Sounds and Rhythm of English
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Sounds and Rhythm of English. Practice Materials for 1st year students: . / C .: .. , .. , 2006. 90.
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Contents
Monophthongs. 5
Unit 1[ i: ] sheep. 5
Unit 2 [ i ] ship. 6
Unit 3 [ e ] pen. 7
Unit 4 [ æ ] man. 9
Unit 5 [ Λ ] cup. 10
Unit 6 [ : ] heart 11
Unit 7 Review.. 13
Unit 8 [ ɔ ] clock. 13
Unit 9 [o:] Ball 14
Unit 10 [u] book. 16
Unit 11 [ u: ] boot 17
Unit 12 [ə:] girl 18
Unit 13 [ə] camera. 20
Unit 14 Review.. 22
Diphthongs. 22
Unit 15 [ei] tail 22
Unit 16 [ai] fine. 23
Unit 17 [ oi ] boy. 25
Unit 18 Review.. 26
Unit 19 [ au ] house. 26
Unit 20 [əu ] phone. 27
Unit 21 [ iə ] beer 28
Unit 22 [ ɛə ] chair 30
Consonants. 31
Unit 23 [ p ] pen. 31
Unit 24 [ b ] baby. 32
Unit 25 [ t ] tin. 33
Unit 26 [ d ] 35
Unit 27 [ k ] key. 36
Unit 28 [ g ] girl 38
Unit 29 [ s ] s. 39
Unit 30 [ z ] zoo. 40
Unit 31 [ ʃ ] shoe. 41
Unit 32 [ʒ] television. 42
Unit 33 [ ʧ] cherry. 42
Unit 34 [ʤ] jam.. 44
Unit 35 [ f ] fan. 45
Unit 36 [v] van. 47
Unit 37 [ w ] window.. 48
Unit 38 [ j ] yellow.. 49
Unit 39 [ h ] hat 50
Unit 40 [ θ ] thin. 52
Unit 41 [ ð ] the feather 53
Unit 42 [ m ] mouth. 55
Unit 43 [ n ] nose. 55
Unit 44 [ ŋ ] ring. 57
Unit 45[ l ] letter 58
Unit 46 [ l ] ball 59
Unit 47 [ r ] rain. 60
Unit 48 [ r ] girl 60
Stress Time. 60
Small talk. 74
Unit 1 Greetings. 74
Unit 2. Introductions. Identifying yourself and others. 75
Unit 3. Saying good-bye. 76
Unit 4. Giving and receiving complements. 77
Unit 5. Inviting, accepting, refusing. 78
Unit 6. Expressing likes and dislikes. Asking for and giving an opinion. 79
Unit 7. Expressing ability or inability to do smth. Making excuses. Giving encouragements. 80
Unit 8. Apologizing. Accepting an apology. 82
Unit 9. Talking about food. 83
Unit 10. Talking about money. 84
Unit 11. Talking about the weather. 85
Unit 12.Asking for and giving information. 86
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Unit 13.Giving and receiving thanks. 87
Unit 14. Expressing confusion. 88
Unit 15. Making plans. 88
Monophthongs
Monophthongs are vowels the articulation of which is almost unchanging.
Unit 1[ i: ] sheep
Eve is Petes niece.
He seems very pleased to meet these people.
Each teacher needs to be free to teach as he pleases.
Practice 1 Listen and repeat:
| bean | peel | seat | cheeks |
| heel | sheep | eat | |
| meal | cheap | leek |
Practice 2 Listen and repeat:
| Edith | see | eating |
| evening | tea | Peter |
| easy | pea | meat |
| jeans | three | |
| cheese |
Dialogue: In a restaurant
| Peter: | What would you like to eat, Edith? |
| Edith: | A meat sandwich. |
| Peter: | Jean? Would you like a meat sandwich or a cheese sandwich? |
| Jean: | A cheese sandwich, please, Peter. |
| Waiter: | Good evening. |
| Peter: | Good evening. Well have one meat sandwich and two cheese sandwiches. |
| Edith: | And three teas, please! |
| Waiter: | One meat sandwich, two cheese sandwiches and three teas. |
Intonation: Questions with 'or'
These have a falling tune at the end. The parts of words which are in blacker type are louder, or stressed.
Would you like coffee or tea?
Would you like veal or beef?
Would you like coffee or milk or tea?
Now practice with somebody, using this menu.
Example: Would you like leek soup or pea soup?
Leek soup, please.
MENU
| Soup: | leek soup OR pea soup |
| Meat: | veal OR beef |
| Vegetables: | beans OR peas |
| Sweets & drinks: | cheesecake OR ice cream OR peaches Coffee OR tea |
Unit 2 [ i ] ship
This fish has a thin fin
That fish has a thick fin
This fish is a fish that has a thinner fin than that fish.
Its better to kiss a miss than to miss a kiss
Practice 1 Listen and repeat:
| Sound 1 | Sound 2 |
| sheep | ship |
| bean | bin |
| eat | it |
| seat | Sit |
| leek | lick |
| cheeks | chicks |
Test Tick the words you recognise in the sentences you hear:
1 a) sheep; b) ship
2 a) bean; b) bin
3 a) cheeks; b) chicks
4 a) cheap; b) chip
5 a) heel; b) hill
6 a) peel; b) pill
Practice 2 Listen and repeat:
| it's | Tim | fifty |
| isn't | film | sixty |
| ill | minutes | |
| Indians | beginning | |
| interesting | Mrs Smith |
Dialogue: An interesting film
| Bill: | Is Tim in? |
| Lyn: | Is he coming to the pictures? |
| Mrs Smith: | Tim's ill. |
| Bill: | Here he is! Hello, Tim. |
| Tim: | Hello, Bill. |
| Lyn: | Are you ill, Tim? |
| Tim: | Is it an interesting film? |
| Lyn: | It's 'Big Jim and the Indians'. |
| Bill: | And it begins in six minutes. |
| Mrs Smith: | If you're ill, Tim... |
| Tim: | Quick, or well miss the beginning of the film |
Unit 3 [ e ] pen
Money lent is money spent.
All is well that ends well.
He sent him a telegram begging for help.
If I give you a lift, will you sit still?
Practice 1 Listen and repeat:
| Sound1 | Sound2 |
| pin | pen |
| bin | Ben |
| tin | ten |
| pig | peg |
| bill | bell |
| chicks | cheques |
Test Tick the words you recognise in the sentences you hear:
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1 a) pin; b) pen
2 a) pig; b) peg
3 a) tins; b) tens
4 a) sit; b) set
5 a) Jinny; b) Jenny
6 a) picked; b) pecked
Practice 1 Listen and repeat:
| any | spend | Jenny |
| everybody | friend | jealous |
| everything | left | America |
| Eddie | shelf | expensive cigarettes |
| Ellen | ten pence | help yourself |
