| i: | i | e | æ | Λ | a: |
| bean | bin | Ben | ban | bun | barn |
| beat | bit | bet | bat | but | Bart |
| bead | bid | bed | bad | bud | bard |
| peak | pick | peck | pack | Puck | park |
Listen and repeat:
| eat | eggs | mat | sit | cups | grass |
| seat | any | ham | fish | buns | garden |
| tea | ready | apple | chips | lunch | tart |
Unit 8 [ ɔ ] clock
Lots and lots of clocks and watches have gone wrong.
My costly clock has stopped.
A cup of coffee hot in a proper copper coffeepot.
Practice 1 Listen and repeat:
| Sound 1 | Sound 2 |
| hat | hot |
| cat | cot |
| pat | pot |
| sack | sock |
| tap | top |
| backs | box |
Test Tick the words you recognise in the sentences you hear:
1 a) cat; b) cot
2 a) sack; b) sock
3 a) tap; b) top
4 a) Tammy; b) Tommy
5 a) baddie; b) body
6 a) black; b) block
Practice 2 Listen and repeat:
| off | got | sorry |
| often | bottle | holiday |
| on | want | horrible |
| 'Onwash' | what's wrong | washing |
| a long job | Mrs Bloggs | popular |
Dialogue: TV advertisement for 'Onwash'
| Voice A: | Whats wrong with you Mrs Bloggs? |
| Mrs Bloggs: | Whatswrong with me? I want a holiday from this horrible job of washing socks! |
| Voice : | Buy a bottle of 'Of onwash', Mrs Bloggs! |
| Voice : | 'Onwash' is so soft and strong. |
| Voice D: | You don't want lots of hot water with Onwash. |
| Voice A: | It's not a long job with 'Onwash'. |
| Voice : | Use ' Onwash' often. |
| Voice C: | You won't be sorry when you've got 'Onwash'. |
| Voice D: | Everybody wants onwash'. |
| Everybody: | 'Onwash' is so popular! |
Unit 9 [o:] Ball
Her naughty daughter was at fault.
The lion walked towards Tom and roared.
Practice 1 Listen and repeat:
| Sound 1 | Sound 2 |
| Don | dawn |
| cod | cord |
| cot | caught |
| pot | port |
| fox | forks |
| spots | sports |
Test Tick the words you recognise in the sentences you hear:
1 a) spots; b) sports
2 a) pots; b) ports
3 a) cod; b) cord
4 a) shot; b) short
5 a) Rod; b) roared
6 a) what a; b) water
Practice 2 Listen and repeat:
| or | Paul | awful | a football match | a forward |
| score | towards | airport | the score board | |
| four | audience | reporter | score: Roarers four, York forty-four | |
| all | forward | forty | the goalkeeper | |
| always | George | walking | the ball | |
| footballer | 'the Roarers' | York | a fallen footballer |
Dialogue: Sports report from Channel 4
| Announcer: | This morning the Roarers football team arrived back from York. Paul Short is our sports reporter, and he was at the airport, |
| Paul Short: | Good morning. This is Paul Short. All the footballers are walking towards me. Here's George Ball, the goalkeeper. Good morning, George. |
| George Ball: | Good morning. Are, you a reporter? |
| Paul Short: | Yes. I'm from Channel 4. Please tell our audience about the football match with York. |
| George Ball: | Well, it was awful. We lost. And the score was four: forty-four. But it wasn't my fault. |
| Paul Short: | Whose fault was it? |
| George Ball: | The forwards. |
| Paul Short: | The forwards? |
| George Ball: | Yes. The forwards. They were always falling down or losing the ball! |
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Intonation: Surprise
A: Mr Short always plays football in the morning.
B: In the morning?
C: Mr Short?
D: Football?
E: Always?
In this conversation B, C, D and E are all surprised by what A says. B is surprised that he plays in the morning. C is surprised that Mr Short plays. D is surprised that he plays football. E is surprised that he always plays.
Practise in pairs. B must sound surprised about the part of the sentence in italics.
Example:
I saw Audrey at the airport.
A: I saw Audrey at the airport.
B: At the airport?
A: Yes. At the airport.
1 I've put the ball in the drawer.
2 It's too warm to go walking.
3 Dawn wrote a report in shorthand.
4 George has bought forty five forks.
5 I'm going to buy a horse.
6 You ought to get up at four in the morning.
7 I saw George when 1 was in New York.
8 It's your fault..
Unit 10 [u] book
Have a good look at the cookery book.
