SECTION 4: THE OTHER CONSONANTS ii My hungry uncle in, Inf and /p/ GZQ How to make the sound /m/ ir goes #824 © When you say /mi, the air comes through your nose, not R= your mouth. Look at the diagram. Listen and say the sound. Your lips are together, and there is voicing. Target sound: énmmmm/ “ips eosed HTD = Sound and spelling — 492) © Jn/ is usually spelled m or mm, but sometimes mb or mn. Listen and say these words. mom omore lemon swim film some sometimes mm summer mb comb ma suruma + Listen and say these phrases. T somerimes in summer 2 more fur yoo, most for me 3 in the muddle of the him How to make the sound /n/ # When you say /1/, the air comes through your nose, not your mouth. Look at the diagram. Listen and say the sound. Your tongue is pressed against the roof of your mouth behind the teeth, and the ing. Target sound: Innnnnf HEY == Sound and spelling 8H} « ‘ol is usually spelled n, but sometimes nn or kn. Listen and say these words. a new fmtow sumone gone mn dinner sunny kn knew know knife AGE + Listen and say these phrases. Ta sunny atrernoon’ 2 sun and moon 3 nine months MD How to make the sound /o/ ‘542 « When you say //, the air comes through your nose, not Four mouth. Look at the diagram. Listen and say the > sound. The back of your tongue is pressed against the roof tack of of your mouth, and there is voicing. Target sound: /an900/ tongue touches 8B » Listen and say the three sounds, /mmmm/ /nnnan/ fogannd og HEB «= Sound and spelling + hod is usually spelled ng. ‘The letter n is pronounced // if there is a /i/ of /o/ after it. 1g is sometimes /i/ (eg. singer) and sometimes /q/ (e.g. Finger). ak is always pronounced /nk/. GR » Listen and say these words. Ay evening long sing singer thing ‘yk ank hanks chink uncle ing) angry finger hungry longer single « Listen and say these phrases. 1 chinking abour chings 2 lomg evening singng song; 3 a hungry man is an amgey man Engish Pronunciation in Use (Elementary) 35‘Section A Sounds and speting Exercises 1.1 Write these words. 1.2. Write the words. Two are with /n/ and three with /p/. words with /n/ words with /n/ a bn eee & Listen to check your answers. Check with the Key. Then listen and repeat. 1.3. Complete the titles of the pictures using these words. room nine wrong single warm uncle languages evening hungry answer Gp _ listen to check your answers. Check with the Key. Then listen and repeat. 36373737 (Fal How many hours? /b/ How to make the sound /h/ GP © Look at the diagram. Listen and say the sound. The air = ‘comes through a small gap at the back of the mouth. ‘There is no voicing, Target sound: /hay a ~ Sound and spelling G® + Avis usually spelled b, but it is spelled wh in a few words, Listen and say these words. hos hat here help hot how — behind wh who whose whole @Q © A few words begin with a silent leer h. Listen and say these words. hour — honest st portant Fer istening 1 Hi, hello, how are you? 2 Whose hat is this? 3 Irs horn here, 4 We had a whole month’s holiday. 5 Can you help me for half an hour? 6 Who's who? Sometimes you dor't hear an Jhb sound at the beginning of he, him, her, hers. his, had, have, has. (Sce Units 37-40) Listen. 1 Is he there? 2 Have you seen him? 3 Has he got time? 4 Do you know her? 5 He went to vst is family. English Pronunciation in Use (Elementary) 3721 Section A Sounds end speling Exercises Write these words. EXAMPLE, Ined) 1heti 2 frau! 3 fhoum/ head (851) _Usten to check your answers. Check with the Key. Then listen and repeat. 2.2 Listen and complete the dialogue. @P A: Excuse me, can you tell me . to get to the castle? w vthen there's a road and the castle's at the top. B: Yes. Go past the those A: Thanks for your ne Check with the Key. Then listen and repeat. 38That's life! Aj HEY How to make the sound /I/ ® e Look at the diagram. Listen and say the sound. The tip of your tongue-touches the foal of youcesouth just behiad the op tech, the air pastes the aides of the sonic aid Hicre ts voicing. (If you prepare to say /V/ but breathe in instead of ‘out, you feel cold air on the sides of your tongue.) Target sound: fl HEED — Sound and spelling GD Wis spelled | or I. Listen and say these words. 1 Karn leave Hanguage lovely alone feel help English Moll well yellow GP © Mis longa the end of some words. Listen and say these words. people simple uncle lide GQ « In some words, the letter | is silent. Listen and say these words. half talk could ore |moweh Bening (oats en and say these sentences. 1 When shall we leave? 2 Are you alone? 