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<p>CAMBRIDGE</p><p>n</p><p>Use</p><p>Self-study and</p><p>classroom use</p><p>Elementary</p><p>Jonathan Marks</p><p>Pronunciation IR</p><p>Use</p><p>Self-study and</p><p>classroom use</p><p>Elementary</p><p>BE CAMBRIDGE</p><p>EE UNIVERSITY $ Jonathan Marks</p><p>CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS</p><p>Cambridge, New York, Melbourne, Madrid, Cape Town, Singapore, Sio Paulo</p><p>GAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS</p><p>The Edinburgh Building, Cambridge CB2 SRU, UK</p><p>www.cambridge.org</p><p>Information on this title: www.cambridge.org/9780521672627</p><p>@ Cambridge University Press 2007</p><p>This publication is in copyright. Subject to statutory exception</p><p>and to the provisions of relevant collective licensing agreements,</p><p>no reproduction of any part may take place without</p><p>the written permission of Cambridge University Press.</p><p>First published 2007</p><p>Printed in the United Kingdom at the University Press, Cambridge</p><p>A catalogue record for tbis publication is available from the Britisk Library</p><p>ISBN 978-0-$21-67262-7 paperback</p><p>ISBN 978-0-$21-67264-1 audio CDs (5)</p><p>ISBN 978-0-$21-67266-$ paperback and CDs pack</p><p>ISBN 978-0-521-69370-7 CD-ROM</p><p>ISBN 978-0-$21-69373-8 CD-ROM, paperback and CDs pack</p><p>Contents</p><p>To the student</p><p>To the teacher</p><p>Map of contents</p><p>Section A Sounds and spelling</p><p>O</p><p>E</p><p>O</p><p>A</p><p>N</p><p>O</p><p>U</p><p>P</p><p>B</p><p>L</p><p>N</p><p>How many letters, bow many sounds? Spelling and pronunciation</p><p>Pizza for dinner Aid and hy</p><p>A spoonful of sugar lu and lui</p><p>Father and mother ad and /M</p><p>A dog in the corner /ol and ou</p><p>Bread and jam (el and fel</p><p>My birtkday's on Thursday law</p><p>Here and there hol and leaf</p><p>Have a great time! (lew, law and /ou</p><p>Old town lou! and Jaul</p><p>Pack your bags (pl and /bl</p><p>Twenty days ld and /d/</p><p>Cats and dogs (/k/ and lg!</p><p>November the first /H! and fvl</p><p>Both together (Of and /8/</p><p>Its the wrong size, isme it? Isl and [dl</p><p>Fresk fisb, usually (J/ and 3</p><p>Chips and juice ff! and /da/</p><p>My bungry uncle ml, if and tol</p><p>How many bours? Mn</p><p>That's life! M</p><p>What terrible weather! fr!</p><p>What's the news? (wl and /j!</p><p>Sunglasses or umbrella? Consonant groups in the middle of words</p><p>Train in the rain Consonant groups at the beginning of words</p><p>Pink and orange Consonant groups at the end of words</p><p>Last week Consonant groups across words</p><p>Section B Syllables and words</p><p>28</p><p>29</p><p>30</p><p>31</p><p>32</p><p>One house, two houses Svllables</p><p>Wait a minute — where's the waiter? Strong and weak vowels</p><p>Single or return? Stress in two-syllable words</p><p>Begin at the beginming Stress in longer words</p><p>Where's my checklistê Stress in compound words</p><p>Section C Phrases, sentences and grammar</p><p>33</p><p>34</p><p>35</p><p>36</p><p>37</p><p>38</p><p>39</p><p>40</p><p>Phrases and pauses Reading aloud</p><p>Speak it, write it, read it Linking words together 1</p><p>Me and you, you and me Linking words together 2</p><p>Take me to te skow, Jo Rhythm</p><p>Hey, wait for me! Strong and weak forms 1: Pronouns</p><p>And what's bis namef Strong and weak forms 2: Possessives,</p><p>conjunctions, prepositions</p><p>There's a spider Strong and weak forms 3: Articles, comparatives, “there”</p><p>Who was that? Strong and weak forms 4: Auxiliary verbs</p><p>English Pronunciation in Use (Elementary)</p><p>O</p><p>N</p><p>10</p><p>12</p><p>14</p><p>i6</p><p>18</p><p>20</p><p>22</p><p>24</p><p>26</p><p>28</p><p>30</p><p>32</p><p>34</p><p>36</p><p>38</p><p>40</p><p>42</p><p>46</p><p>48</p><p>50</p><p>$2</p><p>s4</p><p>56</p><p>58</p><p>60</p><p>62</p><p>64</p><p>66</p><p>68</p><p>70</p><p>72</p><p>74</p><p>76</p><p>78</p><p>80</p><p>82</p><p>84</p><p>86</p><p>88</p><p>1 They're here! Contractions</p><p>42 [rs George's birtkday Pronouncing -s endings</p><p>43 (I looked everywbere Pronouncing past tenses</p><p>Section D Conversation</p><p>44 Not half past two, half past tbree Intonation for old and new information</p><p>45 And suddenly ... Intonation in storytelling</p><p>46 Really? That's amazing! Being a good listener</p><p>47 1 know when it is, but not where Important words in conversation 1</p><p>AB Finisbed? Dve just started! Tmportant words in conversation 2</p><p>49 No, thanks, Dm just looking Intonation in phrases and sentences 1</p><p>50 Fine, thanks Intonation in phrases and sentences 2.</p><p>Section E Reference</p><p>F1 Chart of phonemic symbols</p><p>F2 Guide for speakers of specific languages</p><p>F3 Sound pairs</p><p>F4 From spelling to sound</p><p>E5 The alphabet</p><p>E6 Pronouncing numbers</p><p>E7 Pronouncing geographical names</p><p>F8 Homophones</p><p>Key</p><p>Acknowledgements</p><p>English Pronunciation in Use (Elementary)</p><p>9%</p><p>92</p><p>94</p><p>%</p><p>98</p><p>100</p><p>102.</p><p>104</p><p>106</p><p>108</p><p>110</p><p>11</p><p>113</p><p>127</p><p>130</p><p>132</p><p>135</p><p>137</p><p>138</p><p>166</p><p>To the student</p><p>The Eaglisk Pronunciation in Use Elementary course - book and CDs, or book and cassettes —</p><p>is to help you with your English pronunciation.</p><p>What will | need?</p><p>l Al! You will need a cassette or CD player to listen to the recordings. The symbol `”'.' shows the</p><p>track numbers of the recordings. It will be useful if you can record your own voice, so that you</p><p>can listen to your own pronunciation and hear your progress.</p><p>When you are studying individual sounds it is sometimes useful to have a mirror, so that you can</p><p>see the shape of your mouth and compare it with the diagrams in the book.</p><p>How is English Pronunciation in Use Elementary organised?</p><p>There are 50 two-page units in the book. Each unit is about a different pronunciation point.</p><p>Section A (Units 1 to 27) is about how to say and spell individual sounds, and groups of sounds</p><p>together. Section B (Units 28 to 32) is about joining sounds to make words. Section C (Units 33</p><p>to 43) is about pronunciation in phrases and sentences. Section D (Units 44 to $0) is about</p><p>pronunciation in conversation. The left-hand page of each unit has explanations and examples,</p><p>and the right-hand page has exercises (except Units 49 and 50).</p><p>After these units is Section E, where you will find:</p><p>E1 Chart of phonemic symbols - with example words for every symbol.</p><p>E2 Guide for speakers of specific languages —- Speakers of different languages have different</p><p>problems with English pronunciation, and this guide shows which units in the book may be</p><p>especially helpful for them.</p><p>E3 Sound pairs - If you have problems with hearing the difference between pairs of sounds, you</p><p>can find extra practice here.</p><p>E4 From spelling to sound - In English, the same sound can often be spellcd in different ways.</p><p>Here you will find the most common spellings of each sound.</p><p>ES The alphabet — exercises to help you say the letters of the alphabet, and understand them</p><p>when you hear them.</p><p>E6 Pronouncing numbers — exercises to help you pronounce different kinds of numbers, and</p><p>understand them when you hear them.</p><p>E7 Pronouncing geographical names — how to pronounce the names of countries, continents, etc.</p><p>E$ Homophones —- words that are spelled differently but sound the same.</p><p>Why not have a look at Section E now, before you start the book?</p><p>At the end of the book there is a Key with answers to all the exercises.</p><p>The CDs or cassettes contain all the recordings for the left- and right-hand pages of the units,</p><p>and Section F.</p><p>How should | use the course?</p><p>You can simply study the units from 1 to 50, or you can alternate units from different sections.</p><p>For example, you could do Unit 1, then Unit 28, then Unit 33, then Unit 44, then Unit 2, and</p><p>so on.</p><p>If you want to focus your work more closely, you can look at the Guide for speakers of specific</p><p>languages in Section E2. This tells you which units are most important for speakers of different</p><p>languages.</p><p>In Section A, if you have problems hearing the difference between individual sounds, go to the</p><p>Sound pair indicated (in Section E3).</p><p>English Pronunciation in Use (Elementary) 5</p><p>When you are working with the recordings, you should replay a track as often as you need to.</p><p>When you are doing an exercise you may also need to pause the recording after each sentence ro</p><p>give yourself time to think or write your answer. When you are asked to repeat single words,</p><p>there is a space on the recording for you to do this, but when you are repeating whole sentences</p><p>you will need to pause the recording to give yourself enough time to repeat.</p><p>Will English Pronunciation in Use Elementary only help me with my</p><p>speaking? What about listening?</p><p>Pronunciation is important for both speaking and listening, and this course will also help vou</p><p>with your listening. Some pronunciation points are especially</p><p>sav the two sounds.</p><p>MTN (33333</p><p>Sound and spelling</p><p>B2% e There are not many words with //. lt is usually spelled si or s. Listen and say these words.</p><p>television Asia usually</p><p>ga e Listen and say these sentences.</p><p>As: Do you like sport?</p><p>B: Yes... but only on television, usually!</p><p>42 English Pronunciation in Use (Elementary)</p><p>E</p><p>(</p><p>7</p><p>1</p><p>m N</p><p>Exercises</p><p>Write these words.</p><p>1 Mu!</p><p>2 PstelfM uses</p><p>3 Pfmauf/</p><p>4 /faut/</p><p>5 ou</p><p>6 /dif!</p><p>Section A Sounds and spelling</p><p>Listen to check your answers. Check with the Key. Then listen and repeat.</p><p>Listen and complete the text.</p><p>Take vour cash... $</p><p>GO to The :</p><p>Buy some</p><p>and some</p><p>Take them home.</p><p>NEE . them.</p><p>Cook them for a see</p><p>Put them iN a ees</p><p>.. time.</p><p>17.4</p><p>Eat them.</p><p>Check with the Key. Then listen and repeat.</p><p>Listen and complete the sentences.</p><p>1 Yes, We're AN se - business.</p><p>We're based iN se , but we fly</p><p>to anywhere IN uses and the</p><p>Pa assosiasies</p><p>2 A: Why are YOU ms At that</p><p>)</p><p>B: rs eaten MY ne !</p><p>Check with the Key. Then listen and repeat.</p><p>Listen and circle the word you hear. Check</p><p>with the Key. If vou find any of these</p><p>difficult, go to Section E3 Sound pairs for</p><p>further practice.</p><p>1 sboe! Sue</p><p>2 shoes! choose</p><p>(— sound pair 32)</p><p>(— sound pair 33)</p><p>English Pronunciation in Use (Elementary) 43</p><p>Chips and juice</p><p>ltfl and (dal</p><p>How to make the sound /tf/ EE</p><p>e Look at the diagram. Listen and say the sound. There is no,</p><p>voicing (vibration from the throat). /t/ is like /Y/ # // nl N</p><p>together. Target sound: /t fa A</p><p>ET sound and spelling -Td</p><p>BR e /tJ/ is usually spelled ch, t, or tch. Listen and say these</p><p>words.</p><p>ch chips choose March which</p><p>t future guestion</p><p>tch catch watch kitchen</p><p>N Note: The name of the letter H is /ert /. Listen and repeat.</p><p>Es) Note: In the word Czech, cz is pronounced /t/, and ch is pronounced /k]. The words check, chegue and</p><p>Czech all sound the same: /t ek]. Listen and repeat. (See Section E8 Homophones.)</p><p>se e [Listen and say these sentences.</p><p>1 Which guestions did you choose in the exam?</p><p>2 The picture in the kitchen is by a Czech artist.</p><p>How to make the sound /ds/</p><p>n] e Look at the diagram. Listen and say the sound. There is</p><p>voicing (vibration from rhe throat). /d3 is like /V 4 /4</p><p>together. Target sound: /d3a/</p><p>Ji e |isten and say the two sounds.</p><p>Mfa/ /dsaf</p><p>N Sound and spelling</p><p>n e /d3 is usually spelled j, g, ge or dge. Listen and say these words.</p><p>j jam jacket jeans job jet</p><p>g general</p><p>ge age large</p><p>dge fridge</p><p>Note: The name of the letter G is /dzi:, and the name of the letter J is /dzea. Listen and repeat.</p><p>T</p><p>sê e [Listen and say these sentences.</p><p>1 Who's that wearing a large orange jacket?</p><p>2 There's some juice in the fridge.</p><p>3 Languages are a bridge between people.</p><p>da English Pronunciation in Use (Elementary)</p><p>18.1</p><p>36.</p><p>%</p><p>18.2</p><p>id</p><p>18.3</p><p>BR</p><p>18.4</p><p>B39</p><p>18.5</p><p>Section A Sounds and sbelling</p><p>Exercises</p><p>Write these words.</p><p>EXAMPLE /d3@TM n Ms</p><p>1 /wotJ/ d ad ee ee 7 fel ees</p><p>2 (dsnb/ 5 [d3urs/ 8 fe1d3</p><p>3. MEDE sesse es 6 ldaezl</p><p>Listen to check your answers. Check with the Key. Then listen and repeat.</p><p>Listen and circle the odd one out.</p><p>EXAMPLE</p><p>larger generally ( Bues$) fridge</p><p>| village get NE page</p><p>2 coach check Christmas temperature</p><p>3 June vegetable give cabbage</p><p>4 station Russian picture information</p><p>Listen to check your answers. Check with the Key. Then listen and repeat.</p><p>Listen and repeat these sentences.</p><p>1 1 went to a small Russian village. 4 Look at this page of information.</p><p>2 Cabbage is my favourite vegetable. S Tm going to the coach station.</p><p>3 | was in Germany ar Christmas. 6 Can vou check the temperature, please?</p><p>Listen and put these words into two groups.</p><p>teacker lounge bridge chair large chicken cheap juice Dutch</p><p>language chips orange cheese dangerous</p><p>words with /tj/ words with /d3/</p><p>Teaeher..</p><p>Listen to check your answers. Check with the Key. Then listen and repeat.</p><p>Fill the gaps with words from Exercise 18.4.</p><p>1 Something to drink: ... AGE.</p><p>2 Something to eat, from a European country:</p><p>4 Someone who teaches English or Chineset 4 um ee mr</p><p>5 A hot meal: n ee ee ARd ee ae ae</p><p>7 A big room to sit and relax iN: 4 ii ee ee</p><p>Listen to check your answers. Check with the Key. Then listen and repeat.</p><p>Listen and circle the word you hear. Check with the Key. If you find any of</p><p>these difficult, go to Section E3 Sound pairs for further practice.</p><p>1 aratch / wask (— sound pair 33)</p><p>2 skoes! choose (— sound pair 33)</p><p>3 what's /watck (— sound pair 25)</p><p>4 coach coats (— sound pair 25)</p><p>English Pronunciation in Use (Elementary) 45</p><p>My hungry uncle</p><p>Im/, (nl and [nl</p><p>How to make the sound /m/</p><p>Bi2a s When vou say /m/, the air comes through your nose, not</p><p>vour mouth. Look at the diagram. Listen and say rhe</p><p>sound. Your lips are together, and there is voicing. Targer</p><p>sound: /mmmmrm/</p><p>through</p><p>nose</p><p>lips closed</p><p>NEE Sound and spelling sirEie oe</p><p>Ba2h e (ml is usually spelled m or mm, but sometimes mb or mn. Listen and say these words.</p><p>m m: more lemon swim film some somermes</p><p>mm summer mb comb mn aurumn</p><p>Ba e Listen and say these phrases.</p><p>1 somerimes in summer 2 more for you, most For me 3 in the middle of the film</p><p>How to make the sound /n/</p><p>BR e When vou say /n/, the air comes through your nose, not</p><p>vour mouth. Look ar the diagram. Listen and say the</p><p>sound. Your tongue is pressed against the roof of your</p><p>mouth behind the teerh, and there is voicing. Target sound:</p><p>/nnnnn/</p><p>Sound and spelling</p><p>ii e (nl is usually spelled n, but sometimes nn or kn. Listen and say these words.</p><p>n new NOW sun one gone</p><p>nn dinner sunny</p><p>kn knew know knie</p><p>Pe, -</p><p>He e Listen and say these phrases.</p><p>1 a sunny afternoon 2 sun and moon 3 nine monrhs</p><p>air goes</p><p>through</p><p>nose</p><p>tongue</p><p>touches</p><p>roof of</p><p>mouth</p><p>air goes</p><p>through</p><p>nose</p><p>How to make the sound /n/</p><p>Bri e When you say /ny/, the air comes through your nose, not</p><p>vour mouth. Look at the diagram. Listen and say the</p><p>sound. The back of your tongue is pressed against the roof</p><p>of vour mouth, and there is voicing. Target sound: /gnygno/</p><p>back of</p><p>tongue</p><p>touches</p><p>roof of |</p><p>mouth</p><p>Bb e Listen and say the three sounds. /mmrmrm/ fnnnnn/ goon</p><p>Sound and spelling</p><p>es fyl is usually spelled ng.</p><p>The letter n is pronounced /jy/ if there is a /k/ or /o/ after it.</p><p>ng is sometimes /n/ (e.g. singer) and sometimes /no/ (e.g. finger).</p><p>nk is always pronounced /gk/.</p><p>B44 es Iisten and say these words.</p><p>hyl evenmg long smg simger rhing</p><p>/yk/ bank thanks rhmk mele</p><p>yg/ angry (mger hungry longer single</p><p>Bada es Listen and say these phrases.</p><p>1 thinking abour (hings 2 a long evening singing songs 3 a hunmgry man is an aagry man</p><p>46 English Pronunciation in Use (Elementary)</p><p>19.1</p><p>19.2</p><p>19.4</p><p>19.5</p><p>iy</p><p>Section A Sounds and spelling</p><p>Exercises</p><p>Write these words.</p><p>EXAMPLE</p><p>mo MODE</p><p>1 MUS sees $ namvzl ee</p><p>2 IOW sesse 6 IKSUM osse</p><p>3 /drmk/ see 7 /@m/</p><p>4 PagkV 8 /'stroggal !</p><p>words with /n/ words with /n/</p><p>Listen to check your answers. Check with the Key.</p><p>Then listen and repeat.</p><p>Complete the titles of the pictures using these words.</p><p>room nine wrong single warm uncle languages evening hungry answer</p><p>Look at the picture and complete the sentences.</p><p>1 The woman's .. lStening.... to the radio and</p><p>2 The phone's</p><p>3 The cat's —...</p><p>4 Is</p><p>Listen to check your answers. Check with the Key. Then listen and</p><p>repeat.</p><p>Listen and circle the word you hear. Check with the Key.</p><p>If you find any of these difficult, go to Section E3</p><p>Sound pairs for further practice.</p><p>1 ran / rang (— sound pair 34)</p><p>2 thing / think (— sound pair 34)</p><p>3 might! night (— sound pair 35)</p><p>4 some l sung (— sound pair 35)</p><p>$ some l sun (— sound pair 35)</p><p>English Pronunciation in Use (Elementary) 47</p><p>Fe How many hours?</p><p>al</p><p>How to make the sound /h/</p><p>e Look at the diagram. Listen and say the</p><p>sound. The air</p><p>comes through a small gap at the back of the mouth.</p><p>There is no voicing. Target sound: /ha/</p><p>OB | Sound and spelling</p><p>so e /I/ is usually spelled h, but it is spelled wh in a few words.</p><p>Listen and say these words.</p><p>h hat here help hot how behind</p><p>wh who whose whole</p><p>so * A few words begin with a silent letter h. Listen and say these words.</p><p>hour honest</p><p>Hsod e Listen and say these sentences.</p><p>1 Hi, hello, how are you?</p><p>2 Whose hat is this?</p><p>3 Tes hot in here.</p><p>4 We had a whole month's holiday.</p><p>$ Can you help me for half an hour?</p><p>6 Who's who?</p><p>85% Sometimes you don't hear an /n/ sound at the beginning of he, him, her, hers, his, had, have, has.</p><p>Iuportand (See Units 37-40) Listen.</p><p>for listening! 1 Is he there?</p><p>2 Have you seen him?</p><p>3 Has he got time?</p><p>4 Do you know her?</p><p>5 He went to visit his family.</p><p>48 English Pronunciation in Use (Elementary)</p><p>Section A Sounds and spelling</p><p>Exercises</p><p>20.1 Write these words.</p><p>EXAMPLE</p><p>hed/ head</p><p>si) Listen to check your answers. Check with the Key. Then listen and repeat.</p><p>20.2 Listen and complete the dialogue.</p><p>Ba) A: Excuse me, can you tell me ....... hos. to get to the castle?</p><p>B: Yes. Go past thê ins and the... then there's a road ss Ee</p><p>thOSE . You BO UP a n ANd the castle's at the top.</p><p>A: Thanks for YOUF iss</p><p>Check with the Key. Then listen and repeat.</p><p>20.2 Complete the titles of the pictures using these words.</p><p>half hand home perhaps who happy happen hours helping how</p><p>hi house holiday how history</p><p>many</p><p>Bs3 Listen to check your answers. Check with the Key. Then listen and repeat.</p><p>20,4. Listen and circle the word you hear. Check with the Key. If you find any of these difficult, go to</p><p>Section E3 Sound pairs for further practice.</p><p>Bsé, 1 hear / ear (— sound pair 37)</p><p>2 high / eye (— sound pair 37)</p><p>English Pronunciation in Use (Elementary) 49</p><p>N</p><p>JN</p><p>50</p><p>That's life!</p><p>ly</p><p>How to make the sound /I/</p><p>sa e |ook at the diagram. Listen and say the sound. The tip of</p><p>your tongue touches the roof of your mouth just behind the</p><p>top teeth, the air passes the sides of the tongue, and there is</p><p>voicing. (If you prepare to say /V but breathe in instead of</p><p>out, you feel cold air on the sides of your tongue.) Target</p><p>sound: /INY</p><p>tongue touches roof of oa</p><p>mouth behind top EE ee |</p><p>I</p><p>! |</p><p>air passes sides</p><p>of tongue</p><p>Sound and spelling</p><p>seh e /V is spelled 1 or |. Listen and say these words.</p><p>1 learn leave language lovely alone feel help English</p><p>N vall well yellow</p><p>se es /V is long at the end of some words. Listen and say these words.</p><p>people simple uncle lirde</p><p>sa e In some words, the letter | is silent. Listen and say these words.</p><p>half valk could</p><p>ir) e Listen and say these sentences.</p><p>1 When shall we leave?</p><p>2 Are you alone?</p><p>3 How do you feel?</p><p>4 Can | help you?</p><p>$ Look at those lovely litde yellow flowers.</p><p>6 Learning a language can be difficult for some people.</p><p>English Pronunciation in Use (Elementary)</p><p>B56</p><p>21.2</p><p>B5?</p><p>de</p><p>21.3</p><p>BSR:</p><p>1</p><p>21.4</p><p>B$9</p><p>Section A Sounds and spelling</p><p>Exercises</p><p>Write these words.</p><p>EXAMPLE</p><p>Mi)</p><p>$ Pterbl/</p><p>6 /epl/</p><p>7 Plsznm/</p><p>Listen to check your answers. Check with the Key. Then listen and repeat.</p><p>Look at the pictures and complete the sentences using these words.</p><p>hello double middle borrle letter litter table alphaber single letter</p><p>lirrle apple</p><p>sg di</p><p>P AI</p><p>ë</p><p>l</p><p>1 2 8</p><p>1 Did you say the letter... box or thê iss we me</p><p>d osse . My name's Li. Fm the twelfth is sesse</p><p>3 There's an in the ma... EEN</p><p>4 Would you like a ... . FOOM OF A see</p><p>) 5 What's in that... se osse</p><p>Listen to check your answers. Check with the Key. Then listen and repeat.</p><p>Listen and complete the story.</p><p>Monday id bus Was .....lafe..</p><p>my wallet.</p><p>off a ladder.</p><p>Check with the Key. Then listen and repeat.</p><p>Listen and circle the word you hear. Check with the Key. If you find any of these difficult, go to</p><p>Section E3 Sound pairs for further practice.</p><p>1 light / right (— sound pair 36)</p><p>2 collect correct (— sound pair 36)</p><p>English Pronunciation in Use (Elementary) s1</p><p>22</p><p>:</p><p>52</p><p>What terrible weather!</p><p>id</p><p>How to make the sound /r/</p><p>SR Look at the diagram. Listen and say the sound. The tip of</p><p>vour tongue points backwards towards the roof of the</p><p>mouth, there is some contact between the tongue and the</p><p>teeth at the sides of the mouth, and rhere is voicing. Target</p><p>Sound and spelling</p><p>feb</p><p>SR e</p><p>6Od</p><p>or isde nas,</p><p>N</p><p>pe rand</p><p>9</p><p>T</p><p>/r/ is usually spelled r or rr, and sometimes wr. Listen and say these words.</p><p>F red ready really Tight road room</p><p>rr ferry sorry</p><p>wr Wrap Wrist Write Written wrote</p><p>Listen and say these phrases and sentences.</p><p>1 What are you reading?</p><p>2 Pm really sorry - your room ismt ready.</p><p>3 1 don't know if Pm right or wrong.</p><p>4 Too much writing makes my wrist ache.</p><p>S travelling by ferry</p><p>6 wrapping presents for Christmas</p><p>-e Some English speakers use different /r/ sounds. Listen to some other speakers saying the same</p><p>examples, and notice the different /r/ sounds they use.</p><p>* Where there's a letter r in a word, most people in England, Wales and Australia only pronounce it if</p><p>there's a vowel sound after it, in te same word or the next word. Listen.</p><p>four no /rl</p><p>forty no /r]</p><p>four days no ri</p><p>four eggs (rd is pronounced</p><p>four hours frl is pronounced</p><p>e But most people in America, Scotland, Ireland and the south-west of England always pronounce /r]</p><p>where there's a letter r in the spelling. Listen.</p><p>four /rl is pronounced</p><p>forty (rl is pronounced</p><p>four days (rl is pronounced</p><p>four eggs frl is pronounced</p><p>tour hours. fr/ is pronounced</p><p>AN Note: The name of the letter R in the alphabet is /a:f - or Jazr/ for those speakers who always</p><p>7] pronounce the letter r. Listen.</p><p>English Pronunciation in Use (Elementary)</p><p>Bél</p><p>did</p><p>Ba2</p><p>22.3</p><p>Section A Sounds and spelling</p><p>Exercises</p><p>Put these words in the correct places, in their normal spelling.</p><p>frusm/ /iarm/ /osredi/ /rekasdz/ frem/ /a'rawv/ fraund/ Pbpraud/ /a'dres/</p><p>Pranm/ /rabrj/ /hari frek/ fteribl/ /friali/ /rers/ /rat/ Fwarid Mredi/ la'freid/</p><p>1 Hey, look! 1 found these old rock ina bin!</p><p>2 again — what sees Weather!</p><p>3 Are YOU um SUrE this is the ?</p><p>4 StOP ... the ' We've BOE tO BEE us EO</p><p>go our.</p><p>5 A: Oh, no, Dve lost AN uses</p><p>BEP es ANNa sees TE</p><p>6 As sesse UPÉ</p><p>B: Why? IE iSME 8 ss</p><p>A: Wee es late</p><p>Bé DON. s HEF watt till WE sissies ,</p><p>Listen to check your answers. Check with the Key. Then listen and repeat.</p><p>Look a* the words with r in the spelling. Listen and put a tick (v) by them if the r is pronounced, and</p><p>a cross (X) if the r is not pronounced.</p><p>1 A: Where .” did you park the car?</p><p>B: Tm not sure. | think it was just around the corner.</p><p>2 A: Have vou ever heard of sguare oranges?</p><p>B: No, never!</p><p>3 A: Can vou play the guitar?</p><p>B: 1 can play the guitar and sing.</p><p>4 A: Arc we far away from the road?</p><p>B: Well, it's rather hard to say ...</p><p>Check witn the Key. Then listen and repeat.</p><p>Listen and circle the word you hear. Check with the Key. If you find any of these difficult, go to</p><p>Section E3 Sound pairs for further practice.</p><p>1 light right (— sound pair 36)</p><p>2 long / wrong (— sound pair 36)</p><p>3 collect! correct (— sound pair 36)</p><p>English Pronunciation in Use (Elementary) 53</p><p>FR: What's the news?</p><p>[wl and (jl</p><p>How to make the sound /w/</p><p>Bet e [ook at the diagram. Listen and say the sound. /w/ is like AN</p><p>a very short /u:/ sound. Target sound: /wa/ EP</p><p>lips round |</p><p>NEH Sound and spelling |</p><p>Bed e The sound /w/ is usually spelled w, and sometimes wh, “ps iorward</p><p>and there are some words with other spellings of /w/. .</p><p>Listen and say these words.</p><p>w week wet way warm well weather windv away always twelve swim</p><p>wh what white which where</p><p>one language guestion guiet sguare</p><p>IN Note: gu is often pronounced /k wi].</p><p>Note: /v] is not pronounced in some words.</p><p>Listen and repeat.</p><p>answer two who whole write wrong</p><p>Ben es Listen and say these phrases and sentences.</p><p>1 swimming in warm Water 6 rhe wrong word</p><p>2 rwenty-one words 7 the whole world</p><p>3 What's the answer? 8 guestion and answer</p><p>4 guarter to twelve on Wednesday 9 Where will you be waiting?</p><p>5 rwenty-rwo languages</p><p>How to make the sound /j/ ii j</p><p>ies Eaok I - L lis kke El id PG EE | Bes e Look at the diagram. 1.isten and say the sound. /j/ is like a N aa. WE an oop ar | very short /i:/ sound. Target sound: /jo/</p><p>N Sound and spelling</p><p>Besh e* The sound /j/ is usually spelled vy, bur has different spellings</p><p>in some words.</p><p>top of mouth</p><p>/ju/ is often spelled u or ew. Listen and say these words.</p><p>y Yes Yesterday Year Young</p><p>lud usual student ummversiry new view 'mterview beautiful ueue</p><p>Europe /'juarap/</p><p>Bes es Listen and say rhese phrases and sentences.</p><p>1 a young university student</p><p>2 a beauriful view</p><p>3 waiting m a gueue for an interview</p><p>4 rhe European Union</p><p>$ | usually walk to work bur | used rhe car yesterday.</p><p>@. es American speakers don't pronounce // in some words like mew and student. Listen.</p><p>—R</p><p>se [ with /j/: Are vou a new student? /nju: 'st juidant/</p><p>dor lstenm</p><p>ae without /jf: Are vou a new student? /nu: 'stusdant]</p><p>5d English Pronunciation in Use (Elementary)</p><p>23.2</p><p>23.4</p><p>Section A Sounds and spelling</p><p>Éxercises</p><p>Write these words.</p><p>EXAMPLE</p><p>Pjaggel ..MHOMMET</p><p>1 /njurz/ EEN 6 fwen/ EREGAS</p><p>2 Hjud BREER 7 Pmjurzrk/ . Ed</p><p>3 /jet/ EE IE 8 fwest/ Ve ee</p><p>4 Pwikend/ sesse es 9 PjeloU mm</p><p>$ fjum 10 /jra/ EE N</p><p>Listen to check your answers. Check with the Key. Then listen and repeat.</p><p>Complete the dialogues using these words.</p><p>away (few music guarter tunes weather Wednesday weekend west</p><p>wet when where where windy yes yesterday yet young</p><p>1 A: Men....'s your interview?</p><p>B: Irs on ,at past one.</p><p>A: Good luck!</p><p>AE ES ?</p><p>B: 1 dont know ....... Ed</p><p>3 A: Hi! ses are you?</p><p>B: We're in... Wales.</p><p>A: What's the ....... ss like?</p><p>B: was and</p><p>bur today's beautiful.</p><p>4 A: Can you read ?</p><p>B: No, but I remember a</p><p>from when 1 Wa ee</p><p>Listen to check your answers. Check with the Key. Then listen and repeat.</p><p>Match the guestions and answers in the interview.</p><p>Ouestions Answers</p><p>What? A aallet In the town sguare.</p><p>What colour? Yellow.</p><p>With? Twelve.</p><p>Where? 1 was waiting in a gueue. They</p><p>were guick. They ran away.</p><p>When? Yesterday.</p><p>What time? Money, keys, cards - the usual</p><p>things.</p><p>Who? Two young men.</p><p>What happened? A-wallet.</p><p>Well, we'll see what we can do.</p><p>Listen to check your answers. Check with the Key. Then</p><p>listen and repeat.</p><p>English Pronundation in Use (Elementary) 55</p><p>24 Sunglasses or umbrella?</p><p>Consonant groups in the middle of words</p><p>&o Some words have one consonant sound in the middle. Listen.</p><p>paper</p><p>pepper (pp is 2 letters bur only 1 sound)</p><p>weather (th is 2 letters but only 1 sound)</p><p>listen (st is 2 letters but only 1 sound — t is silent)</p><p>EE sy Some words have groups of two or three consonant sounds in the middle. Listen.</p><p>colder (ld is 2 sounds)</p><p>computer (mp is 2 sounds)</p><p>classroom (ssr is 2 sounds)</p><p>sixteen (xt is 3 sounds /kst/)</p><p>7% Listen and repeat these words with two consonant sounds in the middle. Be careful - dom put a</p><p>vowel sound between the consonants.</p><p>alphabet</p><p>asking</p><p>bookshop</p><p>building</p><p>dancing</p><p>lovely</p><p>remember</p><p>timetable</p><p>Fe Listen and repeat these words with three consonant sounds in the middle.</p><p>children</p><p>complete</p><p>country</p><p>downstairs</p><p>expensive</p><p>friendly</p><p>sunglasses</p><p>umbrella</p><p>ir] Sometimes we don't pronounee al the Consonant sounds dear. Listen</p><p>[dmporFant /” || Selplember goold)bye</p><p>or stenig | Ehrislmas brealkJfast</p><p>pilcjaic foofftjball</p><p>postteard sholplkeeper</p><p>56 English Pronunciation in Use (Elementary)</p><p>24.1</p><p>24.2</p><p>Section A Sounds and spelling</p><p>Exercises</p><p>Complete the words.</p><p>1 The day after Monday is Tues day.</p><p>2 37413ef oy</p><p>3 The opposite of cheap ise e ive</p><p>4 A very short distance: a ce . imetre.</p><p>5 Something to write with: a pe. . il.</p><p>6 The last month of the year is Dece. .. er.</p><p>7 “The month after August is Se ember.</p><p>8 The room where you sleep is the be oom.</p><p>9 The tenth month of the year is O . ober.</p><p>10 An important test is an e am.</p><p>Listen to check your answers. Check with the Key. Then listen and repeat.</p><p>Complete the words.</p><p>RE Pous</p><p>2 The horel . pt. .. is open 24 hoursa das</p><p>3 The road was closed yesterday because of an cc .</p><p>4 Don't forget to send me a stc. . .. from England.</p><p>$ Shall 1 rake my . ngl or my mbr. 2</p><p>Listen to check your answers. Check with the Key. Then listen and repeat.</p><p>1 In winter we go skiing in the nt</p><p>Underline the consonant groups in the middle of words in the dialogues.</p><p>1 A: How's your English?</p><p>B: | think 1 need to practise more — 1 have</p><p>problems with making sentences, and tenses,</p><p>and pronunciation, and listening, and answering</p><p>guestions, and conversation, and | make too</p><p>many mistakes ...</p><p>A: Dom t worry, it's not so bad! You're almost an</p><p>expert!</p><p>2 A: Where's my passport?</p><p>B: 1 dont know. In your suitcase, maybe?</p><p>A: Where's my suitcase?</p><p>B: Upstairs, in the wardrobe.</p><p>A: Right. And where's the envelope that was on rhe</p><p>kitchen table?</p><p>B: In he wastepaper basket —- was it important?</p><p>Listen to check your answers. Check with the Key. Then</p><p>listen and repeat.</p><p>English Pronunciation in Use (Elementary) 57</p><p>ls Train in the rain</p><p>Consonant groups at the beginning of words</p><p>EA Some words have one consonant sound at the beginning. listen.</p><p>late</p><p>rain</p><p>white (wh is 2 letters but only 1 sound)</p><p>Some words have groups of two or three consonant sounds at the beginning. Listen and repeat</p><p>these words. Be careful —- dom't put a vowel sound between the consonants.</p><p>SR Two consonant sounds at the beginning:</p><p>plate</p><p>train</p><p>guite (gu is pronounced /k w/)</p><p>Ee Three consonant sounds at the beginning:</p><p>spring</p><p>street</p><p>sguare (sgu is pronounced /skw/)</p><p>ER .</p><p>Ms Here are some more examples. Listen and repeat.</p><p>1 bread Pass me some bread.</p><p>2 price What's the price?</p><p>3 bless (sneeze) Bless you!</p><p>4 class How many are there in your class?</p><p>5 glass Where are my glasses?</p><p>6 cream Do vou like ice cream?</p><p>7 guiet Ismt ic guiet?</p><p>8 spell How do vou spell it?</p><p>9 stand Where shall I stand?</p><p>10 swim Can vou $wim?</p><p>11 stranger m a stranger here.</p><p>12 stress a job with a lot of stress</p><p>58 English Pronunciation in Use (Elementary)</p><p>25.2</p><p>25.3</p><p>Section A Sounds and spelling</p><p>Exercises</p><p>Listen and circle the word you hear.</p><p>1 (dress) address</p><p>2 rain train</p><p>3 miles smiles</p><p>4 cool school</p><p>$ sleep asleep</p><p>6 rain train</p><p>7 dress address</p><p>8 sleep asleep</p><p>9 miles smiles</p><p>10 cool school</p><p>11 win twin</p><p>12 win twin</p><p>Check with the Key. Then listen again and repeat the sentences.</p><p>Make as many words as you can with sounds from boxes 142, 14243 or 243.</p><p>box 1 box 2 box 3</p><p>g r el t EXAMPLE area, great, gate, eidht</p><p>1 p I ae B ,</p><p>r</p><p>2 f t 6 | ir t</p><p>$ r</p><p>$ n 3 ' y z p</p><p>4 |T r| ar</p><p>t</p><p>1</p><p>Check with the Key. Then listen and repeat.</p><p>Complete the words. They all have two consonant sounds and two consonant letters.</p><p>1 1 dont like travelling by £ lane.</p><p>2 The sky's. . ue today.</p><p>3 What would you like to... ink?</p><p>4 Is it the. . elfth today?</p><p>5 Is this seat ce?</p><p>6 Is five o' ock.</p><p>7 How many languages can you.</p><p>8 Don't sit on that dirty. . oor.</p><p>Listen to check your answers. Check with</p><p>the Key. Then listen and repeat.</p><p>| don't like travelling by plane.</p><p>English Pronunciation in Use (Elementary) 59</p><p>po Pink and orange</p><p>Consonant groups at the end of words</p><p>B7% Some words have one consonant sound at the end. Listen.</p><p>stop</p><p>sick (ck is 2 letters but only 1 sound /k/)</p><p>oi) Some words have groups of two or three consonant sounds at the end. Listen.</p><p>stops (ps is 2 sounds)</p><p>stamp (mp is 2 sounds)</p><p>six (x is 1 letter but 2 sounds /ks/)</p><p>stamps (mps is 3 sounds)</p><p>sixth (xth is 3 sounds /ksA/</p><p>MT 80 Listen and repeat these words with two consonant</p><p>sounds at the end. Be careful — don't put a</p><p>vowel sound between the consonants.</p><p>arrived</p><p>ask</p><p>build</p><p>dance</p><p>find</p><p>finished</p><p>help</p><p>stops</p><p>stamp</p><p>six</p><p>] Listen and repeat these words with three consonant sounds at the end. Be careful — don't put a</p><p>vowel sound between the consonants.</p><p>asks</p><p>huilds</p><p>Crisps</p><p>danced</p><p>helps</p><p>sixth</p><p>stamps</p><p>Ep Sometimes we don't pronounce all the consonant sounds clearly. Listen.