| Pretty girl: | I want to buy a hat coat, skirt. |
| Assistant: | Hats are upstairs on the next floor / Coats / first / Skirts / Shirts |
| Fat man: | Where can I get a hot meal? |
| Assistant: | The restaurant is on the thirteenth floor: cafeteria |
| Little girl: | I want to buy some bootlaces, light bulbs, bottles of fruit juice. |
| Assistant: | They're on the next counted on your left, dear. |
| Tall lady: | I want some tins of tomato paste steak. |
| Assistant: | Try the supermarket in the basement, |
| Gentleman: | Could you tell me where the travel agency Lavatory |
| Assistant: | It's right next to the cafeteria on the thirteenth restaurant floor. |
| Student: | I want to buy a football, cricket bat, tennis racquet. |
| Assistant: | Take the lift to the sports department It's on the top floor fourteenth |
| Little boy: | Could you tell me where the telephone is? |
| Assistant: | It's on the twelfth floor opposite the photograph. |
| Twins: | Could you tell us the time, please? |
| Assistant: | Yes. It's exactly twenty-two minutes to ten. |
Unit 26 [ d ]
Dennies daughter Diana doesnt dislike darning.
Practice 1 Listen and repeat:
| Sound 1 | Sound 2 |
| tore | door |
| tarts | darts |
| cart | card |
| write | ride |
| train | drain |
| trunk | drunk |
Test Tick the words you recognise in the sentences you hear:
1 a) writing; b) riding 4 a) sent; b) send
2 a) cart; b) card 5 a) tarts; b) darts
3 a) bat; b) bad 6 a) try; b) dry
Practice 2 Listen and repeat:
| do | told | did | Sidney |
| date | tried | David | didnt |
| Daisy | rained | Donald | cards |
| Dotty | stayed | decided | bad cold |
| darlig | studied | damaged | children |
| dancing | repaired | goodbye |
Dialogue: A damaged telephone
| Daisy: | Dunston 238282. |
| Donald: | Hello, Daisy. This is Donald. |
| Daisy: | Oh, hello, darling. |
| Donald: | What did you do yesterday, Daisy? You forgot our date, didn't you? |
| Daisy: | Weil, it rained all day, Donald, and I have a bad cold, so I decided to stay at home. |
| Donald: | Did ou? I telephoned twenty times and nobody answered. |
| Daisy: | Oh, the telephone was damaged. They repaired it today. |
| Donald: | What did David do yesterday? Did he and Dotty go dancing? |
| Daisy: | No. They stayed at home and played cards with the children. |
| Donald: | And what did you do? Did you play cards too? |
| Daisy: | No. Sidney and I listened to, the radio and studied. What did you do yesterday, Donald? |
| Donald: | I've just told you, Daisy. I tried to phone you twenty times! |
Pronunciation: -ed ending
Listen and repeat:
ed = d ed = t ed = id
| played | brushed | waited |
| cleaned | laughed | painted |
| snowed | pushed | shouted |
| closed | watched | wanted |
| filled | danced | landed |
| studied | walked | departed |
Unit 27 [ k ] key
Take care not to make many mistakes when you bake those cakes.
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If we keep quiet we may be lucky and see the cockoo.
Practice 1 Listen and repeat:
| car | American | scarf | because |
| carpet | ticket | scooter | |
| cuckoo | sky | ||
| cup of coffee | school | of course |
Practice 2 Listen and repeat:
[k]is usually quieter here:
| like | look | milk | plastic |
| talk | work | ask |
Practice 3 Listen and repeat:
[k] is usually quieter here:
| black dog | electric | bookshelf | looked |
| take two | picture | asked | talked |
| cake fork | exactly | worked |
Practice 4 Listen and repeat:
| Clark | six | cakes | quiet |
| clock | next | forks | quick |
| clever | exciting | clocks | quickly |
| cream | expensive | likes | question |
| cricket | excuse me | talks | thank you |
Dialogue: The cuckoo clock
| Mrs Cook | Would you like some cream in your coffee, Mrs Clark? |
| Mrs Clark: | No thank you. But I'd like a little milk. |
| Mrs Cook | Would you like some chocolate cakes? |
| Mrs Clark: | Thank you. |
| Mrs Cook | Take two. Here's a cake fork, and here's a |
| Mrs Clark: | Excuse me, Mrs Cook. But what's that next to your bookshelf? Is it a clock? |
| Mrs Cook | Yes. It's an American cuckoo clock. |
| Mrs Clark: | Is it plastic? |
| Mrs Cook | Oh, no, Mrs Clark. It's a very expensive clock. It's an electric clock. |
| Mrs Clark: | Well, it's exactly six o'clock now, and it's very quiet. Doesnt t it say cuckoo? |
| Mrs Cook | : Of course, Mrs Clark. Look |
| Clock: | Cuckoo! Cuckoo! Cuckoo! Cuckoo! Cuckoo! Cuckoo! |
| Mrs Clark: | How exciting! What a clever clock! |
| Clock: | Cuckoo! |
Unit 28 [ g ] girl
If you go digging in the garden, dont forget to take your old grey gloves.
Practice 1 Listen and repeat:
| Sound 1 | Sound 2 |
| cold | gold |
| coat | goat |
| curl | girl |
| class | glass |
| back | bag |
| clock | clog |
Test Tick the words you recognise in the sentences you hear:
1 a) cold; b) gold
2a) back; b) bag
3 a) clock; b) clog
4 a) curl; b) girl
5 ) frock b)frog
6 a) clue b) glue
Practice 2 Listen and repeat:
| give | guests | August | Greek |
| beginning | garden | guitar | Margaret |
| get | gun | dog | telegram |
| together | good | Craig | glad |
| again | go | Greg | England |
