LESSON 6: VOWELS and GRAMMAR (Leisure time)

Part 1: Pronunciation
1. Vowels /p/ & /b/
/p/ p Pen push stop

pp Happy stopping

Note P is silent at the beginning of a few words

Ph is usually pronounced /f/: phone, photo,
autograph

1. A piece of paper
2. Push or pull
3. A deep sleep
4. A cheap trip round Europe
/b/ Big best rob robber verb

1. Big business
2. When was the baby born
3. It’s better to bake your bread than to buy it
4. What’s that big building between the bank and the
library?

2. Vowels /t/ & /d/

/t/ t Till tea ten top two water eat
complete
tt Better bottle
ed Stopped washed

/d/ d Day deep do door did food

dd Add address middle
Note: You often don’t hear a /t/ or /d/ when it’s between other consonant
sounds, so facts sounds like fax, next week sounds like necks week
A: Tell me all the facts
B: I’ll tell you next week

3. Vowels /k/ & /g/

/k/ c Car cat careful clean close color
fact
k Keep key kind kitchen desk like
talk walk
ck Black back check pocket tick
ch School stomach chemist architect
1. Look in the kitchen cupboard.
2. Keep your keys in your pocket.

/g/ Garden girl glass go gold ago

hungry bag leg egg bigger
1. Can you guess the beginning of the dialogue?
2. Are you going jogging again?

4. Vowels /f/ & /v/

/f/ f Feel first cafe after leaf
ff Coffee off
ph Phone autograph
gh laugh
1. forty-five
2. a family photo
3. I’m feeling fine
4. The fourteenth of February
 /v/ Very travel every have leave
1. We’re leaving at five past seven
2. A visa for seven-day visit
3. Stephen lives in a village.

Part 2: Speaking
1. Ask and answer these questions with a partner.
 Do you do any of the activities in the pictures?
 Which of these activities do you like or dislike?
 Are there any other things you do in your free time?

2. With a partner, use the positive adjectives in the box to say how you
feel about various free-time activities.

amusing great enjoyable excellent exciting

brilliant healthy peaceful relaxing

Examples:
Yoga is a very peaceful and relaxing activity.
I am excellent at taekwondo.

3. With a different partner, use the negative adjectives in the box to talk
about free-time activities.
Examples: I feel miserable when I play football in the rain.
Boxing can be an exhausting sport- you need to be fit and strong.
dangerous miserable exhausting frightening tiring
useless harmful stressful hopeless

4. Match phrases 1-7 with the connecting words and phrases A-G.
1 This is because I love Latin music
2 I love the way the dancers move and shake.
3 I like learning new steps
4 I really want to learn the tango
5 I've tried Flamenco dancing
6 I'm also worried about finding the right dance partner
7 I might fall over sometimes.
.
A In fact, I'll probably fall over quite a lot!
B For example, I really want to learn the tango
C or the samba
D I also want to give myself a challenge
E but I'm not very good.
F and I love the way the dancers move and shake.
G because I'll be a little slow to learn in the beginning.

5. Complete the sentences with your own ideas. You can use the activities
in the box, or you can choose your own. Practice saying them with a
partner.

baseball
hiking
sport
going on social media
playing computer games
making jewelry
dancing
travelling
watching TV
sewing

1. I like [activity] and ...

I like table tennis and I'm a member of my college team.
2. I like [activity] because ...
3. I love [activity], but ...
4. I'm not keen on [activity] - in fact ...
5. I love all kinds of [activity]. For example, ...
6. A lot of people in my country [activity]. They also ...
7. At weekends I enjoy [activity] or [activity] with my friends.

6. Now, read the script of Marco giving a talk about a leisure activity he
would like to do in the future. Choose the correct linking words.
I'm going to tell you about a leisure activity I'd like to do in the future. I'd
really like to learn how to play the acoustic guitar. This is (1) because/ so I
love music (2) and/ but I love the beautiful sound this kind of guitar makes. I
(3) and/ also want to give myself a challenge (4) so/ and learn something
new. I don't think it'll be too difficult for me (5) but/ because I already know
how to read music. I play the piano (6) but/ so I'm not very good. I think
playing the guitar will be easier. I (7) for example/ also like the fact that you
can carry a guitar round easily and play it anywhere. (8) For example/
Because I can play it in the park (9) but/ or on the beach. I can't think about
learning it at the moment (10) and/ because I'm too busy. I need to focus on
my studies (11) and/ or prepare for my exams. I think that I'd like to take up
the guitar next year. All my exams will be over by then, (12) so/ but I'll have
more time, and more money too. (13) In fact,/ Because I'll need money to pay
for lessons! I think that learning the guitar would change my life in a positive
way. If I learn to play it really well, I'll start my own band. I'd love to perform
live on stage at a concert. I think that would be fantastic!

I'm going to tell you about a leisure activity I'd like to do in the future. I'd
really like to learn how to play the acoustic guitar. This is (1) because I love
music (2) and I love the beautiful sound this kind of guitar makes. I (3) also
want to give myself a challenge (4) and learn something new. I don't think it'll
be too difficult for me (5) because I already know how to read music. I play the
piano (6) but I'm not very good. I think playing the guitar will be easier. I (7)
also like the fact that you can carry a guitar round easily and play it anywhere.
(8)For example I can play it in the park (9) or on the beach. I can't think about
learning it at the moment (10) because I'm too busy. I need to focus on my
studies (11) and prepare for my exams. I think that I'd like to take up the
guitar next year. All my exams will be over by then, (12) so I'll have more time,
and more money too. (13)In fact I'll need money to pay for lessons! I think that
learning the guitar would change my life in a positive way. If I learn to play it
really well, I'll start my own band. I'd love to perform live on stage at a concert.
I think that would be fantastic!

7. Listen to the following words pronounced (a) when they are stressed
and (b} how they might sound in a sentence.
stressed weak form
to /tu:/ /t/
and /end/ /gnd/ or /gn/
from /from/ /frm/
a /re/ /g/
of /nv/ /gv/
some /sAm/ /sgm/
for /f:xr/ /far/

8. Look at the sentences. Underline the words that you think will NOT be
stressed.
1 I want to learn to play the guitar.
2 I enjoy playing football and baseball.
3 I bought a new golf club.
4 I would like to learn to play chess.
5 I need some driving lessons.
6 I played drums in a band for a long time.
7 I plan to cycle from the north of Africa to the south.

1 I want to learn to play the guitar.

2 I enjoy playing football and baseball.
3 I bought a new golf club.
4 I would like to learn to play chess.
5 I need some driving lessons.
6 I played drums in a band for a long time.
7 I plan to cycle from the north of Africa to the south.

9. Make your own notes for this task card. Use the key words to help you.
Talk about a new sport or hobby you would like to take up.
You should say:
• what it is
• how you would start it
• why you have not started it yet
and explain what help you would need.