</p><p>[weortant 7 GEEN hell) frien(d)s</p><p>der vstening ag stam(p) wan(ds</p><p>stamlps hel(pled buil(d)s</p><p>é0 English Pronunciation in Use (Elementary)</p><p>26.2</p><p>ey</p><p>26.3</p><p>B8S</p><p>Section A Sounds and spelling</p><p>Exercises</p><p>Listen and circle the word you hear.</p><p>1 cold: colder 6 old older</p><p>2 cold colder 7 sent centre</p><p>5 dance dancer 8 sent centre</p><p>4 dance dancer 9 fast faster</p><p>5 old older 10 fast faster</p><p>Check with the Key. Then listen and repeat.</p><p>Listen and complete the sentences with words from Exercise 26.1.</p><p>1 Yesterday Was eold.. , but todaY'S</p><p>2 My wife's a good mms DUE | CAME ss e at all.</p><p>3 PM osse than you, DUE ROF TOO uu to leam English.</p><p>Ad. se my daughter to buy some things in the shopping uu</p><p>S. The DUS IS esse DEE Hie PERE roses .</p><p>Check with the Key. Then listen and repeat.</p><p>Underline the consonant groups at the ends of words in the dialogues.</p><p>A: Have you seen that film? B: No, I havem't.</p><p>A: Be there at six. B: Is that when ir starts?</p><p>A: Have you been to France? B: Yes, once.</p><p>A: How do you say 'Hello' in French? B: I can't speak French.</p><p>A: Have some of these biscuits. B: No, thanks, 1 domt like them.</p><p>A: 1 found some money in the street today. B: How much? A: Fifty pence.</p><p>7 A: What's for lunch? B: Fish and chips.</p><p>8 A: 1 only slept six hours last night. B: 1 didn't sleep at all!</p><p>9 A: What colour are your new gloves? B: Pink and orange!</p><p>1</p><p>2</p><p>3</p><p>4</p><p>5</p><p>6</p><p>Check with the Key. Then listen and repeat.</p><p>Complete each phrase with one of the words in boots physics west silence</p><p>the box. thousands ismt banks last</p><p>EXAMPLE</p><p>firstand ... last... 4 socks and se N</p><p>1 maths and ..... $ shops and une</p><p>2 it wasm't and it... 6 sound and...</p><p>3 hundreds and .......iesse 7 from east FO</p><p>Listen to check your answers. Check with the Key. Then listen and repeat.</p><p>English Pronunciation in Use (Elementary) é6l</p><p>Last week</p><p>Consonant groups across words N</p><p>7) Sometimes a word ends with a consonant or a consonant group, and the next word starts with a</p><p>consonNant or cONsoNant group, and you pronounce the consonants together as a group. Listen</p><p>and repeat.</p><p>this time</p><p>a plane ticket</p><p>a pop. star</p><p>an English class</p><p>the next word</p><p>orange juice</p><p>this morning</p><p>time to EO</p><p>an old castle</p><p>A pop star An vid castie</p><p>BR7</p><p>Sometimes you don't hear all the consonants clearly. Listen and repeat.</p><p>Wuport and stop. the game stolp) the game</p><p>wor listenma] |. Jast. week las(t) week</p><p>back to work balck) to work</p><p>and then... an(d) then...</p><p>put your bag down put your balg) down</p><p>TT Be) Sometimes the sound of one of the consonants changes. Listen and repeat.</p><p>ten ten boys (n sounds like m)</p><p>ten girls (n sounds like /n/)</p><p>good goodbye (d sounds like b) AN id</p><p>good goal! (d sounds like g) ds</p><p>YE</p><p>Be) If the same consonant sound comes at the end of one word and the beginning of the next word,</p><p>you usually hear it only once, but longer than normal. Listen and repeat.</p><p>ren nights</p><p>this summer</p><p>some money</p><p>enough. food</p><p>stop. playing</p><p>a good day</p><p>a black cat</p><p>call later</p><p>62 English Pronunciction in Use (Elementary)</p><p>27.1</p><p>B90</p><p>1 $</p><p>21.2</p><p>B92</p><p>6</p><p>Section A Sounds and spelling</p><p>Exercises</p><p>Listen and complete the sentences.</p><p>EXAMPLE</p><p>Were you at the... last. meeting?</p><p>1 See YOU... WEek.</p><p>2 Have a use ms HIME.</p><p>3 Have a</p><p>.. me an email.</p><p>— me how you are.</p><p>.. me a letter.</p><p>.. me a present.</p><p>O</p><p>N</p><p>E</p><p>di</p><p>Check with the Key. Then listen again and repeat.</p><p>Underline the consonant groups across words in these sentences. Its really</p><p>EXAMPLE aa warm today.</p><p>This is the last time.</p><p>1 Irs really warm today.</p><p>2 Try this sentence.</p><p>3 1 don't know what to do.</p><p>4 Look through all the photos.</p><p>5 Check the answer.</p><p>6 Td like to ask you something.</p><p>7 Is this the right place?</p><p>8 1 havemt listened to this CD vet.</p><p>9 The meeting's on Monday.</p><p>16 The potatoes aremt cooked yet.</p><p>Listen to check your answers. Check with the Key. Then listen and repeat.</p><p>Complete the phrases with the words from the box. You will need to use some of them more than</p><p>once.</p><p>this voung cheap white big mexr black last old small</p><p>ees PAORER des MORA</p><p>alAN oi nss is LOWR AAN ses TOWN</p><p>afan .. f afan . . cat</p><p>MAW sones AAR ss esse EA</p><p>ees CLOhES ee . clothes</p><p>.. clothes sees ClOLhES ees ClOthes</p><p>Check with the Key. Then listen and repeat.</p><p>English Pronunciation in Use (Elementary) 63</p><p>One house, two houses</p><p>2 Syllables</p><p>Gas) Listen to these three lists of words. The words in list 1 have three parts - we say they have three</p><p>syllables. The words in list 2 have two syllables, and rhe words in list 3 have one syllable.</p><p>1 2 3</p><p>in-ter-net siX-ty six</p><p>un-der-line un-der line</p><p>un-der-lined u-nit lines</p><p>al-pha-bet hou-ses house</p><p>CON-so-nant go-ing goes</p><p>Some words have more than three syllables: #elevision has four syllables, for example, and</p><p>geographical has five syllables. Listen.</p><p>te-le-vi-sion</p><p>ge-o-gra-phi-cal</p><p>The simplest type of syllable is just a vowel sound,</p><p>like /u/. People often say the vowel sound /u:/</p><p>(usually written Ooh) when they are pleased or</p><p>surprised. Listen.</p><p>Ooh, that's nice!</p><p>Ooh, thank you very much!</p><p>Ooh, thank you very much!</p><p>io] Some syllables have one or more consonant sounds before the vowel. Listen.</p><p>led 4 lud 2 lsud This is the name Sue.</p><p>OV 4 lud s folud blue</p><p>Gas) Some syllables have one or more consonants after the vowel. Listen.</p><p>ld Mlse fa eat</p><p>fid * st s list] east</p><p>(Gat) Some syllables have consonants before and after the vowel. Listen.</p><p>Ind t fud * z s /nju:zl news</p><p>lt MAT Ndad s Eieldzf fields</p><p>Istri 4 Aid v ld se Istrist/ street</p><p>EE) Cas Usually, the number of syllables in a word is the number of vowel sounds — not the number of</p><p>vowel letters. Listen.</p><p>worked (2 vowel letters but only 1 vowel sound /wa:kt/, so only 1 syllable)</p><p>different (3 vowel letters but only 2 vowel sounds /'difrant/, so only 2 syllables)</p><p>interesting (4 vowel letters but only 3 vowel sounds /' introstin/, so only 3 syllables)</p><p>] Sometimes the sound // can be a syllable with no vowel sound. Listen.</p><p>botde (2 syllables / bof # /)</p><p>syllable (3 syllables / sy # flaf # (0)</p><p>lv1l be ready soon. (2 syllables /A/ # //)</p><p>64 English Pronundation in Use (Elementary)</p><p>Sectlon B Syllables and words</p><p>Exercises</p><p>28.1 How many syllables are there in these words? Write the number of syllables next to the word.</p><p>eyes[T] whyl] whitel] vwritel] writing[] glass[] glasses[</p><p>universityl |] business | information[|</p><p>C4a Listen to check your answers. Check with the Key.</p><p>C4b Then listen and repeat these sentences.</p><p>1 Pve got blue eyes. 6 Is this your glass?</p><p>2 | dont know why. 7 1 domt wear glasses.</p><p>3 Black coffee or white? 8 Where's the university?</p><p>4 Will you write to me? 9 Business is business.</p><p>5 What are vou writing? 10 There's the information office.</p><p>28.2 1 Which day of the week has three syllables?</p><p>2 How many syllables do the other days of the week have?</p><p>3 Which numbers between 1 and 20 have three syllables?</p><p>4 Which letter of the alphabet has more than one syllable?</p><p>$ Which months have only one syllable?</p><p>Cs Listen to check your answers. Check with the Key. Then listen and repeat.</p><p>2A.1 Read this story and mark all the words that have two or three syllables.</p><p>1 remember(3) once on my</p><p>first visit(2) to England( ),</p><p>soon after( ) | started( )</p><p>leaming( ) English ), my</p><p>landlady( ) went shopping( )</p><p>and she came back with a</p><p>big bag full of things, but she</p><p>forgot( ) to buy some soup — G</p><p>she needed( ) a tin of</p><p>tomato( ) soup. So ! said, “VII</p><p>go to the shop and buy it for</p><p>you,” because ) |</p><p>wanted( )</p><p>to be helpfuk ) and it was a</p><p>dhance to practise( ) my</p><p>English( ) a bit. So | went to</p><p>the litle( ) shop round the</p><p>comer( ) and asked the</p><p>shopkeeper( ) for tomato( ) soup. But he seemed surprised( ), he didn't( ) understand( ), and |</p><p>repeated( ) again( ) and again( ) 'soup, tomato( ) soup' until ) he gave me some red soap, and</p><p>| realised( ) rd confused( ) 'soup' and 'soap' and | was asking( ) for “tomato( ) soap" | felt</p><p>terrible( ), | wanted( ) to run out of the shop, but my landlady( ) wanted( ) her soup, so | said,</p><p>“Thank you. And tomato( ) soup, please” - this time with the correct( ) pronundation - and he</p><p>gave me the soup. | paid and went back to the house and said to the landlady( ), pronouncing( )</p><p>very( ) carefully( ), 'Here's your soup, and | bought you this soap as a present( ), and she said,</p><p>“Ooh, thank you very much, that's very( ) nice of you!</p><p>Cé Listen to check your answers. Check with the Key. Then listen and practise reading the story aloud.</p><p>English Pronuncation in Use (Elementary) 65</p><p>29</p><p>7)</p><p>CHa</p><p>AO AN</p><p>For ustenma</p><p>(C8b)</p><p>di</p><p>(C9</p><p>di</p><p>Wait a minute - where's the waiter?</p><p>Strong and weak vowels</p><p>The word London has two vowel sounds that are written the</p><p>same — London — but pronounced differently. The first o has a</p><p>clear, strong sound, but the second o has a weak sound. Listen</p><p>carefully to the difference.</p><p>London</p><p>The word banana has three vowel sounds which are written the</p><p>same — banana. The second a has a clear, strong sound, but the</p><p>first a and the third a have a weak sound. Listen.</p><p>banana</p><p>Stressed syllables (see Units 30-32) have strong vowel sounds, but syllables often have</p><p>weak sounds.</p><p>"The weak sound in London and banana is /o/.</p><p>London / lAndan/</p><p>banana /Da'nanaf</p><p>Sometimes it's difficult to hear [2]. Listen.</p><p>London</p><p>| have to go to London tomorrow.</p><p>banana</p><p>Would you like a banana?</p><p>This is very important for listening, because it makes it difficult to recagnise words. When you speak</p><p>English, you don't need to pronounce weak sounds as weakly as this, but it's important to make a clear</p><p>difference between stressed (strong) and unstressed (weak) syllables.</p><p>Listen to the other weak vowels in these two sentences.</p><p>WS WS WS WW SW</p><p>| have to go to London tomorrow.</p><p>haye - go - Lon - morr are strong, and the others are weak.</p><p>W WS WWSW</p><p>Wauld vou like a banana?</p><p>like - na are strong, and the others are weak.</p><p>Sometimes different words sound the same because of the weak vowels. Look at these three</p><p>sentences.</p><p>Where's the waiter?</p><p>Is chis the way to the school?</p><p>Can you wait a minute?</p><p>waiter, way to and wait a sound the same: / wet af.</p><p>Listen to the three sentences and repeat.</p><p>English Pronunciation in Use (Elementary)</p><p>29-1</p><p>DR</p><p>29.2</p><p>29.3</p><p>Section B Syllables and words</p><p>Exercises</p><p>In the words below, * represents the weak vowel /a/. Write the words with their full spelling.</p><p>Listen to check your answers. Check with the Key.</p><p>Then listen and repeat these phrases.</p><p>1 Great Brit*n 5 have *noth*</p><p>2 arriving t*day 6 say it *gain</p><p>3 going to *meric* 7 climb the mount*n</p><p>4 call th* p*lice</p><p>Look at the sentences below and find words and phrases in list 1 and list 2 with the same</p><p>pronunciation.</p><p>EXAMPLE</p><p>Where's the waiter? —- Can you wait a minute?</p><p>n oge G</p><p># (03 S 09) HE 8 7 N)</p><p>), WE. Bra SY) 7 ' ES d d) ee</p><p>MIE an Cr</p><p>CO. OS</p><p>D</p><p>og Gad</p><p>e di”</p><p>Where's the waiter?</p><p>list 1 list 2.</p><p>Where's the waiter? 1 heard a loud noise.</p><p>Not at all. You'll see a tall building on your left.</p><p>Look in the cellar. My father knew a lot about music.</p><p>lt takes a long time. Gan vou wait-a minute?</p><p>Smoking ismt allowed. Pm trying to sell a house.</p><p>Pd like to live in a newer house. Walk along the beach.</p><p>Listen to check your answers. Check with the Key. Then listen and repeat.</p><p>Write these words.</p><p>EXAMPLE</p><p>/pra'nauns/ ...PoREMMEL... S Mode) ee</p><p>1 /a'merika/ as 6 Pleta/</p><p>2 P'sentans/ .... 7 Ipa'lizs/ ..</p><p>3 Pdifront/ 8 /a'gen/ ..</p><p>4 [mauntaM ees</p><p>er] Check with the Key. Then listen and repeat.</p><p>English Pronunciation in Use (Elementary) 67</p><p>30</p><p>BEER</p><p>Single or return?</p><p>Stress in two-syllable words</p><p>In a two-syllable word, one syllable is stronger than the other. This is the stressed syllable. In the</p><p>word answer the first syllable is stressed. (We also say: “The stress is on the first syllable.”) Listen.</p><p>answer</p><p>GR In the word again the second syllable is stressed. (The stress is on the second syllable.) Listen.</p><p>again</p><p>Two-syllable words often have stress on the first syllable, and the vowel sound in the unstressed</p><p>syllable is often the weak sound /2/. Listen and repeat.</p><p>brother butter father finger finish glasses listen mother mumber second</p><p>sister water woman</p><p>GR Sometimes there's no vowel sound in the unstressed syllable. Listen and repeat.</p><p>apple people simple table travel</p><p>GR Some two-syllable words are stressed on the second syllable. Listen and repeat.</p><p>68</p><p>agree alone arrive asleep awake</p><p>because begin behind</p><p>complete</p><p>decide</p><p>exam explain express</p><p>perhaps pronounce</p><p>repeat retumm</p><p>We can show stressed syllables like this O, and unstressed syllables like this o. So words like</p><p>answer, brother, butter look like this Oo, and words like again, because, decide look like</p><p>this oO.</p><p>Dictionaries usually show stress with this sign ' in front of the stressed syllable.</p><p>koe LE eN</p><p>answer /'ansaf</p><p>again (/a'gen/</p><p>English Pronunciation in Use (Elementary)</p><p>30.1</p><p>C14</p><p>30.2</p><p>30.3</p><p>C16</p><p>30.4</p><p>Section B Syilables and words</p><p>Exercises</p><p>Listen and circle the word with different stress.</p><p>EXAMPLE</p><p>oO oO oO Oo</p><p>exam excuse explain (extra)</p><p>1 actor after afraid also 4 coffee colour concert correct</p><p>2 before belong better between $ English enjoy evening every</p><p>3 paper pencil picture police</p><p>Check your answers with the Key. Listen and underline the stressed syllables. Then listen again and</p><p>repeat.</p><p>Make words from these parts and write them in the correct column.</p><p>a re ë</p><p>turn m$</p><p>words with first-syllable stress</p><p>long er sleep</p><p>words with second-syllable stress</p><p>Check your answers with the Key. Then listen and repeat.</p><p>All these phrases have five syllables. O is a stressed syllable and o is an unstressed syllable. Put the</p><p>phrases in the correct place.</p><p>the same or different?</p><p>behind or in front?</p><p>perhaps or maybe?</p><p>reading or writing?</p><p>teacher or student?</p><p>single or return?</p><p>asleep or awake?</p><p>finish or begin?</p><p>OooOo 1 ...teadher.or student? ..</p><p>2 da enaaERE Ee EE ESRA RARR BREED E BR RA BREER ER ER BERE EER ERG ER ERGE RE EER EE REKE ER EE Pe</p><p>2 ee -</p><p>DE -</p><p>Listen to check your answers. Check with the Key. Then listen and repeat.</p><p>Put the stress mark ' in the correct place and write the word.</p><p>EXAMPLE</p><p>laranvl — la'ranvl BONE. 4 fm! oe</p><p>1 /sIeto/ sesse 5 [kamplit/ sees</p><p>2 frilkeks/ 6 Iterbl/ GEREEN</p><p>3 (pizpl/ 7 (pranaUNS/</p><p>Listen to check your answers. Check with the Key. Then listen and repeat.</p><p>English Pronunciation in Use (Elementary) 69</p><p>ty Begin at the beginning</p><p>Stress in longer words</p><p>7] Some words have more than two syllables. In every word, one syllable is stressed. Listen and</p><p>repeat. CO is the stressed syllable and oo the unstressed syllables.</p><p>Ooo</p><p>exercise syllable There are three syllables in the word exercise.</p><p>oOo</p><p>Computer example Computer is an example of a three-syllable word.</p><p>oo</p><p>understand Japanese 1 can't understand Japanese.</p><p>Oooo</p><p>supermarker Do you like small shops or supermarkets?</p><p>oOoo</p><p>photography Are you interested in photography?</p><p>ooo</p><p>information mathematics Pd like some information about mathemarics courses.</p><p>OOooo</p><p>vocabulary Vil] you help me with my vocabulary?</p><p>ooOoo</p><p>university Which university did you go to?</p><p>oooOo</p><p>cCOmMMUNICAFionN Email is very helpful for communication.</p><p>Gr When you add syllables to words, the stress often stays on the same syllable. Listen and repeat.</p><p>begin beginning</p><p>decide decided</p><p>possible impossible</p><p>sentence — sentences</p><p>interest interesting</p><p>sr) But sometimes a different syllable is stressed. Listen and repeat.</p><p>electric " electricity</p><p>pronounce pronunciation</p><p>phorograph photography</p><p>explain explanation</p><p>70 English Pronunciation in Use (Elementary)</p><p>31.1</p><p>31.3</p><p>Section B Syllables and words</p><p>Exercises</p><p>Write these words.</p><p>EXAMPLE /bU'gINID/ beginning...</p><p>1 FmtevjuV nss se</p><p>2 Imjus'zisom/</p><p>3 Imaega'Zi MV</p><p>4 [defmotli/</p><p>$ JatmertkoM/ un ER</p><p>6 IpplutifeM see ees</p><p>7 Inefo'nelati/ ses</p><p>8 Aa'tografi/ uu ee</p><p>Listen to check your answers. Check with the Key. Then listen and repeat.</p><p>Listen and write the words in the correct column.</p><p>adjecrive alphabet cinema eleven furniture grandmother important</p><p>reception remember tomorrow</p><p>Ooo oOo</p><p>adjeetive</p><p>Check your answers with the Key. Then listen and repeat.</p><p>Complete the sentences. Choose words with the correct stress from the box. You do not need all the</p><p>words.</p><p>afternoon bicycle conversation delicious discussion exercises expensive</p><p>holiday morming normally often Saturday seventeen Sseventy sixty</p><p>Sunday Sweden Switzerland telephone today yesterday</p><p>1 We had a oOo ...delicies$ ... meal on OOO uu</p><p>2 We OOO mees go on OOO ss by car, but this time we're going by Ooo</p><p>3 1 did ten grammar Oooo Ooo</p><p>4 IS OOO . AN OOO sees COUNTY?</p><p>$ My som's 000 ee . and my father's OOO se ë</p><p>6 1 had a long OOO - OOOO se . this OOO ee me</p><p>Listen to check your answers. Check with the Key. Then listen and repeat.</p><p>Six months of the year have three or four syllables. Write them on the correct line.</p><p>Oooo</p><p>oOo Beptember..</p><p>Listen to check your answers. Check with the Key. Then listen and repeat.</p><p>English Pronunciation in Use (Elementary) 71</p><p>29 Where's my checklist?</p><p>Stress in compound words</p><p>We can often put two words together to make a compound, e.g. class * room `* classroom.</p><p>We write some compounds as one word, some as two words, and some with a hyphen (-).</p><p>class # room `* classroom</p><p>car 4 park — car park</p><p>second 4 hand — second-hand</p><p>7] The stress is normally on the first part of the compound. Listen and repeat.</p><p>Oo airport bathroom bus stop car park dlassroom football girlfriend</p><p>Ooo bus starion dining room hairdresser mewspaper post office sunglasses</p><p>Oooo photocopy railway station shop assistant</p><p>oOoo police station</p><p>OOooo computer programme</p><p>HO N</p><p>(EE</p><p>Gal park</p><p>EA) 2% Some compound nouns have stress on both parts if the first part is an adjective. Listen and</p><p>repeat.</p><p>OoO single room</p><p>@% Some compound nouns have stress on both parts if the thing in the second part is made of the</p><p>material in the first part. Listen and repeat.</p><p>OO glass jar</p><p>OoO plastic bag</p><p>oOoO romato soup</p><p>@e Some compound nouns have stress on both parts if the first part tells us where the second part</p><p>is. Listen and repeat.</p><p>OO car door front door ground floor</p><p>OoOo dity centre kitchen window</p><p>er] When a compound is an adjective, there is often stress on both parts. Listen and repeat.</p><p>OO first-class half-price home-made</p><p>OoO second-hand</p><p>72 English Pronunciation in Use (Elementary)</p><p>32.1</p><p>C26</p><p>32.2</p><p>C27</p><p>32.3</p><p>Gas</p><p>Section B Syllables and words</p><p>Exercises</p><p>Listen and circle the compound with different stress. In the example, both words are stressed in back</p><p>door, but in the others, the first word is stressed.</p><p>EXAMPLE HE</p><p>computer screen 'back door alarm clock bank manager</p><p>1 toothache nighrclub crossroads half-price</p><p>2 motorbike waiting room second class traffic lights</p><p>3 mobile phone credit card swimming pool check-in desk</p><p>4 travel agent city centre tourist visa Ssupermarker</p><p>Make five compounds from these parts.</p><p>first part: ear wine hand birthday bay</p><p>second part: friend bar present bag rings</p><p>Now use the compounds to complete the dialogue.</p><p>A: Oh no, 1 camt find MY se !</p><p>B: Have you looked in YOUF iss )</p><p>A: Of course!</p><p>B: Maybe you left them in that ese last night?</p><p>A: Oh no, maybe 1 did!</p><p>B: Are they important?</p><p>A: Yes — they Were 8... frOM MY sesse</p><p>Listen to check your answers. Check with the Key. Listen again and circle the stressed part of each</p><p>compound. Then listen again and repeat.</p><p>Listen to the poem. The compounds are underlined. Circle the stressed part of each compound.</p><p>Checklist</p><p>Have...</p><p>... set the alarm: dock?</p><p>... and put it on the bedside table?</p><p>... put my plane ticket in my trouser pocket?</p><p>... packed my toothbrush?</p><p>... put my suitcase by the bedroom door?</p><p>... Switched the CD player off?</p><p>... phoned the taxi driver to say 'Be here at six?</p><p>Have...</p><p>Have...</p><p>... Where's my checklist?!</p><p>Check your answers with the Key. Then listen</p><p>again and repeat.</p><p>English Pronunciation in Use (Elementary) 73</p><p>33</p><p>74</p><p>Phrases and pauses</p><p>Reading aloud</p><p>When you listen to English, perhaps you think it's difficult to understand because it's too fast.</p><p>And perhaps you would like to speak faster. But when people speak English — or any other</p><p>language — they don't speak fast and non-stop. They speak in short phrases, and they stop, or</p><p>pause, between the phrases.</p><p>First, read this story, and make sure you understand it.</p><p>Lots of people get arrested for dangerous driving, of course. But how old is the oldest? Who's the</p><p>world record holder? Well, | read about a man who was a hundred and four! He went through red</p><p>lights, crashed into parked cars and drove along the pavement. And how old was his car? Only thirty.</p><p>of course.</p><p>But how old is the oldest?</p><p>Who's the world record holder?</p><p>Well,</p><p>| read about a man</p><p>who was a hundred and four!</p><p>He went through red lights,</p><p>crashed into parked cars</p><p>and drove along the pavement.</p><p>And how old was his car?</p><p>Only thirty.</p><p>Lots of people get arrested for dangerous driving,</p><p>C2% Jrs OK — or even better — to pause more</p><p>often, because it gives you more time to</p><p>think of what to say next, and it makes</p><p>listening easier. Listen to this version —</p><p>the words are the same, but there are</p><p>more pauses.</p><p>Lots of people</p><p>get arrested</p><p>for dangerous driving,</p><p>of course.</p><p>But</p><p>how old</p><p>is the oldest?</p><p>Who's the world record holder?</p><p>Well,</p><p>l read about a man</p><p>who was</p><p>a hundred and four!</p><p>He went through red lights,</p><p>crashed into parked cars</p><p>and drove along the pavement.</p><p>And how old was his car?</p><p>Only thirty.</p><p>C2% Now listen to the story, reading at the same time, and notice the pauses between the lines.</p><p>C2% rs also important to stress the most</p><p>important words. Listen again, and</p><p>this time notice the stress on the words</p><p>in bold.</p><p>Lats of people</p><p>get arrested</p><p>for dangerous driving,</p><p>of course.</p><p>But</p><p>how old</p><p>is the oldest?</p><p>Who's the world record holder?</p><p>Well,</p><p>1 read about a man</p><p>who was</p><p>a hundred and four!</p><p>He went through red lights,</p><p>erashed into parked cars</p><p>and drove along the pavement.</p><p>And how old was his car?</p><p>Only thirty.</p><p>Practise reading this story, phrase by phrase, paying attention to the pauses and the stresses.</p><p>English Pronunciation in Use (Elementary)</p><p>AM</p><p>C30</p><p>33.2</p><p>o1</p><p>Ca1</p><p>.</p><p>Sectlon C Phrases, sentences and grammar</p><p>Exercises</p><p>Listen to this story and mark the pauses like this: /.</p><p>A few years ago / | read in a newspaper / that the staff at a library ...</p><p>A few years ago | read in a newspaper that the staff at a library in a small town in the</p><p>west of England had moticed that the number of visitors to the library was going down</p><p>and down, and the number of books they were borrowing was going down even faster.</p><p>They couldn't understand this, so they decided to do some research to find out the</p><p>reason. They interviewed people and asked them to fill in aguestionnaires and so on. And</p><p>guess what they discovered. The reason was simply that everybody had read all the books</p><p>alreadyl</p><p>Check with the Key.</p><p>Listen again and mark the main stresses by underlining them.</p><p>A few years ago / 1 read in a newspaper / that the staff at a library ...</p><p>Check with the Key and practise reading the story yourself. You could also practise reading</p><p>together</p><p>with the recording.</p><p>Listen to this story and mark the pauses.</p><p>This seems unbelievable but its a true story in fact. A farmer was working in the fields</p><p>with his tractor. The tractor crashed and he fell out and landed on the ground</p><p>unconscious. As he fell, his mobile phone fell out of his pocket. Soon after, a bird that</p><p>was flying around the fields saw the phone and started pecking it with its beak.</p><p>Amazingly it dialled the number 999 and soon the emergency services arrived to help</p><p>the farmer.</p><p>lS Ee Ti Ë Sr AE</p><p>NE diy Go (]</p><p>fi</p><p>7)</p><p>6</p><p>ri]</p><p>Mk</p><p>Check with the Key.</p><p>Listen again and mark the main stresses.</p><p>Check with the Key and practise reading the story yourself. You could also practise reading together</p><p>with the recording.</p><p>Tip: You might find it helpful to rewrite the stories with each phrase on a separate line, like this:</p><p>A few years ago</p><p>1 read in a newspaper</p><p>that the staff at a library ...</p><p>Note: When we write, we mark some of the main pauses with commas, like this:</p><p>This seems unbelievable, but it's a true story, in fact.</p><p>English Pronunciation in Use (Elementary) 75</p><p>4 Speak it, write it, read it</p><p>| Linking words together 1</p><p>When we write there are spaces between all the words, bur when we speak we link a lot of the</p><p>words together, so it sounds like this: wbenwespeakwelinkalotoftbewordstogether.</p><p>Ga Listen and notice how a consonant sound at the end of a word is linked to a vowel sound at the</p><p>start of the next word. ,</p><p>Breakfast in bed!</p><p>Look at that! Breakfast in bed!</p><p>A: Bought it? B: No, caught. it!</p><p>That's enough! Switch. it. off!</p><p>Now say the sentences, making the</p><p>same links.</p><p>7) Of course, we can also separate the</p><p>words if we want to. Listen to the</p><p>difference.</p><p>I said switch ... it ... off!!!</p><p>Bought it?</p><p>Switch it off!</p><p>Listen and repeat these poems.</p><p>GP Ensfieh G us</p><p>Speak. it Work. al day</p><p>Write. it Run away</p><p>Read it Boss and me</p><p>You know Can't agree</p><p>you really Fil a cup</p><p>need it! Drink it up</p><p>Sy Dot £ Wait a while</p><p>First you dose it Walk a mile</p><p>Then vou lock. it Meet at eight</p><p>And put the key back in your pocket. Don't be late!</p><p>GP ze The letter h at the beginning of he, his, her and him is often not pronounced (see Unit 37) so the first</p><p>“wueerFand. Sound in these words is often a vowel sound. Listen.</p><p>or lietenma] Can we go back? My husband's forgotten (h)is passport.</p><p>A: Where's the boss? B: | don't know, | haven't seen. (hler.</p><p>“Mh se Where there's a /] sound before a vowel, some people don't pronounce the / / clearly. Listen.</p><p>switch. it) off drink i(t)up cant) agree</p><p>76 English Pronunciation in Use (Elementary)</p><p>34.1</p><p>34.2</p><p>34.3</p><p>3?</p><p>Section C Phrases, sentences and grammar</p><p>Exercises</p><p>Mark where you think there will be links between consonants and vowels.</p><p>1 Choose the correct answer and tick it.</p><p>2 Which page is it on?</p><p>3 How do vou spell it?</p><p>4 How do you pronounce it?</p><p>5 What does it mean?</p><p>6 1 cam't understand rhis.</p><p>7 Look it up in your dictionary.</p><p>8 It ismt easy to speak English.</p><p>9 listen - which language is thar?</p><p>16 Domt worry if you make a mistake.</p><p>Listen to check your answers. Check with the Key. Then listen and repeat.</p><p>Complete the sentences with the correct forms of the verbs.</p><p>EXAMPLE A: How did you feel?</p><p>B:I Sek... (feel) all right.</p><p>1 A: What do you think of yoga?</p><p>B: 1 don't know, Pve never esse (ETy) it.</p><p>2 A: Whar happened to my favourite cup?</p><p>B: HE ss (FAN) Off the table.</p><p>3 A: Which film shall we go to?</p><p>B: | don't mind. [Ve ........ (SEE) all of</p><p>them before.</p><p>4 A: You look pleased.</p><p>B: Yes, ve (find) a new job.</p><p>$ A: What did you do last night?</p><p>B: I jUSE us (Stay) at home.</p><p>6 A: Where did you buy that hat?</p><p>N EE . (make) it myself!</p><p>7 A: Does your dog like biscuits?</p><p>B: I don't know, Dve never sesse (ask) it.</p><p>8 A: How did you get here? Where did vou buy that hat?</p><p>BE Less (swim) across the river.</p><p>Listen to check your answers. Check with the Key. Then listen and repeat. Be sure to link the final</p><p>consonant of the verb with the vowel at the beginning of the next word.</p><p>Circle the /r/ sounds that you think will be pronounced. (See Unit 22)</p><p>1 Whete are you going?</p><p>2 Where shall we go?</p><p>3 Where did 1 pur my scissors?</p><p>4 1 don't know where I put my scissors.</p><p>$ Have another biscuit.</p><p>6 Have another apple.</p><p>7 They're all coming with us.</p><p>8 They're coming with us.</p><p>9 Are you sure?</p><p>19 Are you sure about that?</p><p>Listen to check your answers. Check with the Key. Then listen and repeat. If there's an /r/ sound</p><p>before a vowel, link the /r/ and the vowel.</p><p>English Pronunciation in Use (Elementary) 71</p><p>Me and you, You and me</p><p>Linking words together 2</p><p>We use the sounds /j/ and /w/ to link a vowel sound at the end of a word with a vowel sound at</p><p>the beginning of the next word.</p><p>Ca If rhe first word ends with a vowel sound like // or /:/, and the next word starts with any vowel</p><p>sound, we use /j/ to link the words. Listen.</p><p>me 'and vou</p><p>three 'or four</p><p>the. 'end</p><p>Co If he first word ends with a vowel sound like /./ or /u/, and the next word starts with any</p><p>vowel sound, we use /w/ to link the words. Listen.</p><p>vou “and me</p><p>two. “or three</p><p>go “outside</p><p>EE) Listen and repeat these poems.</p><p>(3% Asking the way</p><p>Yes.</p><p>Go. “out of the building.</p><p>Go “along the street.</p><p>Go “over the bridge.</p><p>Go Wacross the street.</p><p>Go. “up the hill.</p><p>Take the. 'eighth street on your left.</p><p>And the leleventh on your right.</p><p>Then ..</p><p>Fm not sure —</p><p>You'll have to wask again.</p><p>rII do. “one for you</p><p>VII gve you “one too</p><p>a nice one</p><p>a new “one</p><p>a yellow “and blue “one.</p><p>oo TT The letter h at the beginning of he, his, her and him is often not pronounced (see Unit 37), so the first</p><p>( imeordand.,” sound in these words is often a vowel sound. Listen.</p><p>or listening) He can't come out tonight. He's got to do. “(h)is bomework.</p><p>A: Vm afraid the boss is busy. B: When can | see. '(her?</p><p>78 English Pronunciation in Use (Elementary)</p><p>J5.1</p><p>35.2</p><p>Ca3,</p><p>dl</p><p>35.3</p><p>oe</p><p>Sectjon C Phrases, sentences and grammar</p><p>Exercises</p><p>Listen and complete the dialogues. Then mark the /j/ and [wi] links.</p><p>1 A: Do #ou “often... go swimming? B: Not really, I. or twice a month.</p><p>2. As When -. letter in the alphabet? B: Maybe its G or H ese</p><p>3 As When do uses DOIARYD Di WE esse July or August.</p><p>4 A: What's YOUF ee? B: Twenty-eight, Sea Avenue.</p><p>S A: Try ees SOON. B: OK, PII send YOU MY ANSWET ees</p><p>6 A: Look! There's rs LR MOUNtains. B: Really? 1 CAME ees '</p><p>Check with the Key. Then listen and repeat.</p><p>Mark where you think there will be /j/ and /w] links between words.</p><p>1 Is it blue. “or grey?</p><p>2 What day is it today?</p><p>Thursday or Friday?</p><p>3 Coffee or tea?</p><p>4 Where's my interview</p><p>suit?</p><p>$ Play a song for me.</p><p>6 Hello. Reception?</p><p>Which city is this?</p><p>7 See you in the evening.</p><p>8 Why do we always</p><p>Listen to check your answers. Check with the Key. Then listen and repeat.</p><p>Complete the answers to the guestions and mark all the /j/ and (wil links in the dialogues.</p><p>1 A: Are you the new assistant? B: Yes, 1 ee s</p><p>2 A: Is he in the same class as you? B: No, hê...</p><p>3 A: Am 1 late? B: No, VOU ese . Come in.</p><p>4 A: Is she coming with us? B: Yes, shé se</p><p>$ A: These chairs arem't very comfortable, are they? B: No, theY ee</p><p>Listen to check your answers. Check with the Key. Then listen and repeat.</p><p>English Pronunciation in Use (Elementary) 7$</p><p>K ss Take me to the show, Jo</p><p>Rhythm</p><p>7] Stressed and unstressed syllables in words make different rhythms. Listen.</p><p>Oo answer</p><p>oO belong</p><p>Ooo (interview</p><p>oOo banana</p><p>Mi</p><p>Phrases have a rhythm of stressed and unstressed syllables, like words.</p><p>MED. Listen and repeat these words and phrases with this rhythm: Ooo</p><p>interview</p><p>telephone</p><p>talk to me</p><p>told vou so</p><p>doesm't it?</p><p>Asb Listen and repeat these words and phrases with this rhythm: oOo</p><p>important</p><p>discussion</p><p>f told you</p><p>Vd like to</p><p>pronounce it</p><p>ase Listen and repeat</p><p>these words and phrases with this rhythm: ooOo</p><p>photographic</p><p>information</p><p>forty-seven</p><p>what about it?</p><p>never tried it</p><p>Casa Listen and repeat these phrases with this rhythm: OooO</p><p>rime to get up</p><p>making mistakes</p><p>tell me again</p><p>give me your hand</p><p>twenty years old</p><p>80 English Pronunciation in Use (Elementary)</p><p>36.1</p><p>Ca6a</p><p>36.2</p><p>C47</p><p>36.3</p><p>Ca8</p><p>36.4</p><p>C4%</p><p>Co</p><p>Exercises</p><p>Section C Phrases, sentences and grammar</p><p>Read the phrases. Then listen and write 1 if the phrase has the pattern OoOo, and 2 if it has the</p><p>pattern Ooo0.</p><p>what's the matter? | what shall we do? Z stand in the gueue</p><p>what about you? see you later tell the others</p><p>feeling better nothing to do come for dinner</p><p>anyone there? round the corner ready to go</p><p>on the TV two and a half go and find ir</p><p>asking for more what's the problem? now and again</p><p>one pound forty leave it to me half a kilo</p><p>sixty-seven breakfast's ready guarter to four</p><p>Check with the Key. Then listen and repeat.</p><p>Listen to this chant with this rhythm: oooO00. Write i</p><p>Pass me the ....... JAM es Pam</p><p>Wait in the gueue, Sue</p><p>See VOU ss ., den</p><p>Leave it to me, Lee</p><p>What would VOU... var Mike?</p><p>When shall we meet, Pete?</p><p>Over the... ., Bill</p><p>Where have you gone, John?</p><p>Check with the Key. Then listen again and repeat.