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lel pen
- Is this milk fresh?

Targetsound/e/
.\reaa First practise the sound /r/
(seepage 7).
arsub Open your mouth alittle more to
make the short target sound /e/.
Listen and repeat.
Alecc Listen and repeat both sounds
together:ltl andlel.

Mi n im alpairs
SoundI Sound2
ltl lel
pin pen
I needa pin. I needa pen.

bin Ben
That'smy bin. That'smy Ben.

tin ten
It'sa bigtin. lt'sa bigten.

Prg Peg
Where'sthe pig? the peg?
Where's

chick cheque
Shewantsa chick. Shewantsa cheque.

nim a p
l a i rw o r d s
.u$aa Listen and repeat the words.
.,.rt*b You will hear five words from each minimal pair. For each word, write I
for A/ (sound l) or 2 for /ei (sound 2).
HG M P LE Pa i r 1 : 2 ,2 ,1 ,I,2
12 UNIT5 /e/ pen

Minimalpairsentences
Azlac Listen to the minimal pair sentences.
,rzrt,d Listen to six of the sentencesand write I for ltl (sound D or 2 for lel
(sound 2).
,ulae Sentencestress
The most important words in a sentence are strongly stressed.If the
minimal pair sentenceswere spoken with only one strong stress,which
word would it be? Read the sentences and guesswhich word it might be.
Then listen to the minimal pair sentences again and underline the
strongly stressedword in each sentence (on page 11).
nzz f Tick the words a) or b) that you hear in the sentences.
l a)pin I b)pen tr
2a) pig I b) peg I
3 a) tins I b) tens I
4a) sit I b) set I
5a) disk I b) desk I
6 a)pickatI b)peckatI

5 Dialogue
O a First practise the sound /e/ in some of the words from the dialogue. Read
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the words aloud or visit the website to practise. In words with two or
more syllables,bold is used to show which syllable is strongly stressed.
In the brackets, write the number of syllables in each word before you
practise.
EXAMPTES friend (1) terribly (3) Emma (2) expensive (3)
jea l o u s ( ) h e l p ( ) e v e ry b o d y ( ) any( ) bench( ) K evi n( )
A m e ri c a ( ) M e x i c a n ( ) E m i l y ( ) B en( )very( ) breadl l E ddi e( )
Notice that many words in English have the strong stresson the first
syllable, but some words have the strong stresson the last syllable.
hello Adele again except yourself lemonade
.\?3 b Listen to the dialogue, paying attention to the target sound. Then read
the dialogue and fill the gaps (l-7) with the correct questions (a-g)
below.
a) Can I getyou a drink, Adele?
b) Is that better?
c) Wasit expensive?
d) Are you listeningto the RedHot Chili Peppers?
e) How did you spendyour holiday,Adele?
f) Are you a friend of Emma's?
g) Haveyou met my friend Adeleyet, Kevin?
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UN|T5 /e/pen

funds
ADELE:Hi, Emma!Hi, BenlHello,EmilylHello;Eddie!Hi,
everybody!
EVERYBODY
EXCEPT
KEVTN:
Hi,Adele!
EMILY:Niceto seeyou again,Adele.Kevin,thisis Adele.Adele,
this is Kevin.
ADELE:Hi, Kevin.l- ? lt'steniblyloud.

KEVTN:Yes .. (turnsthe musicdown) z-? (Adele

nods her head) t-?
ADELE:Yes.

KEVIN:Emmasaidshe had a friendcalledAdele.

EDDIE:Helpyourselfto Mexicanfood,Adele.lt's on the kitchen
bench.
EMILY:And there'sFrenchbreadon the shelf.
'?
BE N :4

ADELE:Yes,thanks,Ben.Somelemonadewith a bit of ice in it.

E M M A: 5 ?

KEVIN:Yes.l'vejust met her.She'sveryfriendly.

BE N :5 ?
ADELE:I went to SouthAmericawith my bestfriend Kerrie.

EVERYBODY;
Well!
EMMA:We'realljealous

ED D IE :7 ?
I haven'tany money
ADELE:Not very.But I spenteverything.
left.

.l,r3c Listen to the dialogueagain to checkyour answers.Then practise

readingthe dialogue aloud. Recordyour voice to compareyour
production of the target sound with the recording.

