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PRONUNCIATIONEXTRA

STARTER UNIT 6
6.2
6.1
3A WEAK FORMS: a/an, some, a lot of Tick
 1A 6.1 SOUNDS and SPELLING: the sentences that are true about your
/eə/ Look at some different spellings of the town or city.
sound. Then listen and repeat the sound 1 It has a beach. F
and words. 2 There’s a river. T
/eə/ there, where, chair, work in pairs, their, 3 There’s an Indian restaurant. F
parents, Mary, they’re 4 A lot of people drive to work. T
Some sounds in English are two sounds together.
PRONUNCIATIONTIP 5 There are some parks. T
Practise the two sounds and then say them together. 6 It has some good hotels. T
/e/ + /ə/ = /eə/, e.g. chair 7 There are a lot of tourists. T
/e/ + /ɪ/ = /eɪ/, e.g. cake 8 It’s an important business centre. F
/æ/ + /ɪ/ = /ɑɪ/, e.g. time
B 6.4 Listen to the sentences and underline
the stressed words.
B Complete the conversations with the words
in the box. C Listen again to the weak sounds of a /ə/, an
/ən/, some /səm/ and a lot of /əlɒtəv/. Then
there’sMarywhereparentstheirpairst listen and say the sentences with the speaker.
here(x2)chairthey’re
Conversation 1 6.3
A: There's a mouse over 2 there.
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B: 3Where?
4A 6.5 SOUNDS and SPELLING: /æ/ /aː/ Look
at some different spellings of the sounds.
A: On the 4chair! Then listen and repeat the sounds and words.
Conversation 2 /æ/ passenger, platform, taxi, international
A: Work alone or work in 5pairs. /aː/ car, pharmacy, sparkling, weekly pass, father
B: 6Thereare three of us.
B Look at the table. Start at ‘pharmacy’ and go
A: Then work in a three. to ‘market’. Choose only words with the sound
Conversation 3 /aː/. Go up, down, left or right.
A: 7Mary and Pat are sisters.
B: Are they from the USA? pharma Saturday parent match
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A: No, 8They're British but their
Argentina start apple café
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parents are American.
carrot answer afternoon party
C 6.2 Listen and check. Then listen again and that Paris practice market
say the conversations with the speakers.
C 6.6 Listen and check. Then listen and repeat.
2A 6.3 INTONATION: yes/no questions
Listen and write five questions. 5A underline
6.7 WORD STRESS: checking Listen and
the stressed syllables in 1–4. Then
 Is there a supermarket near here? listen again and repeat.
 Is there a café near here?
A: Please send my ticket to svet19@bmail.org.
 Is it good?
 I testy? B:Sorry,1svetninety?
 Are there any Americans here? A: No, 2
svet
nineteen. B: At
B Read the Pronunciation tip. Then listen again 3
bmail.com?
and repeat the questions in Exercise 2A. Copy A: No, 4bmail.org.
the intonation.
1. Is there a supermarket near here? 2. Is there a Cafe near here?
3. Is it good? 4. Are you thirsty? 5. Are there any American here? B 6.8 Listen to the conversation and correct
Yes/No questions often go up at the end.
PRONUNCIATIONTIP the information in the form.
NAME: Mrs Miss Jo Kalani Kelani

Is there a bank near here? Are you hungry? ADDRESS: Flat 9, 5,

49 Yew New Road
POSTCODE: W7 3AB 3AV

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