</p><p>Listen to this chant with this rhythm: ooooO0. Write</p><p>Take me to the ........ show... Jo</p><p>Thank you for the food, Jude</p><p>See you in the .......er Mark</p><p>Really like the hat, Pat</p><p>See you on the... .,dane</p><p>Check with the Key. Then listen again and repeat.</p><p>n the missing words.</p><p>SOON as YOU esse VaN</p><p>Almost forgot, Scott</p><p>Lend me YOUF nss , Ben</p><p>Where shall we go, Flo?</p><p>Get a NEW ee BOb</p><p>How do you feel, Neil?</p><p>What have you EE Dot?</p><p>in the missing words.</p><p>When will you be back, Jack?</p><p>Always on the... ur Joan</p><p>When did you arrive, Clive?</p><p>Have a glass of... BRUCE.</p><p>Listen and repeat these poems. Be careful to say them with the right rhythm.</p><p>Too late C4% Travel</p><p>k &</p><p>Before | go - Heavy, light ka TT</p><p>| told you so The left and the right SA</p><p>1 told you, 1 follow my feet `n Ee Ra</p><p>but you still don't know. Through the day and the night. ge ge Eg</p><p>es</p><p>Meeting C4%d Concentration</p><p>Really can't wait Central station</p><p>Is never too late Information</p><p>Ouarter to eight? Trying to make a reservation</p><p>That would be great. Not too keen on conversation ss</p><p>Don't want any complications. s</p><p>Travel</p><p>English Pronunciation in Use (Elementary) al</p><p>Hey, wait for me!</p><p>Strong and weak forms 1: Pronouns</p><p>Some words have two different pronunciations — a strong form and a weak form. Normally we</p><p>use the weak form, but if the word is stressed because it is especially important, or because we</p><p>want to show a contrast, we use the strong form. Most pronouns have strong and weak forms.</p><p>weak strong</p><p>You la Vul</p><p>me fel [mid</p><p>he N Ind</p><p>she IT IT]</p><p>him dom] Ihim/</p><p>her [sVor [naf* Ina * The r at the end of her is</p><p>we Toal wis pronounced before a vowel (see</p><p>Unit 22).</p><p>ed [2x MS] Give her. a chance.</p><p>them lAaml l6eml</p><p>BEE) s0) Listen to the difference, and repeat.</p><p>As Will you be ar the meeting on Friday? (you is weak)</p><p>B: Yes, Will you be there? (you is strong)</p><p>Can vou help me carry this suitcase? (me is weak)</p><p>Hey, wait for me! (me is strong)</p><p>A: Is he there? (he is weak)</p><p>B: Who?</p><p>A: The boss.</p><p>B: No. Everybodv else is working, but he'*s gone home!</p><p>(he is strong)</p><p>A: She doesmt smoke or drink! (she is strong)</p><p>B: Ah, thar's what she told vou! (she is weak)</p><p>A: Look - irs him! (him is strong)</p><p>B: Where? | camt see him. (him is weak)</p><p>As: Do you know thar woman?</p><p>B: Her? No, | dom't recognise her. (first her is strong, U s</p><p>second her is weak) Ly Er</p><p>A: Vm afraid we can't stay any longer. (we is weak) iney toid us to go ts way.</p><p>B: What do vou mean, `we'? I've got plenty of time.</p><p>(we is strong)</p><p>A: They rold us to go this way. (us is weak)</p><p>B: Well, (hey didmt tell us! (us is strong)</p><p>When 1 said, “Give them a drink' 1 didmt mean them,</p><p>| meant the people. (first them is weak, second them</p><p>is strong)</p><p>When | said, 'Give them a drink, | didn't mean</p><p>them, | meant the people.</p><p>82 English Pronunciation in Use (Elementary)</p><p>Section C Phrases, sentences and grammar</p><p>Exercises</p><p>17.1 Listen and mark the underlined words w (weak) or s (strong).</p><p>” w</p><p>1 A: Are you going to talk to him? B: No, 1 think he should talk to me first.</p><p>2 A: Shall I phone her? B: Yes, ] think you should.</p><p>3 A: You see these people over there? Do you know them? B: 1 know her, but | don't know him.</p><p>4 A: What are you going to give him? B: 1 think TI] give him a shirt. Whar about you?</p><p>$ Let him come in and ask him what he wants.</p><p>6 She says she'll bring her money tomorrow.</p><p>7 Tm tired ... shall we go now?</p><p>8 Everybody's leaving. What about us? Shall we go, too?</p><p>9 Tell us when you're ready.</p><p>10 A: Who broke that window? B: He did! C: No, 1 didn't, she did!</p><p>Check with the Key. Then listen again and repeat.</p><p>17.2 Listen and complete the sentences.</p><p>'C32 EXAMPLE</p><p>What ......</p><p>1 What nee . think about it?</p><p>2 Where n . tonight?</p><p>3 NOW.</p><p>4 Where</p><p>d EE . come in.</p><p>6 se . feeling all righr?</p><p>7 Tell es .</p><p>8 dassie ss - phone number but NOË iss</p><p>Check with the Key. Then listen again and repeat.</p><p>37.3 Listen and repeat this poem. Be careful to speak with the correct rhythm. Stress the words in bold,</p><p>ss and use weak forms of the pronouns between them.</p><p>Comings and goings</p><p>What did she</p><p>Don't send her</p><p>Give hera</p><p>Ask her to</p><p>Give usa</p><p>What do you</p><p>Ask them to</p><p>Tell them its</p><p>What shall we</p><p>Shall we walt here for</p><p>Please don't</p><p>Tell me, what dovyou</p><p>English Pronunciation in Use (Elementary) 83</p><p>38</p><p>84</p><p>And what's his name?</p><p>Strong and weak forms 2:</p><p>Possessives, conjunctions, prepositions</p><p>Many possessives, conjunctions and prepositions have rwo different pronunciations — a strong</p><p>form and a weak form. Normally we use the weak form, but if the word is stressed because it is</p><p>especially important, or because we want to show a contrast, we use the strong form.</p><p>weak strong</p><p>Your ljal* ljod *</p><p>his va] Ihuzl</p><p>their laaf * laeal*</p><p>and la] or on] lend]</p><p>but [bat] load</p><p>some Isaml lIsaml</p><p>that ET lêer]</p><p>at lat led</p><p>for laf * (od *</p><p>from lfram] lfrom]</p><p>of EN lovl</p><p>to ET hoi</p><p>G i Listen ro rhe difference, and repeat.</p><p>Give me your hand! (your is weak)</p><p>A: Your turn! (your is strong)</p><p>B: 'No, iCs vour turn! (your is strong)</p><p>: That's our new netghbour.</p><p>: And what's his name? (and and his are weak)</p><p>: No, her! (her is strong)</p><p>: Oh, sorry. What's her name? (her is strong)</p><p>: She must be rich - look at her car! (her is weak)</p><p>: | think hars his car, actually! (his is strong)</p><p>: They've sold their old house, 1 see. (their is weak)</p><p>: Thevy've sold their house, yes, but they havemt</p><p>bought another one yet. (their is strong)</p><p>P</p><p>o</p><p>e</p><p>F</p><p>r</p><p>B</p><p>r</p><p>A: Would vou like some ice cream or some cake?</p><p>(some is weak)</p><p>B: Vd like some ice cream and some cake, please!</p><p>(and is strong, some is weak)</p><p>A: Do vou like those sweets? (do and you are weak)</p><p>B: Well, some of them are good. (some is strong, of</p><p>and them are weak)</p><p>The shop's closed from one to two. (from and to are</p><p>weak)</p><p>There's a bus to the village at six, but there's no bus</p><p>back from there tonight. (to and from are strong, at</p><p>is weak)</p><p>English Pronunciation in Use (Elementary)</p><p>* The r at the end of these words is</p><p>pronounced before a vowel (see</p><p>Unit 22).</p><p>What's vour. address?</p><p>What was their. answer?</p><p>Come in for. a minute.</p><p>**to is pronounced /tu:/ before a</p><p>vowel sound.</p><p>to. a party</p><p>Your turn!</p><p>SR</p><p>AR der: se</p><p>1) er</p><p>di Me</p><p>PS</p><p>ss N</p><p>She must be rich - look at her car!</p><p>38.1</p><p>C5S'</p><p>di</p><p>38.2</p><p>Section C Phrases, sentences and grammar</p><p>Exercises</p><p>Listen and mark the underlined words w (weak) or s (strong).</p><p>“</p><p>1 They went out and left their children at home.</p><p>2 Don't sit there — that's his seat.</p><p>3 Is this the train to London or from London?</p><p>4 1 didm't say at fve o'clock, 1 said abour five o'clock.</p><p>$ What are you going to do?</p><p>6 His first name's Jack, but I don't know his second name.</p><p>7 Would you like some more tea2</p><p>8 Bring your umbrella — its going to rain.</p><p>9 Excuse me — is this your umbrella?</p><p>10 Can you go and buy some bread and milk, please?</p><p>11 Yowve bought some flowers - who are they for?</p><p>12 | bought them for you!</p><p>Check with the Key. Then listen again and repeat.</p><p>Read and listen to these poems. Then listen again and repeat. Be careful to speak with the correct</p><p>rhythm.</p><p>Use the weak form of and. Use the weak form of of. Use the weak form of but.</p><p>You and me Cseb —Relaxing Cse: Making plans</p><p>you and me TE cup of tea ' "AA walk? But its too late.</p><p>cake and tea a new CD To the town? But its too far.</p><p>bread and cheese a bottle of wine Some sightseeing? But its too dark.</p><p>twos and threes and plenty of time A restaurant? But it's too expensive.</p><p>this and that A game of chess? But its so boring.</p><p>thin and fat Read a book? But my eyes are so</p><p>left and right tired.</p><p>day and night Study some English? But its so</p><p>now and then difficult.</p><p>where and when But let's do something. OK, what?</p><p>Use the weak form of at. Use the weak form of your.</p><p>1 remember it well C%es A duange of plan</p><p>We met at a conference. Eat your sandwich.</p><p>Or maybe at a party. Drink your tea.</p><p>A party at a hotel. Comb your hair.</p><p>Or perhaps at someone's house. Brush your teeth.</p><p>it was at lunchtime. Put your shoes on.</p><p>No, it was late at night. Pack your bag.</p><p>Yes, and you were sitting at Get your keys.</p><p>a table. Ready?</p><p>Or maybe standing at a window. What do you mean, You've</p><p>You looked at me and smiled. changed your mind?</p><p>No, vou looked at me and</p><p>laughed at me.</p><p>Yes, | remember it well.</p><p>English Pronunciation in Use (Elementary) 85</p><p>1e There's a spider</p><p>Strong and weak forms 3: Articles, comparatives, 'there'</p><p>Sa Some words have two different pronunciations — a strong form and a weak form. We normally</p><p>use the weak forms of the words a and ax. We say /:/ before consonant sounds and /2n/ before</p><p>vowel sounds. Listen and repeat.</p><p>a cup of coffee, please</p><p>a piece of cake, please</p><p>a lot of visitors</p><p>a Thursday morning in November</p><p>an invitation to a party</p><p>an umbrella in the rain</p><p>Ge Notice that some words begin with the vowel letter u but the consonant sound /i/, so we say a</p><p>before them. Listen and repeat.</p><p>a university</p><p>a useful present</p><p>ET] sê In comparatives, we use the weak forms of #han /(San/ and as /az/, and we pronounce the ending</p><p>-er as the weak vowel /a/. Listen and repeat.</p><p>The new computer's better than the old one.</p><p>The old computer wasn't as good as the new one.</p><p>EG In the expressions #bere's and #here are we normally use the weak form /Ao/. We pronounce</p><p>there's as /Maz/ and there are as /Maral. Listen and repeat.</p><p>There's a bridge over the river.</p><p>There are ten millimetres in a centimetre.</p><p>G% But when we use the word there to talk about a place, we use rhe strong form /Mea/. Listen and</p><p>repeat.</p><p>A: Where are my glasses? B: Over there!</p><p>Over there!</p><p>86 English Pronunciation in Use (Elementary)</p><p>39.1</p><p>39.2</p><p>Cel</p><p>39.3</p><p>C62</p><p>39.4</p><p>Ce3</p><p>Exercises</p><p>Listen and circle the mistakes in</p><p>the picture (there are five</p><p>mistakes).</p><p>Check with the Key. Then listen</p><p>again and repeat.</p><p>Listen and circle all the /a/ sounds.</p><p>There's a cat on the mat. There's a film on TV.</p><p>There's a fish in a dish. You can sit on my knee.</p><p>There's a dog in the fog, There are two cups of tea. Check with the Key.</p><p>ard a mouse in the house. One for you, one for me. Then listen again and repeat.</p><p>Complete the sentences using the words in the box. You will need to use some of them more than</p><p>once.</p><p>tall there there's thereare older longer as than</p><p>1 Tessa's taller ....... #han..... Terry, bur she ismt Ted.</p><p>Ted's Tessa, but he ismt old Terry.</p><p>2 A: What's the longest tunnel in the world?</p><p>B: The Channel Tunnel, between England and</p><p>France?</p><p>A: No, a one</p><p>SEER EER - that.</p><p>A: Yes, sesse - is, in Japan.</p><p>3 A: How many dollars are... .ina</p><p>pound?</p><p>B: 1 think about one</p><p>and a half ... or maybe iss f</p><p>es ORE and a half pounds in a dollar?</p><p>Listen to check your answers. Check with the Key. Then listen again and repeat.</p><p>Listen and mark the underlined words w (weak) or s (strong).</p><p>w</p><p>A: What are you doing there?</p><p>B: There's a spider in the room.</p><p>A: Is there? Where?</p><p>B: There, look!</p><p>A: No, there isn't!</p><p>B: Yes, there is!</p><p>A: Well, acrually, there are two — one there and one there!</p><p>Check with the Key. Then listen and repeat.</p><p>English Pronunciation in Use (Elementary) 87</p><p>AO Who was that?</p><p>Strong and weak forms 4: Auxiliary vers</p><p>We often use the weak forms of these verbs:</p><p>am is are was were have has do does can could</p><p>7] Listen and repear.</p><p>1 od ready. 7 What hayé you got in your hand?</p><p>2 ts raining again. 8 Has the programme started?</p><p>3 Are vou coming? 9 What dp you want for Christmas?</p><p>d Ed coming, aren't you? 10 Where does your sister live?</p><p>5 Who was that? 11 You can stay here if you like.</p><p>6 The shops were all closed. 12 Could you spell your name for me, please?</p><p>TY Ge) But if one of these verbs is stressed because it is especially important, or because we want to</p><p>show a contrast, we use the strong form. Listen and repeat.</p><p>mm</p><p>je : Are you ready? B: Yes, I am.</p><p>id</p><p>]</p><p>P</p><p>P</p><p>P</p><p>P</p><p>P</p><p>P</p><p>ER</p><p>PP</p><p>: lt ismt raining, is it? B: Yes, it #</p><p>: Pm not very good at English. B: Of course you are!</p><p>: Is your father a teacher? B: He was, but he's retired now.</p><p>: How many people are there in your class ... ten? B: There were ten, but one left last week.</p><p>: Have we met before? B: I domt think we Mm</p><p>: Has it started? B: Yes, come on, it has!</p><p>: 1 domt like this music. B: Oh, I di</p><p>: Does the supermarket open on Sundays? B: 1 think it does.</p><p>OO</p><p>V</p><p>e</p><p>AN</p><p>E</p><p>A</p><p>a</p><p>w</p><p>: 1 camt open this door. B: Let me try. Maybe n bu</p><p>mk</p><p>11 A: Can you play tennis? B: Not now. | could when | was younger.</p><p>For more about 1, vou 're and it's, see Unit 41.</p><p>Is your father a teacher? Have we met before?</p><p>88 English Pronunciation in Use (Elementary)</p><p>28</p><p>40.3</p><p>Exercises</p><p>Listen, and notice the weak forms underlined.</p><p>lt wês winter. It was late. it vas dark. It wis</p><p>SnowiNg. | wis walking along a street. There</p><p>was nobody else in the tovn. | cotjid see a</p><p>light in a window. 1 oud hear someone</p><p>snouting, "You'Té too late! We wére here, all</p><p>the time. We wêre waiting for you, but now</p><p>iv$ too late! Then | woke up. twis a dream!</p><p>Listen again and repeat.</p><p>Listen and mark the underlined words w (weak) or s (strong).</p><p>”</p><p>A: Pm better than you!</p><p>B: No, you aremt!</p><p>A: 1 am. Tve got more toys than you!</p><p>B: No, you haven't!</p><p>A: Yes, | have! And 1 can speak twenty languages!</p><p>B: You can't! Nobody can speak twenty languages!</p><p>A: T can. And 1 could walk when 1 was three weeks old!</p><p>B: You couldm't! That's impossible!</p><p>A: 1 could! You domt know — you weremt there!</p><p>B: 1 was! Pm older than you!</p><p>A- No, vou arem't!</p><p>B: Yes, | am! Pm eight. How old are you?</p><p>A: Em eight hundred.</p><p>B: What do you mean? Nobody can be eight hundred years old!</p><p>A: Don't argue!</p><p>B: Tm not arguing!</p><p>A: Yes, you are!</p><p>Check with the Key. Then listen again and repeat.</p><p>Mark the underlined words w if you think they will be weak and s if you think they will be strong.</p><p>11 soil speak English when I was twelve.</p><p>2 I wasm't very well yesterday, but 1 am today.</p><p>3 A: Are these your gloves? B: Yes, they are. Thanks!</p><p>4 A: 1 dom think you were at the lesson last week, were you? B: 1 was!</p><p>$ A: 1 didmt think the singers in the band were very good. B: Oh, I thought they were!</p><p>6 A: Have you got a pen? B: Just a minute, | think I have, somewhere.</p><p>7 A: Has the lesson started? B: Yes, it has, but you can go in.</p><p>8 A: Where does he live? B: Near the old town hall. Do you know where that is? A: Yes, I do.</p><p>Listen and check your answers. Check with the Key. Then</p><p>listen again and repeat.</p><p>English Pronunciation in Use (Elementary) 89</p><p>C71</p><p>lmueortFand</p><p>1</p><p>TOr UIStenma</p><p>and re ad</p><p>They're here!</p><p>Contractions</p><p>Listen and look at the spellings of the weak forms (see Units 37-40).</p><p>These weak forms written with an apostrophe 3</p><p>are called contractions.</p><p>it's raining</p><p>again!</p><p>full / strong form contraction / weak form</p><p>is 's</p><p>is not ismt</p><p>Contractions show the way we normally speak. In the sentence I#'s raining again!, the most</p><p>important word is raining; the word is is unstressed and we use the contraction it's. But in the</p><p>sentence Yes, it is!, the word is is the most important word, and we use the full form, not the</p><p>contraction.</p><p>Listen and look at the spellings of the weak forms.</p><p>full / strong form</p><p>are</p><p>contraction / weak form</p><p>1,</p><p>They cant</p><p>be - it's only</p><p>re</p><p>ten to three! In the sentence They're here!, the most important word</p><p>is here, and They're is unstressed and contracted to /o/</p><p>or /)o/. But in the sentence They are, the most important</p><p>word is are, so we use the full form, not the contraction.</p><p>Note: We use the contraction 's for is or has.</p><p>Its raining. 's s is</p><p>Where's he gone? 's s has</p><p>Here are some other common contractions.</p><p>full / strong form | contraction | weak form full / strong form | contraction / weak form</p><p>cannot can't lam Fm</p><p>have ve let us let's</p><p>had / would “d will II</p><p>We use these contractions in many types of informal writing, as well as in speech.</p><p>In some types of texts, like cartoons and pop songs, You can find other contractions, like these. Listen.</p><p>1 One of these days Im gonna leave this town.</p><p>2 | just wanna have a good time.</p><p>3 Nice place, this, innit?</p><p>4 A: Why dontcha wanna come with us? B: 'Cos | hate shopping!</p><p>5 Rock 'n' roll will never die.</p><p>6 Tell 'im to come now! 2</p><p>7 A: Can you see 'em? B: Not yet.</p><p>going to gonna and 'n'</p><p>want to wanna them em</p><p>isn't it? innit him "im</p><p>don't you? dontcha do you dyou</p><p>because *cos 7</p><p>English Pronunciation in Use (Elementary)</p><p>A</p><p>P</p><p>dd</p><p>C73</p><p>Section C Phrases, sentences and grammar</p><p>Exercises</p><p>Listen and underline what you hear - the contraction or the full form.</p><p>1 A: Why havem't you done the shopping?</p><p>B: ve / 1 have done the shopping. It's / It is on the kitchen table.</p><p>2 A: The weather's / weather is better than last year, isn't it?</p><p>B: It certainly 's / is.</p><p>3 A: Right then, J'n / 1 am going. Are you coming with us?</p><p>B: No, Il / I will see you later.</p><p>4 A: What's / What is the time?</p><p>B: j#s / IE is twenty to seven.</p><p>$ A: They arem't ready vet.</p><p>B: We're / We are ready!</p><p>6 A: Vd / 1 would love to go somewhere warm for a change.</p><p>B: Td / 1 would, too!</p><p>7 A: Tm / 1 am afraid they havem't / have not arrived yet.</p><p>B: They've / They have. They're / They are here now!</p><p>8 A: Lets / Let us go.</p><p>B: 1 dom think the concert's / concert has finished yet, has it?</p><p>A: Is / It bas, actually.</p><p>Check with the Key. Then listen and repeat.</p><p>Listen, and write the sentences you hear in normal spelling.</p><p>EXAMPLE</p><p>You hear: “Are you gonna be with us at the weekend?” and you write: “Are you going to be with</p><p>us at the weekend?”</p><p>1</p><p>o</p><p>h</p><p>U</p><p>M</p><p>Check with the Key.</p><p>English Pronunciation in Use (Elementary) ])</p><p>AA) Its George's birthday</p><p>Pronouncing -s endings</p><p>We use -s (or -es) endings in four different ways.</p><p>e in plural nouns: Why have you got three phones on your desk?</p><p>e in verbs: She phones him every day.</p><p>* in possessives: Have you got Maria's phone number?</p><p>* in the contractions of is and bas: The phone's ringing. The film's started.</p><p>Es When we add an -s (or -es) ending to a word, the number of syllables in the word sometimes</p><p>stays the same. Listen.</p><p>day Fm staying for a day. (1 svllable)</p><p>days Um staving tor two days. (1 syllable)</p><p>Ee But sometimes we add an extra syllable to the pronunciation. Listen.</p><p>match Have you got a match? (1 syllable)</p><p>matches Have you got any matches? (2 syllables)</p><p>ad Ge Listen and notice the number of syllables in the words on the left.</p><p>number of syllables</p><p>go 1 IFs time to go.</p><p>goes 1 Hit the ball and watch where it goes.</p><p>finish 2 When does the course finish?</p><p>finishes 3a Do you know when the course finishes?</p><p>George 1 Have you met George?</p><p>George's 2 Its George's birthday.</p><p>train 1 We're waiting for the train.</p><p>train's 1 The train's late again</p><p>box 1 Open the box.</p><p>boxes 2 Open the boxes.</p><p>boss 1 That's the boss</p><p>boss's 2 That's the boss's office.</p><p>glove 1 Is this your glove?</p><p>gloves 1 Are these your gloves?</p><p>page 1 Which is the right page?</p><p>pages 2 This book's got 120 pages.</p><p>The rule is that we add an extra syllable if the last sound in the word is one of these:</p><p>FEEL RA NS]</p><p>If the last sound is a vowel, or any other consonant, the number of syllables stays the same.</p><p>N Note: We don't contract is or has after /[-/ [1 (Il (1 aal. Listen.</p><p>Em The tood's good. The service is good.</p><p>The game's started. The match has started.</p><p>92 English Pronunciation in Use (Elementary)</p><p>42.1</p><p>C76</p><p>42.2</p><p>42.3</p><p>C7%a</p><p>Section C Phrases, sentences and grammar</p><p>Exercises</p><p>Complete these sentences with the correct forms of the verbs and nouns.</p><p>1 Let's see who .....#ivshes.... (finish) these ... vu (Exercise) first.</p><p>2 The bar ....———— (Close) when the last CustOMeT mm (leave).</p><p>3 Domt make ...... ...— (promise) you can't keep.</p><p>4 Nobody mm (USE) 4 typewriter nowadays, do they?</p><p>$ My dad's so tall that when he ......——— (Feach) his hand up hê me (FOUch) the</p><p>ceiling.</p><p>Listen to check your answers. Check with the Key. Then listen again and repeat.</p><p>Look at the family tree and complete the sentences.</p><p>George & Joan Birch</p><p>James Joyce & Mike Jones</p><p>Dennis Tom</p><p>EXAMPLE Joyce “8... George's daughter... —e dowes. is Ceorge's daudhter.</p><p>1 Joyce and Mike Dennis</p><p>2 Tom Dennis</p><p>3 James and JOYCE ie . Mr and Mrs Birch...</p><p>4 Dennis... GEOFBE</p><p>$ Joyce ms Mike JONES. .</p><p>Listen to check your answers. Check with the Key. Then listen again and repeat.</p><p>Look at the picture and answer the guestions below.</p><p>Now complete the sentences.</p><p>EXAMPLE Whose is the hat? ..... $ EXAMPLE The hat's. dogeë's</p><p>1 Whose is the camera? se 7 The camera uu</p><p>2 Whose are the skis? mmm 8 The jacket ...se</p><p>3 Whose is the map? ERA AS 9 The shoes ..</p><p>4 Whose is the jacket? esse 10. The vi esse</p><p>$ Whose are the shoes? GEE EE 11 The suitcase</p><p>6 Whose is the suitcase? SERE sy 12 The map ie</p><p>Listen to check your answers. C78b Listen to check your answers. Check with</p><p>the Key. Then listen and repeat.</p><p>English Pronunciation in Use (Elementary) 93</p><p>43</p><p>€79 Listen.</p><p>| looked everywhere</p><p>Pronouncing past tenses</p><p>To make the past tense of a regular verb, you add the ending -ed:</p><p>look — looked explain — explained</p><p>or just -d if there is already a letter e at the end of the infinitive:</p><p>live — lived</p><p>Normally, the number of syllables stays the same.</p><p>look (1 syllable) looked (1 syllable)</p><p>explain (2 syllables) explained (2 syllables)</p><p>live (1 syllable) lived (1 svllable)</p><p>Look at rhis!</p><p>I looked everywhere.</p><p>Can you explain this for me, please?</p><p>| explained it but they didm't understand.</p><p>Where do vou live?</p><p>We lived in the country.</p><p>If ics difficult for you to say the -ed ending without adding an extra syllable, you can imagine</p><p>the -ed is at the start of the next word. For example, say I looked everywhbere like this:</p><p>1 look teverywbere</p><p>and say I explained it like this:</p><p>1 explain dit</p><p>But if the infinitive of the verb ends with /./ or //, the -ed or -d ending adds an extra syllable:</p><p>wait — waited</p><p>hate — hated</p><p>wait (1 syllable) waited (2 syllables)</p><p>hate (1 syllable) hated (2 syllables)</p><p>7] Listen.</p><p>Wait here, please.</p><p>We waited half an hour.</p><p>| hate waiting.</p><p>1 hated school.</p><p>vi Sometimes you don't hear the -ed ending</p><p>important for listening, and these</p><p>are indicated like this:</p><p>SA ————f</p><p>M luportant</p><p>for vete]</p><p>N ME.</p><p>What type of English pronunciation is used in English Pronunciation</p><p>in Use Elementary ?</p><p>As a model for you to copy when you speak, we have used only one type of pronunciation, a</p><p>standard British type. But in the listening exercises you will hear a wider variety of accents,</p><p>including some non-native speakers.</p><p>Recordings</p><p>CD A: Units 1-12</p><p>CD B: Units 13—27</p><p>CD C: Units 28—43</p><p>CD D: Units 44-50, Sections E1, E4—-E8</p><p>CD E: Section E3 Sound pairs</p><p>English Pronunciation in Use (Elementary)</p><p>To the teacher</p><p>Englisk Pronunciation in Use Elementary has been written so that it can be used for self-study,</p><p>but it will work egually well in the classroom. The advantages of working on pronunciation in</p><p>the classroom include the following points.</p><p>e Learners can get guidance and immediate feedback from the teacher.</p><p>e Learners can practise the dialogues and other exercises in pairs.</p><p>e You can direct learners with particular pronunciation difficulties to do specific units on their</p><p>own or in small groups, if appropriate.</p><p>In order to make the material accessible to learners, terminology has been kept as simple as</p><p>possible. The remainder of this Introduction describes how the course is organised, and it is</p><p>followed by a Map of tke contents using standard terminology.</p><p>English Pronunciation in Use Elementary progresses from individual sounds, through seguences</p><p>of sounds, and stress in words, to intonation patterns in phrases and sentences. Of course, as</p><p>soon as learners begin to speak English, they need to begin to develop control of all these</p><p>features in parallel, but the step-by-step, incremental approach adopted here is designed to</p><p>facilitate a clear progression and a clear focus on one thing at a time. Nevertheless, learners do</p><p>not necessarily have to work their way through all the units in each section in seguence; they can</p><p>alternate units from different sections.</p><p>Section A Sounds and spelling</p><p>Unit 1 deals with some general issues of pronunciation and spelling. Units 2 to 23 introduce the</p><p>phonemes (sounds) of English, first the vowels and then the consonants. Generally, two sounds</p><p>are introduced in each unit, though some units have one or three. They are paired on the basis</p><p>of similarity of spelling, similarity of articulation and potential for confusion. Guidance is given</p><p>as to the most freguent spellings of each phoneme, and practice is given in some significant</p><p>contrasts between phonemes.</p><p>One phoneme not specifically focused on in Section A is the weak vowel /a/, the schwa; the</p><p>emphasis is on pronouncing vowel sounds (and consonants, too) in stressed syllables, where</p><p>accuracy and clarity are most important, and the scbwa is treated as a feature of unstressed</p><p>syllables rather than a sound with the same status as the other vowel phonemes.</p><p>Units 24 to 27 deal with consonant clusters.</p><p>Section B Syllables and words</p><p>Section B introduces the concept of syllables, the distinction between strong and weak syllables,</p><p>and stress patterns in words.</p><p>Section C Phrases, sentences and grammar</p><p>Section C moves the focus from individual words to phrases and sentences, and highlights links</p><p>between pronunciation and various aspects of grammar which are learned at elementary level.</p><p>Section D Conversation</p><p>Finally, Section D deals with aspects of intonation in the context of sentences and longer</p><p>stretches of language such as dialogues, stories and conversation. It also covers some</p><p>characteristic intonation patterns of common lesical phrases.</p><p>Intonation is very variable, and the intonation patterns attached to phrases and grammatical</p><p>structures in these units are certainly not the only ones possible. However, they are very</p><p>commonly — characteristically, even —- used in these contexts, and the associations between</p><p>intonation and contexts should help to make the intonation patterns memorable.</p><p>English Pronunciation in Use (Elementary) 1</p><p>Section E Reference</p><p>Section E contains various kinds of further reference and practice material. The Guide for</p><p>speakers of specific languages and Sound pairs can be used to prioritise certain pronunciation</p><p>points and to reject others, depending on learners? particular needs.</p><p>What model of pronunciation?</p><p>As a model for learners to copy when they speak, | have used a standard southern British accent.</p><p>This can be regarded as a provisional target, but learners will vary as to how closely they will</p><p>want or need to achieve it. Some features of pronunciation are important for listening, but less</p><p>essential for learners to imitate, and these are labelled as such. Nevertheless, attempting to</p><p>reproduce these features should help learners in their ability to understand speech which</p><p>contains them, and they may want to make the effort of incorporating them in their own</p><p>English. In the listening exercises, a wider variety of accents can be heard, including some non-</p><p>native speakers; it is important that learners at this level begin to get exposure to a variety of</p><p>accents.</p><p>Recordings</p><p>CD A: Units 1-12</p><p>CD B: Umts 13-27</p><p>CD C: Units 28-43</p><p>CD D: Units 44-50, Sections E1, E4—E8</p><p>CD EF: Section E3 Sound pairs</p><p>English Pronunciation in Use (Elementary)</p><p>Map of contents</p><p>Section A Sounds and spelling</p><p>1 Spelling and pronunciation</p><p>Section B Syllables and words</p><p>Vowels /i1/ /y</p><p>28 Svyllables</p><p>Vowels /uz/ /u/</p><p>29 Strong and weak vowels</p><p>Vowels /az/ /Al</p><p>30 Stress in two-syllable words</p><p>Vowels /D/ Jou</p><p>31 Stress in longer words</p><p>Vowels /e/ /a!</p><p>Vowels /3z/</p><p>32 Stress in compound words</p><p>Section C Phrases, sentences and grammar</p><p>Vowels /Ia/ /eo/</p><p>33 Chunking text and reading aloud</p><p>l</p><p>o</p><p>l</p><p>A</p><p>I</p><p>]</p><p>a</p><p>a</p><p>]</p><p>P</p><p>l</p><p>]</p><p>MM</p><p>Vowels /en/ /ay Jo</p><p>34 Consonant-to-vowel linking</p><p>-</p><p>Oo</p><p>Vowels /aul /aul</p><p>35 Linking /j/ (wl</p><p>-</p><p>-</p><p>Consonants /p/ /b/</p><p>36 Rhythm</p><p>—-</p><p>NI</p><p>Consonants /t/ /d/</p><p>-</p><p>LY</p><p>Consonants /k/ /g!</p><p>— P Consonants /f/ /v/</p><p>—</p><p>om</p><p>Consonants /0/ /6/</p><p>-</p><p>N</p><p>Consonants /s/ /z!</p><p>-</p><p>-</p><p>Consonants /J/ /3/</p><p>37 Strong and weak forms in phrases and</p><p>sentences: pronouns</p><p>38 Strong and weak forms in phrases and</p><p>sentences: possessives, conjunctions,</p><p>prepositions</p><p>39 Strong and weak forms in phrases and</p><p>sentences: articles, comparatives, 'there'</p><p>am</p><p>Co</p><p>Consonants /t J/ /da!</p><p>aa</p><p>CO</p><p>Consonants /m/ /n/ /g/</p><p>je</p><p>]</p><p>Oo</p><p>Consonants /h/</p><p>MM</p><p>-</p><p>Consonants //</p><p>N</p><p>N</p><p>Consonants /T/</p><p>NI</p><p>LA</p><p>Consonants /w/ /j!</p><p>MY</p><p>R Medial clusters</p><p>40 Strong and weak forms in phrases and</p><p>sentences: auxiliary verbs</p><p>41 Contractions</p><p>42 Pronouncing —-s endings in noun plurals</p><p>and present simple</p><p>43 Pronouncing regular past tense endings</p><p>Section D Conversation</p><p>MY</p><p>om</p><p>Initial clusters</p><p>N)</p><p>N</p><p>Final clusters</p><p>MY</p><p>-</p><p>Clusters across words</p><p>44 Intonation: fall-rise and fall for old and</p><p>new information</p><p>45 Intonation: storytelling</p><p>46 Intonation: active listening</p><p>47 Intonation: contrastive stress</p><p>48 Intonation: emphatic stress</p><p>49 Intonation: typical patterns in functional</p><p>language 1</p><p>50 Intonation: typical patterns in functional</p><p>language 2</p><p>English Pronunciation in Use (Elementary)</p><p>How many letters, how many sounds?</p><p>Spelling and pronunciation</p><p>All sections with this symbol are on the recording. Listen to them while you read this page.</p><p>A2a "There are 26 letters in the English alphabet.</p><p>ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPORSTUVWXYZ</p><p>A2b. There are five vowel letters. A E 1 O U</p><p>(A2c And there are 21 consonant letters. P CD EFGHIELMNPORSTVWKY Z</p><p>(A2d But there are more than 40 vowel and consonant sounds in English.</p><p>In some words, the number of letters is the same as the number of sounds.</p><p>best 4 letters, 4 sounds blelslt</p><p>1)213]4</p><p>dentist 7 letters,</p><p>clearly. This happens when the next word starts with a</p><p>wportand .” EONsonant. Listen.</p><p>OF Istenma I lookted) there,</p><p>94</p><p>We livfed) near the park.</p><p>English Pronunciation in Use (Elementary)</p><p>43.1</p><p>Ca,</p><p>43.2</p><p>Ee</p><p>n</p><p>F</p><p>A</p><p>io "</p><p>T</p><p>da</p><p>43.4</p><p>G8$.</p><p>Section C Phrases, sentences and grammar</p><p>Exercises</p><p>Listen and mark the verbs with a tick (v) if you can hear the -ed ending clearly, and a cross (X) if</p><p>you can't.</p><p>1 1 watched an interesting film.</p><p>2 | watched the news. [1]</p><p>3 | walked to the end of the road. [7]</p><p>4 The car stopped in the middle of the road. [7]</p><p>$ 1 phoned the police. [7]</p><p>6 They helped me a lot. [1]</p><p>7 They asked a lot of guestions. []</p><p>8 It rained all day. [7]</p><p>Check with the Key. Then listen again and repeat.</p><p>Listen anc circle the word you hear.</p><p>1 They play / played very well.</p><p>2 We clean / cleaned all the rooms.</p><p>3 We always cook / cooked a big meal for the whole family.</p><p>4 | need / needed some help with the housework.</p><p>S 1 listen / listened to the radio.</p><p>6 | want / wanted to have a word with you.</p><p>7 They arrive / arrived early in the morning.</p><p>8 1 never miss / missed the lesson.</p><p>Check with the Key. Then listen again and repeat.</p><p>Listen and complete these sentences with the verb form you hear - present or past.</p><p>1 We usually ...#inshed .. before the others.</p><p>N EE - my name wrong.</p><p>8 N sesse EER . a bit of onion to the recipe.</p><p>41. .— those people bur they alWAVS se . too long.</p><p>S 1... ... the music in the film.</p><p>6 We... for hours and hours.</p><p>ss your house on my way to work.</p><p>8 They .....— by the sea.</p><p>Check with the Key. Then listen again and repeat.</p><p>Listen to this poem.</p><p>| wanted to go to the Friday night show.</p><p>It started at eight - didn't want to be late.</p><p>t walked into town, found the place and sat down.</p><p>First in the gueue, and nothing to do.</p><p>1 waited for hours. It rained — a few showers.</p><p>A friend passed and asked me, 'Why are you here? ''</p><p>Come down to the pub and we'll have a few beers.</p><p>| remembered just then that Thursday was when $-</p><p>he went for a drink, and | started to think ...</p><p>Thursday?</p><p>Listen again and repeat. Speak with the same</p><p>rhythm as the recording.</p><p>English Pronunciation in Use (Elementary) 95</p><p>AA</p><p>Ee</p><p>EED “?</p><p>NEG 6:</p><p>NE) *:</p><p>9%</p><p>Not half past two, half past three</p><p>Intonation for old and new information</p><p>We often use different intonation for old information and new information. Sometimes we</p><p>repeat the old information with the same words but different intonation. Listen.