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LINKING WORDS

NAME: GAILY ISABELLA GOMEZ ARAGON

Exercise1

PRACTICING LINKING SOUNDS THROUGH LISTENING

1. Watch 1 minute of any TV series or clip of a movie where two people are
having a conversation IN MUTE.
Like this one for example, The Male Nanny/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9hmWCH3JXqU

2. Predict the following Who do you think they are? They are friends

Where are they? At home

Are they in a good or bad mood? If they are in a good mood

What are they talking about? ___________________________

3. Watch the video one more time. This time WITH SOUND. And confirm your
predictions.
Who do you think they are? They are friends
Where are they? At home
Are they in a good or bad mood? They are worried

What are they talking about? Who is going to take care of the baby
4. Listen to 5 seconds of the video. (One sentence) Write down the NUMBER of
words you hear.
 Are you gay straight from the hip
 See you every day right in
 That would be great
 I never looked at it that way

5. Listen to the video one more time. List all the KEY WORDS that you hear. (The
most IMPORTANT words, the words that are said LOUDEST or with a higher
INTONATION)
 Kinds
 Would
 Qualified
 Shouldn´t