“5 /e/ * hat The Most Important Word = 17 Practice the sound /e/. s Za Liperiveariieutheitie mioretoryant z Listen and repeat: /2e/. fest C2 - EX word Pairs (1 1 Listen to these word pairs, Sound 1: /e/ Sound 2; /e/ x axe pen pan men man left laughed said sad 2 Listen again and repeat, 20. Units17 1 Listen ta the ward pairs. Write § ifthe two words are the same or D ifthe two words are different. 1. 2 3. 4 8 6, 1} 2 Listen to each sentence and circle the word you hear. 1, Where did you put the (pen / pan)? 2. Is that man in the picture (dead / Dad)? 3. He drew an (X/ axe) on the board. 4. 1 talked to the (men / man) in the store, 5. They're (said /'sad) to be leaving, 6. She (left / laughed) when I said that. 3 Practice step 2 with a partner. Say each sentence, choosing a word from the word pair, Your partner should point to the word you say. 71 Listen and repest these words with the sound /a/, achat abackpack ablackjacket black pants plassea amustache a plastic bag a plaid jacket 2 Work with a partner. Match the pictures with the words in step 1, BI Dialog: The bank robber Alice works ata barth. There was a robbery on Saturday. A police detective ix asking Alice questions. 17 1 Listen to the disleg, Check ¥ the items in task C that describe the man who robbed the bank. fale hat 22 Listen again and read the dialog. Check your answers to step 1. Detective Excuse me, ma'am, do you recognize any of the men in this photogeaph? Alice Yes, that one, That's him! That's the man who robbed the bank! Detective The man with the black pants? Alice Yes, But he had a mustache. Detective A mustache? This man? Last Saturday? Alice Yes. And he was wearing a jacket. Detective A black jacket? Alice No, a plaid jacket, Red plaid. Detective Can you tell me exactly what happened? Alice Well, I was working at the bank on Saturday afternoon, Suddenly, this man ran past me, grabbed a handful of cash, and stuffed it in a bug. Detective What kind of bag? Alice A plastic bag. Detective And what happened after that? Alice Heran back out again. It all happened so fast, Detective And you're absolutely sure the man in this photograph is the same man? Alice Yes. Absolutely: That's him, Detective Thank you for your help. Alice 1 hope you catch him! EB The Most Important Word In English, the most imnportant word in the sentence stands out more than other stressed words. © The stressed syllable of this word is loud and 51 ow. «= The intonation changes on this ward, The yoice either jumps up on the stressed syllable andthen— ~~ falls or jumps down and then rises _*. © The most important word is often at the end ofa sentence, especially at the heginning of a conversation. « As a conversation continues, the word that gives new, or added, information becomes ‘the most important word. (7 1 Listen to these two conversations. ‘A He stuffed the cush ina bag. A He was wearing ajackét. B What Ikind of bag? BAblack jacket? ‘A-A plastic baw. A Nota plaid jacket: Red plaid. 2 Listen again and repeat. 22 UnitsGl Conversation Practice #7 1 Listen to this conversation, 5 A That's the person who took my bag! B Did he have a hat? A Yes. Ablack hat 2 Practice the conversation with a partner. Replace the underlined worda with the items in the pictures, What is the most important word in each sentence? a hat (black) ‘a bag (plastic) ajacket (plaid) a hat (red) a) a muatacha (big) —_ a jacket (black) glasses (dark) a backpack (small) Gi spelling ‘The sound /2 is almost always spelled with the letter a, Add more examples below. a hat, man, jacket, glasses, grab — grabbed, sad —sadder Unusual spellings: laugh, plaid fH Common Expressions (7 Listen and repeat these common expressions with the sound fz. Thanks, ‘What's the matter? Welcome back. understand, What happened? Do you have any plans? fel*hat 23