</p><p>A: What time are we meeting? Did you say half past two?</p><p>Be No, not half past Ed half past Hhreg. sy</p><p>(Two is old information; three is new information.) d £ Ta</p><p>A: Edinburgh's one of my favourite places in Ts Viking</p><p>Fngland. f 7 El</p><p>des EP</p><p>B: But Edinburgh ismt in Engladfd. its in AE</p><p>Scorlapd! | "N | Edinburgh</p><p>(Edinburgh and England are old information; Scotland d ae ` ET )</p><p>is new information.) “nei "; % `</p><p>% ) d Er</p><p>Sometimes we only say the old information. Listen. S ) ap] P.</p><p>A: Edinburgh's one of my favourite places in England. as T EE England</p><p>B: Bur Edinburgh isn't in Englafd' sr Aa</p><p>Sometimes we say the old information in different words. Listen.</p><p>A- |ook - hat wine costs £100!</p><p>B: Yes, its expepdve, bur evarsghing in this shop's oxpoffivel</p><p>(Expensive is the same information as costs £100.)</p><p>Sometimes we only talk about part of the old information. Listen.</p><p>A: | thought that film was really begd.</p><p>B: Well, | rhoughr the mus was good.</p><p>(The music is part of the film.)</p><p>English Pronunciation in Use (Elementary)</p><p>D3</p><p>DS</p><p>Section D Conversation</p><p>Listen and mark the intonation of the words in bold.</p><p>1 A: How about meeting on Tuesday or Thursday at one o'clock?</p><p>B: 1 can come on Tuesday, but not before two o'cdlock.</p><p>2 A: Let's go to the beach and have a swim.</p><p>B: Well, DI] come to the beach with you, but PII probably just do some sunbathing.</p><p>3 A: Which shop are you talking about? Is it on the corner?</p><p>B: Well, it isme on the corner, exactly, but it's very near there.</p><p>4 A: When | was ar school I was good at maths and physics.</p><p>B: I was good ar maths, but my best subject was music.</p><p>Check with the Key. Then listen again and repeat.</p><p>Listen and mark the intonation of the words in bold.</p><p>1 A: Maybe we could have dinner on Thursday or Friday?</p><p>B: Well, Pm free on Thursday.</p><p>2 A: Let's have a guick drink at the pub and then go somewhere to eat.</p><p>B: Well, Pve got time to go to the pub for half an hour.</p><p>3 A: Are the shops open in the evenings and on Sundays?</p><p>B: Well, I know they're open in the evenings.</p><p>4 A: My favourite school subjects were history and geography.</p><p>B: Really? 1 liked geography ...</p><p>Check with the Key. Then listen again and repeat.</p><p>Listen and mark the intonation of the words in bold.</p><p>1 A: It's freezing today!</p><p>B: Irs pretty cold, yes, but its good weather for walking, so let's go!</p><p>2 A: Did you go to university in Europe?</p><p>B: 1 didm't study there, no, 1 just travelled around.</p><p>3 A: Did you come on the ferry?</p><p>B: No, I like travelling by sea, but it takes too long.</p><p>4 A: We've got plenty of time — we're leaving at four.</p><p>B: That's the departure time, yes, but we have to be there by three.</p><p>Check with the Key. Then listen again and repeat.</p><p>Listen and mark the intonation of the words in bold.</p><p>1 A: Are the shops open at the weekend?</p><p>B: 1 know they're open on Saturdays.</p><p>2 A- What did vou think of the band?</p><p>B: The singer was good.</p><p>3 A: Have you been sightseeing yet?</p><p>B: We've been to the castle — that's all we had time for today.</p><p>4 A: Can | have something non-alcoholic?</p><p>B: We've got some orange juice ... or some mineral water ...</p><p>Check with the Key. Then listen again and repeat.</p><p>English Pronunciation in Use (Elementary) 97</p><p>And suddenly ...</p><p>iS Intonation in storytelling</p><p>7a) In storytelling, we often use the past continuous tense for background information and the past</p><p>simple for main events, and we often use different intonation patterns with these two tenses.</p><p>Listen and notice the different intonation in the first and second half of each sentence.</p><p>1 | was walking along the sed one day, and 1 saw a waljet on the pavengent.</p><p>2 | was waiting for the busfesterday, and | heard an explgsion.</p><p>3 1 was lying in bedflast night, and 1 heard a knock at the degr.</p><p>4 | was watching rhe nevf one night, and | saw niyeglf in the shopging centre.</p><p>7) Listen and repeat.</p><p>stréft one day — along the self one day —1 was walking along the sed one day</p><p>bydyesterday — waiting for the bpdesterday —1 was waiting for the budesterday</p><p>bed last night - lying in bed last night - 1 was lying in hedflast nighr</p><p>ae one nighr - watching the rd one night - 1 was watching the net one night</p><p>a wallet —a wallet on the pavergnt — and 1 saw a wallet on the pavemggnt</p><p>plosion — an explogion - and 1 heard an explagion</p><p>the doof —a knock at the doog — and T heard a knock at the doof.</p><p>myself in the shopping centre — and 1 saw myself in rhe shopping centre</p><p>(bra Listen and speak together with the recording.</p><p>1 | was walking along the seë. one day, and 1 saw a wallgt on the pavêmagnt.</p><p>2 | was waiting for the bus yesterday, and | heard an explggion.</p><p>3 | was lying in last night, and 1 heard a knock at the dogr.</p><p>4 | was watching the Ed one night, and 1 saw raysglf in rhe shopping centre.</p><p>(aa) We also often use the `. Afype of intonation with other kinds of background information. Listen</p><p>and repeat.</p><p>on Tuesdiy, 1 think</p><p>as</p><p>and suddénly</p><p>round about midndfht</p><p>eb Listen and repeat. Then speak together with the recording.</p><p>1 | was walking along the seel one day, on Tussdly, 1 think, and 1 saw a wallgt on the</p><p>pavesgnt.</p><p>2 1 was waiting for the budjesterday, as vsud, and saddfnly I heard an expiggion.</p><p>3 1 was lying in bed/last night, round about midnifhe, and | heard a knock at the id</p><p>4 | was watching the nord one night, and suddenly | saw mysglf in the skogping centre.</p><p>98 English Pronunciation in Use (Elementary)</p><p>Section D Conversation</p><p>Exercises</p><p>45.1</p><p>Listen and notice the intonation.</p><p>(Ds)</p><p>d</p><p>| was doing my shopping one day, as usual, and | was walking past the aniigue shop, and 1 saw</p><p>a beautiful old vase in the window, with red and blue and yellow on it. And | stood there</p><p>at this vase and thinking Vd really like to buy it, and 1 went in'and Jookid at it and asked</p><p>about the ptdé, but of course it was much too expensive. And | di the rest of my shopping and</p><p>went back home. And a few days eter walked past the same skop and noticed that the vase</p><p>wasn't tinere, and | thought that was the end of it. Anyway, a couple of weeks it was my</p><p>and | had a little party for a few of my friends, and they arrived with a huge parsel and</p><p>said, 'Happy birthday! We've got a really special present for you! So | opesiëd it and guess winat,</p><p>it was the vase from the antigue shop!</p><p>45.2 Listen and repeat.</p><p>| was doing my shopping one day,</p><p>as ueudi</p><p>and | was walking past the antigue shop,</p><p>and | saw a beautiful old in the window,</p><p>with red and blue and yellow on it.</p><p>And | stood there looking at this vase</p><p>and thinking</p><p>Vd really like to it,</p><p>and | went in</p><p>and at it</p><p>and asked about the price,</p><p>but of course it was much too expensive.</p><p>And 1 did the rest of my shop;</p><p>and went back ;</p><p>And a few days</p><p>| walked past the same shop</p><p>and noticed that the vase wasn't there,</p><p>and | thought that was the end of it.</p><p>a couple of weeks totef</p><p>it was my</p><p>and 1 had a little party</p><p>for a few of my friends,</p><p>and they arrived with a huge paazel and said,</p><p>'Happy birtitday!</p><p>We've got a really special present for you!</p><p>So | openëd it</p><p>and guess what,</p><p>it was the vare</p><p>from the antiaue shop!</p><p>Don't look at Exercises 45.1 or 45.2. Tell the</p><p>story with the help of the pictures. (It doesmt</p><p>have to be exactly the same story!)</p><p>Happy Birthday!</p><p>English Pronunciation in Use (Elementary) 99</p><p>AG</p><p>EE</p><p>Ka</p><p>Really? That's amazing!</p><p>Being a good listener</p><p>Listen and repeat these phrases - be careful with the intonation. EE</p><p>you seë” Well suddefly Gy</p><p>you knd Afyway Pd j</p><p>as ur]</p><p>of couffe</p><p>2</p><p>often have this intonations `n.</p><p>Less important parts, or things we know about already, often have this intonation: ——Y or vT</p><p>I was walking along the RT 4 one day, on Toesday, T think, and 1 saw a wallgt on the pavement.</p><p>Well, 1 picked it pgesnd 1 thought: 1] rake it to the Polige, and I was in a Fuggy, you seëf$o 1 pur</p><p>it in my baffan ot about it. And 1 went to wêfk, as. vfGal, and did the skêfping, vou-kftow,</p><p>and went hoaff, an | remembered the wallgt. Aingyay, 1 took it out of my baf/and had a</p><p>look insiffe, and there was some morff, and some ca#ffs, and tickffs and sd/Gn, and a "</p><p>and 1 lodk€d at the pheëf and sudddfly 1 though I Enaw his! Ir was an old friead from N</p><p>you seë” and the last time I so him was yagg ago. well, 1 looked in he watfft and found his</p><p>phéfe number and pbbagd him, and he was pretty surpriftd, of couëfe, but he remêmbered me,</p><p>and we're going to agt torhegrow.</p><p>Listen again and repeat.</p><p>Listen and repeat these phrases - be careful with the intonation.</p><p>OU Sors? What did you dad. That's #rege!</p><p>Refily? WAR did you say? What happgped? That's ainaging!</p><p>War it? Ed That's terridle!</p><p>Didou?</p><p>oa This time, A is telling the story and B is listening. Listen and notice the intonation in B's sentences.</p><p>A: 1 was walking along the stresf one day, on Taesdfiy, 1 rhink, and 1 saw a Wallgt on rhe</p><p>pavi t.</p><p>B: Sorf? t did you say?</p><p>A: | saw a wallgt on the pavémgnt.</p><p>B: OP What did you</p><p>A: Well, 1 picked ir.uffand ! rhoughr: DI] take it to the polige, and 1 was in a , You</p><p>seepso 1 put it in my bafand forggt about it. And | went to wolf, as usdil, and did the</p><p>shopping, you kaat...</p><p>B: Yes”</p><p>A: ... and went herffe, and theff 1 remembered the waller. Aayggay, 1 took it out of my bef</p><p>and had a look insffe, and there was some moify, and some carëfs, and tickfis and sdfOn,</p><p>and a Photo, and lGokgd at the phafo and suddefsty 1 thought 1 Rngw his</p><p>B: Redfy?</p><p>A: It was an old frisad from sêhagl, you seë and the last time savffhim was yëagg ago.</p><p>B: WA it?</p><p>A: Yes. Well, 1 looked in the wallft and found his phaffe number and pheged him, and he</p><p>was pretty surpriféd, of cou#fe, bur he remembered me, and we're going to negt toMmOfrow.</p><p>B: That's gregf!</p><p>Listen again and say B's part, together with the recording.</p><p>English Pronunciation in Use (Elementary)</p><p>46.1</p><p>D13</p><p>d6.2</p><p>Dié</p><p>Section D Conversation</p><p>Exercises</p><p>Fill the aaps with the phrases in the box.</p><p>That's amazing! Did you? What happened? That's terrible! Ye?</p><p>What did you da? Sorry?</p><p>1A:I ee) lying in bed last ES round about midnifht, and 1 heard a knock at the door.</p><p>B: OH?</p><p>A: Well, 1 went dowurairs ..</p><p>2 A: 1 was waiting for the bus yesterday, as usudi, and suddéhly 1 heard an explesion.</p><p>BE iss ss</p><p>A: Yes, and | though, an s tart?</p><p>3 A:T was watching the ner one night, and suddéhly I saw myself in the shopping centre.</p><p>Bee</p><p>A: 1 said 1 saw myself, on TY</p><p>||</p><p>4 A: 1 left my wallet on the bus wear</p><p>B: Oh, Bal —i</p><p>$ A: Todly was awful!</p><p>B: WEV? rr</p><p>A: Well, first the bus was late en</p><p>6 A: 1 was walking by the riv va one day last weëk, down near the bridge, you know?</p><p>BE se</p><p>A: And I heard a sort of loud noise in the water ..</p><p>Listen to check your answers. Check with the Key. Then listen again and repeat.</p><p>Fill the gaps with phrases from B on page 100 opposite.</p><p>was lying in bed last night, round about</p><p>t, and I heard a knock at the door.</p><p>B: Fe Oe 2</p><p>: Yes, and 1 thought, aa s unusiial.”</p><p>ds</p><p>A: Wel], 1 went GE and looked through the</p><p>windéw, and it was dai, of coafse, but 1 could see</p><p>a bus in the street, with its liefits off and no</p><p>passetigers, and a man standing at my door, with a</p><p>sort of officiaHlooking cap on his head.</p><p>: A cap, you kat, ie bus drivers wear.</p><p>Oh, I seg.</p><p>I jy es the doër, and he said, “Mr Johrifon?', and 1 said, “Yé$?* And he said, 'Here's</p><p>your wallet. 1 finished work at midatght and 1 found ir on my bug.” What do you think about</p><p>that?</p><p>Oe EE !</p><p>Listen to check your answers. (Different answers are possible. There is one possible version on the</p><p>recording and in the Key.) Read B's part together with the recording. Then read A's part together with</p><p>the recording.</p><p>P</p><p>r</p><p>English Pronunciation in Use (Elementary) 101</p><p>A7 | know when it is, but not where</p><p>Important words in conversation 1</p><p>&19 When we speak, we can show which words are especially important by giving them a lot of</p><p>stress. Listen to these two dialogues, and notice the stress and the intonation on the words in</p><p>bold.</p><p>A. How good's your English?</p><p>B: Well, I can sppif English guite well, but I cam write it very well.</p><p>A: Do you know any foreign languages?</p><p>B: Well, T can speak h, but that's the only foreign language 1 know.</p><p>Repeat the dialogues —- copy the stress and intonation of the words in bold.</p><p>How good's your English?</p><p>EE 7) Sometimes we use stress to correct what someone says, or to make it more exact. Listen.</p><p>A: Is vour house number thirty-two?</p><p>B: No, its the next one, number thirty-fogg.</p><p>A: Is your house number rhirry-rwo?</p><p>B: No, not Hairfy-two. ics number fosy-two.</p><p>Repeat the dialogues.</p><p>! Ef</p><p>VEE</p><p>EERS</p><p>ET ITA</p><p>HI TT I</p><p>HET</p><p>Is your house number 327</p><p>162 English Pronunciation in Use (Elementary)</p><p>DIT ir dy</p><p>47.2</p><p>DIE</p><p>di</p><p>Section D Conversation</p><p>Exercises</p><p>Listen to each dialogue twice. The first time you listen, underline the two main stressed words in B's</p><p>part. The second time you listen, mark the intonation on the stressed words.</p><p>EXAMPLE (first time you listen) A: Have vou got the details of the next meeting?</p><p>1A:</p><p>B:</p><p>2 A:</p><p>B:</p><p>3 A:</p><p>B:</p><p>dA:</p><p>B:</p><p>SA:</p><p>6 A:</p><p>7 A:</p><p>BA:</p><p>9 A:</p><p>10 A:</p><p>11 A:</p><p>B:</p><p>12 A:</p><p>B:</p><p>B: I know its on Monday, but 1 domt know what time.</p><p>(second time vou listen) A: Have you got the details of the next meeting?</p><p>B: I know it's on Mortlav, but | domt know what time.</p><p>How was the match?</p><p>The first half was guite good, bur rhe second half was really good.</p><p>How was the match?</p><p>The first half was guite good, but the second half was terrible.</p><p>Can | come and discuss this tomorrow?</p><p>1 wom't be here tomorrow, but my colleague will be.</p><p>Can 1 come and discuss this tomorrow?</p><p>I wort be here tomorrow, but T1] be back on Thursday.</p><p>Have you seen that film? B: Pve seen it, but | can't remember</p><p>much about it.</p><p>Have you seen that film? B: 1 havemt seen it, but Pd like to.</p><p>Are you having trouble? B: | know what this word means, but I domt know how to</p><p>pronounce it.</p><p>Are vou having trouble? B: | know what this word means, but 1 don't know any of</p><p>the others!</p><p>What did you think? B: ! liked the film, bur 1 didmt really understand it.</p><p>What did you think? B: I liked the film, but the seats were so uncomfortable!</p><p>Pd like to go to Britain to study for a month or rwo — or maybe even a year!</p><p>['d like to go to Britain for a month, but nor for a year.</p><p>['d like to go to Britain to study for a month or two — or maybe even a year!</p><p>['d like to go to Britain, but ['d rather go to America.</p><p>Check your answers with the Key. Then listen again and repeat.</p><p>Listen and underline the stressed word or words in B's part of each dialogue. Then listen again and</p><p>mark the intonation on the stressed words.</p><p>EXAMPLE A: You're June Smith, arem't you?</p><p>1 A:</p><p>B:</p><p>2 A:</p><p>3A:</p><p>B:</p><p>d A:</p><p>SA:</p><p>6 A:</p><p>7 A:</p><p>8A:</p><p>9 A:</p><p>10 A:</p><p>What's the answer — three hundred and cighty-five? (38425) (384257</p><p>No - three hundred and ninety-five. 385 Rg</p><p>Afrer you. B: No - after vou.</p><p>You went to the disco with Steve last night, didn't you? Mo</p><p>Do you live in London? B: Well, not really in London,</p><p>just outside.</p><p>You said go over the bridge. B: No, I said go under What's the answer?</p><p>the bridge.</p><p>Whars “Thank you' in Italian? B: 1 camt speak Italian.</p><p>How many times have you been to England? B: ve never been to England.</p><p>Was the course expensive? B: Well, my school paid for the course, but the travel cost</p><p>guite a lot.</p><p>B: No, Pm Jane Smich.</p><p>1 didmt go with him - | met him there.</p><p>Were there really fifty people at your birthday party? B: Well, nearly fifty, 1 hink.</p><p>How much should | bring - fifty pounds? B: You'll need at least fifty.</p><p>Check your answers with the Key. Then listen again and repeat.</p><p>English Pronunciation in Use (Elementary) 103</p><p>A9 Finished? I've just started!</p><p>Important words in conversation 2</p><p>DIS ê ; ; ; s</p><p>E2 If we want to give special emphasis to words, for example if we are very surprised, we</p><p>104</p><p>sometimes use a lot of stress, and our voices go especially high. Listen to these two dialogues.</p><p>1 A: When will that report be finished? 1</p><p>B: Dye just started it, so iell be finished this</p><p>afternoon.</p><p>2 A: Have vou finished that report?</p><p>B: Finished2! Pve just started ie!</p><p>D1% In both dialogues, the word started is stressed,</p><p>but in the second dialogue it is specially</p><p>emphasised. Listen and repeat the sentence I've</p><p>just started it from both dialogues.</p><p>[ve just started it.</p><p>ve just started iet!</p><p>DI% In the second dialogue, the word finisbed is also specially emphasised. Listen and repeat.</p><p>Finidhed?</p><p>Di% 1 isten to the different intonation on finisbed and started, and repeat.</p><p>Finidhed:' startg M</p><p>DI% Now repeat the whole answer from the second dialogue.</p><p>Finjdfieds Pve just stangd ieM!</p><p>Ma) Listen ro two people arguing. Notice the intonation they use, especially on the words in bold.</p><p>A: You're late! We said two o'cdlock!</p><p>B: Wé die) — we said kalf past two!</p><p>A: We said TWw@! You're always late!</p><p>B: Last rime yolk were late! Remember?</p><p>A: Was D?</p><p>Listen again and repeat the dialogue.</p><p>English Pronunciation in Use (Elementary)</p><p>48.1</p><p>Dat</p><p>48.2</p><p>Da2</p><p>Exercises</p><p>Listen and underline the specially emphasised words in B's replies. Then listen again and mark the</p><p>intonation on the stressed words.</p><p>EXAMPLE A: Is that vour car?</p><p>1 A:</p><p>-</p><p>ON</p><p>n</p><p>da</p><p>FT</p><p>]</p><p>MH</p><p>r</p><p>r</p><p>E</p><p>r</p><p>E</p><p>r</p><p>E</p><p>r</p><p>E</p><p>r</p><p>E</p><p>EE</p><p>OO</p><p>B: Th4C? You must be joking!</p><p>Do vou like westerns?</p><p>* Me? I cam stand westerns!</p><p>: rs stopped raining.</p><p>: Really? I domt believe it!</p><p>: Is it the first time you've been here?</p><p>The first —- and probably the last!</p><p>: You know the city pretty well, domt you?</p><p>Me? Dve never been here before!</p><p>: What are twelve elevens?</p><p>: Don't ask me! Fm hopeless with numbers!</p><p>: rs two pounds fifty for a cup of coffee.</p><p>: Two fifty? Thar's ridiculous!</p><p>: Were the shops busy today?</p><p>: Busy? They were almost empty!</p><p>: Do you like rap music?</p><p>: Like ic? I think irs awful!</p><p>Check with the Key. Then listen again and repeat.</p><p>Section D Conversation</p><p>ls it the first time you've been here?</p><p>Listen to the telephone conversation between John Watt and Will Knott.</p><p>Watt is pronounced like what. Knott is pronounced like not.</p><p>Will is a short form of William and is pronounced like the verb will.</p><p>John</p><p>Will Knott:</p><p>John</p><p>Will Knott:</p><p>John</p><p>Will Knott:</p><p>John</p><p>Watt: Hello. Are you there?</p><p>Yes. Who's thap?</p><p>Watt.</p><p>Whars your name?</p><p>Watts my name.</p><p>Whde</p><p>My name's John Wag.</p><p>Watt:</p><p>Watt:</p><p>Watt:</p><p>Will Knott: John whde?</p><p>John</p><p>Will Knott:</p><p>John</p><p>Will Knorr:</p><p>John</p><p>Will Knott:</p><p>John</p><p>Will Knott:</p><p>John</p><p>Watt: Yes, rhars right. Are you Jongs?</p><p>No, Fm Knagt.</p><p>Wart: Well, tell me your name, then.</p><p>Watt:</p><p>My name's Knott.</p><p>Not what?</p><p>Not Wa Knott.</p><p>What</p><p>Watt:</p><p>Watt:</p><p>Listen again and repeat the dialogue, using the same stress and intonation, especially on the words in</p><p>bold.</p><p>English Pronunciation in Use (Elementary)</p><p>49.1</p><p>D23a</p><p>D23b</p><p>49.2</p><p>No, thanks, I'm just looking</p><p>Intonation in phrases and sentences 1</p><p>Exercises</p><p>Intonation varies a lot. You don't always hear the same intonation in the same phrases. But these</p><p>exercises will help you to notice and practise some of the most common patterns. You should do</p><p>Units 44 to 48 before Units 49 and 50.</p><p>Listen, notice the intonation and repeat.</p><p>The next version is longer, but the intonation is the same. Listen and repeat.</p><p>A: Are you ready?</p><p>B: Tm near ready. Is it warin?</p><p>A: No! not really.</p><p>B: Is it cold?</p><p>A: NG; nor really.</p><p>B: Is it raining?</p><p>A: Skigltly. Do you want your umbrella?</p><p>B: Yes, thanks. Where's my hat?</p><p>A: Here it is.</p><p>B: Thaaks.</p><p>A: Are you ready?</p><p>B: Yes. Are vou ready?</p><p>A: Yes.</p><p>B: Right.</p><p>Listen and mark the intonation on the stressed words ., ` or</p><p>1 A: Can I help you?</p><p>B: No, thanks, Tm just looking.</p><p>2 B: TII take this, please.</p><p>A: Sure. Anything else?</p><p>B: No, thanks, that's all.</p><p>3 A: That's fifteen forty altogether.</p><p>B: Here you are.</p><p>4 A: Here's your change.</p><p>B: Thank you.</p><p>$ A: See vou.</p><p>B: Bye.</p><p>Check with the Key. Then listen again and repeat.</p><p>English Pronunciation in Use (Elementary)</p><p>Can | help you?</p><p>49.4</p><p>Section D Conversation</p><p>Listen and mark the intonation on the stressed words .a,, `* or d</p><p>A:</p><p>B:</p><p>A:</p><p>B: Yes, vou just go along this road, cross the bridge over</p><p>P</p><p>E</p><p>m</p><p>Pd</p><p>.</p><p>T</p><p>A</p><p>Check with the Key. Then listen again and repeat.</p><p>: Is ir far?</p><p>: No, not very far.</p><p>: OK, so | go along this road, cross the bridge and</p><p>: Thanks very much.</p><p>: You're welcome. Bye.</p><p>: Bye.</p><p>Excuse mt.</p><p>Yes?</p><p>Can vou tell me the way to the station, please?</p><p>the river and there's a big park on your left, you know?</p><p>Well, you go through the park and the statiom's just on</p><p>the other side.</p><p>through the park - right?</p><p>Thar's right.</p><p>Listen and mark the intonation on the stressed words .., Or</p><p>: OK. The first guestion is ... What's your name?</p><p>: Thar's right! Well done! Difficulc?</p><p>: Well, not too bad.</p><p>* Right. The second guestion is... What's 37,548</p><p>: What!</p><p>Check with the Key. Then listen again and repeat.</p><p>: All rigHe?</p><p>: Yes. N n</p><p>: Not nervous? 7</p><p>sA bit.</p><p>: Domt worry. It] be fine.</p><p>: 1 hope so.</p><p>* Right. Lets start. Are you ready?</p><p>1 think so.</p><p>My name? ... Its ... Jack Johnson.</p><p>x 7,726?</p><p>English Pronunciation in Use (Elementary) 107</p><p>50.1</p><p>D27a</p><p>50.2</p><p>Daad</p><p>Fine, thanks</p><p>Intonation in phrases</p><p>and sentences 2</p><p>Exercises</p><p>You should do Units 44 to 48 before Units 49 and 50.</p><p>Listen and repeat.</p><p>hê. Hi.there! D2% A; Histherel</p><p>hello B: Hello! How are you?</p><p>are How are you? A: Fine, thasiks. And vou?</p><p>fine B: Not too bad" Pm in a harry.</p><p>thasks Fine, thadiks. See you.</p><p>yod And yoë? A: Bye</p><p>bad Not too bad.</p><p>hurry Pm in a hurry.</p><p>see'you</p><p>byd</p><p>Listen to the intonation and put the words and phrases in the box into the correct column.</p><p>itwas! usually isit? of course! maybe really? think so did vou?</p><p>definitely sometimes</p><p>#</p><p>Check with the Key. Then listen and repeat.</p><p>Listen to the dialogues and repeat.</p><p>1 A: Do you think there's life on Mars? B: Maybe.</p><p>2 A: This house is two years old. B: Isit?</p><p>3 A: Can 1 borrow your pen? B: Of course!</p><p>4 A: Is it hot here in Jul? B: Usuatly.</p><p>$ A: That was a good meal, waent it? B: It was!</p><p>6 A: My dade ries sie, ee artist. : Realfy?</p><p>7 A: Is this the way to the beada? B: T thizik so.</p><p>8 A: I found some money this morning. B: Did You?</p><p>9 A: Do you think it's going to rain? B: Definitely.</p><p>10 A: Do you read books in English? B: Sometimes.</p><p>Now listen and answer, using the same phrases. Different answers are possible.</p><p>1 Could you heto me, please?</p><p>2 Do you go out on Friday nights?</p><p>3 Today's the longest day of the year.</p><p>4 They show some really good fihns at that cineiha.</p><p>$ Are you going to Irelaad again this yeai?</p><p>6 Do they speak English in Malva?</p><p>7 Can you buy staawps in that skop?</p><p>8 That was a long trig, wasmt it?</p><p>9 Do you have to speak English at work?</p><p>10 1 won a prize in the lotery last week.</p><p>English Pronunciation in Use (Elementary)</p><p>50.3</p><p>D29a</p><p>Da29b</p><p>De</p><p>50.4</p><p>DIG</p><p>D30b</p><p>Section D Conversatior</p><p>Listen to the intonation and put the words and phrases in the box into the correct column.</p><p>That's greas! That stanse, That's fantastic! That's interesting. That's good news!</p><p>That's kind of youi 'That'sa good idea. 'Thars marvellous!</p><p>Check with the Key. Then listen and repeat.</p><p>Now listen and answer, using the same phrases. Different answers are possible.</p><p>1 ve passed my exam!</p><p>2 Im sure left my glasses here but | camt see them anywhere.</p><p>3 FI help you carry those bags.</p><p>4 They've got lots of English books at the new megastore.</p><p>S Ler's go for a beer.</p><p>6 Look - irs the middle of the afternoon, and all the lights in the house are on.</p><p>7 Would vou like to come and stay for the weekend?</p><p>8 Where's Peggy? She said she was definitely coming.</p><p>9 Dm going to Canada for the summer!</p><p>10 This road was built by the Romans.</p><p>Listen and repeat.</p><p>thanks Fine, thanks.</p><p>pledse Can 1 have some morg, please?</p><p>actually T like it, actuztly.</p><p>Dave? Are you there, Dave?</p><p>if you like Have some morg, if you like:</p><p>in fact Yes, 1 cap, in facl”</p><p>probably About six o'dock, probably.</p><p>Dm afraid ND, 1 cant, Pm afraid.</p><p>T thirik About twenty, T thirik.</p><p>usudily Coffee, usuatty.</p><p>when vowre ready We can ge, when you're ready.</p><p>unfortuitately No, it was cancelled, unfortumately.</p><p>Listen and use some of the sentences to answer. Different answers are possible.</p><p>1 How are you?</p><p>2 How many people are coming to the party?</p><p>3 This music's awful, ismt it?</p><p>4 Was the concert good?</p><p>5 This cake's delicious.</p><p>6 What time will you be home?</p><p>7 Do you drink tea or coffee for breakfast?</p><p>8 Can you come a bit earlier next week?</p><p>9 Can you speak Hungarian?</p><p>10 How old is she?</p><p>English Pronunciation in Use (Elementary) 109</p><p>E1</p><p>D31a</p><p>Dilh</p><p>Date</p><p>Did</p><p>Ch art of phonemic symbols</p><p>You can listen to these words on the recording.</p><p>Short vowels</p><p>I</p><p>€</p><p>de</p><p>A</p><p>D</p><p>O)</p><p>o</p><p>i</p><p>Long</p><p>IT</p><p>at</p><p>N</p><p>tt</p><p>3</p><p>12</p><p>Co</p><p>el</p><p>dl</p><p>DI</p><p>AO</p><p>did)</p><p>swim building</p><p>red bread friend any said</p><p>can map</p><p>son sun</p><p>clock hot</p><p>full book</p><p>about excellent letter doctor sugar Saturday</p><p>happy</p><p>vowels</p><p>tree seat (field secret kilo</p><p>can't bar half</p><p>wall talk saw daughter bought warm more door</p><p>too group blue</p><p>bird work tum leam verb</p><p>Diphthongs</p><p>real hear beer here</p><p>care hair wear where</p><p>came rain say great weight</p><p>time dry high buy</p><p>point toy</p><p>cold home slow boat</p><p>now sound</p><p>Consonants</p><p>b baby job</p><p>do reading add</p><p>foor café off phone</p><p>go bigger bag</p><p>hand who</p><p>yes</p><p>cold talking black</p><p>leave yellow #fll</p><p>more summer comb</p><p>now dinner gone know</p><p>pen stopping help</p><p>red sorry write</p><p>sister glass place scissors</p><p>ten better eight washed</p><p>view every five</p><p>well away white</p><p>Zero roses ScissOrs jazz</p><p>shop washing cash machine sure national</p><p>television usually</p><p>choose which future</p><p>jeans larger fridge</p><p>thing bank singer</p><p>thank north</p><p>then mother with</p><p>English Pronunciation in Use (Elementary)</p><p>Guide for speakers of specific languages</p><p>If your language is one of these, it would probably be useful for you to do these Sound pairs</p><p>(see Section E3).</p><p>Arabic</p><p>3,11, 13, 16, 23,25, 27, 28, 29, 33, M, 37</p><p>Chinese</p><p>1,4,7,9, 10, 11, 13, 15, 23,26, 27,28, 29, 30, 31, 33, 36,37</p><p>Dravidian languages eg. Tamil</p><p>1,4,7, 11, 12, 13, 17,23, 24, 26, 27,28, 31, 4</p><p>Dutch</p><p>1,3,4, 5, 8, 10, 12, 14, 15, 26, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33</p><p>Farsi</p><p>1,4, 11, 13, 15, 17, 20, 27, 34</p><p>French</p><p>1,4,7,9, 10, 12, 15, 16,23, 26,27, 28,29, 30, 31, 33, 37</p><p>German</p><p>10, 12, 15, 21, 23, 26, 28, 29, 30, 31</p><p>Greek</p><p>1,2,4,7,9% 11, 12, 13, 15, 17, 31, 32, 33, 4, 37</p><p>Italian</p><p>1,9,11, 12, 13, 15, 16, 23,26, 27,28, 29,31</p><p>Japanese</p><p>9, 12, 20, 25, 30, 32, 34, 35, 36</p><p>Korean</p><p>1,4, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 17, 23, 24, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 36</p><p>Malay / Indonesian</p><p>1,4, 13,15, 23,24, 26, 27,28, 29, 31, 32, 33</p><p>English Pronunciation in Use (Elementary) TT</p><p>Section E Reference</p><p>Polish</p><p>1,7, 12, 14, 15, 23, 25, 26, 27,28, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 37</p><p>Portuguese</p><p>1,4, 7,9, 13, 15,23, 25, 26,27, 28, 30, 31, 34, 35</p><p>Russian</p><p>1,7, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 17, 20, 23, 26, 28, 30, 32, 34, 37</p><p>Scandinavian languages</p><p>1,6, 10, 1$, 27, 30, 31</p><p>South Astan languages eg. Hindi, Urdu, Bengali, Gujarati</p><p>8,12, IS, 16, 18, 23, 24, 26, 27, 28, 32</p><p>Spanish</p><p>1,4,7,9, 11, 13, 14, 17, 20,23, 26,27, 28, 33, 34, 35, 37</p><p>Swahili</p><p>1,3,4,7,9%, 11, 12, 13, 15, 16, 23, 26, 27,28, 30, 32, 36, 37</p><p>Thai</p><p>7,12,21,24, 25,26, 27,28, 30, 31, 36</p><p>Turkish</p><p>2,4, 12, 15,21, 23, 26,27, 34, 35</p><p>West African languages</p><p>1,4, 7,9, 11, 12, 13, 1, 17, 18, 23, 26, 27,28, 29, 31, 34, 36</p><p>112 English Pronunciation in Use (Elementary)</p><p>Sound pairs</p><p>If you have problems with hearing the difference between pairs of sounds, you can find extra</p><p>listening practice in this section. Listen to the sounds and words on the recording, do the</p><p>exercises and then check your answers with the Key. Note that the recordings for the Sound</p><p>pairs are on CD E.</p><p>Sound pair 1 // and /y/</p><p>Sound pair 2 /i/ and fva/</p><p>Sound pair 3 // and /e/</p><p>Sound pair 4 /u:/ and /o/</p><p>Sound pair $ /o/ and /M</p><p>Sound pair 6 /u:/ and f20/</p><p>Sound pair 7 fr! and /a:/</p><p>Sound pair 8 /u/ and /2/</p><p>Sound pair 9 #e/ and /M/</p><p>Sound pair 10 /A/ and /o/</p><p>Sound pair 11 /o/ and (2u/</p><p>Sound pair 12 /2u/ and Jo:/</p><p>Sound pair 13 // and D:/</p><p>Sound pair 14 D:/ and /2:/</p><p>Sound pair 15 /c/ and (e/</p><p>Sound pair 16 /c/ and ev</p><p>Sound pair 17 /c/ and fx/</p><p>Sound pair 18 /c/ and /M</p><p>Sound pair 19 /::/ and /e/</p><p>Sound pair 20 /x:/ and Jol</p><p>Sound pair 21 /c/ and le /</p><p>Sound pair 22 /u/ and fe</p><p>Sound pair 23 /n/ and /D/</p><p>Sound pair 24 /n/ and A/</p><p>Sound pair 25 // and AI</p><p>Sound pair 26 // and //</p><p>Sound pair 27 // and /O/</p><p>Sound pair 28 /K/ and /o/</p><p>Sound pair 29 /(/ and /v/</p><p>Sound pair 30 /s/ and /O/</p><p>Sound pair 31 // and //</p><p>Sound pair 32 /-/ and /[/</p><p>Sound pair 33 /I/ and AL J/</p><p>Sound pair 34 /n/, / and /ok/</p><p>Sound pair 35 /ny/, /n/ and /o/</p><p>Sound pair 36 // and /r/</p><p>Sound pair 37 /M/ and /-/</p><p>English Pronunciation in Use (Elementary) 113</p><p>114</p><p>E2a</p><p>F3a</p><p>E3b</p><p>Fa3c</p><p>F4a</p><p>E4b</p><p>Edc</p><p>Section E Reference</p><p>Sound pair 1: /i:] and Dil</p><p>For more about these sounds, see Unit 2.</p><p>Listen to the words in the box.</p><p>Listen. You will hear two words from the box.</p><p>If you hear the same word twice, write $ (same).</p><p>If you hear two different</p><p>words, write D (different).</p><p>1 D. res 3 ss de</p><p>Listen. Circle the word you hear.</p><p>8 seat sit</p><p>9 wheel / will</p><p>10 eat / it</p><p>11 cheap / chip</p><p>12 litre / litter</p><p>Sound pair 2: Ji] and f1al</p><p>For more about tbese sounds, see Units 2 and 8.</p><p>Listen to the words in the box.</p><p>Listen. You will hear two words from the box.</p><p>If vou hear the same word twice, write $ (same).</p><p>If you hear two different words, write D (different).</p><p>Listen. Circle the word you hear.</p><p>8 cheese / cheers</p><p>9 knee / near</p><p>10 we / we're</p><p>11 D/dear</p><p>12 he /hbere</p><p>Sound pair 3: ju and /el</p><p>For more about tbese sounds, see Units 2 and 6.</p><p>Listen to the words in the box.</p><p>Listen. You will hear two words from the box.</p><p>If you hear the same word twice, write $ (same).</p><p>If you hear two different words, write D (different).</p><p>1 23 3 dd.</p><p>Listen. Circle the word you hear.</p><p>8 ifIF</p><p>9 six / sex</p><p>10 mlN</p><p>11 fl fell</p><p>12 disk / desk</p><p>English Pronunciation in Use (Elementary)</p><p>leave — live feel — fill</p><p>field — filled team — Tim</p><p>8 6 Fases oe</p><p>knee - near B — beer</p><p>D - dear E — ear</p><p>9 6 Tess</p><p>sit — set lift — left</p><p>litter — letter listen - lesson</p><p>9 re 6 as 7 ms</p><p>ESb</p><p>ESc</p><p>Eéb</p><p>E7a</p><p>E7b</p><p>E7c</p><p>Section E Reference</p><p>Sound pair 4: Juf and Jul</p><p>For more about these sounds, see Unit 3.</p><p>Listen to the sounds and words in the box. fud—ld pool — pull</p><p>Listen. You will hear two sounds or words from the box. fool — full Luke - look</p><p>If you hear the same sound or word twice, write $ (same).</p><p>If you hear two different sounds or words, write D (different).</p><p>Listen. Circle the sound or word vou hear.</p><p>8 full</p><p>9 fl</p><p>10 pool / pull</p><p>11 pool / pull</p><p>12 fool/ full</p><p>Sound pair 5: ol and (Al</p><p>For more about these sounds, see Units 3 and 4.</p><p>Listen to the sounds and words in the box. -A look—ludk</p><p>Listen. You will hear two words from the box. book - buck</p><p>If vou hear the same sound or word twice, write $ (same).</p><p>If you hear two different sounds or words, write D (different).</p><p>Listen. Circle the sound or word you hear.</p><p>8 dd</p><p>9 III</p><p>10 look / luck</p><p>11 look / luck</p><p>12 book / buck</p><p>Sound pair 6: Juf and [aul</p><p>For more about these sounds, see Units 3 and 10.</p><p>Listen to the words in the box. boot — boat soup— soap</p><p>Listen. You will hear two words from the box. shoe - show through - throw</p><p>If you hear the same word twice, write $ (same).</p><p>If you hear two different words, write D (different).</p><p>d ss 2 see d ss dis 8. messe 6 ses 7 gees</p><p>Listen. Circle the word you hear.</p><p>8 too / toe</p><p>9 grew I grow</p><p>10 blue / blow</p><p>11 boots / boats</p><p>12 shoes / skows</p><p>English Pronunciation in Use (Elementary) Is</p><p>116</p><p>B.</p><p>f</p><p>Eb</p><p>E9c</p><p>E10a</p><p>E10b</p><p>E10c</p><p>Section E Reference</p><p>Sound pair 7: el and Ja:</p><p>For more about these sounds, see Units 4 and 6.</p><p>Listen to the words in the box.