3. How do you feel? 4 Can I help you? § Look at those lovdy lie yellow flowers. 6 Learning a language can be difficult for some people. &-404040 ‘Section A Sounds ond speling 31 Bs 32 ay Exercises Write these words. EXAMPue few Tew 2 hath 3 Mardy 4 (kauld! 5 Ste 6 fp 7 Mexnwnl 8 for'lou! Listen to check your answers. Check with the Key. Then listen and repeat. Look at the pictures and complete the sentences using these words. hello double middle bortle terer litter table alphabet single letter little apple RECEP 2) B fh i @ 1 2 3 4 5 1 Did you say the ....\etter.___ box or the — _— bin? 2 — My name’s L.. I'm the twelfth... of the 3 There's an in the 7 4 Would you like a 5 What's in that Listen to check your answers. Check with the Key. Then listen and repeat. 40What terrible weather! itl EE How to make the sound /r/ GB © Look at the diagram. Listen and say the sound. The tip of ‘your tongue points backwards towards the roof of the mouth, there is some contact hetween the tongue and the teeth at the sides of the mouth, and there is voicing, Target g sound: frre! { ) HED Sound and spelling ® « #11 is usually spelled ror rr, and sometimes wr. Listen and say these words. t wed ready really right road room rr ferry sory wr wrap wrist’ write writen wrote Q © Listen and say these phrases and sentences. 1 What are you reading? 2 I'm really sorry ~ your room isn't ready. 3 I don’t know if I'm right or wrong. 4 Too much wrinng makes my wnst ache. S travelling by ferry 6 wrapping presents for Chnstmas 9) « some English speakers use diferent // sounds Listen to some other speaker saying the same (‘imcerbaat 7 examples, and notice the different /i/ sounds they use. : ‘© Where there’ a letter rin a word, most people in England, Wales and Australia only pronounce it if there's 2 vowel sound after it, in the same word or the next word. Listen. four no hf forty no rf four days not) four eggs {t/ is pronounced four hours _ /i/ is pronounced 6%) * But most people in America, Scotiand, reland and the south-west of England always pronounce /:! where there's a letter r in the spelling. Listen, four {i]s pronounced forty [ris pronounced four days [rf ispronounced four eggs _/t/is pronounced four hours —{r/ is pronounced A Note: The name of the letter Rin the alphabet is ju:/ - or faze! for those speakers who always GD Pronounce the letter. Listen, a‘Section A Sounds and speting Exercises “1 Put these words in the correct places, in their normal spelling ‘rum/ Marin! fotl'redi/ Preka:dz/ /reinf /o'rawv/ fraund/ /bnraed! /a'dres/ Pram Prabif/ Pharil rots Pteribl frioli/ /rews/ /rait/ /wari/ I'redi/ [o'fred/ 3 Are you 4 Stop — go out. 5 A: Oh, no, I've lost an late! —— » they'll wai till we .. 61 Listen to check your answers. Check with the Key, Then listen and repeat. 42HED — Sound and spelling GB + The sound //is usually spelled w, and sometimes wh, What's the news? Iw] and /j/ How to make the sound /w/ © Look at the diagram. Listen and say the sound. /v/ is like a very short /u:/ sound. Target sound: /2f and there are some words with other spellings of hs/. Listen and say these words. w week wet way warm well weather windy away always (welve swim wh wha whe whch where ‘one language question quiet square A Note: qu is often pronounced /kw/. (Note: [isnot pronounced in some words listen and repeat. answer two who whole write wrong 6} = Listen and say these phrases and sentences. 1 swimming in waren water 6 the wrong word 2 twenty-one words 7 the whole world 3 Whar’s the answer? 8 question and answer 4 quarter to twelve on Wednesday 9 Where will you be waiting? S rwenty-rwo languages How to make the sound /j/ GF} Look at the diagram. Listen and say the sound. //is like a a small gipat very short f:/ sound. Targer sound: /jo/ Sound and spelling &}) + The sound /)/is usually spelled y, but has different spellings in some words. 1 _ Jivil is often spelled u or ew. Listen and say these words. y yes_yesterday year young Jv usual seudent university new view interview —heauriful queue Europe /‘joarap! 4) « Listen and say these phrases and sentences. Bet “npertant for listening 1 a young university student 2 2 beaunitul view 3 waiting in a quewe for an interview 4 the European Union 5 Lusually walk to work bur | wed the ear yesterday. "© American speakers don't pronounce // in some words like new and student. listen. with [y[: Are you a rew student? /nju 'stjurdant) without |;): Are you a new student? /nu: 'stusdant/ Engish Pronunciation in Use (Elernentary) 43