~ aye) Pets enter, pet centre ete Joining words ? pets enter pet centre stopped aching stop taking cream I scream known aim no name called Annie call Danny clocks tops clock stops missed a night Mr Knight AX Note: tive speliing may be different in the two phrases which sound the same, For example, the ‘consonant sound /s/ is spelt S in pets, but C in centre. The consonant sound /t/ is spelt D at the end of stopped, but T in taking. ZA Note: the ji is often dropped from the beginning of pronouns, so that thanked him sounds like thank Tim, Went_into work, Worked _until two, Went_out for lune, ‘d_until six, _on the bus, Switched _on the box’, Slept_in_a chair, ("box = television) 84 English Pronunciation in Use38.1 38.2 38.3 Section B Sjlables, words and sentences Exercises What two words do you get if you move the consonant from the end of ene word to the beginning of the next or vice versa? Complete the table, Remember: think about sound, not spelling! ExaMPue cats eyes cat Sie 1 able $=) fell rable 6 an ocean Da- 2 known you D> 96 7 stop... > stopped earning 3 cooks <> cook steak 8 escaped error <> — — terror 4 seen you Don new 9 _... cheer $2> meant year S faced... $2 face told 10 learn chess Think of a computer which people speak into and it writes what they say. This computer wrote the sentences below incorrectly. Correct the phrases that are wrong using the phrases in the box. phoned your joinedus_— felt rain. sno news is stopped using ships take He-geed heard you lie Exampie It snewsgeed: I can’t fix i, "8. no. good 1 Known uses good news, as they say. 2. Have you phone jaw parents this weel 3 I've never her July before, 4 [think I fell rain; let’s go inside... $ These ship steak cars across the river. 6 They join does for dinnen 7 We stop choosing the typewriter when we got the computer Show where you can join a word ending with a consonant sound to a word starting with a vowel sound using this symbol: _ (there are eight in total). Then listen and practise saying the poem. There was_an old man called Greg, Who tried to break open an egg. He kicked it around, Bur fell on the ground, And found thar he'd broken a leg, yor ws a re English Pronunciation in Use 85After eight, after rate Joining words 2 When we say the spellings of words or names, we normally join them together in one continuous sound. For example, we say ABC like this: fetbissis/ (without any pause between the letters). Sometimes we have to add an extra sound to separate vowel sounds. Listen to these examples. The added sound is in small letters. The same three sounds, /1/, /i/ and /\w/, are also added between whole words to separate vowel sounds, sounds | R not pronounced her card her race | under sixteen under age under rage +] after nine after eight after rate four legs four eyes four rise clear rare LX Note: sometimes we pronounce an /r] to separate vowel sounds even if there is no Rin the spelling, For ‘example saw Alice can be pronounced /s9:_"elis]. no [if or /\“] pronounced [iJ or fo} pronounced sounds |i every toe fevrt tau) every ear fevrt His] every year he saves hi serve! he earns /hi ?3:nz/ he yearns you drank fju: drank} you ache fju: “erkf — you wake PLyow bur fius bast) 86 English Pronunciation in UseSection B Syilables, words and sentences Exercises 39.1 Spell out these names. If possible, record yourself. Then listen to the recording and compare it with yours. asi, 1 TOM 4 TANIA 2 BEN 5 ROSIE 3 ERIN In these pairs, the first and second word are joined with the phonemic letter shown. Read them ‘i3) aloud, then say them again, this time reversing the order of the words, so that a different sound joins the first and second word. You don't have to write anything. Then listen and check. Examrit two_" or three (“three_! or two) 1 grey_! and blue 2 you and me 3 where_' or why 4 you_“ or her 5 here_! or away 39.3. The word rise is ‘hidden’ in this sentence: Hereves ave open. It is the underlined part. This is clear if we look at the phonemic spelling. The word rise is /ratz/. You can see this underlined in this phonemic spelling of the sentence: fhorizoroupanf. The words in the box are ‘hidden’ in the sentences below. Find them antd underline them, and write the hidden word after the sentence wait rage winter yours reach years why rise. ride wake EXAMrLe The boat's useless without the oars. 1 Ave you into golf? 2 He has hair over the ears. 3 Ir’ starting to ache. 4.1'm not sure I'd agree v you 5 She has a shower each morning. - 6 It’s quarter to eight already. 7 Dol owe you anything? 8 Her cyes are a strange colour. 9 You should know berter at your age! wy Now listen to the sentences. Can you hear the ‘hidden words’? Try saying the sentences, making sure you pronounce the hidden words. Coe English Pronunciation in Use 87Greet guests, Greek guests Joining words 3 I've got a bad cold, (bad sounds similar to bag) We had a bad year. (bad sounds similar to badge) They shot bears. (shot sounds similar to shop) They shot cats. (shor sounds similar to shock) What's your son called? (son sounds similar to sung) My son made this. (son sounds simitar to sum) asked questions mixed paint boiled carrots used power LA Niotes We can usually tell what a word is from the context. For example, in the sentence / satin the waiting room and dig crosswords, the word before crosswords sounds like dig but ye know from the context it must be did. 88 English Pronunciation in Use40.1 185 40.2 9g iB 40.3 B97 Section B Sylobies, words and sentences Exercises ‘The underlined word in each sentence sounds like one of the words in the box. Match them. Then listen and check. EXAMPLE torch / talk a T taught classes this morning. kc / EHTS 5 You saushe yourself French. 1 7 a The sun burne my neck... sum /'s NPS b The sun came up over the mountains. = 2 a Ican’t hear you at this game. on beach Peale yt can hiégt Carol atsennis. 3 a Ican’t get this coar clean. ‘oke / coach coke 1 COaCN pp Is this the goat you bought? __ . 4 Th mite ak _ Sapa * icy cheat quite a lot. b They cheat people out of their money. Think of a computer which people speak into and it writes what they say. This computer wrote these sentences incorrectly. Listen. Guess from the context which word is wrong, circle it and write the correct word. EXAMPLE (Watch) your name? hats 1 have going to museums and arc galleries. _. 2 Have you ever tribe Belgian beer? 3 I got ache questions correct out of ten. 4 She’s a good player and can wing games against most people, 5 He copied out the text lime by line. — 6 It was a bag question; nobody got the answer right. You will hear sentences with one of the two beginnings given. Listen and complete the correct sentence. Put a ~ in the other space. EXAMPLE He pat the soup back in the pan. He put the suit back in the =. 1 [got this cut by 3 Her heart broke when — got this cup by 2 Pl have to warn my Her harp broke when —- a 4 Tes the last turn before a. Ie’ the last term before Pil have to warm my. eR English Pronunciation in Use 389