 5a) come b)calm 6a) Patty's b) parties 3 Dialogue S a Virst practise the sound /a:/ in some of the names in the dialogue. Read the names aloud or visit the website (o practise. Remember that when we say both the first and last names, the last name has the strongest stress. Its Tara. It's Tara Darling. BartJackson Margaret. Markus Marsh Alana ‘The sound ‘ay/ is also in some of the words in your instructions. example answer the target sound the mask the last name se b Listen to the dialogue, paying attention to the target sound. Then read the dialogue and fill the gaps (1-5) with the correct adjectives from the box. marvellous attractive fantastic fabulous nart 2 party (Margaret ond Alana are at the bar. Pe opie are laughing in the garden.) ALANA: Wi vate party this 's! rm having so much fu, h MARGARET: Where's your glass, Alana? ALANA: Here you ate, Thanks, That's enough MARTIN: Alznal Margaret! Come into the gerden. Tare Daring and Markus Marsh are dancing on the gr. MARGARET: in the dark? MARTIN. They're dancing under the stars, ALANA: 2 | And Bart Jax son is playi is guitar. MARGARET: Just look at lara! She can’t dance but she fooks very 3 MARTIN: Look at Markus, What dence! ALANA: What an 5 couple they are! Let's take a photograph of them.(26) UNIT 6 fas! heart ia ¢ Listen to the dialogue to check your answers. Then practise reading the dialogue aloud. Record your voice to compare your production of the target sound with the recording. 4 Intonation in exclamations We often show the feeling of surprise in an exclamation where the intonation goes a long way up and then down. as a Listen and rep What a fast car! What a funny dancer! What a marvellous photograph! What a fantastic guitar! b Use these words to make exclamations about the pictures. dark dirty fast’ marvellous smart unusual funny fantastic scarf 5 Spelling Look back over this unit at words with the target sound, and write what you noticed about how to spell the sound /a!