3 PRONUNCIATION EXTRA

STARTER UNIT 3 4A 3.6 SOUNDS and SPELLING: /uː/ /æ/ /ɜː/

Look at some different spellings of the sounds.
3.1 Then listen and repeat the sounds and words.
/uː/ you, shoes, blue, two, too, the UK
1A 3.1 WORD STRESS Listen and write the words
/æ/ hat, jacket, black, camera, taxi, bag
in the correct group in the table.
/ɜː/ purple, Turkey, nurse, T-shirt, skirt, girl
cities countries buildings newspapers
managers computers addresses buses PRONUNCIATION TIP
restaurants nurses assistants credit cards Look at these words: computer, music, new. Here we
pronounce ‘u’ or ‘ew’ as /juː/.
Oo oOo Ooo

B 3.7 Listen and complete the words. Then circle

/uː/, /æ/ or /ɜː/ in each word. Which words have the
/juː/ sound?
1 /uː/ aern n, gr p, niversity, n spaper
2 /æ/ h ppy, ngry, c mera, f mily
B 3.2 Listen and check. Then listen and repeat.
3 /ɜː/ s name, G many, th sty, f st
C Underline five words ending in /ɪz/, circle two
words ending in /s/ and tick five words ending /z/. 3.3
2A 3.3 SOUNDS and SPELLING: /ð/ Listen and 5A 3.8 WEAK FORMS Read the Pronunciation
repeat the sound and the words. tip. Then listen to the sentences and underline the
/ð/ this, that, these, those, with, mother, they, the stressed words.

B Read the conversation. Underline twelve /ð/ sounds. PRONUNCIATION TIP

A: This is my father, Julio. When we speak fast, we stress some words and some
B: Hi, nice to meet you. words are weak. The weak words oen have the
A: He’s the hotel manager. sound /ə/. Where are you from? a tea and a cake
C: It’s a great hotel! /ə/ /ə/ /əndə/
A: And that’s my brother, over there. He’s the chef.
1 a tea and a coffee
C: And those children with that woman?
2 a tea and a sandwich
A: They’re from the UK. They’re on holiday here.
3 a coffee and a sandwich
C 3.4 Listen and check. Then listen again and 4 a coffee and a cola
repeat the conversation. 5 a cola and a cake
6 a cake and a mineral water
3.2
B Listen again and say the sentences with the
3A 3.5 INTONATION: complimenting Listen speaker. Copy the weak forms.
and correct four things in the conversations. Does
speaker A sound interested or not interested? 6A 3.9 STRESS and WEAK FORMS: ordering
Listen and complete the orders in a café.
Conversation 1
A: Nice ring! 1 Can I have a , please?
B: Thanks. It’s from my mother. 2 Can I have , please?
A: It’s good on you. 3 Can I have one, please?
B: Thanks. 4 Can I have , please?
5 Can I have one of , please?
Conversation 2
6 Can I have of , please?
A: Nice shoes!
B: Thanks. They’re from Spain. B Circle nine weak forms with /ə/ in the sentences in
A: They’re great! Exercise 6A. Then listen and check.
B: Thanks.
C Listen again and repeat. Copy the stress, the weak
B Listen again and say the conversations with the forms and the polite intonation.
speakers. Copy the intonation.

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