4 lntonation
Intonation is the voice going ufor dOvwn
on the strongestsyllableof the
most important word in a phraseor sentence.
Intonation statementsusually goesdovflr at the end.
Intonation in WH questions (rMho?ltVhat?Why?When? Hown
usually goesdomrnat the end. "4rhere?
Intonation inYes/Noquestionsusually goesupat the end.
lf uNIr l lel pen

az+ a Listen and repeat.

Ir14:Iquestion: How did you spend your holiday?
Statement: I went to America.
YeslNoquestion: Was it expensive?
Statement: Yes.Verv.
No. Not very.
nzs b Word stress
Practise the word stressin these place narnes. In many place names the
strong stress is on the first syllable.
Denmark Venice Edinburgh Mexico
Mecca Melbourne Lebanon
A smaller number of place names have the strong stresson the last
syllable.
Iapm Mumbai Madrid Beirut NewYork
In longer place names the strong stressis sometimes in the middle of
the word.
the Riviera the Mediterranean Australia America Helsinki
Philadelphia
c Now practise the conversation below using the place names in 4b.
A: How did you spendyour holiday?
B: l w e n tto ..
A: Wasit expensive?
B: Yes.Very./ Not very.
d Dictionarywork: word stress
\,Vhen you meet a new word, you cirn check which syllable is strongly
stressed in a good dictionary @.g. Cambridge Aduanced Lectrner's
Dictionary). The pronunciation of the word is shown in the International
Phonetic Alphabet (IPA), with the symbo| in front of the main strong
stress of the word, e.g. electric /rrlektrrk/. Your dictionary will also show
the secondary stress (usually in longer words) with the symbol , , e.g.
electricity /l,lekrtrrseti/.
In Ship or Sheep?only the main strong stressin a word is in bold to show
you where the stressed syllable ends, e.g. electric, electricity.
Look up some of these words in a dictionary and mark which syllable
has the main strong stress.
EXAMPLE execpl or exrcept
except exercise expect expedition
expel experiment expenditure expert
expression extend extra extrovert

5 5 p ;e l i i n g
Look back over this unit at words with the target sound, and write what
you noticed about how to spell the sound /e/.
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lllnl man
- Let s have a chat about that cat.
- \tr cat?
- les ... em ... it's too fat.
- tl-ell, it is a bit fat. But it's ... mm ... a very happy cat.

I -argetsoundlrel
utla a First practise the sound /e/
(seepage ll). Listen and repeat.
r:oo $ Qpsn your mouth a little more to
make the target sound /a/.
Listen and repeat.
\26cc Listen and repeat both sounds together:
lelandla' l .

2 Mi n im alpair s
SoundI Sound2
lel lnl ,'-1
\*
x axe
\
Putthe 'x' here. Putthe axe here.

€=+
Pen Pan €
Canlbonowapen? Canlbonowapan?
f:
men man ffi
.UL
Lookat the men. Lookat the man.

send sand &#lt,

l'm sendingthe table. I'msanding
thetable.
,'a*J$.
gem iarn (@[
It'sa lovelygem. It'sa lovelyjam.

bread Brad
{6}
'-9
Wehadbreadfor lunch. WehadBradfor lunch.
16 untr 4 /ieiman

Minimalpairwords
A27aa Listen and repeat the words.
azzub You will hear five words from each minimal pair. For each word write l
for /e/ (sound 1) or 2 for lal (sound 2).
E XA M PL E Pa i r 1 : 2 ,2 ,1 ,,I,2

Minimalpairsentences
A28ac Listen to the minimal pair sentences.
ezard Listen to six of the sentences and write I for lel (sound I or 2 for lel
(sound 2).
A2Ba
e Sentence stress
Listen to the first two minimal pair sentences again and look at the
circles on the left. The big circles are the strongly stressedsyllables,and
the small circles are the weakly stressedsyllables.
OoOO Put the'x' here./Put the axe here.
ooOooO Can I borrow a pcq?/Can I borrow a pA!!?
\28a Listen to the rest of the sentences and underline the sentence stress (the
strongly stressedsyllables in the most important words in the sentence).
OooO Look at the men./Look at the man.
oOooOo I'm sending the table./I'm sanding the table.
ooOoO It's a lovely gem./It's a lovely jam.
ooOoO We had bread for lunch./We had Brad for lunch.
rzs f Tick the words a) or b) that you hear in the sentences.
la )pen I b)pan I
2a)men tr b)man I
3a)end I b)and I
4 a)feta tr b) fatter I
Sa)pet tr b)pat tr
6a)bed I b)bad tr
3 Dialogue
i=, a First practise the sound /re/ in some of the words from the dialogue.
\-
Read the words aloud or visit the website to practise.
I Allen salad habit travel Ianet absent sandwich contracts
cancelled
2 animals Africa antelope Annabelle Anthony passengers
anchovy
3 alligator advertising
\tVhich of the list of words (1, 2, 3) above have the word stresspatterns
below? The big circles are the strongly stressedsyllables and the small
circles are the weakly stressedsyllables.
a) Ooo b) Oooo c) Oo
 UNIT4 /ie/ rnan t?:

