1 PRONUNCIATION EXTRA

ADVANCED UNIT 1 1.3

1.1 4 A CONNECTED SPEECH: linking Read
the Pronunciation tip. Then read the
1 A STRESSED AND UNSTRESSED AUXILIARY VERBS Read the description and mark examples of
Pronunciation tip. Then look at the sentences and decide linking between words.
whether the underlined auxiliary verbs are stressed or
unstressed. PRONUNCIATION TIP
When one word ends in a consonant
PRONUNCIATION TIP sound and the next word begins with a
Auxiliary verbs are usually stressed in negative forms, short vowel sound, the two words link together
answers and tag questions. They are not usually stressed in as if they were one word:
positive sentences or question forms unless the speaker wishes to It’s amazing.
add extra emphasis to the verb. Sometimes when one word ends in two
or more consonants and the following
1 I have been thinking about changing my name recently.       word also starts in a consonant, the
2 Was he always so sensitive about his name?       middle consonant is lost. This is called
3 I really didn’t like my name when I was a kid.       elision. E.g., notice how the /t/ sound is
4 We were going to call her Lucy, but then my sister got a dog lost in He doesn’t like to have his photo
called Lucy!       taken. /dəznlaɪk/
5 A: They have given him a really unusual name, haven’t they?
B: Yes, they have!       She’s really striking, I mean, you know
you have to stop and look twice. She’s so
6 Do you ever wish you had been given a different name?      
tall for a start. And then there’s her hair.
B 1.1 Listen and check. In which cases are the unstressed It’s amazing, it sort of has a life of its
auxiliaries contracted? Write the contracted form. Then listen own. And her eyes are probably the one
again and repeat. thing you notice most of all. They’re an
incredible light blue, sort of the colour
2A 1.2 Listen to the conversation. Which auxiliary verbs are of ice.
given extra emphasis?
B 1.4 Listen to the linked words
A: Oh come on, I don’t believe you! She hasn’t changed her name and check.
to Rainbow Cloud!
B: But she has changed it, honestly! I saw the papers. C 1.5 Read the description with
A: Nah, really? You are kidding me, aren’t you? the speaker. Pay attention to the
B: Yeah! But admit it, you did believe me there for a minute! linked words.

B Listen again and say A’s part with the speaker. 5A 1.6 CONNECTED SPEECH:
Then practise B’s part. elision Listen to this second
description. Look at the underlined
1.2 consonant clusters. In which clusters is
a consonant sound lost? Cross out the
3A 1.3 IDENTIFYING ATTITUDE Listen and complete the text lost consonants.
with the correct forms: ’ll, ’d, will or would. He looks pretty ordinary, you know, and
My brother’s changed so much since he was a teenager. He used he won’t make any heads turn as he
to be so moody! He 1 never listen to anything anyone said walks down the street. You don’t really
to him. He 2 sit and look out of the window as if no one notice anything unusual unless you take
else was there. And he 3 insist on locking himself in his a direct look straight into his eyes. That’s
room for hours on end. My mother 4 really worry about him. when you realise that one is the darkest
Now he 5 spend hours chatting to Mum in the kitchen. chocolate brown and the other is a soft
Or the two of them 6  go for long walks in the woods. But light honey colour.
he 7  still ignore anyone who tries to give him any advice!
B Listen again and read the description
B What two things does the speaker find particularly annoying? with the speaker. Pay attention to the
How do you know? Practise saying those sentences and consonant clusters.
sounding annoyed.

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