</p><p>Listen. You will hear two words from the box.</p><p>If you hear the same word twice, write $ (same).</p><p>If vou hear rwo different words, write D (different).</p><p>1 d 3 d</p><p>Listen. Circle the word you hear.</p><p>8 hat! heart</p><p>9 matck / March</p><p>10 pack / park</p><p>11 had / bard</p><p>12 had / bard</p><p>Sound pair 8: Ja: and /2:]</p><p>For more about these sounds, see Units 4 and 5.</p><p>Listen to the words in the box.</p><p>Listen. You will hear two words from the box.</p><p>If you hear rhe same word twice, write $ (same).</p><p>If you hear two different words, write D (different).</p><p>ds ds 3 me d</p><p>Listen. Circle the word you hear.</p><p>8 far four</p><p>9 RI/or</p><p>10 R/or</p><p>11 part / port</p><p>12 star / store</p><p>Sound pair 9: /el and [AI</p><p>For more about these sounds, see Units 4 and 6.</p><p>Listen to the words in the box.</p><p>Listen. You wil! hear two words from the box.</p><p>If you hear the same word twice, write $ (same).</p><p>If you hear two different words, write D (different).</p><p>1 2 3 es de</p><p>Listen. Circle the word vou hear.</p><p>8 match / mucb</p><p>9 match / muck</p><p>10 ran / run</p><p>11 sang / sung</p><p>12 rang ! rung</p><p>English Pronunciation in Use (Elementary)</p><p>had -hard match — March</p><p>pack — park hat -— heart</p><p>far — four are — or</p><p>farm — form star — store</p><p>Cat — cut cap -— cup</p><p>match - much ran — run</p><p>Section E Reference</p><p>Sound pair 10: /Al and [nl</p><p>For more about these sounds, see Units 4 and $.</p><p>E11a Listen to the words in the box. lek — lock BUt—Bet</p><p>E11b Listen. You will hear two words from the box. gun — gone shut— shot</p><p>If you hear the same word twice, write $ (same).</p><p>If you hear two different words, write D (different).</p><p>1 d 3 ae " 5 De T ass</p><p>Elite Listen. Circle the word you hear.</p><p>8 lock / luck</p><p>9 box / bucks</p><p>10 wrong / rung</p><p>11 boss / bus</p><p>12 song / sung</p><p>Sound pair 11: /nf and [auf</p><p>For more about these sounds, see Units $ and 10.</p><p>F12a 1 isten to the sounds and words in the box. died OOt—TOUE</p><p>E12b listen. You will hear two words from the box. cost — coast want — won't</p><p>If you hear the same sound or word twice, write $ (same).</p><p>If you hear two different sounds or words, write D (different).</p><p>1 se 2 3 ds 5 ee</p><p>E12e 1 isten. Circle the word you hear.</p><p>6 not / note</p><p>7 cost coast</p><p>8 want / wort</p><p>Sound pair 12: [auf and [2]</p><p>For more about these sounds, see Units $ and 10.</p><p>El3a Listen to the words in the box. oh—or coat— caughr</p><p>E13b Listen. You will hear two words from the box. woke— walk so -— saw</p><p>If you hear the same word twice, write $ (same).</p><p>If you hear two different words, write D (different).</p><p>1 Ad — 3 Ad d Es 6. sie # ves</p><p>E13c Listen. Circle the word you hear.</p><p>8 ok / or</p><p>9 bowl ball</p><p>10 coat / caugbt</p><p>11 boat / bought</p><p>12 cold / called</p><p>English Pronunciation in Use (Elementary) 17</p><p>Elda</p><p>E1dh</p><p>E14c</p><p>E15a</p><p>E15b</p><p>E15e</p><p>E16a</p><p>Eléb</p><p>E16</p><p>Section E Reference</p><p>Sound pair 13: /nf and [2]</p><p>For more about tbese sounds, see Unit $.</p><p>Listen to the sounds and words in the box.</p><p>lof-DA shot— short</p><p>Listen. You will hear two words from the box. pot — port spot -— sport</p><p>If you hear the same sound or word twice, write $ (same).</p><p>If you hear two different sounds or words, write D (different).</p><p>1 23 ee 3 ees de 5 ee</p><p>Listen. Circle the word you hear.</p><p>6 skot / skort</p><p>7 pot port</p><p>8 spot / sport</p><p>Sound pair 14: /2:] and [3:/</p><p>For more about these sounds, see Units $ and 7.</p><p>Listen to the words in the box. mr Er”</p><p>Listen. You will hear two words from the box. born - burn short — shirt</p><p>If you hear the same word twice, write $ (same).</p><p>If you hear two different words, write D (different).</p><p>d ss 3 3 es Ad Se 6 7 ss</p><p>Listen. Circle the word you hear.</p><p>8 walk / work</p><p>9 born / burn</p><p>10 sbort / sbirt</p><p>11 board / bird</p><p>12 walked / worked</p><p>Sound pair 15: fel and el</p><p>For more about these sounds, see Unit 6.</p><p>Listen to the words in the box. sta bad kid</p><p>Listen. You will hear two words from the box. said — sad pen — pan</p><p>If you hear the same word twice, write $ (same).</p><p>If you hear two different words, write D (different).</p><p>1 d 3 ee 4. 5 6 es AN</p><p>Listen. Circle the word you hear.</p><p>8 men / man</p><p>9 said / sad</p><p>10 met / mat</p><p>11 set / sat</p><p>12 bed / bad</p><p>English Pronunciation in Use (Elementary)</p><p>42</p><p>ip</p><p>GP</p><p>F18c</p><p>di</p><p>EF19a</p><p>dt</p><p>E19b</p><p>dl</p><p>E1%</p><p>Sound pair 16: Jel and Je</p><p>For more about these sounds, see Units 6 and 9.</p><p>Listen to the words in the box.</p><p>Listen. You will hear two words from the box.</p><p>If you hear the same word twice, write $ (same).</p><p>If you hear two different words, write D (different).</p><p>Tas EE k dn</p><p>Listen. Circle the word you hear.</p><p>8 pen / pain</p><p>9 men / main</p><p>10 letter / later</p><p>11 pepper / paper</p><p>12 edge age</p><p>Sound pair 17: /ef and /3:/</p><p>For more about these sounds, see Units 6 and 7.</p><p>4 Listen to the words in the box.</p><p>b Listen. You will hear two words from the box.</p><p>If you hear the same word twice, write $ (same).</p><p>1f you hear two different words, write D (different).</p><p>1 ss d vaas d asse d ses</p><p>Listen. Circle the word you hear.</p><p>8 bed / bird</p><p>9 ten / turn</p><p>10 went / weren't</p><p>11 west / worst</p><p>12 lend / learned</p><p>Sound pair 18: Je/ and (AI</p><p>For more about these sounds, see Units 4 and 6.</p><p>Listen to the sounds and words in the box.</p><p>Listen. You will hear two words from the box.</p><p>If you hear the same sound or word twice, write $ (same).</p><p>Section E Reference</p><p>get— gate pepper — paper</p><p>wet — wait let - late</p><p>head — heard bed - bird</p><p>ten — turn went — weren't</p><p>l-l-IM better — butter</p><p>when —- one again —a gun</p><p>If you hear two different sounds or words, write D (different).</p><p>1 ss sy Ad es 3 de</p><p>Listen. Circle the word you hear.</p><p>6 better — butter</p><p>7 when — one</p><p>8 net — nut</p><p>$ ees</p><p>English Pronunciation in Use (Elementary) II9</p><p>T</p><p>o</p><p>d</p><p>a</p><p>s</p><p>)</p><p>T</p><p>E</p><p>TE</p><p>di</p><p>al</p><p>GP</p><p>Eb</p><p>it</p><p>,</p><p>E22</p><p>dt</p><p>E22b</p><p>“EE</p><p>Section E Reference</p><p>Sound pair 19: /3:/ and /el</p><p>For more about these sounds, see Units 6 and 7.</p><p>Listen to the sounds and words in the box. fa —ie] hurt—har</p><p>Listen. You will hear two words from the box. bird - bad heard - had If you hear the same sound or word twice, write $ (same).</p><p>If you hear two different sounds or words, write D (different).</p><p>1 3 3 me ds Bass</p><p>Listen. Circle the word you hear.</p><p>6 hurt/ hat</p><p>7 bird / bad</p><p>8 heard / had</p><p>Sound pair 20: (3: and ftaf</p><p>For more about these sounds, see Units 7 and 8.</p><p>Listen to the sounds and words in the box. hl—-hol bird —beard</p><p>Listen. You will hear two words from the box. her— here were — were If you hear the same sound or word twice, write $ (same).</p><p>If you hear two different sounds or words, write D (different).</p><p>Ee 2 sees, 3 re Ad 8</p><p>Listen. Circle the word you hear.</p><p>6 bird / beard</p><p>7 ber ( bere</p><p>8 were we're</p><p>Sound pair 21: feaf and Jer]</p><p>For more about these sounds, see Units 8 and 9.</p><p>Listen to the words in the box. waar — way EA</p><p>Listen. You will hear two words from the box. stair — stay hair - hey! If you hear the same word twice, write $ (same).</p><p>If you hear two different words, write D (different).</p><p>d. ns 3 aa 4 S 6 7 mm</p><p>' Listen. Circle the word you hear.</p><p>8 stair / stay</p><p>9 hair | beyl</p><p>10 there / they</p><p>11 care! K</p><p>12 nowhbere / no way</p><p>English Pronunciation in Use (Elementary)</p><p>Section E Reference</p><p>Sound pair 22: ar and fei</p><p>For more about these sounds, see Unit 9.</p><p>GP Listen to the words in the box. my - May why -— way</p><p>F23% | Listen. You will hear two words from the box. die- day |T-A If you hear the same word twice, write $ (same).</p><p>If you hear two different words, write D (different).</p><p>| dassies Ad sesse de FEE 6 as T gese</p><p>F2%: Listen. Circle the word you hear.</p><p>8 I/A</p><p>9 white / wait</p><p>10 like / lake</p><p>11 buy / bay</p><p>12 high / bey!</p><p>Sound pair 23: /p/ and /b/</p><p>For more about these sounds, see Unit 11.</p><p>F24a Listen to the words in the box. pears— bears pay - bay</p><p>F24b Listen. You will hear two words from the box. pen — Ben P-B</p><p>If you hear the same word twice, write $ (same).</p><p>If you hear two different words, write D (different).</p><p>d ass d ss d ss Ad se 5 sees 6 ses 7 ws</p><p>F24c listen. Circle the word you hear.</p><p>8 pay l bay</p><p>9 pen / Ben</p><p>10 P/B</p><p>11 pie / buy</p><p>12 pack / back</p><p>Sound pair 24: /p/ and /f/</p><p>For more about these sounds, see Units 11 and 14.</p><p>F2%a Listen to the words in the box. pear—fair pull — fall</p><p>E2%b Listen. You will hear two words from the box. past—fast copy - coffee</p><p>If you hear the same word twice, write $ (same).</p><p>If you hear two different words, write D (different).</p><p>1 ses d 3 ia 5 ss 6 7</p><p>F2%c Listen. Circle the word you hear.</p><p>8 pear | fair</p><p>9 pull / full</p><p>10 past / fast</p><p>11 Pete feet</p><p>12 copy l coffee</p><p>English Pronunciation in Use (Elementary) 121</p><p>122</p><p>E27a</p><p>E27b</p><p>£27c</p><p>F28a</p><p>E28b</p><p>28:</p><p>Section E Reference</p><p>Sound pair 25: /t/ and /tJ/</p><p>For more about these sounds, see Units 12 and 18.</p><p>Listen to the words in the box.</p><p>Listen. You will hear two words from the box.</p><p>If you hear the same word twice, write $ (same).</p><p>If you hear two different words, write D (different).</p><p>1 es 3 3 d</p><p>Listen. Circle the word you hear.</p><p>8 toes / chose</p><p>9 coat / coach</p><p>10 beat / beach</p><p>11 eat/ each</p><p>12 eats/ each</p><p>Sound pair 26: /t/ and /d/</p><p>For more about these sounds, see Unit 12.</p><p>Listen to the words in the box.</p><p>Listen. You will hear two words from the box.</p><p>If you hear the same word twice, write $ (same).</p><p>If you hear two different words, write D (different).</p><p>esse d oasesee N ds</p><p>Listen. Circle the word you hear.</p><p>8 writing / riding</p><p>9 two / do</p><p>10 TID</p><p>11 wrote / road</p><p>12 set / said</p><p>Sound pair 27: jt] and (6/</p><p>For more about these sounds, see Units 12 and 15.</p><p>Listen to the words in the box.</p><p>Listen. You will hear two words from the box.</p><p>If you hear the same word twice, write $ (same).</p><p>If you hear two different words, write D (different).</p><p>1. esse d. ese 3 as de</p><p>Listen. Circle the word you hear.</p><p>8 taught / thought</p><p>9 taught / tbought</p><p>10 tree / three</p><p>11 boat / botk</p><p>12 mats / maths</p><p>English Pronunciation in Use (Elementary)</p><p>what's — watch toes — chose</p><p>test — chest coats— coach</p><p>S asieieee 6 me T es</p><p>try —-dry tie-—die</p><p>town - down white —- wide</p><p>taught — thought tree — three</p><p>boat —- both mats— maths</p><p>Section E Reference</p><p>Sound pair 28: /k/ and lol</p><p>For more about these sounds, see Unit 13.</p><p>E2% Listen to the words in the box. cold —gold back — bag</p><p>E29% Listen. You will hear two words from the box. class —glass docks-— dogs</p><p>If you hear the same word twice, write $ (same).</p><p>If you hear two different words, write D (different).</p><p>d. means 3 5 6 7 nss</p><p>B2% Listen. Circle the word you hear.</p><p>8 cold / gold</p><p>9 back / bag</p><p>10 class / glass</p><p>11 class / glass</p><p>12 docks / dogs</p><p>Sound pair 29: /f/ and /vl</p><p>For more about tbese sounds, see Unit 14.</p><p>E30a Listen to the words in the box. iese luise</p><p>E30Ë 1 isten. You will hear two words from the box. ferry — very lift - lived</p><p>If you hear the same word twice, write $ (same).</p><p>If you hear two different words, write D (different).</p><p>, 2 ee d N See 6 7</p><p>B30: Listen. Circle the word you hear.</p><p>8 few view</p><p>9 leaf / leave</p><p>10 ferry / very</p><p>11 safe / save</p><p>12 life / lived</p><p>Sound pair 30: /s/ and /O/</p><p>For more about these sounds, see Units 15 and 16.</p><p>E31a Listen to the words in the box. sing — thing sort — thought</p><p>Si Listen. You will hear two words from the box. sick — thick mouse — mouth</p><p>If you hear the same word twice, write $ (same).</p><p>If you hear two different words, write D (different).</p><p>1 2 d Ad S 6 TE</p><p>ES1c. Listen. Circle the word you hear.</p><p>8 sing / thing</p><p>9 sort / thought</p><p>10 sick / tick</p><p>11 some / tbumb</p><p>12 mouse l mouth</p><p>English Pronunciation in Use (Elementary) 123</p><p>124</p><p>E32a</p><p>E32b</p><p>E334</p><p>E33b</p><p>É33c</p><p>Fida</p><p>Eb</p><p>E34c</p><p>Section E Reference</p><p>Sound pair 31: /s/ and (zl</p><p>For more about these sounds, see Unit 16.</p><p>Listen to the words in the box.</p><p>Listen. You will hear two words from the box.</p><p>place — plays Sue — zoo</p><p>ice — eyes rice — rise</p><p>If you hear the same word twice, write $ (same).</p><p>If you hear two different words, write D (different).</p><p>1 esse d se d se N Se</p><p>Listen. Circle the word you hear.</p><p>8 place / plays</p><p>9 Sue / zZ00</p><p>10 miece / knees</p><p>11 piece / peas</p><p>12 ice eyes</p><p>Sound pair 32: /s] and [JI</p><p>For more about these sounds, see Units 16 and 17.</p><p>Listen to the words in the box.</p><p>Listen. You will hear two words from the box.</p><p>so — show seat — sheet</p><p>sort - short Sue — shoe</p><p>If you hear the same word twice, write $ (same).</p><p>If vou hear two different words, write D (different).</p><p>Listen. Circle the word you hear.</p><p>8 so/ sbouw</p><p>9 seat | sheet</p><p>10 suit / sboot</p><p>11 save / sbave</p><p>12 sign skine</p><p>Sound pair 33: /J/ and ff</p><p>For more about these souuds, see Units 17 and 18.</p><p>Listen to the words in the box.</p><p>Listen. You will hear two words from the box.</p><p>shoes —- choose ship - chip</p><p>cash — catch wash — watch</p><p>If you hear the same word twice, write $ (same).</p><p>If you hear two different words, write D (different).</p><p>dees 23 3 Ad Sas</p><p>Listen. Circle the word you hear.</p><p>8 shoes</p><p>/ choose</p><p>9 skare / chair</p><p>10 sheep / cheap</p><p>11 cask / catck</p><p>12 wask / watck</p><p>English Pronunciation in Use (Elementary)</p><p>Sectlon E Reference</p><p>Sound pair 34: /nl, /o/ and /ok/</p><p>For more about these sounds, see Unit 19.</p><p>*%a | isten to the words in the box. ran —rang Thin — thing</p><p>HS 1 isten. You will hear two words from the box. thing — think sing — smk</p><p>If you hear the same word rwice, write $ (same).</p><p>If you hear two different words, write D (different).</p><p>1. sees d mees d gese dd. es 9 gees 6. ss 7 ses</p><p>& Listen. Circle the word you hear.</p><p>8 ran / rang</p><p>9 bin / thing</p><p>10 bing / ibink</p><p>11 sing / sink</p><p>12 sun sung</p><p>Sound pair 35: /m/, (nl and (of</p><p>For more about these sounds, see Unit 19.</p><p>E%a 1 isten to the words in the box. might —night me -— knee</p><p>E3cb 1 jsten. You will hear two words from the box. SOME. sin: SOME EDE</p><p>If you hear the same word twice, write $ (same).</p><p>If you hear two different words, write D (different).</p><p>1 asses d. ss das das saans 6 asses T vee</p><p>F36: 1 jsten. Circle the word you hear.</p><p>8 might / night</p><p>9 mice l nice</p><p>10 mine / nine</p><p>11 some / sung</p><p>12 stim / swing</p><p>Sound pair 36: /I/ and fr</p><p>For more about these sounds, see Unit 21.</p><p>137a Listen to the words in the box. Vehtorikt long WYNE</p><p>£37b Listen, You will hear two words from the box. collect — correct leader — reader</p><p>If you hear the same word twice, write S (same).</p><p>If you hear two different words, write D (different).</p><p>d ses 3 ses d esse Ses 6 ses 7 see</p><p>1%7€ Listen. Circle the word you hear.</p><p>8 light / right</p><p>9 long / wrong</p><p>10 lock / rock</p><p>11 collect / correct</p><p>12 alive! arrive</p><p>English Pronuncigtion in Use (Elementary) 125</p><p>t26</p><p>E3i8a</p><p>E38b</p><p>E38c</p><p>Section E Reference</p><p>Sound pair 37: /h/ and (-/</p><p>For more about this sound, see Unit 20.</p><p>Listen to the words in the box.</p><p>Listen. You will hear two words from the box.</p><p>If you hear the same word twice, write S (same).</p><p>If you hear two different words, write D (different).</p><p>1 3 3 S oeges</p><p>Listen. Circle the word you hear.</p><p>8 hey! lA</p><p>9 heating | eating</p><p>10 bold / old</p><p>11 hate / eight</p><p>12 heart! art</p><p>English Pronunciation in Use (Elementary)</p><p>hey! —-A hear- ear</p><p>high —eye hair— air</p><p>6. eg ra</p><p>From spelling tê sound</p><p>D32 "These are the commonest pronunciations of letters in words. But there are lots of exceptions,</p><p>and you will often need to check the pronunciation of words in a dictionary. You can listen to</p><p>the examples on the recording.</p><p>Spelling Sound</p><p>a leef</p><p>a 4 consonant 4* € ley</p><p>a lof</p><p>ai ley</p><p>air leal</p><p>ar las</p><p>ay ley</p><p>au lod</p><p>aw lod</p><p>b foil</p><p>Cc di</p><p>c 4 efdy Isl</p><p>C 4 consonant * é Is!</p><p>ch hf/</p><p>ck Ik</p><p>d ld</p><p>e fel</p><p>e fi</p><p>e 4 CcOnsonant te fied</p><p>ë lol</p><p>e hy</p><p>ea fid</p><p>ea lel</p><p>ea ley</p><p>ear frol</p><p>ear lay</p><p>ear leaf</p><p>ee fid</p><p>eer ftof</p><p>ei ley</p><p>ey ley</p><p>ere leol</p><p>ew ljud</p><p>f fe</p><p>8 lgl</p><p>g lds/</p><p>gu lol</p><p>gu lgwl</p><p>h n</p><p>i hy</p><p>i* cOnsonant te law</p><p>ie Hi</p><p>ie law</p><p>ir la</p><p>early</p><p>eight</p><p>where</p><p>new</p><p>general</p><p>guess</p><p>language</p><p>him</p><p>time</p><p>piece</p><p>pie</p><p>first</p><p>English Pronunciation in Use (Elementary) 127</p><p>128</p><p>Section E Reference</p><p>n t ck</p><p>ng</p><p>ng</p><p>o</p><p>O 4 Consonant 4 €</p><p>oa</p><p>oi</p><p>Oo</p><p>Oo</p><p>oor</p><p>or</p><p>ou</p><p>ou</p><p>ou</p><p>ough</p><p>ough</p><p>our</p><p>our</p><p>OW</p><p>oy</p><p>tch</p><p>th</p><p>th</p><p>ue</p><p>id</p><p>wh</p><p>English Pronunciation in Use (Elementary)</p><p>Sound</p><p>ldy/</p><p>il</p><p>Ikwl</p><p>del</p><p>sl</p><p>MY!</p><p>hy</p><p>VN</p><p>hy!</p><p>hy!</p><p>lê</p><p>ll</p><p>Jjud</p><p>fur</p><p>las</p><p>fvl</p><p>wl</p><p>fwl</p><p>ks!</p><p>Examples</p><p>June</p><p>key</p><p>live</p><p>May</p><p>no</p><p>uncle, bank</p><p>sing</p><p>single</p><p>top</p><p>nose</p><p>road</p><p>point</p><p>food</p><p>foot</p><p>door</p><p>north</p><p>sound</p><p>group</p><p>could</p><p>thought</p><p>through</p><p>hour</p><p>four</p><p>brown</p><p>enjoy</p><p>pen</p><p>photo</p><p>guier</p><p>red</p><p>say</p><p>easy</p><p>shoe</p><p>ten</p><p>station</p><p>picture</p><p>catch</p><p>three</p><p>father</p><p>cup</p><p>music</p><p>pull</p><p>blue</p><p>turn</p><p>never</p><p>well</p><p>white</p><p>six</p><p>LE]</p><p>Section E Reference</p><p>Spelling Sound Examples</p><p>y il vou</p><p>y lay try</p><p>Yy * cOnsonant t € law type</p><p>y Al forty</p><p>zZ Val ZOO</p><p>Silent letters</p><p>A lot of English words have silent letters in the spelling - letters which are not pronounced.</p><p>You can listen to these examples of common words with silent letters on the recording.</p><p>Silent letter Examples</p><p>b climb, comb</p><p>Wednesday</p><p>foreign, sign</p><p>daughter, eight, high, thought, through</p><p>hour</p><p>knee, know</p><p>could, half, should, walk, would</p><p>psychology</p><p>island</p><p>Christmas, listen, often</p><p>answer, two, write $7</p><p>?</p><p>v</p><p>y</p><p>E</p><p>T</p><p>E</p><p>B</p><p>English Pronunciation in Use (Elementary) 129</p><p>els</p><p>ES.1</p><p>ES.2</p><p>Da4</p><p>i</p><p>E5.d</p><p>130</p><p>D3s</p><p>The alphabet</p><p>Exercises</p><p>These exercises will give vou practice with the names of the letters of the alphabet.</p><p>Match the letters with the words that have the same pronunciation.</p><p>tea</p><p>pea</p><p>why</p><p>bee</p><p>eye</p><p>you</p><p>see</p><p>are</p><p>gueue</p><p>y oh</p><p>“</p><p>h</p><p>a</p><p>6</p><p>T</p><p>A</p><p>Er</p><p>Te</p><p>Ee</p><p>Check your answers with the Key.</p><p>Listen and circle the letter that doesn't rhyme.</p><p>1 Which letter doesmt rhyme with a? h j</p><p>2 Which letter doesmt rhyme with b? c d</p><p>3 Which letter doesn't rhyme withu? g w</p><p>Check your answers with the Key.</p><p>Listen and write the answers to the guestions.</p><p>Check your answers with the Key.</p><p>English Pronunciation in Use (Elementary)</p><p>Section E Reference</p><p>5.4 Listen to 12 spellings and write the words. You'll hear the spelling of each word twice — the first</p><p>D3é time faster, with the letters linked, like this: s. t. o. p, and the second time slowly, like this:</p><p>ES S</p><p>Ste Oes Pe</p><p>Try to write each word the first time, and use the second time to check.</p><p>EXAMPLE STOP...</p><p>Check your answers with the Key.</p><p>Spell these words aloud, first slowly and carefully, and then faster, linking the letters. Remember that</p><p>we say gg, for example, as double g.</p><p>1 where 2 language 3 who 4 guick S$ called 6 enjoy 7 English $ only</p><p>9 saw 10 getting 11 asleep 12 pronunciation</p><p>D37. Listen and check with the recording.</p><p>ES.6 Listen to this story and then practise reading it yourself. Notice the pauses between the lines, and</p><p>D38 the stresses in bold (see Unit 33).</p><p>One day</p><p>Leonard Bernstein,</p><p>the famous conductor,</p><p>was rehearsing with an orchestra.</p><p>Different sections of the music</p><p>are marked with the letters A, B, €</p><p>and so on.</p><p>At one moment,</p><p>Bernstein stopped the orchestra</p><p>and said,</p><p>'F wasn't very good,</p><p>G was better,</p><p>H was OK,</p><p>and 1 was fantastic!</p><p>The whole orchestra started laughing —</p><p>Bernstein couldn't understand why.</p><p>English Pronunciation in Use (Elementary) al</p><p>E é Pronouncing numbers</p><p>DR</p><p>N</p><p>The information and exercises (on page 134) in this section will help you to pronounce different</p><p>types of numbers.</p><p>100 1,000 1,000,000</p><p>We add a al before hundred, thousand and million. Listen and repeat.</p><p>100 a hundred</p><p>1,000 a thousand</p><p>1,000,000 a million</p><p>Numbers over 100</p><p>When we say numbers over 100, we add the weak form of and [an] before the last two figures (but</p><p>not always in American English). Listen and repeat.</p><p>101 101 a hundred and one</p><p>350 350 three hundred and fifty</p><p>$29 $29 five hundred and twenty-nine</p><p>2,491 2,491 two thousand, four hundred and ninety-one</p><p>7,512 7,12 seven thousand, five hundred and twelve</p><p>27,403 27,403 twenty-seven thousand, four hundred and three</p><p>Years</p><p>We say years differently from numbers.</p><p>The number 1764 is one thousand seven hundred and sixty-four</p><p>but the year 1764 is seventeen sixty-four.</p><p>Listen and repeat.</p><p>1764 17/64 seventeen sixty-four</p><p>1890 18/90 eighteen ninery</p><p>1900 1900 nineteen hundred</p><p>1907 19/07 nineteen oh seven</p><p>But starting from 2000, we say years the same as numbers.</p><p>2000 2000 rwo thousand</p><p>2007 2007 two thousand and seven</p><p>Telephone numbers</p><p>We say each number separately and pause between groups of numbers. For 0 we say oh. Listen and</p><p>repeat.</p><p>0142S$ 365 7098 oh one four two five, three six five, seven oh nine eight</p><p>Bas For 33 ar 77, for example, we say double three or double seven, etc. Listen and repeat.</p><p>0609 655 400 oh six oh nine, six double five, four double oh</p><p>Temperatures</p><p>oi) For 0 we say zero. Listen and repeat.</p><p>14" fourteen degrees</p><p>OP zero</p><p>—12* minus twelve (degrees) / rwelve</p><p>(degrees) below zero</p><p>English Pronunciation in Use (Elementary)</p><p>Section E Reference</p><p>Ordinal numbers</p><p>Listen and repeat.</p><p>1st first 20th twentieth</p><p>2nd second 21st twenty-first</p><p>3rd third 22nd twenty-second</p><p>4rh fourth 23rd twenty-third</p><p>Sth fifch 24ch twenty-fourth</p><p>13th thirteenth jlst thirty-first</p><p>15$ch fifteenth 52nd fifty-second</p><p>Dates</p><p>We can say dates in different ways. Listen and repeat.</p><p>22 May May the twenty-second</p><p>the twenty-second of May</p><p>May twenty-second (American English)</p><p>13 January January the thirteenth</p><p>the thirteenth of January</p><p>January thirteenth (American English)</p><p>30 January January the thirtieth</p><p>the thirtieth of January</p><p>January thirtieth (American English)</p><p>Fractions</p><p>Listen and repeat.</p><p>3 a half</p><p>1 a guarter</p><p>* a fourth (American English)</p><p>three guarters</p><p>d</p><p>e</p><p>l</p><p>me</p><p>three fourths (American English)</p><p>For other fractions, we use the same forms as ordinal numbers.</p><p>a third</p><p>two thirds</p><p>an eighth</p><p>five eghrhs</p><p>Decmal</p><p>In decimal numbers, we use the symbol '.", and we pronounce it point. Listen and repeat.</p><p>“l</p><p>e</p><p>“l</p><p>e</p><p>ll</p><p>e</p><p>s</p><p>l</p><p>1.6 one point six</p><p>23.95 rwenty-three point nine five</p><p>0.762 nmoughr point seven six two</p><p>zero point seven six two (American English)</p><p>Percentages</p><p>Listen and repeat.</p><p>1% one per cent</p><p>$0% fifty per cent</p><p>67.3% sixty-seven point three per cent</p><p>English Pronunciation in Use (Elementary) 133</p><p>Section E Reference</p><p>Exercises</p><p>E6.1 Listen and write the numbers you hear.</p><p>F6.2 Listen and write the numbers of the years.</p><p>Vsê, 1</p><p>d oes MR</p><p>Ds1</p><p>UP 1</p><p>1) 1</p><p>134 English Pronunciation in Use (Elementary)</p><p>Pronouncing geographical names</p><p>Adjectives are often pronounced in a very similar way to the noun; they are not shown</p><p>separately in the list. For example:</p><p>D5%a Austria / Dstriaf Austria /Dstrian/</p><p>But sometimes adjectives are pronounced differently; these are shown separately in the list.</p><p>For example:</p><p>D53b Canada /kanada/ Canadian /ka'nerdian/</p><p>5% Africa Fefrikal</p><p>America lo'merika/</p><p>Argentina Jadzan'tizna/</p><p>Asia fers</p><p>Atlantic lat'lentik/</p><p>Australia los'tresia/</p><p>Austria fostriaf</p><p>D54b Belgium /beldzam/</p><p>Brazil ora z/</p><p>D54 Canada Fkanada/</p><p>Canadian /ka'neidian/</p><p>Caribbean /kerrbizan/</p><p>Chile Ml</p><p>China Pt fama/</p><p>Croatia /krou'eifaf</p><p>Cuba Fkjusba/</p><p>Czech Republic #tfek rrpablik/</p><p>D544 Danish Fdemuf/</p><p>Denmark Fdenma:k/</p><p>Dutch (dat j/</p><p>D54 Egypt /isdarpt/</p><p>England fygland/</p><p>Europe f juarap/</p><p>European ljuara'pitan/</p><p>DS4f France Mrazns!</p><p>French #renf/</p><p>D5g Germany fd33:mani/</p><p>Greece fgrics!</p><p>Greek lyrisk/</p><p>D54h Holland Fhnland/</p><p>Hungarian /hAn'gearion/</p><p>Hungary /hAngari/</p><p>DS India Fmndiaf</p><p>Iran free</p><p>Iranian fvremian/</p><p>Irag Mraek/</p><p>Iragi hraky</p><p>Ireland faraland/</p><p>Irish Famuf/</p><p>Israel fzretol/</p><p>Israeli hz'rerali/</p><p>English Pronunciation in Use (Elementary) 135</p><p>Section E Reference</p><p>Ttalian</p><p>Ttaly</p><p>Ds4 Japan</p><p>Japanese</p><p>Dsak Korea</p><p>Ds Mediterranean</p><p>Mexico</p><p>D; n Netherlands</p><p>New Zealand</p><p>Nigeria</p><p>Norway</p><p>Norwegian</p><p>Dsan Pacific</p><p>Pakistan</p><p>Peru</p><p>Poland</p><p>Portugal</p><p>Ds43 Romania</p><p>Russia</p><p>D54p Saudi Arabia</p><p>Scotland</p><p>Slovakia</p><p>Slovenia</p><p>Spain</p><p>Spanish</p><p>Sweden</p><p>Swiss</p><p>Switzerland</p><p>D543 Turkey</p><p>Ds4r Ukraine</p><p>United Kingdom</p><p>United States of America</p><p>D54s Wales</p><p>Welsh</p><p>Ivtelian/</p><p>Ptaly</p><p>ld32'penr/</p><p>/dsepa'nirz/</p><p>Ika'risaf</p><p>Imedita'remian/</p><p>Fmeksikau/</p><p>Fnedalandz/</p><p>Injus 'zisland/</p><p>/nav'da31aria/</p><p>fFnoswey</p><p>/noaswisdsan/</p><p>/po'sifik/</p><p>Jpaekrstan/</p><p>/pa'rud</p><p>#'pauland/</p><p>#pastfagal/</p><p>jrusmeiniaf</p><p>Vrafaf</p><p>/saudi a'reibia/</p><p>Pskotland/</p><p>Isla'veekiaf</p><p>(sla'viniaf</p><p>Ispem/</p><p>#'spenu/</p><p>fswitdan/</p><p>Iswasd</p><p>fsvitsaland/</p><p>ET</p><p>liuvkrem/</p><p>Jjus'nastid 'kmdam/</p><p>Jjuv'nattid steits av aimerika/</p><p>(welzf</p><p>Iwelf/</p><p>English Pronunciation in Use (Elementary)</p><p>Homophones</p><p>Homophones are pairs of words with different spellings, and different meanings, bur the same</p><p>pronunciation. For example:</p><p>wo hul</p><p>tOO ftuU</p><p>DSS Listen. You will hear five pairs of sentences. For each pair, write the two homophones.</p><p>EXAMPLE</p><p>You hear:</p><p>les two o'clock. les too late.</p><p>You write:</p><p>dwo 4oo</p><p>V</p><p>o</p><p>AN</p><p>OE</p><p>n</p><p>B</p><p>E</p><p>MM</p><p>mm</p><p>Hd</p><p>O</p><p>Check with the Key. Then listen again and repeat the sentences.</p><p>English Pronunciation in Use (Elementary) 137</p><p>1.1</p><p>1.2</p><p>1.3</p><p>1.4</p><p>2.1</p><p>2.3</p><p>2.4</p><p>2.5</p><p>3.1</p><p>d.d</p><p>3.3</p><p>Key</p><p>letters sounds</p><p>1 all a 2</p><p>2 back 4 3</p><p>3 could 5 3</p><p>4 knee 4 2</p><p>5 sixty 5 6</p><p>6 thing 5 3</p><p>7 who 3 2</p><p>8 address 7 5</p><p>1big 2 dress 3 friend 4 give 5 help 6 next 7 very 8 well</p><p>1 time 2 wash 3 push 4 many</p><p>1 tree 2 shoe 3 what 4 run $ wait / weight 6 why 7 show 8 near</p><p>1 A: What shall we do this evening?</p><p>B: Let's stay at home and watch TV.</p><p>2 A: Let me read that erail.</p><p>B: No - it's a secref!</p><p>3 A: You know my friend Steve?</p><p>B: Yes.</p><p>A: Well, he's got a new job. He's joined the police!</p><p>1lf 2 minute 3 dictionary 4 window 5 biscuit 6 wings 7 mirror 8 litter</p><p>fl sounds: green méEet people rizza please repeat tea three</p><p>/d sounds: big busy dinner give in listen office repeat six</p><p>1d 2e 3f 4b Sa 6c</p><p>1 We're always busy in the office.</p><p>2 Would you like tea or coffee?</p><p>3 Give me that big green book, please.</p><p>4 There were only three people in the museum.</p><p>$ Listen and repeat.</p><p>6 Let's meet at six o'clock.</p><p>1 leave 2 nmear 3 letter</p><p>food June news room school soup spoon Tuesday two</p><p>1 Do you like fast food?</p><p>2 Are you coming to school?</p><p>3 Ivs Tuesday the second of June.</p><p>4 Let's watch the news.</p><p>$ Room two is over there.</p><p>6 Here's a spoon for your soup.</p><p>book cookery could good looking sugar</p><p>English Pronuncation in Use (Elementary)</p><p>3.4</p><p>3.5</p><p>3.6</p><p>4.1</p><p>4.2</p><p>4.3</p><p>4.4</p><p>5.1</p><p>5.2</p><p>5.3</p><p>5.4</p><p>5.5</p><p>5.6</p><p>6.1</p><p>6.2</p><p>6.3</p><p>1 Do you take sugar?</p><p>2 Could you help me? Pm looking for a good cookery book.</p><p>lu lul</p><p>true foot</p><p>toothbrush good</p><p>soon cook</p><p>lose push</p><p>through pull</p><p>put</p><p>1 pool 2 luck 3 soap</p><p>words with /ax: artist garden March part</p><p>words with other vowel sounds: sguare talk warm watch</p><p>words with /Af: country fun money mother</p><p>words with other vowel sounds: business home lots push</p><p>1 The butter's too hard. 3 Their son's got dark hair.</p><p>2 [d love to buy that carpet! 4 | first met my husband in Prague.</p><p>1 hat 2 far 3 cur 4 look 5 lock 6 butter</p><p>1 clock 2 gone 3 want 4 wanted 5 sorry 6 what</p><p>1 A: What time is it?</p><p>B: 1 don't know. The clock's stopped.</p><p>2 A: What have you got?</p><p>B: A box of chocolates.</p><p>3 A: Where's the doctor?</p><p>B: He's gone on holiday.</p><p>1 thought 2 walked 3 caught 4 taught</p><p>1 botrle 2 salt (and pepper) 3 box (of shopping) 4 floor</p><p>S dog 6 ball 7 door</p><p>This is our kitchen. On the table there's a big box full of shopping, a bottle of wine and some</p><p>salt and pepper. There's a ball on the floor and the dog's asleep in the corner behind the door.</p><p>1 not 2 luck 3 caught 4 short 5 work</p><p>1 hand 2 best 3 egg 4 man 5 men 6 many 7 have 8 next</p><p>7 10 11 12 17 20 70</p><p>le 2f 3d 4a S5b 6c</p><p>1 The first plan was the best.</p><p>2 He said “Thank you.”</p><p>3 How many stamps do you need?</p><p>4 | havemt got any milk.</p><p>$ [II be back again tomorrow.</p><p>6 My friends live in a flat over there.</p><p>English Pronunciation in Use (Elementary) 139</p><p>6.4</p><p>7.1</p><p>AA</p><p>1.3</p><p>7.4</p><p>8.1</p><p>B.2</p><p>8.3</p><p>8.5</p><p>9.1</p><p>9.2</p><p>140</p><p>Key</p><p>1 man 2 cut 3 had 4 paper 5 head 6 set 7 butter</p><p>words with /s/:</p><p>1 church 3 dirty $ nurse 7 shirt 9 third</p><p>2 curtains 4 girl 6 purse 8 surfer</p><p>words with /2:/:</p><p>1 door 2 floor 3 four 4 horse 5 shorts 6 warm</p><p>words with /o'f:</p><p>1car 2 large 3 March 4 parked S$ stars</p><p>words with other sounds:</p><p>1beard 2 chair 3 near 4 pair $ wearing</p><p>1 The murse is sitting on a chair next to the girl.</p><p>2 The boy's wearing a pair of skorts and a dirty sbirt.</p><p>3 There's a man with a beard standing near the door.</p><p>4 The girls purse is on the floor next to the bed.</p><p>$ is warm in the room.</p><p>6 The date is the #pird of March.</p><p>7 There's a picture of a surfer, and a picture of four horses.</p><p>8 There are flowers on the curtains.</p><p>9 Through the windows, you can see a church, with a</p><p>large car parked outside. There are some</p><p>stars in the sky.</p><p>134 213 31 430 S53rd 6 21s 714 837</p><p>1 shirts 2 first 3 beard 4 head</p><p>hal 1 Dear 2 really 3 theatre 4 near</p><p>leaf 1 Mary 2 upstairs 3 there 4 Sarah</p><p>1 She's got fair hair.</p><p>2 The chairs are under the stairs.</p><p>3 How many years have you lived bere?</p><p>4 There's a man with a beard sitting in the sguare.</p><p>$ Speak up! I can't hear you.</p><p>6 Its a clear day — you can see for miles.</p><p>1 See you next year. /r/</p><p>2 We're from England — what about you? no //</p><p>3 Bye — take care! /r/</p><p>4 Bye — take care! no /r/</p><p>5 Where shall we meet? no /r/</p><p>6 Where shall we meet? /r/</p><p>1 near 2 bird 3 wear</p><p>1 Waiting for the train 3 Raining in Spain $ Baking a cake</p><p>2 Taking a break 4 Making a mistake</p><p>1 write 2 ty 3 find 4 buy 5 fly</p><p>English Pronunciation in Use (Elementary)</p><p>9.3</p><p>9.4</p><p>9.5</p><p>10.1</p><p>10.2</p><p>10.4</p><p>11.1</p><p>11.2</p><p>11.3</p><p>T1.4</p><p>12.1</p><p>12.2</p><p>1 The plane left in the evening and arrived the next morning. lt was a night flight.</p><p>2 ls best to drink bite wine with fish.</p><p>3 Fourteen kilometres is about eight miles.</p><p>4 There was no rain yesterday. It was a dry day.</p><p>$ 1 think Pm lost - is this the right way to the beach?</p><p>6 We've had a great time, thanks. Bye!</p><p>led 1 radio 2 table 3 cake 4 train $ plane 6 suitcase</p><p>au 7 light B wine 9 ice</p><p>hou 10 boy 11 coins 12 toys</p><p>1 gare 2 wear 3 my</p><p>1 gone 2 snow 3 lost 4 some</p><p>Its an old town on the coast. The houses are built with brown stone. You can get there by train,</p><p>coack or boat. In winter there's a lot of s1ow and sometimes the road over the mountains is</p><p>closed.</p><p>1 coast 2 boot 3 woke</p><p>1 bill 6 pay 11 butter 16 boots</p><p>2 piece 7 but 12 part 17 pool</p><p>3 buy 8 pack 13 book 18 beard</p><p>4 purse 9 bomb 14 party 19 put</p><p>$ black 10 pepper 15 back 20 bought</p><p>1 Can you help me paint the bedroom wardrobe?</p><p>2 Brian's blond, and he's got a big beard.</p><p>3 We're going to the pub. Its my brotker's birthday.</p><p>4 Where did 1 put my black boots?</p><p>$ We asked rhe waiter to bring the bill, and it was double what we expected!</p><p>1 We'll have to change that balb.</p><p>2 Looking for a job?</p><p>3 It isn't on the map.</p><p>4 Shall we give him a tip?</p><p>$ Do we have to walk #p that hill?</p><p>6 Stop the bus — | want to get off!</p><p>7 | bope you have a good time!</p><p>8 Help yourself!</p><p>1 bears 2 pear 3 copies</p><p>1 2001 was the first time | went to Britain.</p><p>2 1 found some money in the street.</p><p>3 1 worked hard last week.</p><p>4 Do you know a good place to eat near here?</p><p>$ 1 live in West Road.