Match the sentences (1-3) below with the sentence stresspatterns (a-c).
The big circles are the strongly stressedwords and the small circles are
the weakly stressedwords.
I He hasn't done the backup. a) ooOooO
2 Aaron doesnt have to come back. b) oOoooOo
3 The computer has crashed. c) OooooooO
b Aaron'srecordedmessages
ro Listen to the recorded messages,pa)'lng attention to the target sound.
Now listen again and complete the sentences below. Each missing word
has the sound /e/. Number I has been done as an example.
I Aaron works atlhe Ajox TrovelAgency.
2 Hes on holiday in _ .
3 His boss is Mrs
4 Aaron left an and on his desk.
5 He - to contact Anthony about the of -
he on
6 Aaron has a _ habit of being _ from work.
7 Aaron booked a _to San with three - : an
anteater, an _ , and an
8 The computer has and Aaron hadn't done the - up
for the programmes. Mrs Allen is very _ .
9 The best advertising have been because of Aaron's
bad
l0 Aaron doesnt to come to the - agency
because he's been
A3l Listen to the complete sentences and check your answers then practise
reading the sentences aloud. Record your voice to compare your
production of the target sound with the recording.

j Sentence
stress:the rhythmof English
A3z a Practise first with the names Annabelle and lanet. Notice how the
important words are strongly stressed- we say them LOUDeT and
s I o w er. Listen and repeat.
Question: How do you shorten Annabelle and Ianet?
Answer: Ann and lan.
Listen to seven possible answers to the next question (seepage 18).
AtJ3 Notice that when we add more weakly stressed words or syllables to
these sentences,we still say them in about the same length of time. We
do this by saying all the weakly stressedwords more +dddyand quietlv:
Question: \Mho works with Aaron?
Answers:
I OO Ann,Ian.
2 OoO Ann and lan.
3 Oooo0o Annabelle and Tanet.
tB uNtT4 lnl man

4 oOooooOo There'sAnnabelle and there's Ianet.

5 ooOoooooOo Well there'sAnnabelle and then there's Tanet.
6 oooOoooooooOo Well first there'sAnnabelle and then there's
also Ianet.
7 oooooOooooooooooo Well first of all there'sAnnabelle and then you
know there's also lanet.
(Note that although sometimes native speakersof English do speak like
this with a lot of weakly stressedwords, at other times they may use
more strongly stressedwords, e.g. 'Well, first of all there'sAnnabelle and
then you know there's also lanet.' Both are correct. Both have the same
rhythm of strong and weak stress.)
as+ b Listen to the seven answers in 4a again and try to say them all in the
same length of time. Try a few times. First practise putting your energy
into the strongly stressedwords. Next practise saying the weakly stressed
words with less energy, so that you say them more quietly. Then practise
saying the weakly stressedwords more and more quickly. Record your
voice and compare this with the recording.
c Match the questions (f -3) with the pairs of answers (a-c) below. (In the
brackets, the big circles are the strongly stressedsyllables and the small
circles are the weakly stressed svllables.)
Questions:
I \fhat kind of animals did Aaron book on the San Salvador flight?
2 rffhat were two of the mistakes Aaron made before he went on holiday?
3 \Mho else works at the tlavel agency?
Answers:
a) Anthony, Mrs Allen. (Ooo, ooOo)
Well, there'sAnthony, and then there's Mrs Allen. (ooOoo, oooooOo)
b) An anteater, an antelope, and an alligator. (oOoo, oOoo, oooooo)
He booked an anteater, as well as an antelope, and also an alligator.
(oooOoo, ooooOoo, ooooOooo)
c) The l1t4p, the backup, (oO, oOo)
He lost the map, and he didn't do the backup. (oooO, ooooooOo)
Practise reading the questions and answers aloud. Try to say the pairs of
answers in the same length of time.

Spelling
Look back over this unit at words with the target sound, and write what
you noticed about how to spell the sound /re/.