| Eddie: | Hello, Ellen! Hello, Ben! Hello, Jenny! |
| Ben: | Hello, Eddie. Have a cigarette. |
| Eddie: | Thanks, Ben. |
| Ellen: | Help yourself to whisky. |
| Jenny: | It's on the shelf. |
| Ben: | How did you spend your holiday, Eddie? |
| Eddie: | I went to America with a friend. |
| Everybody: | Well! |
| Ellen: | Were all jealous. |
| Ben: | Was it expensive? |
| Eddie: | Yes. Very. Ive spent everything. |
| Jenny: | Haven't you any money left? |
| Eddie: | Yes, Jenny. Ten pence! |
Intonation
Statements usually have a falling tune at the end. 'Wh' questions (Who? What? Why? When? Where? How?) usually have a falling tune at the end. Yes No questions usually have a rising tune at the end.
Examples:
Wh question: How did you spend your holiday?
Statement: I went to America.
Yes/No question: Was it expensive?
Statement: Yes.Very.
Practise this dialogue. Use the place names below.
Kent Venice Belgium
-How did you spend your holiday?
-I went to...
-Was it expensive?
-Yes. Very.
Unit 4 [ æ ] man
A black cat sat on a mat
And ate a fat rat.
That man sat on my hat in a tram
He is a bad man, that man, thats a fact.
Im glad I had my bag in my hand
Or he might have sat on that.
Practice 1 Listen and repeat:
| Sound 1 | Sound 2 |
| X | axe |
| pen | pan |
| men | man |
| said | sad |
| beg | bag |
| bread | Brad |
Test: Tick the words you recognise in the sentences you hear:
1 a) pen; b) pan
2 a) men; b) man
3 a) said; b) sad
4 a) gem; b) jam
5 a) pet; b) pat
6 a) bed; b) bad
Practice 2 Listen and repeat:
| apple | Anne | camera |
| perhaps | Amsterdam | lavatory |
| passenger | Alice | traveling |
| hijacker | Miss Allen | handbag |
| jacket | left hand | |
| black slacks | Miss Bradley |
Dialogue: A bad hijacker.
| Hostess Bradley: | Alice! Perhaps that passenger is a hijacker! |
| Hostess Allen: | Which passenger, Anne? That sad man with the camera? He's wearing black slacks and a jacket. |
| Hostess Bradley: | No. That fat lady with the big black handbag in her left hand. |
| Hostess Allen: | Is she standing next to the lavatory? |
| Hostess Bradley: | Yes. She's traveling to Amsterdam. |
| Hostess Allen: | You're mad, Anne, I don't understand. |
| Hostess Bradley: | You see, when she went into the lavatory she didn't have that handbag in her hand, and now she's... |
| Fat lady: | (clapping her hands) EVERYBODY STAND! I'm a hijacker. And in this handbag I have a... |
| Handbag: | BANG! |
Unit 5 [ Λ ] cup
As snug as a bug in a rug.
My sun had suffered much.
He bought a couple of buns and some honey.
Humpy Dumpy sat on a wall
Humpy Dumpy had a great fall
All the kings horses and all the kings men
Couldnt put Humpy Dumpy together again.
Practice 1 Listen and repeat:
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| Sound 1 | Sound 2 |
| cap | cup |
| hat | hut |
| sack | suck |
| ban | bun |
| bag | bug |
| hag | hug |
Test. Tick the words you recognise in the sentences you hear:
1 a) cap; b) cup
2 a) hat; b) hut
3 a) bag; b) bug
4 a) mad; b) mud
5 a) hang; b) hung
6 a) ran; b ) run
Practice 2 Listen and repeat:
| ugly | must | love |
| untrue | much | lovely |
| unhappy | lunch | honey |
| understand | Sunny | worry |
| shut up | cousin | company |
| just once | Russ | wonderful |
Dialogue: I love you
| Russ: | Honey, why are you so sad? |
| (Janet says nothing) | |
| Russ: | Honey, why are you so unhappy? I don't understand. |
| Janet: | You don't love me, Russ! |
| Russ: | But, honey, I love you very much. |
| Janet: | That's untrue. You love my cousin, Sunny. You think she's lovely and I'm ugly. |
| Russ: | Janet, just once last month I took Sunny out for lunch. You mustn't worry. I like your company much better than Sunny's. |
| Janet: | Oh, shut up, Russ. |
| Russ: | But, honey, I think you're wonderful. You mustn't... |
| Janet: | Oh, SHUT UP! |
Unit 6 [ : ] heart
Mark Calmly back his car
In the dark part of the yard
A large part of the yard was dark.
I laughed and laughed when I saw my art dancing on the yard.
We are walking on the grass
To let the larger cars pass.
The lager cars passing cant harm us
While we are on the grass.
After the party we started to argue.
His father isnt hard-hearted.
Practice 1 Listen and repeat: Practice 2 Listen and repeat:
| Sound 1 | Sound 2 | Sound 1 | Sound 2 |
| cap | carp | cup | carp |
| hat | heart | hut | heart |
| cat | cart | cut | cart |
| ban | barn | bun | barn |
| match | march | much | march |
| clack | clerk | cluck | clerk |
Test Tick the words you recognise in the sentences you hear:
1a) hat; b)hut; c) heart 4 a) bun; b) barn
2 a) cat; b) cut; c) cart 5 a) come; b) calm
3 a) cap; b) cup; c) car 6 a) Patty's; b) parties
Practice 3 Listen and repeat:
| Ah! | marvellous | guitar | smart |
| Arnold | bar | Barbara | Martin |
| So they are! | far | Margaret | Martha |
| can't | car | Charles | dark |
| garden | star | laugh | |
| photograph |
Dialogue: At a party
| Margaret: | Wheres your glass, Barbara? |
| Barbara: | It's on the bar. |
| Martin: | Barbara! Margaret! Come into the garden. Martha and Charles are dancing in the dark. |
| Margaret | In the garden? What a laugh! |
| Barbara: | So they are! They're dancing on the grass! |
| Margaret: | They're dancing under the stars! |
| Martin: | And Arnold's playing his guitar. |
| Barbara: | Doesn't Martha look smart! |
| Margaret: | Look at Charles! What a marvellous dancer! |
| Barbara: | Ah! Let's take a photograph of Martha and Charles. |
| Martin: | We can't. It's too dark |
Unit 7 Review