</p><p>6 Is this the right house?</p><p>7 Do you want some bread?</p><p>8 Do you like my new ha??</p><p>1 wide 2 wrote 3 set 4 said 5 white 6 send 7 road 8 sent</p><p>English Pronunciation in Use (Elementary) IdI</p><p>12.3</p><p>12.5</p><p>13.7</p><p>13.2</p><p>13.3</p><p>13.4</p><p>14.1</p><p>14.2</p><p>14.4</p><p>15.1</p><p>15.2</p><p>15.3</p><p>15.4</p><p>16.1</p><p>142</p><p>Key</p><p>1 They send us emails every day.</p><p>2 1 spent all my money on CDs.</p><p>3 When it stopped snowing we went for a walk across the wide fields.</p><p>4 People build houses next to the beach.</p><p>1 watch 2 wide 3 dry 4 writing 5 taught</p><p>1 give 2 big 3 get 4 comb</p><p>5 keys 6 cake 7 kiss 8 ache</p><p>9 guest 10 back 11 coffee 12 again</p><p>13 walk 14 called 1$ bag 16 bigger</p><p>17 cold 18 carry 19 work 20 grey</p><p>1 Can | carry your bags?</p><p>2 Give me a big kiss.</p><p>3 You gave me cold coffee again.</p><p>4 A grey cat with green eyes walked into the garden.</p><p>$ The guests would like eggs for breakfast.</p><p>1 Shall we aalk?</p><p>2 1 came by bike.</p><p>3 When you go out, take the dog.</p><p>4 Dm going to buy a new desk tomorrow.</p><p>$ A: You dom zake milk in your tea, do you? B: I do, in fact.</p><p>6 Tts only seven o'clock and it's already dark.</p><p>7 Listen and check.</p><p>8 Mark your answer with a tick.</p><p>1 back 2 gold</p><p>1 five 2 visit 3 first 4 free 5 leave 6 photo</p><p>1 A fine view 2 Driving too fast 3 Knives and forks</p><p>4 Five voices $ A few vegetables 6 The lift to the seventh floor</p><p>1 few 2 leave 3 coffee</p><p>1 month 2 then 3 thin 4 they S$ with 6 birthday</p><p>words with /0/: thinking maths bathroom things tooth teeth fourth fifth</p><p>words with /4/: another the those there</p><p>1 The weather will be fine for #he next #bree days. Then, on Thursday, tkere'l be some rain in</p><p>the north. The south will be dry and sunny, but only about #kirteen degrees.</p><p>2 A: Pm thinking of going to the #heatre tonight.</p><p>B: Me too! Let's botk go together!</p><p>3 A: Are you #birsty? B: No, thanks.</p><p>4 A: These are my mother and father, about #birty years ago. And #bis is my older brother - he</p><p>was about #bree years old.</p><p>B: And the baby — is #bat vou? A: Yes, that's me, with my tkumb in my mouth!</p><p>1 thing 2 tree</p><p>1 say 2 sat 3 leaves 4 east 5 times 6 glasses</p><p>English Pronunciation in Use (Elementary)</p><p>16.2</p><p>16.3</p><p>16.4</p><p>16.6</p><p>17.1</p><p>17.2</p><p>17.3</p><p>17.4</p><p>18.1</p><p>18.2</p><p>18.4</p><p>18.5</p><p>18.6</p><p>19.1</p><p>19.2</p><p>19.3</p><p>19.4</p><p>1 Saturday, Sunday</p><p>2 Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday</p><p>3 August, September, December</p><p>1 these dal 7 dress sl</p><p>2 size sl led 8 is del</p><p>3 style (sl 9 certainly /s/</p><p>4 please led 10 words /z</p><p>$ ismt ll 11 suits Is lsl</p><p>$ pronounce /s!</p><p>1 A: Do you like this dress? B: The style suits you, but its the wrong size, isn? it?</p><p>2 A: Can you pronounce these words for me, please? B: Yes, certainly.</p><p>iplays 2 zoo 3 so 4 thing</p><p>1 fish 2 station 3 finish 4 shout S$ short 6 dish</p><p>Take vour cash.</p><p>Go to the skop.</p><p>Buy some fresk fisk and some fresk muskrooms.</p><p>Take them home.</p><p>Wasb them.</p><p>Cook them for a skort time.</p><p>Put them in a disk.</p><p>Eat them.</p><p>Skout, “Delicious!</p><p>1 Yes, were an international business. We're based in Russia, but we fly to anywhere in Asia</p><p>and the Pacific Ocean.</p><p>2 A: Why are you sbouting at that machine? B: Its eaten my cash!</p><p>1 shoe 2 shoes</p><p>1 watch 2 job 3 chips 4 large S$ juice 6 jazz 7 chair 8 age</p><p>1 get 2 Christmas 3 give 4 picture</p><p>words with /t [/: teacher chair chicken cheap Dutch chips cheese</p><p>words with /d3/: lounge bridge large juice language orange dangerous</p><p>1 orange juice 2 Dutch cheese 3 A cheap chair 4 a language teacher</p><p>$ chicken and chips 6 A dangerous bridge 7 a large lounge</p><p>1 watch 2 choose 3 whatrs 4 coats</p><p>1 moon 2 wrong 3 drink 4 unce S$ knives 6 comb 7 thing 8 stronger</p><p>words with /n/: knee nose</p><p>words with /n/: tongue ring ankle</p><p>1 A warm evening 2 A wrong answer 3 My hungry undle</p><p>4 A single room $ Nine languages</p><p>1 The woman's listening to the radio and reading.</p><p>2 The phone's ringing.</p><p>3 The cat's drinking.</p><p>4 [ts smowing.</p><p>English Pronunciation in Use (Elementary) 143</p><p>19.5</p><p>20.1</p><p>20.2</p><p>20.3</p><p>20.4</p><p>21.1</p><p>21.2</p><p>21.4</p><p>21.4</p><p>22.1</p><p>22.3</p><p>23.1</p><p>23.2</p><p>144</p><p>Key</p><p>1 rang 2 think 3 night 4 sung S some</p><p>1 hat 2 how 3 home 4 half S high/hi 6 who</p><p>A: Excuse me, can you tell me how to get to the castle?</p><p>B: Yes. Go past the hotel and the bospital, then there's a road behind those houses.</p><p>You go up a bill, and the castle's at the top.</p><p>A: Thanks for your help!</p><p>1 A helping hand 2 A happy holiday 3 How many hours? 4 History, perhaps?</p><p>$ Half a house 6 How did it happen? 7 Hi! Who's at home?</p><p>1 ear 2 high</p><p>1 late 2 light 3 large 4 cold S$ table 6 apple 7 learning 8 below</p><p>1 Did you say the letter box or the liter bin?</p><p>2 Hello. My name's L. Pm the twelfth letter of the alphabet.</p><p>3 There's an apple in the middle of the table.</p><p>4 Would you like a single room or a double?</p><p>$ Whar's in that little bottle?</p><p>My bus was late.</p><p>1 lost my wallet.</p><p>1 fell off a ladder.</p><p>I caught a cold.</p><p>1 fell asleep at work.</p><p>That's life!</p><p>1 light 2 correct</p><p>1 Hey, look! 1 found these old rock records in a rubbisk bin!</p><p>2 Rain again — what terrible weather!</p><p>3 Are vou really sure this is the right address?</p><p>4 Stop running round the room! We've got to get ready to go out.</p><p>$ A: Oh, no, Pve lost an earring. B: Tm afraid Anna borrowed it.</p><p>6 A: Hurry up! B: Why? lt ismt a race. A: We're already late! B: Dom't worry, they'll wait till</p><p>we arrive.</p><p>Underlining s /'/ pronounced</p><p>1 A: Where did you park the car? B: Pm not sure. | think it was just around the corner.</p><p>2 A: Have you ever heard of sguare oranges? B: No, never!</p><p>3 A: Can you play the guitar? B: I can play the guitar and sing.</p><p>4 A: Are we far away from the road?</p><p>B: Well, it's rather hard to say ...</p><p>1 right 2 long 3 correct</p><p>1 news 2 few 3 yet 4 weekend $ tunes</p><p>6 when 7 music 8 west 9 yellow 10 year</p><p>1 A: When's your interview?</p><p>B: Irs on Wednesday, at guarter past one.</p><p>A: Good luck!</p><p>2 A: Are you going away for the weekend?</p><p>B: Yes.</p><p>A: Where?</p><p>B: 1 domt know vet.</p><p>English Pronunciation in Use (Elementary)</p><p>23.3</p><p>24.1</p><p>24.2</p><p>24.3</p><p>25.1</p><p>25.2</p><p>25.3</p><p>26.1</p><p>3 A: Hi! Where are you?</p><p>B: We're in west Wales.</p><p>A: What's the weather like?</p><p>B: Yesterday was wet and windy, but today's beautiful.</p><p>4 A: Can you read music?</p><p>B: No, but | remember a few tunes from when 1 was Young.</p><p>What? A wallet.</p><p>What colour? Yellow.</p><p>With? Money, keys, cards — the usual things.</p><p>Where? In the town sguare.</p><p>When? Yesterday.</p><p>What time? Twelve.</p><p>Who? Two young men.</p><p>What happened? I was waiting in a gueue. They were guick. They ran away.</p><p>1 Tuesday 2 ffry 3 expensive 4 centimetre $ pencil</p><p>6 December 7 September 8 bedroom 9 October 10 exam</p><p>1 mountains 2 reception 3 accident 4 postcard S$ sunglasses, umbrella</p><p>1 A: How's your English?</p><p>B: 1 think 1 need to practise more - | have problems with making sentences, and tenses, and</p><p>pronunciation, and listening, and answering guestions, and conversation, and | make too</p><p>many mistakes ...</p><p>A: Don't worry, it's not so bad! You're almost an expert!</p><p>2 A: Where's my passport?</p><p>B: 1 domt know. In your suitcase, maybe?</p><p>A: Where's my suitcase?</p><p>B: Upstairs, in the wardrobe.</p><p>A: Right. And where's the envelope hat was on the kitchen table?</p><p>B: In the wastepaper basket — was it important?</p><p>1 Is that your dress? 7 Is that your address?</p><p>2 Is it going to rain? 8 How did you sleep?</p><p>3 A few miles. 9 A few smiles.</p><p>4 1 went to a cool party. 10 | went to a sckool party.</p><p>$ Are you asleep? 11 Is he your #wim?</p><p>6 Are you going by rain? 12 Is he going to wim?</p><p>A different order is also possible.</p><p>1 pay, play, plane, plate, rain, train, late, paint, eight</p><p>2 seefsea, tea, feet, seat, three, free, tree, street, eat</p><p>3 so, low, no/know, slow, soap, slope, nosefknows</p><p>4 lie, fight, right, light, flight</p><p>1 plane 2 blue 3 drink 4 twelfh 5 free 6 o'clock 7 speak 8 floor</p><p>1 cold 2 colder 3 dancer 4 dance $ older</p><p>6 old 7 centre 8 centre 9 fast 10 faster</p><p>1 Yesterday was cold, but today's colder.</p><p>2 My wife's a good dancer but 1 can't dance at all.</p><p>3 Pm older than you, but not too old to learn English.</p><p>4 1 sent my daughter to buy some things in the shopping centre.</p><p>$ The bus is fast but the train's faster.</p><p>English Pronunciation in Use (Elementary) 145</p><p>$</p><p>26.3 A: Have you seen that film? B: No, I haven't.</p><p>A: Be there at six. B: Is that when it starts?</p><p>A: Have you been to France? B: Yes, once.</p><p>A: How do you say “Hello' in French? B: | camt speak French.</p><p>A: Have some of these biscuits. B: No, thanks, I domt like them.</p><p>A: 1 found some money in the street today. B: How much? A: Fifty pence.</p><p>7 A: What's for lunch? B: Fish and chips.</p><p>8 A: | only slept six hours last night. B: 1 didn't sleep at all!</p><p>9 A: What colour are your new gloves? B: Pink and orange!</p><p>26.4 1 physics 2 isnt 3 thousands 4 boots S$ banks 6 silence 7 west</p><p>O</p><p>N</p><p>B</p><p>U</p><p>S</p><p>h</p><p>m</p><p>27.1 1 See you next week.</p><p>2 Have a good time.</p><p>3 Have a great holiday.</p><p>4 Give me a call.</p><p>S Send me an email.</p><p>6 Tell me how you are.</p><p>7 Write me a letter.</p><p>8 Bring me a present.</p><p>27.2 1 les really warm today.</p><p>2 Try this sentence.</p><p>3 | don't know what to do.</p><p>4 Look through all the photos.</p><p>5 Check the answer.</p><p>6 Pd like to ask vou something.</p><p>7 Ts this the right place?</p><p>8 I haven't listened to this CD vet.</p><p>9 The meeting's on Monday.</p><p>10 The potatoes aremt cooked ver.</p><p>27.3 A different order is also possible.</p><p>this month next month last month</p><p>a big town an old town a small town</p><p>a Young cat a white cat a big cat</p><p>a black cat an old cat a small cat</p><p>cheap clothes white clothes big clothes</p><p>black clothes old clothes small clothes</p><p>2B.1 1eyes1 6 glass 1</p><p>2 why 1 7 glasses 2</p><p>3 white 1 8 university $</p><p>4 write 1 9 business 2</p><p>$ writing 2 10 information 4</p><p>28.2 1 Saturday 2 Two 3 Eleven,seventeen 4 W (“double u') S$ March, May, June</p><p>146 English Pronunciation in Use (Elementary)</p><p>28.3</p><p>29.1</p><p>29.2</p><p>29.3</p><p>30.1</p><p>30.2</p><p>30.3</p><p>30.4</p><p>31.1</p><p>| remember(3) once on my first visit(2) to England(2), soon after(2) 1 started(2) learning(2)</p><p>Fnglish(2), my landlady(3) went shopping(2) and she came back with a big bag full of things,</p><p>but she forgor(2) to buy some soup - she needed(2) a tin of tomato(3) soup. So 1 said, “TII go to</p><p>the shop and buy ir for you,” because(2) | wanted(2) to be helpful(2) and it was a chance to</p><p>practise(2) my English(2) a bit. So | went to the little(2) shop round the corner(2) and asked the</p><p>shopkeeper(3) for tomato(3) soup. But he seemed surprised(2), he didmt(2) understand(3), and I</p><p>repeated(3) again(2) and again(2) “soup, tomato(3) soup' until(2) he gave me some red soap, and</p><p>1 realised(2) Vd confused(2) *soup' and 'soap' and | was asking(2) for “tomato(3) soap'. 1 felt</p><p>terrible(3), | wanted(2) to run out of the shop, but my landlady(3) wanted(2) her soup, so 1 said,</p><p>“Thank you. And tomato(3) soup, please” - this time with the correct(2) pronunciation - and he</p><p>gave me the soup. | paid and went back to the house and said to the landlady(3),</p><p>pronouncing(3) very(2) carefully(3), 'Here's your soup, and | bought you this soap as a</p><p>present(2),” and she said, “Ooh, thank you very much, that's very(2) nice of you!”</p><p>1 Britain 2 today 3 America 4 police</p><p>$ another 6 again 7 mountain</p><p>1 Great Britain 2 arriving today 3 going to America 4 call the police</p><p>$ have another 6 say it again 7 climb the mountain</p><p>Where's the waiter? —- Can vou wait a minute?</p><p>Nor at all. - You'll see a tall building on your left.</p><p>look in the cellar. - Pm trying to sell a house.</p><p>le takes a long time. - Walk along the beach.</p><p>S$moking ismt allowed. - 1 heard a loud noise.</p><p>[d like to live in a newer house. — My father knew a lot about music.</p><p>1 America 2 sentence 3 different 4 mountain</p><p>5 today 6 letter 7 police 8 again</p><p>1 afraid 2 better 3 police 4 correct 5 enjoy</p><p>words with first-syllable stress: longer turning sleeping</p><p>words with second-syllable stress: asleep along retum</p><p>OooOo 1 teacher or student?</p><p>2 reading or writing?</p><p>Oooo( 1 single or return?</p><p>2 finish or begin?</p><p>OOoOo | the same or different?</p><p>2 perhaps or maybe?</p><p>OOooO 1 asleep or awake?</p><p>2 behind or in front?</p><p>1 / ststaf sister</p><p>2 lrvkeks/ relax</p><p>3 / pi:pl/ people</p><p>4 [fin f/ finish</p><p>5 [xanv'pli:t/ complete</p><p>6 /tebl/ table</p><p>7 lors'nauns/ pronounce</p><p>1 interview 2 museum 3 magazine 4 definitely</p><p>5 American 6 politician 7 nationality 8 photography</p><p>English Pronunciation in Use (Elementary) 147</p><p>31.3</p><p>32.1</p><p>32.2</p><p>148</p><p>Key</p><p>Ooo oOo</p><p>adjective eleven</p><p>alphabet important</p><p>Cinema reception</p><p>furniture remember</p><p>grandmother tOMOITOW</p><p>1 We had a delicjous meal on Saturday.</p><p>2 We normally go on holiday by car, but this time we're going by bicycle.</p><p>3 1 did ten grammar exercises yesterday.</p><p>4 Is Switzerland an expensive country?</p><p>5 My son's seventeen and my father's seventy.</p><p>6 1 had a long telephone conversation this afternoon.</p><p>Oooo January February</p><p>oOo September October November December</p><p>1 half-price 2 second class 3 mobile phone 4 city centre</p><p>earrings wine bar handbag birthday present boyfriend</p><p>A: Oh no, 1 can't find my earrings!</p><p>B: Have you looked in your handbag?</p><p>A: Of course!</p><p>B: Maybe you left them in that wine bar last night?</p><p>A: Oh no, maybe I did!</p><p>B: Are they important?</p><p>A: Yes - they were a birthday present from my bovfriend!</p><p>Checklist</p><p>Have...</p><p>-. set the alarm clock?</p><p>.. and put it on the bedside table?</p><p>-. put my plane ticket in my trouser pocket?</p><p>“.. packed my toothbrush? d</p><p>... put my suitcase by the bedroom door?</p><p>... Switched the CD player off?</p><p>“.. Phoned the taxi driver to say 'Be here at six”?</p><p>Have...</p><p>Have...</p><p>... Where's my Checktistt</p><p>A few years ago / 1 read in a newspaper / that the staff at a library / in a small town in the west</p><p>of England / had</p><p>7 sounds d|elnl|t]il]sl]t</p><p>1)213]415])6]7</p><p>EE] But sometimes the number of sounds is different from the number of letters.</p><p>Aja. In green, ee is one sound, and in happy, pp is one sound.</p><p>green $ letters, 4 sounds glrjeleln][n]alplp]y</p><p>1]2 3 4 3 4</p><p>A3b. Tn bread, ea is One sound. bre a)d</p><p>bread $ letters, 4 sounds 3l 3 Tz</p><p>A3c. In some words there are silent letters (letters with no sound). In listen, t is silent.</p><p>listen 6 letters, $ sounds. VTliTsTtleln</p><p>1)2|31]-14]5</p><p>A3d. In some words, one letter is two sounds. The x in six is two sounds like k rs.</p><p>six 3 letters, 4 sounds sTilx</p><p>12314</p><p>We sometimes write the same sound differently in different words. For example, the e in red</p><p>sounds like the ea in bread.</p><p>Aa. Sometimes two words have the same pronunciation but different spellings. (See Section E8</p><p>Homopkones.)</p><p>know — no</p><p>A: Do vou know? B: No, 1 don't.</p><p>Adb And sometimes two words have the same spelling but</p><p>different pronunciations.</p><p>read (infinitive and present tense) — read (past tense)</p><p>A: Do you want to read the newspaper?</p><p>B: No, thanks, | read it this morning.</p><p>Af Because there are more sounds than letters, we use symbols for pronunciation.</p><p>/best/ best (/dentrst/dentist (/grim/green /'hepi/ happy (/kpfi/ coffee . flison/ listen</p><p>/@riv three (/siks/six (spks/socks (/bred/bread (/nau/no /nau/ know #red/ red</p><p>(red/ read (past tense) /rizd/ read (infinitive and present tense)</p><p>The symbol ' (look at the beginning of the symbols for dertist, happy, coffee, listen) comes</p><p>before stressed syllables (see Section B Syllables and words).</p><p>10 English Pronunciation in Use (Elementary)</p><p>1.1</p><p>1.4</p><p>)</p><p>F</p><p>R</p><p>Fr</p><p>m</p><p>a</p><p>m</p><p>M</p><p>Section A Sounds and spelling</p><p>Exercises</p><p>Write the number of letters and the number of sounds in these words.</p><p>letters sounds</p><p>green B 4</p><p>all</p><p>back</p><p>could</p><p>knee</p><p>sixty</p><p>thing</p><p>who</p><p>address</p><p>o</p><p>e</p><p>a</p><p>l</p><p>]</p><p>Check with the Key (on page 138). Then listen and repeat.</p><p>Some pronunciation symbols are easy. Write these words in their normal spelling.</p><p>EXAMPLE /best/.</p><p>1 /brg/ N</p><p>Check with the Key. Then listen and repeat.</p><p>All five words in each group have the same vowel letter -a, e, i, o or u - but one has a different</p><p>vowel sound. Circle the word with the different vowel sound in each group.</p><p>EXAMPLE</p><p>on top stop (one) gone</p><p>1 give time sit think rich</p><p>2 apple bad wash catch bank</p><p>3 much bus sun push up</p><p>4 many maths man hat flat</p><p>Check with the Key. Then listen and repeat.”</p><p>Write words that rhyme (the end part of the word sounds the same).</p><p>EXAMPLE</p><p>red bed</p><p>1 key Et</p><p>2 blue sh</p><p>3 not Wo</p><p>4 one F</p><p>5 date Wo</p><p>6 lie W...</p><p>7 so sh</p><p>8 beer n</p><p>Check with the Key. Then listen and repeat.</p><p>English Pronunciation in Use (Elementary) H</p><p>Pizza for dinner</p><p>U [ix] and 1]</p><p>How to make the sound /id</p><p>e /v/ is a long sound. Look at the diagram. Listen and then</p><p>say the sound. Make your mouth wide, like a smile. Your</p><p>tongue touches the sides of your teeth. Target sound: /i/</p><p>ND Sound and spelling</p><p>Ab) e (is usually spelled ee or ea. Listen and say these words.</p><p>see agree eat seat team</p><p>tonter</p><p>tongue up “ — Wide</p><p>oe) e Listen and say these other words with /id.</p><p>ie field piece</p><p>e these metre secret evening egual Peter museum Furopean (Chinese</p><p>Japanese complete</p><p>ey key</p><p>i ski kilo ltre pizza police machine magazine Can you see the sea?</p><p>eo people</p><p>Aod * Now listen and say these sentences. You will need to pause</p><p>the recording to give yourself enough time to repeat.</p><p>1 Can you see the sea?</p><p>2 A piece of pizza, please.</p><p>3 Peter's in the team.</p><p>4 A kilo of peaches and a litre of cream. oe</p><p>$ Please can you teach me to speak Portuguese? EO s ee</p><p>How to make the sound /1/</p><p>A103 * (Visa short sound. Look at the diagram. Listen and then</p><p>say the sound. Make your mouth a bit less wide than for</p><p>(vl. Your tongue is a bit further back in your mouth than</p><p>for /'/. Target sound: //</p><p>ETD Sound and spelling</p><p>AIOb e [ is usually spelled i. Listen and say these words.</p><p>if listen miss dinner swim</p><p>front of</p><p>tongue up</p><p>Ee</p><p>oe</p><p>AT0e “ Listen and say these other words with /V.</p><p>busy business building system</p><p>A10d , Now listen and say these phrases.</p><p>1 fifty-six</p><p>2 dinner in the kitchen</p><p>3 a cinema ticket</p><p>4 a picture of a building</p><p>5 big business MA</p><p>Al0e Note: Eight letters of the alphabet have the sound /'/. Listen and repeat.</p><p>BCDEGPTV</p><p>ATOF Note: Units 2 to 10 focus on vowel sounds in stressed syllables (see Section B Syllables and words).</p><p>N Vowel sounds in unstressed syllables often have the weak vowel (2. Listen and repeat.</p><p>agree egual kitchen museum Peter picture pizza</p><p>A108 Note: There is sometimes an /| sound at the end of a word in an unstressed syllable (see Section B</p><p>Syllables and words), e.g. happy, coffee, busy. This sound is like /':f but shorter. Listen and repeat.</p><p>happy coffee busy sixty</p><p>12 English Pronunciation in Use (Elementary)</p><p>2.1</p><p>Au</p><p>2.2</p><p>(A12</p><p>Ad</p><p>A13</p><p>2.4</p><p>A14</p><p>2.5</p><p>A15</p><p>Section A Sounds and spelling</p><p>Exercises</p><p>Put these /i4f words in the dialogues.</p><p>email evening police secret Steve TV</p><p>1 A: What shall we do ThiS sesse ?</p><p>B: Let's stay at home and WatCh sees</p><p>2 A: Let me read that sesse ê</p><p>B: No — its a .....</p><p>3 A: You know my frien</p><p>B: Yes.</p><p>A: Well, he's got a new job. He's joined the ss</p><p>Listen to check your answers. Check with the Key. Then listen and repeat.</p><p>Find the /1/ words from these clues.</p><p>EXAMPLE A thousand thousand is a MEN... 1,000, 000</p><p>1 You can US d uu ee to go up and down in a building.</p><p>2 There are sixty seconds in 8 uses VEE</p><p>3 A ee EE is a book of words to kels you</p><p>with your English.</p><p>4 Its too warm in here — open the...</p><p>5 Would vou like a.. ss WIE YOUF coffee?</p><p>6 Birds and planes BAVE é</p><p>7 You can see yourself in a. si</p><p>8 Don't drop esse ies — — Bet it ina 2a bin!</p><p>Listen to check your answers. Check with the Key.</p><p>Then listen and repeat.</p><p>Circle all the /izf sounds and underline all the /1 sounds.</p><p>big busy dinner give greën in listen meet office people pizza</p><p>please repeat six tea three</p><p>Listen to check your answers. Check with the Key. Then listen and repeat.</p><p>Match the beginnings and endings of the sentences.</p><p>EXAMPLE Let's have pizza VOC dier... s a repeat.</p><p>1 We're always busy b people in the museum.</p><p>2 Would vou like tea ... c six o'cdlock.</p><p>3 Give me that big d in the office.</p><p>4 There were only three .. e or coffee?</p><p>$ Listen and ... f green book, please.</p><p>6 lere WESE HE sessies g for-dinner</p><p>Check with the Key. Then listen and repeat.</p><p>Listen and circle the word you hear. Check with the Key. If any of these are difficult for you, go to</p><p>Section E3 Sound pairs for further practice.</p><p>1 leave / live (— sound pair 1)</p><p>2 knee l near (— sound pair 2)</p><p>3 litter / letter (— sound pair 3)</p><p>English Pronunciation in Use (Elementary) 13</p><p>€: A spoonful of sugar</p><p>[u:/ and [ol</p><p>How to make the sound /u:/</p><p>A1ea e /udl is a long sound. Look at the diagram. Listen and then</p><p>say the sound. Make your lips into a tunnel shape.</p><p>Your tongue is a long way back in your mouth. Target</p><p>sound: /u/</p><p>MED Sound and spelling</p><p>Ale e (wil is often spelled oo, ou, oe, u, ue or ew. Listen and say</p><p>these words.</p><p>too group shoe blue</p><p>AIES When the spelling is u or ew, there is often a /j/ sound before the /ux/. Listen and say these</p><p>words.</p><p>music new</p><p>Aled . There are also other spellings of /u/. Listen and say these other words with /u:/.</p><p>wo Fruit juice</p><p>A16e e Now listen and say these phrases.</p><p>1 me too</p><p>2 work in groups</p><p>3 new shoes</p><p>4 red and blue</p><p>$ listen to the music</p><p>6 [orty-two</p><p>7 Fruit juice</p><p>IN Note: ju: is the name of the letter U in the alphabet.</p><p>How to make the sound /u/</p><p>lips rounded</p><p>Al7a e (ul is a short sound. Look at</p><p>noticed / that the number of visitors to the library / was going down and down,</p><p>/ and the number of books they were borrowing / was going down even faster. / They couldmt</p><p>understand this, / so they decided to do some research / to find out the reason. / They</p><p>interviewed people / and asked them to fill in guestionnaires / and so on. / And guess what they</p><p>discovered. / The reason was / simply / that everybody had read all the books already!</p><p>A few vears ago / 1 read in a newspaper / that the staff at a library / in a small town in the west</p><p>of England / had noticed / chat the number of visitors to the library / was going down and down,</p><p>/ and the number of books they were borrowing / was going down even faster, / They couldmt</p><p>understand this, / so they decided to do some research / to find out the reason. / They</p><p>interviewed people / and asked them to fill in auestionnaires / and so on. / And guess what they</p><p>discovered. / The reason was / simply / that everybody had read all the books already!</p><p>English Pronunciation in Use (Elementary)</p><p>33.2</p><p>34.2</p><p>34.3</p><p>be</p><p>d</p><p>d]</p><p>.</p><p>Key</p><p>This seems unbelievable / but it's a true story / in fact. A farmer / was working in the fields / with</p><p>his tractor. / The tractor crashed / and he fell out / and landed on the ground / unconscious. / As</p><p>he fell, / his mobile phone / fell out of his pocket. / Soon after, / a bird that was flying around the</p><p>fields / saw the phone / and started pecking it / with its beak. / Amazingly / it dialled the number</p><p>999 / and soon the emergency services arrived / to help the farmer.</p><p>This seems unbelievable / but it's a true story / in fact. A farmer / was working in the fields / with</p><p>his tractor. / The tractor crashed / and he fell out / and landed on the ground / unconscious. / As</p><p>he fell, / his mobile phone / fell out of his pocket. / Soon after, / a bird that was flying around the</p><p>fields / saw the phone / and started pecking it / with its beak. / Amazinglv / it dialled the number</p><p>999 / and soon the emergency services arrived / to help the farmer.</p><p>1 Choose the correct answer and tick it.</p><p>2 Which page is it “on?</p><p>3 How do you spel ie?</p><p>4 How do you pronounce it?</p><p>$ What does it mean?</p><p>6 1 camt understand this.</p><p>7 Look it up. in your dictionary.</p><p>8 It isn ' easy to speak English.</p><p>9 Listen — which language is that?</p><p>10 Dom't worry if you make a mistake.</p><p>A: What do you think of yoga? B: 1 domt know, Dve never #ried it.</p><p>A: What happened to my favourite cup? B: lt fell off the table.</p><p>A: Which flm shall we go to? B: 1 domt mind. Dve seen all of them before.</p><p>A: You look pleased. B: Yes, Pve found a new job.</p><p>A: What did vou do last night? B: T just stayed at home.</p><p>A: Where did you buy that hat? B: | made it myself!</p><p>A: Does your dog like biscuits? B: I domt know, ve never asked it.</p><p>A: How did you get here? B: I swam across the river.</p><p>1 Where are you going?</p><p>2 Where shall we go?</p><p>3 Where did 1 put my scissors?</p><p>4 | don't know where | put my scissors.</p><p>$ Have another biscuit.</p><p>6 Have another apple.</p><p>7 They'reall coming with us.</p><p>8 They're coming with us.</p><p>9 Are you sure?</p><p>10 Are you sure about that?</p><p>A: Do you “often go swimming? B: Not really, 1 'ozly go “once or twice a month.</p><p>A: What's the - eight letter in the | Jalphaber? B: Maybe. its G or Hor 1 tor?</p><p>A: When do you go “ou holiday? B: We | usually go “in July | or August.</p><p>A: Whar's Your new. waddress? B: Twenty deight, Sea Avenue.”</p><p>A: Try to “answer soon. B: OK, DI! send you my | ianswer by iemail.</p><p>A:</p><p>1</p><p>2</p><p>3</p><p>4</p><p>5</p><p>6 A: Look! There's snow “on the mountains. B: Really? I camt see anything.</p><p>English Pronunciation in Use (Elementary) 149</p><p>35.2</p><p>35.3</p><p>36.1</p><p>36.2</p><p>36.3</p><p>Key</p><p>1 Is it blue “or grey?</p><p>2 What day 'is it today? Thursday 'or Friday?</p><p>3 Coffee. or tea?</p><p>4 Where's my “interview suit?</p><p>$ Play ja song for me.</p><p>6 Hello. Reception? Which city 'is this?</p><p>7 See you “in the levening.</p><p>8 Why do we. 'always have to get up so “early?</p><p>1 A: Are you the new. Wassistant? B: Yes, 1 lam.</p><p>2 A: Is he 'in the same class as you? B: No, he list.</p><p>3 A: Am 1 late? B: No, you “aren?. Come in.</p><p>4 A: Is she coming with us? B: Yes, she. 'is.</p><p>$ A: These chairs arem't very comfortable, are they? B: No, they. iaren T.</p><p>1 OoOo 2 Ooo0</p><p>what's the matter? what shall we do?</p><p>see you later stand in the gueue</p><p>tell the others what about you?</p><p>feeling better nothing to do</p><p>come for dinner anyone there?</p><p>round the corner ready to go</p><p>go and find it on the TV</p><p>what's the problem? two and a half</p><p>one pound forty asking for more</p><p>half a kilo now and again</p><p>sixty-seven leave it to me</p><p>breakfasts ready guarter to four</p><p>Pass me the jam, Pam</p><p>Wait in the gueue, Sue</p><p>See vou again, Jen</p><p>Leave it to me, Lee</p><p>What would you like, Mike?</p><p>When shall we meet, Pete?</p><p>Over the Fil, Bill</p><p>Where have you gone, John?</p><p>Soon as you can, Van</p><p>Almost forgot, Scott</p><p>Lend me your pen, Ben</p><p>Where shall we go, Flo?</p><p>Get a new job, Bob</p><p>How do vou feel, Neil?</p><p>What have you got, Dot?</p><p>Take me to the skou, Jo</p><p>Thank you for the food, Jude</p><p>See you in the park, Mark</p><p>Really like the hat, Pat</p><p>See you on the #ain, Jane</p><p>When will you be back, Jack?</p><p>Always on the phoze, Joan</p><p>When did you arrive, Clive?</p><p>Have a glass of juice, Bruce.</p><p>English Pronunciation in Use (Elementary)</p><p>37.1</p><p>37.2</p><p>38.1</p><p>39.1</p><p>39.2</p><p>1 A: Are you (w) going to talk to him (w)? B: No, I think he (s) should talk to me (s) first.</p><p>2 A: Shall | phone her (w)? B: Yes, 1 (w) think vou (w) should.</p><p>3 A: You (w) see those people over there? Do you (w) know them (w)? B: 1 know her (s), but I</p><p>don't know him (s).</p><p>4 A: What are you (w) going to give him (w)? B: T think FI] give him (w) a shirt. What about</p><p>you (s)?</p><p>$ Let him (w) come in and ask him (w) what he (w) wants.</p><p>6 She (w) says she'll (w) bring her (w) money tomorrow.</p><p>7 Pm tired ... shall we (w) go now?</p><p>8 Everybody's leaving. What about us (s)? Shall we (s) go, too?</p><p>9 Tell us (w) when yow're (w) ready.</p><p>10 A: Who broke that window? B: He (s) did! C: No, 1 didn't, she (s) did!</p><p>1 What do you think about ic?</p><p>2 Where shall we go tonight?</p><p>3 He's ready for You now.</p><p>4 Where is he?</p><p>$ Tell them to come in.</p><p>6 Are vou feeling all right?</p><p>7 Tell me tbe news.</p><p>8 I know her phone number but not ber address.</p><p>1 They went out and (w) left their (w) children at (w) home.</p><p>2 Don't sit there - that's his (s) seat.</p><p>3 Is this the train to (s) London or from (s) London?</p><p>4 | didn't say at (s) five o'clock, 1 said about five o'clock.</p><p>$ What are (w) you going to (w) do?</p><p>6 His (w) first name's Jack, but I don't know his (w) second name.</p><p>7 Would you like some (w) more tea?</p><p>8 Bring your (w) umbrella - it's going to (w) rain.</p><p>9 Excuse me - is this your (s) umbrella?</p><p>10 Can you go and (w) buy some (w) bread and (w) milk, please?</p><p>11 You've bought some (w) flowers - who are they for (s)?</p><p>12 1 bought them (w) for (w) vou (s)!</p><p>On the recording it says:</p><p>There are four people in the car.</p><p>There's a woman sitting in the house.</p><p>There are some children walking along the road.</p><p>There are no cdlouds in the sky.</p><p>There's another house on the right.</p><p>Th€rés @ cat on the mat.</p><p>Thêreis @ fish in @ dish.</p><p>There 8 dog in thê:fog,</p><p>and @ mouse in the house.</p><p>Theres @ film on TV.</p><p>You oën sit on my knee.</p><p>Th€re@are two cups Of tea.</p><p>One fODyocu, one foNme.</p><p>English Pronunciation in Use (Elementary) H</p><p>39.3</p><p>39.4</p><p>40.2</p><p>40.3</p><p>41.1</p><p>152</p><p>Key</p><p>1 'Tessa's taller #han Terry, but she isme as tall as Ted.</p><p>2 Ted's older than Tessa, but he ismt as old as Terry.</p><p>3 A: What's the longest tiannel in the world?</p><p>B: The Channel Tunnel, between England and France?</p><p>A: No, there's a longer one than that.</p><p>B: Is here, really?</p><p>A: Yes, there is, in Japan.</p><p>4 A: How many dollars are #here in a pound?</p><p>B: 1 think #here are about one and a half... or maybe #here are one and a half pounds in a</p><p>dollar?</p><p>A: What are(w) you(w) doing tberels)?</p><p>B: There(w)'s a(w) spider in the room.</p><p>A: Is there(w)? Where?</p><p>B: Therels), look!</p><p>A: No, there(w) isme!</p><p>B: Yes, there(w) is!</p><p>A:</p><p>Well, actually, there(w) are(w) two — one therels) and(w) one therels)!</p><p>A: Tm (w) better than you!</p><p>B: No, you aren't!</p><p>A:1 am (s). Pye (w) got more toys than you!</p><p>B: No, you haven't!</p><p>A: Yes, 1 have (s)! And 1 can (w) speak twenty languages!</p><p>B: You can't! Nobody can (w) speak twenty languages!</p><p>A: 1 can (s). And 1 could (w) walk when I was (w) three weeks old!</p><p>B: You couldn't! That's impossible!</p><p>A: T could (s)! You dom't know — you werem't therel</p><p>B: 1 was (s)! Tm older than you!</p><p>A: No, you aren't!</p><p>B: Yes, 1 am (s)! Em (w) eight. How old are (w) you?</p><p>A: Tm (w) eight hundred.</p><p>B: What do (w) you mean? Nobody can (w) be eight hundred years old!</p><p>A: Dom't argue!</p><p>B: Dm (w) not arguing!</p><p>A: Yes, you are (s)!</p><p>1 1 could (w) speak English when I| was (w) twelve.</p><p>2 1 wasmt very well yesterday, bur 1 am (s) today.</p><p>3 A: Are (w) these your gloves? B: Yes, they are (s). Thanks!</p><p>4 A: 1 dom think you were (w) at the lesson last week, were (s) you? B: I was (s)!</p><p>$ A: 1 didmt think the singers in the band were (w) very good. B: Oh, I thought they were (s)!</p><p>6 A: Have (w) vou got a pen? B: Just a minute, I think 1 have (s), somewhere.</p><p>7 A: Has (w) the lesson started? B: Yes, it has (s), bur you can (w) go in.</p><p>8 A: Where does (w) he live? B: Near the old town hall. Do (w) you know where that is? A: Yes,</p><p>I do (s).</p><p>1 A: Why havemt you done the shopping? B: 1 have done the shopping. it's on the kitchen table.</p><p>2 A: The weather's better than last year, isme it? B: It certainly is.</p><p>3 A: Right then, Dm going. Are you coming with us? B: No, III see you later.</p><p>4 A: What's the time? B: Is twenty to seven.</p><p>$ A: They arem't ready yet. B: We are ready!</p><p>6 A: Td love to go somewhere warm for a change. B: 1 would, too!</p><p>7 A: Pm afraid they haven't arrived yet. B: They have. They're here now!</p><p>8 A: Let's go. B: 1 don't think the cocert's finished yet, has it? A: It has, actually.</p><p>English Pronunciation in Lise (Elementary)</p><p>41.2</p><p>42.1</p><p>42.2</p><p>42.3</p><p>43.1</p><p>43.3</p><p>44.1</p><p>1 What do you want to do tomorrow?</p><p>2 We'll just have to wait and see.</p><p>3 I was late because there was a lot of traffic.</p><p>4 Bring them all to the party.</p><p>5 1 havemt seen him for ages.</p><p>1 Let's see who finisbes these exercises first.</p><p>2 The bar dloses when the last customer leaves.</p><p>3 Domt make promises you camt keep.</p><p>4 Nobody uses a typewriter nowadays, do they?</p><p>5 My dad's so tall that when he reackes his hand up he touches the ceiling.</p><p>1 Joyce and Mike are Dennis's parents. / Joyce and Mike are Dennis's mother and father.</p><p>2 Tom is Dennis's brother.</p><p>3 James and Joyce are Mr and Mrs Birch's children. / James and Joyce are Mr and Mrs Birch's</p><p>son and daughter.</p><p>4 Dennis is George's grandson.</p><p>5 Joyce is Mike Jones's wife.</p><p>1 Charles's 7 The camera's Charles's.</p><p>2 Rose's 8 The jacket's George's.</p><p>3 Charles's 9 The shoes are Jez's.</p><p>4 George's 10 The skis are Rose's.</p><p>5 Jez's 11 The suitcase is Jez's</p><p>6 Jez's 12 The map's Charles's.</p><p>1 I watched an interesting film. / $ | phoned the police. X</p><p>2 1 watched the news. X 6 They helped me a lot. X</p><p>3 | walked to the end of the road. X 7 They asked a lot of guestions. /</p><p>4 The car stopped in the middle of the road. / 8 It rained all day. /</p><p>1 They played very well. $ | listened to the radio.