| Phillip: | I want a photograph of myself and my wife. |
| Photographer: | Please fill in this form please sir. Would you prefer a full front photograph or a profile? |
| Phillip: | A full front, don't you think, Phillippa? |
| Phiilippa: | Yes. A full front photograph. |
| Photographer: | Please sit on this sofa. Is it comfortable, Mrs Puffin? |
| Phiilippa: | Yes. It feels fine. |
| Photographer: | Mr Puffin, please give a friendly laugh. |
| Phillip: | Thats difficult. If you say something funny I can laugh. |
| Photographer: | And, Mrs Puffin, please look soft and beautiful. |
| Phillip: | (laughs) |
| Phiilippa: | Is it finished? |
| Photographer: | Yes. |
Unit 36[v] van
Little Vinny is very vain.
My very valuable vest has vanished.
Practice 1 Listen and repeat:
| Sound 1 | Sound 2 |
| feel | veal |
| fine | vine |
| fail | veil |
| few | view |
| leaf | leave |
| half | halve |
Practice 2 Listen and repeat:
| Sound 1 | Sound 2 |
| bet | vet |
| best | vest |
| ban | van |
| bolts | volts |
| boat | vote |
| bowl | vole |
Test Tick the words you recognise in the sentences you hear:
1
a) few; b) view
2 a) half; b) halve
3 a) fast; b) vast
4 a) boat; b) vote
5 a) bolts; b) volts
6 a) fowls; b) bowels; c) vowel
Practice 3 Listen and repeat:
| Vera | living | have |
| very | November | five |
| village | leaving | love |
| valley | driving | lovely |
| van | lived | leaves |
| Victor | arrived |
Dialogue: A fine view
| Vera: | Has your family lived here for very long? |
| Victor: | Five and a half years. We arrived on the first of February. |
| Vera: | What a fine view you have! |
| Victor: | Yes. I love living here. |
| Vera: | Look! You can see the village down in the valley? |
| Victor: | Yes. It's a lovely view. |
Unit 37 [ w ] window
Why do you cry, Wiley, why do you cry?
Why Wiley, Why Wiley, Why?
Whenever we meet you
There is a tear in your eye
Why Wiley, Why Wiley, Why?
When the weather is wet
We must not fret
When the weather is cold
We must not scold
When the weather is warm
We must not storm
But be thankful together
Whatever the weather.
Practice 1 Listen and repeat:
| V | we |
| veal | wheel |
| vest | west |
| vet | wet |
| vine | wine |
| veil | whale |
Test Tick the words you recognise in the sentences you hear:
1 a) vine; b) wine 4 a) verse; b) worse
2 a) V; b) we 5 a) veils; b) whales
3 a) veal; b) wheel 6 a) viper; b) wiper
Practice 2 Listen and repeat:
| when | walk | were | twelve |
| well | warm | where | twenty |
| wet weather | wonderful | wore | quiet |
| Wendy went | woods | away | quickly |
| which | why | railway | sweet |
| what was | wild | everywhere | Gwen |
| watched | white wine | sandwiches | squirrels |
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Dialogue: A walk in the wood
| Gwen: | Did you see Victor on Wednesday, Wendy? |
| Wendy: | Yes. We went for a walk in the woods near the railway. |
| Gwen: | Wasn't it cold on Wednesday? |
| Wendy: | Yes. It was very cold and wet. We wore warm clothes and walked quickly to keep warm. |
| Gwen: | It's lovely and quiet in the woods. |
| Wendy: | Yes. Further away from the railway it was very quiet, and there were wild squirrels everywhere. We counted twenty squirrels. |
| Gwen: | How wonderful! Twenty squirrels! And did you take lunch with you? |
| Wendy: | Yes. About twelve we had veal sandwiches and sweet white wine, and we watched the squirrels. It was a very nice walk. |
Unit 38 [ j ] yellow
What cant be cured must be endured.
William yelled loudly at the football match yesterday.
Hell find very interesting news in the newspaper.
Stuart wants a newer of pure water.
Practice 1 Listen and repeat:
| joke | yolk |
| jack | yak |
| Jam | yam |
| Jess | yes |
| jeers | years |
Test Tick the words you recognise in the sentences you hear:
1 a) joke; b) yolk
2 a) jam; b) yam
3 a) Jess; b) yes
4 a) jeers; b) years
5 a) juice; b) use
6 a) jet; b) yet
Practice 2 Listen and repeat:
| yes | tubes | few | millionaire |
| yesterday | stupid | knew | you |
| yellow | student | New | university |
| years | stew | York | excuse me |
| York | Hugh | music | tutor |
| Europe | huge | beautiful | tunes |
| onion | young | produces | tuba |