</p><p>2 We cleaned all the rooms. 6 T wanted to have a word with vou.</p><p>3 We always cook a big meal for the whole family. 7 They arrive early in the morning.</p><p>4 1 need some help with the housework. 8 | never missed the lesson.</p><p>1 We usually finisked before the others. $ IT loved the music in the film.</p><p>2 You Pronounce my name wrong. 6 We talked for hours and hours.</p><p>3 1 added a bit of onion to the recipe. 7 | pass your house on my way to work.</p><p>4 1 like those people but they always stay too long. 8 They lived by the sea.</p><p>1 A: How about meeting on Tuesday or Thursday at one o'clock?</p><p>B: I can come on Tuesdiy, but not before two o'cdlock.</p><p>2 A: Let's go to the beach and have a swim.</p><p>B: Well, TI] come to the beach with you, but PI probably just do some sunbathing.</p><p>3 A: Which shop are you talking about? Is it on the corner?</p><p>B: Well, it ismt on the corner, exactly, but is very near there.</p><p>4 A: When | was at school | was good at maths and physics.</p><p>B: | was good at matfis, but my best subject was music.</p><p>English Pronunciation in Use (Elementary) 153</p><p>44.2</p><p>44.3</p><p>aa.a</p><p>46.1</p><p>154</p><p>My</p><p>oo</p><p>]</p><p>P</p><p>E</p><p>E</p><p>B</p><p>E</p><p>r</p><p>E</p><p>P</p><p>B</p><p>E</p><p>E</p><p>B</p><p>E</p><p>E</p><p>E</p><p>E</p><p>F</p><p>E</p><p>aa</p><p>]</p><p>]</p><p>ma</p><p>da</p><p>ee</p><p>: Maybe we could have dinner on Thursday or Friday?</p><p>: Well, Tm free on Thursday.</p><p>: Let's have a guick drink ar the pub and rhen go somewhere to eat.</p><p>: Well, Dve got time to go to the pub for half an hour.</p><p>: Are the shops open in the evenings and on Sundays?</p><p>: Well, I know they're open in the evenitgs.</p><p>: My favourite school subjects were history and geography.</p><p>: Really? 1 liked geogrdphy ...</p><p>: [rs freezing today!</p><p>: [rs pretty cold, yes, but its good weather for walking, so let's ga!</p><p>: Did vou go to university in Europe?</p><p>: 1 didm't stud$ there, no, 1 just travelled around.</p><p>: Did you come on the ferry?</p><p>: No, 1 like travelling by sea” but it takes too long.</p><p>: We've got plenty of time - we're leaving at four.</p><p>: Thar's the departifre time, yes, but we have to be there by three.</p><p>: Are the shops open at the weekend?</p><p>: | know they're open on Saturdhys.</p><p>: What did you think of the band?</p><p>: The singér was good.</p><p>: Have vou been sightseeing yet?</p><p>: We've been to the castif — that's all we had time for today.</p><p>: Can | have something non-alcoholic?</p><p>: We've got some oranje juice ... or some minefal water ...</p><p>There is no Key for Unit 45.</p><p>1</p><p>My</p><p>Go</p><p>d</p><p>n</p><p>ON</p><p>B</p><p>E</p><p>E</p><p>E</p><p>E</p><p>E</p><p>B</p><p>E</p><p>E</p><p>r</p><p>E</p><p>E</p><p>E</p><p>: ] was lying in bed last night, round about midnighe, and | heard a knock at the door.</p><p>: OH What did vou od</p><p>: Well, I went downstaifs ...</p><p>: I was waiting for the bus” yesterday, as ususl, and suddehly I heard an explosion.</p><p>: Did you?</p><p>: Yeg, and 1 thought What's thag!?</p><p>: T was watching the newf one night, and suddefly 1 saw myself in the shopping Centre.</p><p>Sorry?</p><p>:1 said T saw myself, on TY!</p><p>Thar's amazing!</p><p>: 1 left my wallet on the bus today!</p><p>: Oh, no! That's terrible!</p><p>: Todd$ was awfult</p><p>Why? What happened?</p><p>: Well, first the bus was late, then ...</p><p>:| was walking by the rivef one day last week, down near the bridge, you know?</p><p>Yes?</p><p>: And | heard a sort of loud noise in the water...</p><p>English Pronunciation in Use (Elementary)</p><p>AG.2 A:| was lying in bed last night, round about midaiëht, and I heard a knock at rhe door.</p><p>B: ON? Did you?</p><p>A: Yes, and I thought, “That's unustial.”</p><p>8: What did you do?</p><p>A: Well, 1 went downstaifs, and looked through the windSw, and it was dark, of course, bur I</p><p>could see a bus in the street, with its liglits off and no passengers, and a man standing at</p><p>my door, with a sort of official-looking cap on his head.</p><p>B: Sorry?</p><p>A:A cap, You knéw, like bus drivers wear.</p><p>B: Oh, 1 see. What happened?</p><p>A: Well, | opened the doër, and he said, “Mr Johni$on?', and 1 said, “YE$2* And he said, 'Here's</p><p>your wallet. 1 finished work ar midriight and 1 fouad it on my bus.” What do vou think</p><p>about thar?</p><p>B: Thars amazing!</p><p>47.1 1 A:How was the match?</p><p>B: The first half was guité good, but the second half was really good.</p><p>2 A: How was the match?</p><p>B: The first half was guite good, bur the second half was terrible.</p><p>3 A: Can I come and discuss this FOmoOrrow?</p><p>B: I won't be here tomorrow, but my colleague will be.</p><p>4 A: Can | come and discuss this tomorrow?</p><p>B: | womt be here tomoriow, but PIl be back on Thursday.</p><p>$ A: Have you seen that film?</p><p>B: Dve seer it, but 1 camt remember much about it.</p><p>6 A: Have you seen that film?</p><p>B: 1 havémt seen it, but Dd like to.</p><p>7 A: Are you having trouble?</p><p>B: 1 know what this word meals, but | domt know how to pronaunce it.</p><p>8 A: Are you having trouble?</p><p>B: | know what this word means, but | dom't know any of the others!</p><p>9 A: What did you think?</p><p>B: 1 liked the film, but 1 didm really understand</p><p>it.</p><p>10 A: What did you think?</p><p>B: 1 liked the fl, but the seats were so uncomfortable!</p><p>11 A: Td like to go to Britain to study for a month or two - or maybe even a year!</p><p>B: Dd like to go to Britain for a moridh, but not for a year.</p><p>12 A: Fd like to go to Britain to study for a month or two — or maybe even a year!</p><p>B: Td like to go to Britain, but Pd rather go to America.</p><p>English Pronunciation in Use (Elementary) 155</p><p>47.2</p><p>48.1</p><p>49.2</p><p>156</p><p>1 A: What's the answer - three hundred and eighty-five?</p><p>B: No - three hundred and ninety-five.</p><p>2 A: After you.</p><p>B: No — after vou.</p><p>3 A: You went to the disco with Steve last nighr, didmt you?</p><p>B: 1 didn't go Vith him — 1 met him there.</p><p>4 A: Do vou live in London?</p><p>B: Well, nor really inf ondon, just outside.</p><p>$ A: You said go over the bridge.</p><p>B: No, I said go under the bridge.</p><p>6 A: Were there really fifty people at your birthday party?</p><p>B: Well, near fifty, I think.</p><p>7 A: What's “Thank vou" in Italian?</p><p>B: 1 camt speak Tralian.</p><p>8 A: How many times have vou been to England?</p><p>B: ve never been to England.</p><p>9 A: Was the course expensive3</p><p>B: Well, my school paid for the courdé, but the travel cost guite a lot.</p><p>10 A: How much should 1 bring - fifty pounds?</p><p>B: You'l] need at least ffty.</p><p>1 A: Do vou like westerns?</p><p>B: Me? | cant stand westerns!</p><p>2 A: Irs stopped raining.</p><p>B: Really? 1 don't belieye ir!</p><p>3 A: ls it the first time you've been here?</p><p>B: The fr. — and probably the last!</p><p>4 A: You know the city pretty well, dom't you?</p><p>B: MéÉé Dve never been here before!</p><p>5 A: What are twelve elevens?</p><p>B: Don't ask mé! Dm hopeless with numbers!</p><p>6 A: Irs two pounds fifty for a cup of coffee.</p><p>B: Two fifdf? Thars ridiclous!</p><p>7 A: Were the shops busy today?</p><p>: Bus$? They were almost empry!</p><p>A- Do you like rap music?</p><p>: LIKE ie? Think ies awiul!</p><p>B</p><p>A</p><p>B</p><p>1 A: Can I helf you?</p><p>B: No, thatiks, Dm just looking.</p><p>B: TN rake this, pledse.</p><p>A: Sure. Anyrhing elsê?</p><p>B: No, thafiks, rhar's all.</p><p>3 A: That's fifteen forty altogether.</p><p>B: Here you aré”</p><p>ty</p><p>English Pronunciation in Use (Elementary)</p><p>49.3</p><p>49.4</p><p>DO.2</p><p>50.3</p><p>4 A: Here's your charige.</p><p>B: Thank yod.</p><p>SA: See you.</p><p>B: Byd,</p><p>A: Excuse met</p><p>B: Yes?</p><p>A: Can you tell me the way to the station, pleate?</p><p>B: Yes, you just go along this rodd, cross the bridge over the rivêr and there's a big park on your</p><p>left, you know? Well, you go through rhe park and the statidhy's just on the other side.</p><p>A: Is it far:</p><p>B: N?9, not very far</p><p>A: OK, so 1 go along this road, cross the bridie and through the park — rige?</p><p>B: Thar's right.</p><p>A: Thanks very much.</p><p>B: You're welcome. Byd.</p><p>A-: Byd</p><p>A: AI rigke?</p><p>B: Yes”</p><p>A: Not nervdus?</p><p>B: A bit”</p><p>A: Don't worfy. Ir1 be fine.</p><p>B: 1 ed SO.</p><p>A: Right. Let's stast. Are you ready?</p><p>B: 1 hink so.</p><p>A: OK. The first guestion is”.. Whar's your name?</p><p>B: My nani€? ... [Es ... Jack Johnson.</p><p>A: Thar's right! Well done! Difidule?</p><p>es</p><p>: Weil. not toe'bad.</p><p>A: Right. The secoiid guestion is... What's 37,548 x 7,726?</p><p>B: Whaf!</p><p>T</p><p>oR</p><p>it was! usually</p><p>of course! is it?</p><p>defmitely maybe</p><p>really?</p><p>T think so</p><p>did you?</p><p>sometimes</p><p>A T</p><p>Thars great! That's straifge.</p><p>That's fantastic! Thar's interdsting.</p><p>Thars marvellous! That's good news!</p><p>That's kind of you!</p><p>That's a good idef.</p><p>English Pronunciation in Use (Elementary) 157</p><p>Key</p><p>E3 Sound pairs</p><p>Sound pair 1 Sound pair 4</p><p>1 leave live 1 Jud hul</p><p>2 live live 2 lud lol</p><p>3 feel fall 3 pull pool</p><p>4 fll feel 4 pull pool</p><p>$ filled field $ fool full</p><p>6 field field 6 full full</p><p>7 Tim team 7 look Luke</p><p>8 seat 8 / l</p><p>9 will 9 Jud</p><p>10 eat 10 pull</p><p>11 cheap 11 pull</p><p>12 litter 12 fool</p><p>Sound pair 2 Sound pair $</p><p>1 near knee 1 hol IM</p><p>2 near knee 2 hol lol</p><p>3B beer 3 luck look</p><p>4 beer beer 4 look look</p><p>SD dear $ look luck</p><p>6 dear D 6 book book</p><p>7E E 7 book buck</p><p>8 cheers 8 la</p><p>9 near 9 lol</p><p>10 we 10 look</p><p>11D 11 look</p><p>12 here 12 book</p><p>Sound pair 3 Sound pair 6</p><p>1 sit sit 1 boot boat</p><p>2 set sit 2 boat boot</p><p>3 lift left 3 soap soup</p><p>4 left lift 4 soup soap</p><p>S litter litter 5 show show</p><p>6 letter letter 6 shoe show</p><p>7 lesson listen 7 throw through</p><p>8EF 8 toe</p><p>9 six 9 grew</p><p>10 N 10 blue</p><p>11 fl 11 boots</p><p>12 desk 12 shows</p><p>158 English Pronunciation in Use (Elementary)</p><p>Sound pair 7</p><p>1 hat</p><p>2 heart</p><p>3 March</p><p>4 match</p><p>$ park</p><p>6 pack</p><p>7 had</p><p>8 heart</p><p>9 match</p><p>10 park</p><p>11 hard</p><p>12 had</p><p>Sound pair 8</p><p>1 far</p><p>2 far</p><p>3 are</p><p>4 or</p><p>$ farm</p><p>6 form</p><p>7 star</p><p>8 four</p><p>9 or</p><p>10 R</p><p>11 port</p><p>12 store</p><p>Sound pair 9</p><p>1 cut</p><p>2 cut</p><p>3 cap</p><p>4 cup</p><p>5 match</p><p>6 match</p><p>7 ran</p><p>8 much</p><p>9 match</p><p>10 run</p><p>11 sang</p><p>12 rung</p><p>four</p><p>four</p><p>are</p><p>or</p><p>form</p><p>store</p><p>cat</p><p>cut</p><p>cap</p><p>cap</p><p>match</p><p>much</p><p>Sound pair 10</p><p>1 lock</p><p>2 luck</p><p>3 not</p><p>4 nut</p><p>5 gone</p><p>6 gun</p><p>7 shut</p><p>8 lock</p><p>9 box</p><p>10 rung</p><p>11 bus</p><p>12 song</p><p>Sound pair 11</p><p>1 /d</p><p>2</p><p>3 not</p><p>4 coast</p><p>5 want</p><p>6 note</p><p>7 cost</p><p>8 want</p><p>Sound pair 12</p><p>1 or</p><p>2 oh</p><p>3 caught</p><p>4 coat</p><p>5 walk</p><p>6 so</p><p>7 so</p><p>8 oh</p><p>9 ball</p><p>10 caught</p><p>11 bought</p><p>12 cold</p><p>lock</p><p>not</p><p>nut</p><p>gone</p><p>shot</p><p>hol</p><p>fool</p><p>not</p><p>COSt</p><p>want</p><p>oh</p><p>or</p><p>caught</p><p>caught</p><p>walk</p><p>English Pronunciation in Use (Elementary) 159</p><p>Key</p><p>Sound pair 13</p><p>1 //</p><p>2 (I</p><p>3 shot</p><p>4 pot</p><p>5 spot</p><p>6 short</p><p>7 pot</p><p>8 sport</p><p>Sound pair 14</p><p>1 work</p><p>2 walk</p><p>3 saw</p><p>4 saw</p><p>5 born</p><p>6 born</p><p>7 shirt</p><p>8 walk</p><p>9 burn</p><p>10 shirt</p><p>11 bird</p><p>12 walked</p><p>Sound pair 15</p><p>1 man</p><p>2 men</p><p>3 had</p><p>4 had</p><p>5 said</p><p>6 sad</p><p>7 pen</p><p>8 men</p><p>9 sad</p><p>10 mat</p><p>11 set</p><p>12 bed</p><p>Sound pair 16</p><p>1 paper</p><p>2 pepper</p><p>3 gate</p><p>4 get</p><p>5 wet</p><p>6 wait</p><p>7 late</p><p>8 pen</p><p>9 main</p><p>10 later</p><p>11 pepper</p><p>12 age</p><p>English Pronunciation in Use (Elementary)</p><p>lol</p><p>hy</p><p>short</p><p>port</p><p>spot</p><p>work</p><p>work</p><p>sir</p><p>saw</p><p>born</p><p>burn</p><p>short</p><p>men</p><p>man</p><p>had</p><p>head</p><p>sad</p><p>sad</p><p>pepper</p><p>paper</p><p>gate</p><p>gate</p><p>wait</p><p>wet</p><p>late</p><p>Sound pair 17</p><p>1 head</p><p>2 heard</p><p>3 bed</p><p>4 bed</p><p>5 turn</p><p>6 tum</p><p>7 went</p><p>8 bed</p><p>9 tum</p><p>10 werem't</p><p>11 worst</p><p>12 lend</p><p>Sound pair 18</p><p>1</p><p>2 better</p><p>3 butter</p><p>4 one</p><p>5 again</p><p>6 better</p><p>7 one</p><p>8 nut</p><p>Sound pair 19</p><p>1/</p><p>2 hat</p><p>3 hat</p><p>4 bad</p><p>5 heard</p><p>6 hurt</p><p>7 bird</p><p>8 heard</p><p>Sound pair 20</p><p>1/4</p><p>2 beard</p><p>3 bird</p><p>4 here</p><p>$ were</p><p>6 beard</p><p>7 her</p><p>8 were</p><p>heard</p><p>heard</p><p>bird</p><p>bird</p><p>weren't</p><p>led</p><p>better</p><p>better</p><p>when</p><p>a gun</p><p>hel</p><p>hat</p><p>hurt</p><p>bird</p><p>heard</p><p>hol</p><p>beard</p><p>beard</p><p>here</p><p>were</p><p>Sound pair 21</p><p>1 wear</p><p>2 way</p><p>3A</p><p>4 A</p><p>5 stay</p><p>6 stair</p><p>7 hey!</p><p>8 stair</p><p>9 hair</p><p>10 there</p><p>1 K</p><p>12 no way</p><p>Sound pair 22</p><p>1 May</p><p>2 my</p><p>3 why</p><p>4 way</p><p>5 day</p><p>6 die</p><p>7A</p><p>8</p><p>9 white</p><p>10 lake</p><p>11 buy</p><p>12 high</p><p>Sound pair 23</p><p>1 pears</p><p>2 bears</p><p>way</p><p>wear</p><p>A</p><p>air</p><p>stair</p><p>stay</p><p>hair</p><p>May</p><p>why</p><p>why</p><p>die</p><p>die</p><p>pears</p><p>pears</p><p>bay</p><p>pay</p><p>pen</p><p>Ben</p><p>Sound pair 24</p><p>1 fair</p><p>2 pear</p><p>3 full</p><p>4 full</p><p>5 past</p><p>6 fast</p><p>7 coffee</p><p>8 pear</p><p>9 full</p><p>10 past</p><p>11 feet</p><p>12 coffee</p><p>Sound pair 25</p><p>1 watch</p><p>2 what's</p><p>3 toes</p><p>4 chose</p><p>5 test</p><p>6 chest</p><p>7 coats</p><p>8 chose</p><p>9 coat</p><p>10 beach</p><p>11 each</p><p>12 eats</p><p>Sound pair 26</p><p>1 try</p><p>2 die</p><p>3 die</p><p>4 down</p><p>5 town</p><p>6 white</p><p>7 wide</p><p>8 writing</p><p>9 two</p><p>10 D</p><p>11 road</p><p>12 said</p><p>pear</p><p>fair</p><p>full</p><p>pull</p><p>fast</p><p>fast</p><p>Copy</p><p>watch</p><p>watch</p><p>toes</p><p>toes</p><p>chest</p><p>chest</p><p>coach</p><p>tie</p><p>die</p><p>down</p><p>down</p><p>wide</p><p>wide</p><p>English Pronunciation in Use (Elementary) 161</p><p>Key</p><p>Sound pair 27</p><p>1 taught</p><p>2 taught</p><p>3 three</p><p>4 three</p><p>5 boat</p><p>6 both</p><p>7 mats</p><p>8 taught</p><p>9 thought</p><p>10 three</p><p>11 boat</p><p>12 mats</p><p>Sound pair 28</p><p>1 gold</p><p>2 gold</p><p>3 back</p><p>4 bag</p><p>$ class</p><p>6 glass</p><p>7 docks</p><p>8 cold</p><p>9 bag</p><p>10 glass</p><p>11 class</p><p>12 dogs</p><p>Sound pair 29</p><p>1 view</p><p>2 few</p><p>3 leaf</p><p>4 leave</p><p>$ very</p><p>6 ferry</p><p>7 lift</p><p>8 view</p><p>9 leaf</p><p>10 very</p><p>11 safe</p><p>12 lived</p><p>162 English Pronunciation in Use (Elementary)</p><p>thought</p><p>taught</p><p>tree</p><p>three</p><p>both</p><p>boat</p><p>maths</p><p>cold</p><p>gold</p><p>back</p><p>back</p><p>glass</p><p>glass</p><p>docks</p><p>few</p><p>few</p><p>leave</p><p>leave</p><p>ferry</p><p>lift</p><p>Sound pair 30</p><p>1 sing</p><p>2 sing</p><p>3 thought</p><p>4 sort</p><p>S thick</p><p>6 sick</p><p>7 mouth</p><p>8 sing</p><p>9 thought</p><p>10 thick</p><p>11 thumb</p><p>12 mouse</p><p>Sound pair 31</p><p>1 plays</p><p>2 plays</p><p>3 Sue</p><p>4 zoo</p><p>5 ice</p><p>6 eyes</p><p>7 rise</p><p>8 place</p><p>9 zo0</p><p>10 niece</p><p>11 peas</p><p>12 eyes</p><p>Sound pair 32.</p><p>1 so</p><p>2</p><p>show</p><p>3 sheet</p><p>4 seat</p><p>S short</p><p>6 sort</p><p>7 Sue</p><p>8 show</p><p>9 sheet</p><p>10 suit</p><p>11 save</p><p>12 shine</p><p>ing</p><p>thought</p><p>thought</p><p>sick</p><p>thick</p><p>MOUSE</p><p>plays</p><p>place</p><p>ZOO</p><p>ice</p><p>eyes</p><p>rise</p><p>show</p><p>seat</p><p>seat</p><p>short</p><p>short</p><p>shoe</p><p>Sound pair 33</p><p>1 shoes</p><p>2 shoes</p><p>3 chip</p><p>4 ship</p><p>5 catch</p><p>6 catch</p><p>7 wash</p><p>8 shoes</p><p>9 chair</p><p>10 cheap</p><p>11 catch</p><p>12 watch</p><p>Sound pair 34</p><p>1 ran</p><p>2 ran</p><p>3 thing</p><p>4 thin</p><p>$ thing</p><p>6 think</p><p>7 sink</p><p>8 ran</p><p>9 thin</p><p>10 think</p><p>11 sing</p><p>12 sung</p><p>Sound pair 35</p><p>1 aight</p><p>2 might</p><p>3 me</p><p>4 knee</p><p>$ sun</p><p>6 some</p><p>7 some</p><p>8 night</p><p>9 mice</p><p>10 nine</p><p>11 sung</p><p>12 swim</p><p>choose</p><p>shoes</p><p>chip</p><p>chip</p><p>cash</p><p>cash</p><p>wash</p><p>rang</p><p>rang</p><p>thin</p><p>thin</p><p>thing</p><p>sing</p><p>might</p><p>might</p><p>knee</p><p>me</p><p>sun</p><p>Sun</p><p>sung</p><p>Sound pair 36</p><p>1 light</p><p>2 light</p><p>3 long</p><p>4 wrong</p><p>$ collect</p><p>6 collect</p><p>7 reader</p><p>8 light</p><p>9 long</p><p>10 rock</p><p>11 correct</p><p>12 arrive</p><p>Sound pair 37</p><p>1A</p><p>2 hey!</p><p>3 hear</p><p>4 ear</p><p>5 eye</p><p>6 high</p><p>7 air</p><p>BA</p><p>9 heating</p><p>10 old</p><p>11 eight</p><p>12 heart</p><p>English Pronunciation in Use (Elementary)</p><p>light</p><p>right</p><p>wrong</p><p>wrong</p><p>collect</p><p>correct</p><p>leader</p><p>hey!</p><p>A</p><p>hear</p><p>eye</p><p>high</p><p>hair</p><p>163</p><p>Key</p><p>E5 The alphabet</p><p>bee</p><p>see</p><p>eye</p><p>oh</p><p>pea</p><p>gueue</p><p>are</p><p>tea</p><p>you</p><p>why</p><p>E52 1w 2j 3y</p><p>E5.4 11 2j 3x df S5z 6b 7g 8d 9t 10k 11h 12p</p><p>F5.1</p><p>“</p><p>E</p><p>T</p><p>A</p><p>D</p><p>O</p><p>B</p><p>E</p><p>T</p><p>E</p><p>G</p><p>ES.4 1 bird 2 use 3 years 4 sixty $ choose 6 key</p><p>7 guess 8 wait 9 jar 10 chegue 11 wave 12 edge</p><p>E6 Pronouncing numbers</p><p>EG.1 1106</p><p>2 918</p><p>3 11,690</p><p>4 4,004</p><p>5 350,000</p><p>E6.2 11540</p><p>2 1603</p><p>3 1800</p><p>4 1945</p><p>$ 2003</p><p>(G.3 1 0378 464 952</p><p>2 0208 56 77 82 03</p><p>3 01446 847 392</p><p>4 0048 $7 766 412</p><p>$ 0500 2875 9104</p><p>E6.4 132</p><p>2 —11"</p><p>3 August 20th / 20 August</p><p>4 21st</p><p>S 5</p><p>6 1.6093</p><p>7 67.7%</p><p>8 va</p><p>le</p><p>164 English Pronunciation in Use (Elementary)</p><p>E8 Homophones</p><p>1 Bye for now. / What did you buy?</p><p>2 Write your name. / That's right.</p><p>3 1 cant see. / The deep blue sea.</p><p>4 When shall we meet? / Do you eat med?</p><p>$ Check the answers. / Pay by chegue.</p><p>6 1 don't know what to wear. / Where are you?</p><p>7 1 don't kmou. / No, | don't.</p><p>8 Come bere. / 1 can't bear you.</p><p>9 Our new house. / | knew the answer.</p><p>10 1 feel weak. / The end of the week.</p><p>English Pronunciation in Use (Elementary) 165</p><p>166</p><p>Acknowledgements</p><p>I would like to thank Frances Amrani for commissioning and guiding the project and Alison</p><p>Silver for her assiduous and supportive editorial work.</p><p>1 would also like to thank the following reviewers for their feedback on the first version of the</p><p>manuscript:</p><p>Melanie Bell, Cambridge, UK</p><p>Barbara Bradford, Kent, UK</p><p>David Hill, Sydney, Australia</p><p>Jean Meakin, Buckinghamshire, UK</p><p>Gillian Paterson, Paris, France</p><p>The IATEFL Pronunciation Special Interest Group (PronSIG) has been a constant source of</p><p>inspiration and opportunity for experimentation over the past 20 years (see www.iatefl.org).</p><p>Jonathan Marks 2007</p><p>James Richardson produced the audio recordings at Studio AVP, London.</p><p>Tustrations 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Listen and then é ed</p><p>say the sound. Your tongue is not so far back as for /u:/. EF</p><p>Target sound: /u/</p><p>lips forward</p><p>ERTS Sound and spelling</p><p>AND . Jul is often spelled u, oo or ou. Listen and say these words.</p><p>(a little)</p><p>full sugar book foot would</p><p>AT7e se Listen and say this other word with /u/.</p><p>woman</p><p>A17d e Now listen and say these phrases.</p><p>1 My bag's full.</p><p>2 Where's my book?</p><p>3 my left foot</p><p>4 a kilo of sugar</p><p>5 Who's that woman?</p><p>14 English Pronunciation in Use (Elementary)</p><p>3.1</p><p>E 2</p><p>sy ty</p><p>)</p><p>die</p><p>T</p><p>a</p><p>- re</p><p>del</p><p>3.6</p><p>Section A Sounds and spelling</p><p>Exercises</p><p>Circle the words with Jul. (There are nine)</p><p>four June look news room school soup spoon sugar town</p><p>Tuesday two</p><p>Listen to check your answers. Check with the Key. Then listen and repeat.</p><p>Put the /uz/ words from Exercise 3.1 in the sentences.</p><p>1 Do vou like fast ...</p><p>2 Are vou COMIDE FO</p><p>3 MES sesse the second OË...</p><p>4 Let's watch the ....usss</p><p>EE is over there.</p><p>6 Here a sesse TOE VOUE sees oe</p><p>Listen to check your answers. Check with the Key. Then listen and repeat.</p><p>Circle the words with Jul. (There are six.)</p><p>Cbook) cookery cough could good looking lunch soon sugar</p><p>thought through</p><p>Listen to check your answers. Check with the Key. Then listen and repeat.</p><p>Put the /of words from Exercise 3.3 in the sentences.</p><p>1 Do you take une</p><p>2 ee es you help me? Pm .... for a cookery</p><p>Listen to check your answers. Check with the Key. Then listen and repeat.</p><p>Circle the words that have /uz/ or fo, then put them in the correct column.</p><p>1 Is it really frue? 6 TIl be ready soon.</p><p>2 You're standing on my foor! 7 Here's your ticket - don't lose it!</p><p>3 Are you a good cook? 8 Go through that door over there.</p><p>4 Where's my toothbrush? 9 My keys! Where did I put them?</p><p>$ Do you push or pull to open this door?</p><p>had lol</p><p>) foot</p><p>Listen to check your answers. Check with the Key. Then listen and repeat.</p><p>Listen and circle the word you hear. Check with the Key. If any of these are difficult for you, go to</p><p>Section E3 Sound pairs for further practice.</p><p>1 gool/ pal (— sound pair 4)</p><p>2 look / luck (— sound pair $)</p><p>3 soup / soap (— sound pair 6)</p><p>English Pronunciation in Use (Elementary) I5</p><p>Father and mother</p><p>U laf and /AI</p><p>How to make the sound /a:/</p><p>e Jas is a long sound. Look at the diagram. Listen and then</p><p>say the sound. Open your mouth wide. Target sound: /az/</p><p>back of</p><p>tongue</p><p>down</p><p>END Sound and spelling AD — ie dom</p><p>TY e fax is usually spelled a or ar. Listen and say these words.</p><p>after afternoon ask answer bath bathroom camt class dance fast</p><p>father glass tomato bar car card far park star start</p><p>e Listen and say these other words with /a/.</p><p>aunt laugh heart half (The letter in half is silent.)</p><p>ER e Listen and say these sentences.</p><p>1 How far's the car park?</p><p>2 We went to a large bar full of film stars.</p><p>3 We're starting in half an hour.</p><p>GP os In words with a ietter r after the las sound, most Americans and some British people pronounce the r.</p><p>' wportand Listen to the same sentences, this time with the letter rs pronounced.</p><p>ker ieteaing] * Some people, especially in the north of England, pronounce the letters a or au as (zc/ in some of these</p><p>AE words. Listen.</p><p>after afternoon ask answer . aunt bath . bathroom class dance (fast glass laugh</p><p>7) Listen to these sentences, first with /az/, then with /se/.</p><p>1 See you tomorrow afternoon. 3 We were laughing and dancing in the classroom.</p><p>2 TIl ask my aunt. 4 1 left my glasses in the bathroom.</p><p>N Note: The name of the letter R is pronounced /azf or Jazr].</p><p>Note: The word are is often pronounced /az/ or /azr]. (See Unit 40)</p><p>How to make the sound /A/</p><p>e (A is a short sound. Look at the diagram. Listen and then</p><p>say the sound. Open your mouth wide. Target sound: /A/</p><p>LT Sound and spelling</p><p>(2% e /M is usually spelled u, but sometimes ou or 0. Listen and</p><p>say these words.</p><p>bus colour come cup front London luck Monday month mother</p><p>much nothing number run study sun unce under</p><p>rare EER lips</p><p>eg, jaw</p><p>/N Note: The words son and sun have the same pronunciation.</p><p>Note: The number one is pronounced /wAn].</p><p>Ao% e Listen and say these sentences.</p><p>1 Good luck with your exam next month!</p><p>2 Take the number one bus.</p><p>3 1 said “Come on Monday”, not “Come on Sunday”.</p><p>4 My brothers studying in London.</p><p>A25d some people, especially in the north of England, say /u] instead of (AL. Listen to the same sentences,</p><p>wort ant this time with /ol.</p><p>for (istening</p><p>T English Pronunciation in Use (Elementary)</p><p>4.1</p><p>A26</p><p>4.2</p><p>A27</p><p>4.3</p><p>A28</p><p>AA</p><p>Section A Sounds and spelling</p><p>Exercises</p><p>Listen and write the words in the correct column.</p><p>artist garden March part sauare talk warm watch</p><p>words with /ay/ words with other vowel sounds</p><p>artist Saar.</p><p>Check with the Key. Then listen again and repeat.</p><p>Listen and write the words in the correct column.</p><p>business country fun home lots money mother push</p><p>words with /A/ words with other vowel sounds</p><p>comdrU business</p><p>Check with the Key. Then listen again and repeat.</p><p>Complete the sentences with one Jaz/ word and one /A/ word.</p><p>butter carpet dark hard husband love Prague</p><p>1 The butter's tOO</p><p>2 Pd ee TO buy that</p><p>3 TheiF osse BOE ss</p><p>4 1 first met my . in</p><p>Listen to check your answers. Check with the Key. Then listen again and repeat.</p><p>Listen and circle the word you hear. Check with the Key. If any of these are difficult for you, go to</p><p>Section E3 Sound pairs for more practice.</p><p>1 heart / hat (— sound pair 7)</p><p>2 far four (— sound pair 8)</p><p>3 cat cut (— sound pair 9)</p><p>4 look / luck (— sound pair 5)</p><p>5 lack / lock (— sound pair 10)</p><p>6 butter | better (— sound pair 18)</p><p>English Pronunciation in Use (Elementary) 17</p><p>A dog in the corner</p><p>[ol and [21] d</p><p>How to make the sound /p/</p><p>oo e /o/ is a short sound. Look at the diagram. Listen and say</p><p>the sound. Round your lips a little. The front of your</p><p>tongue is low and towards the back of your mouth.</p><p>Target sound: /o/</p><p>front of</p><p>tongue</p><p>down</p><p>lips rounded</p><p>(a little)</p><p>Es</p><p>OS lips Forward</p><p>NES Sound and spelling few Gom</p><p>63% e [ol is usually spelled o, and sometimes a. Listen and repeat.</p><p>bottle box chocolate clock coffee copy cost cross doctor dog gone</p><p>got holiday hospital hot job lock long lost lot not off often</p><p>possible shop song sorry Stop top wrong</p><p>guality want wash wasnt watch what</p><p>Note: The word cough is pronounced /kof].</p><p>Note: The word was is sometimes pronounced with /o/. (See Unit 40) AN</p><p>0% e Now listen and say these sentences.</p><p>1 Have you got a lot of shopping?</p><p>2 Johm's gone to the shops.</p><p>thought it was.</p><p>“Most Americans pronounce tiese words differently. Listen.</p><p>Wportand- ” 1 Have you got a lot of shopping? 3 How much did your holiday cost?</p><p>for listening</p><p>2 John's gone to the shops.</p><p>3 How much did your holiday cost?</p><p>4 She said the coffee wasm't very good, but I</p><p>4 She said the coffee wasn't very good, but | thought it was.</p><p>How to make the sound /2:/</p><p>oi e (:/ is a long sound. Look at the diagram. Listen and say</p><p>the sound. Round your lips more than for /o/. Target</p><p>sound: Jo:</p><p>front of</p><p>tongue</p><p>down</p><p>Gr</p><p>lips very</p><p>as</p><p>, lips foward</p><p>ND Sound and spelling ao</p><p>Moi e /od has different spellings. Listen and say these words.</p><p>a all ball call fall tall ar guarter warm</p><p>wall water or bom corer fory horse</p><p>al talk walk short sort</p><p>au autumn oor door floor</p><p>aw saw ore before more</p><p>augh caughr daughter taught our four</p><p>ough bought thought</p><p>A31c e Now listen and say these phrases.</p><p>1 guarter past Four 4 walking on water</p><p>2 born in autumn</p><p>3 have some more</p><p>5 rhe fourtch door on the fourth floor</p><p>“14 When tere isa letter r after [o:k, most Americans, Scots and Irish, and some other English speakers</p><p>' porFand pronounce this r. Listen.</p><p>sor listening] 1 guarter past four 3 have some more 5 the fourth door on the fourth floor</p><p>2 born in autumn 4 walking on water</p><p>I8 English Pronunciation</p><p>in Use (Elementary)</p><p>5.1</p><p>5.3</p><p>5.4</p><p>5.5</p><p>Section A Sounds and spelling</p><p>Exercises</p><p>Write these words.</p><p>1 /klDk/f ese 3 /wont/ ee $ DSDEi osse</p><p>2 [DM EE 4 Pwontidf - 6 /WDU ss</p><p>Listen to check your answers. Check with the Key. Then listen again and repeat.</p><p>Listen and complete the dialogues with these /D/ words.</p><p>box chocolates clock doctor gone got. holiday on stopped</p><p>what what</p><p>1 A: Ma... time is it?</p><p>B: I dont know. The s</p><p>2 At ses RAVE VOU iss</p><p>B:A of</p><p>3 A: Where's the us</p><p>B: He's</p><p>Check with the Key. Then listen again and repeat.</p><p>What time is it?</p><p>Write the underlined verbs in the past tense.</p><p>EXAMPLE</p><p>We buy everything at the supermarket. everything at the supermarket.</p><p>1 T think about you every day. RT sms ABOUT YOU every day.</p><p>2 We always walk home from school. — We alWaYS . home from school.</p><p>3 1 catch the first bus in the morning. —P Mure the first bus in the morning.</p><p>4 My daughter teaches English. — My daughter... ese English.</p><p>Check with the Key. Then listen and repeat.</p><p>Write the names of the things in the picture.</p><p>(They all have // or (o7/.)</p><p>EXAMPLE ....1 Vofdle...</p><p>Check with the Key.</p><p>Listen and write the missing /n/ and /2:] words.</p><p>This is our kitchen. On the table there's a big ....— FUIl OË ShOPPINE, B osse of</p><p>wine and SOME ...... ma ANd pepper. There's 4 ne GEED as and the</p><p>me '$ @sleep in the corner behind the...</p><p>Check with the Key. Then listen and speak together with the recording.</p><p>Listen and circle the word you hear. Check with the Key. If any of these are difficult for you, go to</p><p>Section E3 Sound pairs for more practice.</p><p>1 mot / note (— sound pair 11) 4 skot skort (— sound pair 13)</p><p>2 luck / lock (— sound pair 10) 5 walk / work (— sound pair 14)</p><p>3 coat! caught (— sound pair 12)</p><p>English Pronunciation in Use (Elementary) I9</p><p>Bread and jam</p><p>lel and [el</p><p>How to make the sound je/ oeekoftongue</p><p>e /el is a short sound. Look at the diagram. Listen and say San bee Wide</p><p>the sound. Open your mouth guite wide. Target sound: /ef |.. “mouth</p><p>“jaw down (a little)</p><p>E</p><p>E</p><p>T</p><p>Sound and spelling</p><p>Ga e /el is usually spelled e, but sometimes ea, ie, a or ai. Listen and repeat.</p><p>e check leg letter red sentence</p><p>ea bread head read (past tense)</p><p>ie friend</p><p>a any many</p><p>ai again said</p><p>ER e Listen and say these sentences.</p><p>1 Tell me again.</p><p>2 Send me a chegue.</p><p>3 Correct these sentences.</p><p>4 Twenty to twelve.</p><p>5 Help your friend.</p><p>back of</p><p>. tongue down 7</p><p>ed OO Bu dowa</p><p>back camera factory hat jam' manager map plan traffic</p><p>6 How to make the sound /z/</p><p>OR. /zel is a short sound. Look at the diagram. Listen and say</p><p>the sound. Open your mouth wide. Target sound: /ze!</p><p>Sound and spelling</p><p>(sb e Joel is vsually spelled a. Listen and repeat.</p><p>BO e Listen and say these sentences.</p><p>1 Thanks for the cash.</p><p>2 1 ran to the bank.</p><p>3 Where's my black jacket?</p><p>4 "That man works in a jam factory.</p><p>5 Let me carry your bags.</p><p>20 English Pronunciation in Use (Elementary)</p><p>6.1</p><p>6.2</p><p>“MA0,</p><p>N</p><p>6.3</p><p>Aa</p><p>6.4</p><p>42)</p><p>Section A Sounds and spelling</p><p>Exercises</p><p>Write these words.</p><p>EXAMPLE /MEP/ MAP.</p><p>1 /heend/f 5 Imen/</p><p>2 Ibest/ GERS 6 Fmeni/</p><p>3 leg! ss 7 haevl</p><p>4 men! ee 8 nekst/</p><p>Check with the Key. Then listen and repeat.</p><p>Seven of these numbers have fel. Which are they?</p><p>3 rd 8 10 11 12 13 17 18 20 70 80 100</p><p>SeVER</p><p>Check with the Key. Then listen and repeat.</p><p>Match the phrases to make sentences with an Je and an /el.</p><p>The first plan was the best.</p><p>1 The first plan .....aas. the. best... a any milk.</p><p>2 He said .... b again tOMOFFOW.</p><p>3 How many .. c in a flat over there.</p><p>4 1 havem't got .. s d stamps do you need?</p><p>$ II be back ..... e was-the-best.</p><p>6 My friends live eie f “Thank you.”</p><p>Check with the Key. Then listen and repeat.</p><p>Listen and circle the word you hear. Check with the Key. If any of these are difficult for you, go to</p><p>Section F3 Sound pairs for more practice.</p><p>1 men / man (— sound pair 15)</p><p>2 cat cut (— sound pair 9)</p><p>3 had / hard — sound pair 7) (</p><p>4 pepper paper (— sound pair 16)</p><p>S head / heard (— sound pair 17)</p><p>6 set sit (— sound pair 3)</p><p>7 better | butter (— sound pair 18)</p><p>English Pronunciation in Use (Elementary) aI</p><p>Ti ay birthday's on Thursday</p><p>AT</p><p>EE 'N How to make the sound /3:/</p><p>Ada e /3/ is a long sound. Look at the diagram. Listen and say</p><p>the sound. To make this sound, your mouth and your</p><p>tongue should be very relaxed. Target sound: /3:/</p><p>relaxed lips,</p><p>tongue and jaw</p><p>Note: (2: is a sound English speakers often make when they</p><p>AA3b aren't sure what to say, and we often write it “er: Listen.</p><p>A: What date is it today?</p><p>B: Er, | think it's the tenth.</p><p>EERS) Sound and spelling</p><p>AA e (3 is spelled ir, or, ur, our, ear or er. Listen and say these words.</p><p>ir bird first birhday cicle thirty</p><p>or word work world worse worst</p><p>ur turm Thursday</p><p>our journey</p><p>ear early earth heard learn</p><p>er service Germany prefer dessert weremt verb university</p><p>N Note: Tne words her, hers and were are often pronounced with /z:l. (See Units 38 and 40)</p><p>A43d . Now listen and say these sentences.</p><p>N EE</p><p>IE</p><p>EE EE</p><p>My birthday's on Thursday the</p><p>thirty-first and hers is a week later.</p><p>1 My birthday's on Thursday the thirty-first, and hers is a week later.</p><p>2 When would vou prefer, Tuesday or Thursday?</p><p>3 That was the worst journey in the world!</p><p>4 Have you ever heard this word?</p><p>$ A: The cakes weren't very good.</p><p>B: I thought they were.</p><p>6 She went to university to learn German.</p><p>GP Notice that therets always an r in the spelling of (s:/. Most Americans Scots and Irish, and some other</p><p>[es f ' Engtish speakers pronounce these rs (see Unit 22). Listen. RE '</p><p>or leten j 1 My birthdays on Thursday the thirty-first, and hers i sa week hier</p><p>2 When would you prefer, Tuesday or Thursday? ' |</p><p>3 That was the worst joumey in the world!</p><p>4 Have you ever heard this word?</p><p>SA: The cakes weren't very good.</p><p>ER: lfhoughtthieywers. ie</p><p>6 She went to urivesiy bo] am Geman.</p><p>22 English Pronunciation in Use (Elementary)</p><p>7.1</p><p>Mad</p><p>7.2</p><p>A45</p><p>7.4</p><p>A46</p><p>7.4</p><p>A47</p><p>Section A Sounds and spelling</p><p>Exercises</p><p>Listen and put the words in the correct groups.</p><p>beard car chair church curtains dirty door floor four girl horse</p><p>large March mear nurse pair parked purse shirt shorts stars Ssurfer</p><p>third warm wearing</p><p>words with /o/ words with /a/ words with other sounds</p><p>1 OOP ee RE 1 baard</p><p>2 ee p.p EE</p><p>1</p><p>2</p><p>3</p><p>4.</p><p>5</p><p>Check with the Key. Then listen again and repeat.</p><p>Look at the picture and complete the sentences, using the</p><p>words from Exercise 7.1.</p><p>1 The MAS... is SittiNg ON A us EXT</p><p>tO the ie ms</p><p>2 The boy's a of</p><p>REG and a</p><p>3 There's a man With a ms Standing</p><p>the $</p><p>4 The girl es iS ON EE ss HERE</p><p>to the bed.</p><p>5. TV same sg . in the room.</p><p>6 The date is the of</p><p>7 There's a picture of a .—.———y ANd a picture of</p><p>8 There are flowers on the ms</p><p>9 Through the windows, you Can Se@ & seg</p><p>with a</p><p>outside. There are SOME IN the sky.</p><p>Listen to check your answers. Check with the Key. Then</p><p>listen again and repeat.</p><p>Listen and write the numbers vou hear.</p><p>d ses A sees 6 8</p><p>Check with the Key. Then listen again and repeat.</p><p>Listen and circle the word you hear. Check with the Key. If you find any of these difficult, go to</p><p>Section E3 Sound pairs for further practice.</p><p>1 sbirts/ sborts (— sound pair 14) 3 bird | beard (— sound pair 20)</p><p>2 first / fast (— sound pair 19) 4 heard / bead (— sound pair 17)</p><p>English Pronunciatian in Use (Elementary) 23</p><p>Here and there</p><p>Jol and (eo/</p><p>How to make the sound /1af EE.</p><p>A48a es frol is a long sound. It moves from // to /a/. Look at the</p><p>diagram. Listen and say the sound. Target sound: /to/</p><p>front of</p><p>tongue up</p><p>N Note: When you say the sound /ra/ by itself, you say the word ear. |</p><p>B) Sound and spelling EE</p><p>A4Sb es Jral is spelled in different ways. Listen and repeat.</p><p>ea real</p><p>ear ear hbeard clear hear nearly year</p><p>eer beer cheers</p><p>ere here were EE</p><p>relaxed tongue</p><p>and lips M</p><p>E</p><p>|</p><p>A48c e Listen and say these sentences.</p><p>so</p><p>1 We're here!</p><p>2 Have a beer — cheers!</p><p>3 Is there a bank near here?</p><p>4 The meaning ismt really clear.</p><p>How to make the sound /ea/ S back of tongue —</p><p>A49 e (col is a long sound. It moves from /c/ to /a/. Look at the down (a little) e— Wide</p><p>diagram. Listen and say the sound. Target sound: /ea/ , , mouth</p><p>ed</p><p>Ë Ee *—jaw down (a little)</p><p>N Note: When vou say the sound /ea/ by itself, you say the word air. |</p><p>ND Sound and spelling 5</p><p>A4% s /eol is spelled in different ways. Listen and repeat.</p><p>are care sguare Es —— relaxed tongue</p><p>air air chair fair hair stair AN and lips</p><p>ear wear W</p><p>EE EE ere where EE</p><p>aer aeroplane</p><p>A4% . Listen and say these sentences.</p><p>A- Look at hat aeroplane!</p><p>B: Where?</p><p>A- Up there, in the air, of course!</p><p>69) Sometimes you-hear an fel sound after hel or EA ee</p><p>' wportant with fr] ear hearly where EE</p><p>Kor listenmg) ; ; ss j si</p><p>without Jr] ear mearly . air ` wine Fi Ee.</p><p>E</p><p>E</p><p>ER</p><p>sy</p><p>24 English Pronunciation in Use (Elementary)</p><p>Section A Sounds and spelling</p><p>Exercises</p><p>“.1 Read this note and find four fraf words and four /ea/ words.</p><p>Dear Mary,</p><p>VM really pleased you CAN come to the theatre with vs tonight.</p><p>We ve dot saats uestairs, near the front. £ee yow there!</p><p>earah</p><p>hol 1 .DEAF SEENINGE 3 Ad</p><p>lesl 1 Mara. d sees MEE AE</p><p>Aso Listen to check your answers. Check with the Key. Then listen and repeat.</p><p>7.2 Complete these sentences with fra/ and /ea/ words.</p><p>1 She's got PA. hu</p><p>2 The ch. are under the st...</p><p>3 How manY Ys have you lived h....u ?</p><p>4 There's a man with a b...—uus sitting in the $..—</p><p>$ Speak up! 1 camt h...m vou.</p><p>6 Is a cl... day — you can see for miles.</p><p>(AS1; Listen to check your answers. Check with the Key. Then</p><p>listen and repeat.</p><p>8.3 Listen. Can you hear an /r/ sound after the /1o/ or eal in the underlined words? Circle the correct</p><p>'A52. answer.</p><p>EXAMPLE ad</p><p>See you next year. del (no hr '</p><p>1 See you next year. fr! nmofr</p><p>2 We're from England —- what about you? ir! nofr</p><p>3 Bye — take care! fr! no fr</p><p>4 Bye — take care! fr mol</p><p>$ Where shall we meet? kl no</p><p>6 Where shall we meet? ' hr! nofl</p><p>Check with the Key.</p><p>4 Listen and repeat these poems.</p><p>Asaa ty * When nobody's there</p><p>| don't care what | wear,</p><p>and | sit on the stair</p><p>with my feet on a chair.</p><p>ve had these ears</p><p>a hundred years.</p><p>Well, no, not really</p><p>but very, very nearly!</p><p>“.S Listen and circle the word you hear. Check with the Key. If any of these are difficult for you, go to</p><p>Section E3 Sound pairs for further practice.</p><p>As 1 near l knee (— sound pair 2)</p><p>2 bird beard (— sound pair 20)</p><p>3 wear | way (— sound pair 21)</p><p>English Pronunciation in Use (Elementary) 25</p><p>26</p><p>Have a great time!</p><p>le1f, la] and [ou</p><p>How to make the sound /er/</p><p>s led is a long sound. It moves from /c/ to //. Look at the</p><p>diagram. Listen and say the sound. Target sound: /ew</p><p>IN Note: When vou say the sound /ez/ by itself, you say the letter A.</p><p>Sound and spelling</p><p>Ash e (ed is spelled in different ways. Listen and repear.</p><p>a age came plane table '</p><p>ai rain wait Ee</p><p>ay day play Say</p><p>ey grey</p><p>ca break great</p><p>eigh eight weight</p><p>As s Listen and say these sentences.</p><p>1 They came a day later.</p><p>2 It was a grey day in May.</p><p>How to make the sound /ar/</p><p>front of</p><p>tongue up</p><p>3 Is this the way to the station?</p><p>4 Wait at the gate — PII be there at eight.</p><p>s ad is a long sound. Ir moves from /a/ to /. Look ar the</p><p>diagram. Listen and say the sound. Target sound: Jay</p><p>N Note: When you say the sound ja: by itself, you say the word / or</p><p>eye, or the letter I.</p><p>Sound and spelling</p><p>EE)</p><p>d— —</p><p>wide open mouth</p><p>SP</p><p>Aseb e fa is spelled in different ways. Listen and repeat.</p><p>i like time white</p><p>ie die</p><p>y dry July</p><p>igh high night</p><p>uy buy</p><p>Ass s Listen and say these sentences,</p><p>1 Do you like dry wine?</p><p>2 Why dom't you try?</p><p>why</p><p>right</p><p>3 July will be fine.</p><p>4 Drive on the right.</p><p>ed</p><p>front of</p><p>tongue up</p><p>How to make the sound /o1/</p><p>Am e Jo is a long sound. It moves from /2/ to /. Look at the</p><p>diagram. Listen and say the sound. Target sound: (ou</p><p>Sound and spelling</p><p>2 frontof</p><p>tongue</p><p>down</p><p>lips very</p><p>ë rounded</p><p>EE</p><p>ed es (od is usually spelled oi or ov. Listen and repeat. lips foward</p><p>oi coin point voice Le jaw down |)</p><p>oy boy enjoy 'oy |</p><p>As7e e Listen and say these sentences. GEPERE ss ——</p><p>1 1 can hear a boy's voice. EA: ta</p><p>2 Those are coins, not toys! Wo g ——— 9 front of</p><p># am) tongue up</p><p>ko ER :</p><p>id) )</p><p>English Pronunciation in Use (Elementary)</p><p>Section A Sounds and spelling</p><p>Exercises amp</p><p>9.1 Complete the titles of these pictures.</p><p>All the missing words have /e1l.</p><p>EXAMPLE Changing the d ate.</p><p>GR Listen to check your answers. Check with the Key. Then listen and repeat.</p><p>9.2 These verbs are in the past tense. Write the infinitive. They all have Ja.</p><p>EXAMPLE drove uu. drive...</p><p>1 wrote " 3 found N N 5 few</p><p>2 tried EN 4 bought</p><p>62 Listen to check your answers. Check with the Key. Then listen and repeat.</p><p>9.3 Complete these sentences. All the missing words have /er/ or aal.</p><p>bye day dry eight flighr great miles might right time way white wine</p><p>1 The plane left in the evening and arrived the next morning. It was a ...MAMÉ....</p><p>2 Irs best to drink with fish.</p><p>3 Fourteen kilometres is about</p><p>4 There was no rain yesterday. It was a f</p><p>$ T think Pm lost — is this the to the beach?</p><p>6 Weve had a ss essens s FRANS. sesse</p><p>eo) Listen to check your answers. Check with the Key. Then listen and repeat.</p><p>9.4.</p><p>Look at the pictures and find six things with Jer, three things with ai and three things with Jo.</p><p>ley 1 ...Cadia At 3c dt Sp 6 Se</p><p>law 7 Mees 8 Wise EN</p><p>fo 10 b 1de 12t</p><p>) Listen to check your answers. Check with the Key. Then listen and repeat.</p><p>9.5 Listen and circle the word you hear. Check with the Key. If any of these are difficult for you, go to</p><p>Section E3 Sound pairs for further practice.</p><p>) 1 gate / get (— sound pair 16)</p><p>2 way wear (— sound pair 21)</p><p>3 myl May (— sound pair 22)</p><p>English Pronunciation in Use (Elementary) 21</p><p>10</p><p>28</p><p>Old town</p><p>Jou] and Jaul</p><p>How to make the sound /aul</p><p>Aa) e /aul is a long sound. It moves from /af to /u/. Look at the</p><p>& ; !</p><p>diagram. Listen and say the sound. Target sound: /au/</p><p>AN Note: When you say the sound (2u/ by itself, you say the letter 0.</p><p>Sound and spelling</p><p>AG3b e /2ul is spelled in different ways. Listen and repeat.</p><p>o no cold post close drove home phane</p><p>ow know low show slow</p><p>oa boat</p><p>Oe toe</p><p>A63c e Listen and say these sentences.</p><p>1 IT domt know.</p><p>2 My toes are cold.</p><p>3 She phoned me in October.</p><p>4 They showed us their home.</p><p>How to make the sound /aol</p><p>A6ta e /Jaul is a long sound. It moves from /a/ to /u/. Look at the</p><p>diagram. Listen and say the sound. Target sound: /ao/</p><p>Sound and spelling</p><p>AG4b es faul is usually spelled ow or ou. Listen and repeat.</p><p>vowel</p><p>sound</p><p>how</p><p>loud</p><p>OW</p><p>ou</p><p>NOW</p><p>mouth</p><p>A64c e Tisten and say these phrases.</p><p>1 a thousand pounds</p><p>2 loud vowel sounds</p><p>3 round the house</p><p>4 Countdown — three, two, one, now!</p><p>English Pronunciation in Use (Elementary)</p><p>—— telaxed tongue</p><p>and lips</p><p>De</p><p>wide pan mouth</p><p>10.1</p><p>(ae)</p><p>10.2</p><p>AG6é:</p><p>kb”</p><p>10.3</p><p>Ae7a</p><p>*</p><p>P</p><p>Section A Sounds and spelling</p><p>Exercises</p><p>Circle the word with a different vowel sound.</p><p>EXAMPLE</p><p>houses about mountains</p><p>1 stone gone closed Coast</p><p>2 brown flower SOW town</p><p>3 old over lost no</p><p>4 coach boat Some road</p><p>Listen to check your answers. Check with the Key. Then listen and repeat.</p><p>Complete the text with some of the words from Exercise 10.1. All the missing words have /auf or Jaol.</p><p>IES AN ld mee FORR. ON HE se The... iss APE built with</p><p>... You can get there by train, or . In</p><p>and sometimes the the</p><p>Listen to check your answers. Check with the Key. Then listen and repeat.</p><p>Listen and repeat these poems.</p><p>A pound</p><p>1 found a pound</p><p>down on the ground</p><p>and said, 'ts mine, Vve got it:</p><p>1 looked around</p><p>and heard no sound</p><p>and put it in my pocket.</p><p>A letter</p><p>A letter came</p><p>in the post</p><p>from the coast</p><p>— the one that | wanted the most.</p><p>lt said, Don't be slow,</p><p>walk through the snow</p><p>and phone me when you are dose:</p><p>Listen and circle the word you hear. Check with the Key. If any of these are difficult for you, go to</p><p>Section E3 Sound pairs for further practice.</p><p>1 coast/ cost (— sound pair 11)</p><p>2 boat! boot (— sound pair 6)</p><p>3 woke ! walk (— sound pair 12)</p><p>English Pronunciation in Use (Elementary) 29</p><p>Pack your bags</p><p>[pl and (bl</p><p>How to make the sound /p/</p><p>e Look at the diagrams. Listen and say the sound.</p><p>1 Stop the air behind your lips.</p><p>2 Open your lips to release the air. If you hold a piece of</p><p>paper in front of your mouth when you open your lips,</p><p>the paper moves. Target sound: /paf</p><p>open lips</p><p>(release air)</p><p>lips closed</p><p>(stop air)</p><p>Sound and spelling</p><p>fe es /nl is spelled p or pp. Listen and say these words:</p><p>P pen push stop</p><p>pp happy Stopping</p><p>Note: p is silent at the beginning of a few words. Listen and repeat. psychology</p><p>N Note: The word cupboord is pronounced /'KAbad] - don't pronounce the p.</p><p>Note: ph is usually pronounced /(/: phone, photo, autograph.</p><p>Note: /pi: is the name of the letter P in the alphabet. People often say (ri: for pence: 'It costs 75p!</p><p>Aesa s Listen and say these phrases.</p><p>1 a piece of paper 2 Push or pull? 3 a deep sleep 4 a cheap trip round Europe</p><p>How to make the sound Iol Verg EI PP open lips</p><p>e Look at the diagrams. Listen and say the sound. N, p od (eiesse aid</p><p>1 Stop the air behind your lips. Me Ed, VEER</p><p>2 Open your lips to release the air.</p><p>/vl is different from /r/ in two ways:</p><p>1 If you hold a piece of paper in front of your mouth</p><p>when you open your lips, the paper does not move.</p><p>2 There is voicing (vibration from the throat).</p><p>Target sound: /ba/</p><p>K7% es Listen and say the two sounds. /pa/ /bal</p><p>Sound and spelling</p><p>Mi e /L/ is spelled b or bb. Listen and say these words.</p><p>big bes rob robber verb</p><p>Note: b is silent at the end of a few words. Listen and repeat. climb comb thumb bomb</p><p>' Note: /bis is the name of the letter B in the alphabet.</p><p>EE EER ee se</p><p>Ee #% fo yy</p><p>HE</p><p>ea</p><p>v es Listen and say these phrases and sentences.</p><p>1 big busimess</p><p>2 When was the baby born?</p><p>3 Irs better to bake your own bread than to buy it.</p><p>4 What's that big building between rhe bank and the library?</p><p>A70F s Now listen and say these sentences with /o/ and //.</p><p>1 Pamela's got a new job. 3 Can you remember Pete's phone number?</p><p>2 Paul's got big problems with his neighbours. 4 Pack your bags and bring your passport.</p><p>A70s Sometimes you domt hear [“/ or /| dearly at the end of a word. Listen.</p><p>ae 1 Stop! Stolp)! 3 Hey, Bob! Hey, Bolb)!</p><p>ligFenin 2 Domt drop that! .. Domtdrelp) that! “4 Hie worldwide wets. the worldwide welb)</p><p>30 English Pronunciation in Use (Elementary)</p><p>11.1</p><p>AT</p><p>té</p><p>#</p><p>IE</p><p>T1.4</p><p>@</p><p>Section A Sounds and spelling</p><p>Exercises</p><p>Write the words. Choose from the words in the box.</p><p>back beard Li! black bomb book boot boots bought bread</p><p>build but butter buy pack paper part party pay pepper pie</p><p>' piece pool pull purse put. si ss 'i.</p><p>1 /bri/ es AE 8fpek/ mu 1 oek! esse</p><p>2 (pis! ma, 9 /bpm/ 16 /DUrtS/ ee</p><p>3 (bay 10 /pepoa/ 17 pu</p><p>4 (pass! 11 #bate/ 18 /brod/ .. se</p><p>5 /bleek/ 12 /part/ 19 /put/ EEN</p><p>6 (pen | as 13 /buk/ 20 me</p><p>7 [bad ERENS 14 /pot ee</p><p>Listen to check your answers. Check with the Key. Then listen and repeat.</p><p>Complete the words with p or b.</p><p>1 Can you help me . aint the edroom wardro. e?</p><p>2 Brian's lond, and he's got a ig eard.</p><p>3 We're going to the. ub. rs my . rother's . irthday.</p><p>4 Where did 1 ut my . lack oots?</p><p>$ We asked the waiter to . ring the. ill, and it was</p><p>dou le what we expected!</p><p>Listen to check your answers. Check with the Key.</p><p>Then listen and repeat.</p><p>Listen and fill the gaps.</p><p>EXAMPLE</p><p>Are you going to the .....SOP.</p><p>1 We'll have to ee that. es</p><p>2 Looking for a . Ee op</p><p>3 It ismt on the .. oë</p><p>4 Shall we give Ena A ses Can you help me paint the</p><p>5 Do we have to walk... taat hill? bedroom wardrobe?</p><p>asma . the bus — Ie want to” o'get off!</p><p>7 1 ane you have a good time!</p><p>8 ss FOUFSelf!</p><p>Check with the Key. Then listen and repeat.</p><p>Listen and circle the word you hear. Check with the Key. If you find any of these difficult, go to</p><p>Section E3 Sound pairs for further practice.</p><p>1 pears / bears (— sound pair 23)</p><p>2 pear | fair (— sound pair 24)</p><p>3 copies / coffees (— sound pair 24)</p><p>English Pronunciation in Use (Elementary) 3I</p><p>Twenty days</p><p>F leed Hi</p><p>How to make the sound hel 1 tongue touches</p><p>va es Look at the diagrams. Listen and say the sound. ' dd El Er Ef</p><p>1 Stop the air with your tongue behind your teeth. od, . ai]</p><p>2 Move your tongue down to release the air. If you hold |</p><p>a piece of paper in front of your mouth when you move</p><p>your tongue down, the paper moves. Target sound: /taf Pd Ne</p><p>own to HE</p><p>é release air</p><p>NEE Sound and spelling |</p><p>K7 se /H is usually spelled t or tt. Listen and say these words.</p><p>t tea ti ten top two twenty water bit complete eat eight light suit</p><p>tt better bottle</p><p>Me e /U is sometimes spelled ed in past tenses. Listen and say these words.</p><p>ed stopped washed</p><p>Ka s /t is spelled th in a few names. Listen and say these words.</p><p>th 'Thaland 'Thames Thomas</p><p>Note: The letter t is silent in a few words. Listen and say these words. listen castle</p><p>' Note: /tiz/ is the name of the letter T in the alphabet. /ti:/ is also the word tea.</p><p>ESE EE,</p><p>How to make the sound /d/ 1 ' tongue touches</p><p>e Look at the diagrams. Listen and say the sound. E ad out benlnd Erin</p><p>1 Stop the air with your tongue behind your teeth. `N 2</p><p>2 Move your tongue down to release the air.</p><p>/d/ is different from // in two ways: P</p><p>move tongue</p><p>1 If vou hold a piece of paper in front of your mouth when dot te I</p><p>you move your tongue down, the paper does not move. release air Do</p><p>2 There is voicing (vibration from the throat).</p><p>Target sound: /da/</p><p>Ke e Listen and say the two sounds. /ta/ /daf</p><p>MED Sound and spelling</p><p>Ne es /A/ is spelled d or dd. Listen and say these words.</p><p>d day deep do door did food good head ready</p><p>dd add address ladder middle</p><p>IN Note: di: is the name of the letter D in the alphabet.</p><p>Ne Sometimes you dont hear the [ or [dl dearly at the erd of a word. Listen to the difference</p><p>wporkand `/ 1 something to eat something to ealt) 3 the end of the road the end of the roa(d)</p><p>Valen 2 turn on the light turn on the light) 4 writing on the board writing on the boar(d)</p><p>Me The vowel sound is longer before /d] than before /t/. Listen.</p><p>roald). wrolte) boar(d) bough(d)</p><p>A7er * You often don't hear a /t/ or /d/ when its between 6tfier consonant sounds, so facts sounds like fax</p><p>and next week sounds like necks week. Listen.</p><p>A: Tell me alle fact). B: VI tell you next) week.</p><p>32 English Pronunciation in Use (Elementary)</p><p>A7</p><p>o</p><p>d</p><p>Di</p><p>MI</p><p>12.4</p><p>12.5</p><p>Section A Sounds and spelling</p><p>Exercises</p><p>Listen and complete the sentences.</p><p>EXAMPLE What shall we do... week?</p><p>1 2001 was the... time ] went to Britain. 5 I live in ee Road.</p><p>2 1 ees SOME MONEY iN the street. 6 Is this the... house?</p><p>3 1 worked hard .....— Week. 7 Do you Want SOME... ?</p><p>4 Do you knOW a uu Place to eat near here? 8 Do you like my NEW ee ?</p><p>Check with the Key. Then listen again and repeat.</p><p>Listen and write the numbers of the words.</p><p>send ee SENT se wide di White ee</p><p>Check with the Key. Then listen again and repeat.</p><p>Listen and complete the sentences.</p><p>1 EheV sees us emails every day. .</p><p>2 1 re AI] MY money On CDs.</p><p>3 When it stopped snowing we went for a walk across thé .......——— fields.</p><p>4 People... houses</p><p>next to the beach.</p><p>Check with the Key. Then listen again and repeat.</p><p>Listen and repeat these poems.</p><p>Tao many twos</p><p>Tom and Tim were twins.</p><p>Tom said to Tim, 'Can | talk to you?</p><p>Tim said to Tom, 'Ssh, wait a minute ...</p><p>One two is two</p><p>Two twos are four</p><p>Three twos are six</p><p>Four twos are eight</p><p>Five twos are ten .”</p><p>Tom said to Tim, “And what are two fives?</p><p>Tim said to Tom, “Two fives? Don't ask me!</p><p>A difficult daughter</p><p>Doctor Dixon said to his daughter Daria,</p><p>“Don't go down town after dark - its dangerous:</p><p>Daria said, 'Don't worry, Dad, | won't. You know | never do:</p><p>Next day when he came home for dinner, he said,</p><p>“Daria, dear, you didn't go down town after dark, did you?"</p><p>and she said, 'No, Dad, | didn't</p><p>But she did.</p><p>1 don't know the details, but she definitely did.</p><p>Listen and eircle the word you hear. Check with the Key. If you find any of these difficult, go to</p><p>Section E3 Sound pairs for further practice.</p><p>1 what / watch (— sound pair 25)</p><p>2 wide / white (— sound pair 26)</p><p>3 dry l try (— sound pair 26)</p><p>4 riding | writing (— sound pair 26)</p><p>5 taught / tkougbt (— sound pair 27)</p><p>English Pronunciation in Use (Elementary) 33</p><p>Cats and dogs</p><p>IE Ik] and lol</p><p>A How to make the sound /k/ TES vat or tongue touenes</p><p>828 e Look at the diagrams. Listen and say the sound. top of mouth (stop air)</p><p>1 Stop the air with the back of your tongue against the</p><p>top of your mouth. ) EE ed</p><p>2 Move your tongue to release the air. If you hold a piece TT</p><p>of paper in front of your mouth when vou release the move back of tongue — #</p><p>' away from top of</p><p>air, the paper moves. Target sound: /kaf lae si</p><p>Sound and spelling</p><p>@b e /k/ is usually spelled c, k or ck, and sometimes ch. Listen and say these words.</p><p>"os car cat careful clean close colour fact</p><p>k keep key kind kitchen desk like talk walk</p><p>ck back black check pocket tick</p><p>ch school stomach chemist architect</p><p>(P39) e (kw is often spelled gu. Listen and say these words. dguick @duiet guarter</p><p>24) e /ks/ is often spelled x. Listen and say these words. (fax Six taxi</p><p>Note: The letter k is silent in a few words, e.g. know, knee, knife.</p><p>(29 e Listen and say these sentences.</p><p>1 Look in the kitchen cupboard. 2 Keep your keys in your pocket.</p><p>How to make the sound /g/ Es Es bak POSE VREES</p><p>s9 Look at the diagrams. Listen and say the sound. "EG top of mouth (stop air)</p><p>1 Stop the air with the back of your tongue against the EA ese me</p><p>top of your mouth. | EER ELE EE a</p><p>2 Move your tongue to release the air. ` F</p><p>RS ; move back of tongue —A ë</p><p>1 If you hold a piece of paper in front of your mouth mouth (release air) I OP EEU</p><p>when vou release the air, the paper does not move.</p><p>2 There is voicing (vibration from the throat). Target sound: /gal</p><p>7) e Listen and say the two sounds. /kaf /go/</p><p>MED Sound and spelling</p><p>(638 e (ol is usually spelled g or gg. Listen and say these words.</p><p>Ë garden girl glass go gold ago hungry bag leg egg bigger</p><p>Bad) e /gz/ is sometimes spelled x. Listen and say these words. exam exactly</p><p>Note: The letter g is silent in some words, e.g. foreigner, sign, high, bought.</p><p>AN Note: There is usually ro /g/ sound in words like sing, sings, singing, singer (see Unit 19).</p><p>(639) Note: Some words have a silent u after g. Listen and say these words. guess guest dialogue</p><p>es Now listen and say these sentences.</p><p>! B3P 1 Can you guess the beginning of the dialogue? 2 Are you going jogging again?</p><p>"E</p><p>TP You often don't hear /K or (af clearly in the middle or at the end of a word. Listen.</p><p>Importand d 1 1 ikJed the film - the aldting was perfelo)t. $ It was a darlk) night.</p><p>“or tistenitg] ' 3 Doyou like) folk) musie? 4 Whats your dolg) called?</p><p>34 English Pronunciation in Use (Elementary)</p><p>14.1</p><p>13.2</p><p>BS</p><p>14.4</p><p>Sectlon A Sounds and spelling</p><p>Exercises</p><p>Write the words. Choose from the words in the box.</p><p>ache again ago back bag big bigger bike black called cake</p><p>carry classical coffee cold comb come copy gave get give great</p><p>grey guess guest keys kiss walk work</p><p>1 /gIW NE 8 /erk/ 15 /bag/</p><p>2 9 /gest/ 16 /brga/</p><p>3 10 /bek/ 17 /kaold/ ...</p><p>4 11 FEDEV sesse 18 /keri/</p><p>5 12 /a'gen/ nss 19 /wa:</p><p>6 13 fwokf oe RR 20 grey</p><p>7 14 /koddf ee ae</p><p>Listen to check your answers. Check with the Key. Then listen and repeat.</p><p>Complete the words. They all have /k] or /gl sounds.</p><p>1 Can I earry your ba. s?</p><p>2 Give me a bi . iss.</p><p>3 You aveme old offeea ain.</p><p>4 A rey at with. reen eyes wal ed into the</p><p>arden.</p><p>5 The uests would li ee .s for brea fast.</p><p>Listen to check your answers.</p><p>Check with the Key. Then listen and repeat.</p><p>Listen and fill the gaps.</p><p>EXAMPLE</p><p>Its time to go .....baek.</p><p>1 Shall we ee 2</p><p>2 Teams DY osse</p><p>3 When You £O OUE, the</p><p>Can | carry your bags?</p><p>4 Tm going to buy a NEW es FOROFFOW.</p><p>$ A: You don't in your tea, do you?</p><p>B: 1 do, iN use</p><p>6 It's only seven o'clock and it's alreadY me .</p><p>7 Listen and esse $</p><p>8 Mark your answer With & uu ,</p><p>Listen to check your answers. Check with the Key. Then listen and repeat.</p><p>Listen and circle the word you hear. Check with the Key. If you find any of these difficult, go to</p><p>Section E3 Sound pairs for further practice.</p><p>1 back / bag (— sound pair 28)</p><p>2 cold / gold (— sound pair 28)</p><p>English Pronunciation in Use (Elementary) 35</p><p>November the first</p><p>1 U If] and /vl</p><p>How to make the sound ff/</p><p>e Look at the diagram. Listen and say the sound. There isno |. Eer</p><p>voicing (vibration from the throat), and you can feel the air || — N</p><p>on your hand in front of your mouth. Target sound: /TETT/ ||. dl</p><p>| | |</p><p>top teeth on bottom lip</p><p>NEE sound and spelling</p><p>se</p><p>eb) e /(/ is usually spelled f or ff, and sometimes ph or gh. Listen and say these words.</p><p>f feel first café after leaf</p><p>ff off coffee</p><p>ph phone autograph</p><p>gh laugh</p><p>dae, e Listen and say these phrases and sentences.</p><p>1 fortv-five</p><p>2 a family photo</p><p>3 Dm feeling fine.</p><p>4 the fourteenth of February</p><p>5 When 1 asked for her autograph she just laughed.</p><p>How to make the sound /v/ EE</p><p>e Look at the diagram. Listen and say the sound. There is '</p><p>voicing (vibration from the throat), and you can feel less Ef</p><p>air on your hand in front of your mouth then when you</p><p>say //. Target sound: /vvvvvf</p><p>op) e Listen and say the two sounds. I |. top d on bottom ip</p><p>METEFL (vvyvel</p><p>Sound and spelling</p><p>oo es /v/ is usually spelled v. Listen and say these words.</p><p>very travel every have leave</p><p>AN Note: In the name Stephen, ph is pronounced /v.</p><p>GE e Listen and say these phrases and sentences.</p><p>1 We're leaving at five past seven.</p><p>2 a visa for a seven-day visit</p><p>3 Stephen lives in a village.</p><p>36 English Pronunciation in Use (Elementary)</p><p>B10</p><p>14.2</p><p>14.3</p><p>Bl2a</p><p>14.4</p><p>B13</p><p>Section A Sounds and spelling</p><p>Exercises</p><p>Write these words.</p><p>EXAMPLE</p><p>Maun PRE...</p><p>1 Mamv/ AESSM mer 5 flisvl</p><p>2 PVLZU seesee 4 Mfrizd 6 Mfautau/</p><p>Listen to check your answers. Check with the Key. Then listen and repeat.</p><p>Complete the titles of the pictures using these words.</p><p>few voices fast seventh $ne (forks vegerables lift (five floor view</p><p>driving knives</p><p>Listen to check your answers. Check with the Key. Then listen and repeat.</p><p>Listen and repeat these poems.</p><p>November the first B12b The traveller</p><p>November the first “A visitor? Having fun?</p><p>Five leaves left A fine day for travelling,”</p><p>One leaf falls he said.</p><p>Four leaves left. 'A café? A phone? Here?</p><p>Fm afraid not,”</p><p>he laughed.</p><p>“You'll find one in the village.</p><p>Far? No, not very far.</p><p>The ferry over the river.</p><p>Then a few more miles —</p><p>five, or seven, or eleven ..."</p><p>Listen and circle the word you hear. Check with the Key. If you find any of these difficult, go to</p><p>Section E3 Sound pairs for further practice.</p><p>1 few view (— sound pair 29)</p><p>2 leaf / leave (— sound pair 29)</p><p>3 copy coffee (— sound pair 24)</p><p>English Pronunciation in Use (Elementary) 37</p><p>Both together</p><p>E lof and /êl</p><p>How to make the sound /6/ RE</p><p>sa e Look at the diagram. Listen and say the sound. Make loose |</p><p>contact between</p><p>the tongue and the back of the teeth and oa ie</p><p>push the air through the gap. There is no voicing (vibration | '</p><p>from the throat). Target sound: /69000/</p><p>BI Sound and spelling</p><p>Bi e /% is spelled th. Listen and say these words.</p><p>thin thanks thirty theatre thumb Thursday thirsty three</p><p>both month mouth north south</p><p>birthday</p><p>tongue just behind</p><p>top and bottom teeth.</p><p>Be e Listen and say these sentences.</p><p>1 1 thought April the rwelfth was a Tuesday, bur its a Thursday.</p><p>2 A: Dve got three birthdays this month.</p><p>B: Three birthdays? What do you mean?</p><p>A: My wife's, my son's and my daughter's!</p><p>3 Is thirteen degrees in the north, and thirty in the south.</p><p>4 A: One third is thirty-three per cent, ismt it?</p><p>B: Thirty-three and a third per cent, to be exact.</p><p>How to make the sound /ê/</p><p>JE) e Look at the diagram. Listen and say the sound. Make</p><p>loose contact between the tongue and the back of the teeth</p><p>and push the air through the gap. /(/ is different from /O/</p><p>because there is voicing (vibration from the throar).</p><p>Target sound: /AAAAA/</p><p>tongue just behind</p><p>ri] e Listen and say the two sounds. top and bottom teeth</p><p>/o6066/ /AAAAA/</p><p>D | Sound and spelling</p><p>8% e /A/ is spelled th. Listen and say these words.</p><p>this thar these those then they father mother brother other together</p><p>weather without breathe with</p><p>sa e Listen and say these sentences.</p><p>1 A: Can | have one of those, please?</p><p>B: These?</p><p>A: No, the others, over there.</p><p>2 A: Two coffees, please.</p><p>B: With milk?</p><p>A: One with, and one without.</p><p>IN Note: th is usually pronounced /%/ or /Al, but sometimes /i/: Thailand Thames Thomas</p><p>38 English Pronunciation in Use (Elementary)</p><p>15.1</p><p>Blé</p><p>1E</p><p>15.2</p><p>ED</p><p>15.4</p><p>to</p><p>Section A Sounds and spelling</p><p>Exercises</p><p>Write these words.</p><p>EXAMPLE</p><p>lêev Mat...</p><p>1 /maAnB ee 3 JO sees ! 5 WIG ee</p><p>2 lAEM 4 ([BEV 6 PbaBdeW ss</p><p>Listen to check your answers. Check with the Key. Then listen and repeat.</p><p>Listen. Which words have /6/, and which words have /&/?</p><p>1 What are you thinking about? $ What are those things over there?</p><p>2 Can | have another? 6 Is the plural of “tooth' “teeth"?</p><p>3 Are vou good at maths? 7 Is today the fourth or the fifch?</p><p>4 Where's the bathroom?</p><p>words with /0/ words with /é/</p><p>Listen to check your answers. Check with the Key. Then listen and repeat.</p><p>Listen and complete the sentences.</p><p>1 The weather... will be fine for next</p><p>days. , on $ 'I be some rain in the ii ss .</p><p>The... Will be dry and sunny, but only abOUt ie -. degrees.</p><p>2 A: Pm thinking of going to hê... v— tonight.</p><p>B: Me too! Lets iss BO</p><p>!</p><p>3 A: Are VOU is ?</p><p>B: NO, ee .</p><p>Ad AS asse ATE MY os</p><p>years ago. And</p><p>Vs — he was about</p><p>sense VEars OËd.</p><p>B: And er Daby — is</p><p>Check with the Key. Then listen again and repeat.</p><p>Listen and circle the word you hear. Check with the Key. If vou find any of these difficult,</p><p>go to Section E3 Sound pairs for further practice.</p><p>1 #bing / sing (— sound pair 30)</p><p>2 bree tree (— sound pair 27)</p><p>English Pronunciation in Use (Elementary) 39</p><p>40</p><p>It's the wrong size, isn't it?</p><p>Is] and (zZ/</p><p>How to make the sound /s/</p><p>B204 e Look ar rhe diagram. Listen and say the sound. There is</p><p>some contact between the tongue and the teeth at the sides</p><p>of the mouth. There is no voicing (vibration from the</p><p>throat). Target sound: /sssss/</p><p>Sound and spelling</p><p>B20b * /S/ is usually spelled s, ss or c, and sometimes sc. Listen and</p><p>say these words.</p><p>s sit sister bus</p><p>ss class plasses</p><p>c city eircdle pencil place police pronmounce</p><p>sc science gElIssors</p><p>B20: e The letter x is usually pronounced /ks/. Listen and say these words.</p><p>Six NEXT</p><p>B20d e |isten and say these phrases and sentences.</p><p>1 summer in the itv</p><p>2 Have vou seen my glasses?</p><p>3 So, Il see you in the same place next Saturday.</p><p>4 | saw vour sister on the bus vesterdav.</p><p>5 My science lessons were the most interesting.</p><p>How to make the sound /z/</p><p>Bo1a e Look at the diagram. Listen and say the sound. There is</p><p>some contact between the tongue and the teeth at the sides</p><p>of the mouth. /7/ is different from /s/ because there is</p><p>voicing (vibration from the throat). Target sound: /z7zzzl</p><p>B21b e Listen and say the two sounds.</p><p>fsssssl /z2zZzzad</p><p>Sound and spelling</p><p>Bale e // is usually spelled s or z, and sometimes ss or zz. Listen and say these words.</p><p>$ gives sisters easv husband roses</p><p>z ZOO Zero size</p><p>ss SCISSOTS</p><p>ZZ Vazz</p><p>B21d e Listen and say these sentences.</p><p>1 What time does the zoo close?</p><p>2 A: My favourite music is jazz.</p><p>B: Really? Well, it's alwavs interesting. but it ismt always easv ro listen to.</p><p>3 Roses are my favourite flowers.</p><p>English Pronunciation in Use (Elementary)</p><p>16.1</p><p>16.2</p><p>16.3</p><p>B24</p><p>16.4</p><p>B25</p><p>16.5</p><p>16.6</p><p>B27</p><p>Section A Sounds and spelling</p><p>Exercises</p><p>Write these words.</p><p>EXAMPLE /SaIZ/ SEE.</p><p>1 (SEM see ae 3 MV ses 5 fam eers M</p><p>2 (seed ee d ASE esse os 6 PYlatSI es</p><p>Listen to check your answers. Check with the Key. Then listen and repeat.</p><p>1 Which two days of the week have /s/?</p><p>2 Which rhree days of the week have /z/?</p><p>3 Which three months of the year have /s/? August</p><p>Listen to check your answers. Check with the Key. Then listen and repeat.</p><p>Listen and write the /s/ and /z] sounds in each word.</p><p>EXAMPLES sit /s/ easy /zl places /s/ /z/</p><p>1 these Mi $ ismt dl 9 certainly MI</p><p>2 size maa 6 pronounce /I 10 words MI</p><p>3 style di 7 dress di 11 suits aa,</p><p>4 please lI 8 its lI</p><p>Listen to check your answers. Check with the Key. Then listen and repeat.</p><p>Fill the gaps with the words from Exercise 16.3.</p><p>1 A: Do you like this .....dress..... ? B: The you, but</p><p>aessggsasesssesess NS WEORE ie?</p><p>2 A: Can you for WE. oes 2</p><p>BYE f</p><p>Listen to check your answers. Check with the Key. Then listen and repeat.</p><p>Listen and repeat this poem.</p><p>One day</p><p>Mondays to Fridays — Saturdays and Sundays — One day -</p><p>Gets up. Gets up. Late. Gets up. Early.</p><p>Walks to the station. Does the washing. Goes to the station.</p><p>Waits for the train. Goes shopping. Waits for the train.</p><p>Gets off at the fourth stop. Comes home. Doesn't get off at the fourth stop.</p><p>Walks to the office. Watches TV. Doesn't get off at the fifh stop.</p><p>Sits in the office. Goes out. Stays on the train.</p><p>Has lunch. Eats out. Where does it go?</p><p>Sits in the office Comes home. Watches through the windows.</p><p>Walks to the station. Watches TV.</p><p>Comes home. Thinks: One day ...”</p><p>Thinks: “One day ...”</p><p>Listen and circle the word you hear. Check with the Key. If you find any of these difficult, go to</p><p>Section E3 Sound pairs for further practice.</p><p>1 place / plays (— sound pair 31)</p><p>2 cool Sue (— Sound pair 31)</p><p>3 so / skow (— sound pair 32)</p><p>4 sing | ting (— sound pair 30)</p><p>English Pronunciation in Use (Elementary) dl</p><p>Fresh fish, usually</p><p>Mi IN and Is</p><p>How to make the sound /J/ GEE ESE ER</p><p>There is some contact between the rongue and the teeth at</p><p>the sides of the mouth. There is no voicing (vibration from</p><p>8 s 1ook at the diagram. Listen and say the sound. Your</p><p>tongue points upwards towards the roof of your mouth. n oe ANS</p><p>the throat). Target sound: / [TT</p><p>Sound and spelling</p><p>Wash es /I/ is usually spelled sh. Listen and say these words.</p><p>shor fashion cash fresh wash mushroom</p><p>Mak) * Bur /I/ is sometimes spelled in different ways. Listen and say these words.</p><p>c ocean</p><p>ch machine</p><p>ci delicious special</p><p>s sugar sure</p><p>ss Russia</p><p>H international</p><p>vas s listen and say these sentences.</p><p>1 This is a very special pronunciation</p><p>machine.</p><p>2 All our food is fresh, and we serve</p><p>delieious international specialities.</p><p>3 A: You didn't put $ugar in my tea,</p><p>did you?</p><p>B: No.</p><p>A: Are you sure?</p><p>How to make the sound /3/</p><p>Ha es Look ar rhe diagram. Listen and say the sound. Your</p><p>tongue points upwards towards the roof of vour mouth.</p><p>There is some contact between the tongue and the teeth at</p><p>the sides of the mouth. // is different from /[/ because</p><p>there is voicing (vibration from the throat). Target sound:</p><p>/33333</p><p>B2% e Listen and</p>