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Exercise 8. Listen to the recorded messages, paying attention to the target sound / æ /. Now listen again and complete the sentences below. Each missing word has the sound / æ /. Number 1 has been done as an example.

1.Aaron works at the Ajax Travel Agency.

2.He’s on holiday in __________ .

3.His boss is Mrs ___________ .

4.Aaron left an ___________ and ___________ on his desk.

5.He ___________ to contact Anthony about the ___________ of

___________ he ___________ on ___________ .

6.Aaron has a ___________ habit of being ____________ from work.

7.Aaron booked a ___________ to San ___________ with three __________: an anteater, an ___________ , and an ___________ .

8.The computer has ___________ and Aaron hadn't done the ___________ up for the ___________ programmes. Mrs Allen is very ___________ .

9.The best advertising ___________ have been ___________ because of Aaron's bad ___________ .

10.Aaron doesn’t ___________ to come ___________ to the ___________

agency because he's been ___________ .

Exercise 9. Listen to the complete sentences and check your answers then practice reading the sentences aloud.

INTONATION

Exercise 10. Listen and repeat.

Intonation statements usually goes down at the end.

Intonation in WH questions (Who? What? Why? When? Where? How?) usually goes down at the end.

Intonation in Yes/No questions usually goes up at the end.

1. How did you spend your holiday ?

2. I went to America .

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3.Was it expensive ?

4.Yes . Very .

5.No . Not very.

Exercise 11. Practice the word stress in these place names:

ˈDenmark, ˈVenice, ˈLebanone, Jaˈpan, New ˈYork, the Mediterˈranean, Helˈsinki.

Exercise 12. Now practice the conversation below, using the place names from previous exercise. Mind the intonation.

A: How did you spend your holiday?

B: I went to ….

A:was it expensive?

B:Yes. Very. / Not very.

HOMETASK:

1.Look back over this unit at words with the target sounds, and write what you noticed about how to spell the sounds / e / and / æ /.

2.Listen to the dialogues you’ve listened to in class several times, practice reading them aloud, paying special attention to the target sounds and intonation. Be ready to present the dialogues in class.

3.Transcribe the sentences in Exercise 4.

4.Study the theoretical material: Section B, Lecture 2.

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UNIT 3. / ʌ /, / a: /

Exercise 1. A. First practise the sound / æ / (see unit 2).

B.Put your tongue back a little to make the short target sound / ʌ /.

C.Listen and repeat both sounds together.

Exercise 2. A. First practise the sound / æ /. Listen and repeat.

B. Put your tongue further back and down to make the longer target sound / a: /.

C. Listen and repeat both sounds together.

Exercise 3. Listen and repeat the words.

Sound 1

Sound 2

/ ʌ /

 

/ a: /

 

 

cup

 

carp

What a beautiful cup!

What a beautiful carp!

 

hut

 

heart

There’s a problem with my hut.

There’s a problem with my heart.

 

cut

 

cart

He covered his cut.

He covered his cart.

 

bun

 

barn

What’s in that bun?

What’s in that barn?

 

come

 

calm

‘Come down’, she said.

‘Calm down’, she said.

 

 

 

 

Exercise 4. Listen to the minimal pair sentences. Repeat them.

Exercise 5. Listen to the minimal pair sentences again and underline the strongly stressed syllables in each sentence.

Exercise 6. Say which words a), b) or c) do you hear in the sentences.

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a) hat

b) hut

c) heart

a) cat

b) cut

c) cart

a) cap

b) cup

c) carp

a) bun

b) barn

 

a) come

b) calm

 

a) Patty’s

b) parties

 

Exercise 7. Listen to the dialogue, paying attention to the target sound / ʌ / and intonation. Then read the dialogue.

 

She doesn’t love him

 

 

JASMINE:

Honey, why are you so sad?

JASMINE:

Honey, why are you so unhappy? I don’t understand.

DUNCAN:

You don’t love me, Jasmine.

JASMINE:

But Duncan, I love you very much!

DUNCAN:

That’s untrue, Jasmine. You love my cousin.

JASMINE:

Justin?

DUNCAN:

No, his brother.

JASMINE:

Dudley?

DUNCAN:

No. stop being funny, Jasmine. Not that one. The other brother.

 

Hunter. You think he’s lovely and I’m unattractive.

JASMINE:

Duncan! That’s utter rubbish!

DUNCAN:

And Hunter loves you too.

JASMINE:

No he doesn’t.

DUNCAN:

Yes he does.

JASMINE:

Duncan, just once last month I had lunch with Hunter. You mustn’t

 

worry. I like your company much better than Hunter’s. Hunter’s…

DUNCAN:

Oh, just shut up, Jasmine!

JASMINE:

But honey, I think you’re wonderful!

DUNCAN:

Oh, shut up, Jasmine.

JASMINE:

Now that’s enough! You’re just jealous, Duncan. You shut up!

 

 

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Exercise 8. Listen to the dialogue, paying attention to the target sound / a: / and intonation. Then read the dialogue.

At a Party

ALANA: What a marvellous party this is! I’m having so much fun,

 

Margaret.

MARGARET: Where’s your glass, Alana?

ALANA: Here you are. Thanks. That’s enough.

MARTIN:

Alana! Margaret! Come into the garden. Tara Darling and Markus

 

Marsh are dancing on the grass.

MARGARET:

In the dark?

MARTIN:

They’re dancing under the stars.

ALANA:

Fantastic! And Bart Jackson is playing his guitar.

MARGARET:

Just look at Tara! She can’t dance but she looks very smart.

MARTIN:

Look at Markus. What a fabulous dancer!

ALANA:

What an attractive couple they are! Let’s take a photograph of

 

them.

 

 

INTONATION

Exercise 9. Listen and repeat.

We often show the feeling of surprise in an exclamation where the intonation goes a long way upand then down .

What a fast car ! What a funny dancer!

What a marvelous photograph!

What a fantastic guitar!

Exercise 10. Use the words to make exclamations:

dark, dirty, fast, marvelous, smart, unusual, funny, fantastic;

carpet, guitar, scarf, car, glass, photograph, star, dancer.

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Exercise 11. Intonation in a list goes up on the last strongly stressed word in each phrase, and then down at the end. Listen and repeat.

He bought a cup and some nuts.

He bought a cup, some nuts and some honey.

He bought a cup, some nuts, some honey and a brush.

Exercise 12. Game: 'My uncle went to London'

Practise this game with a group of five people. Choose any words from the list below.

EXAMPLE

A:My uncle went to London and he spent a lot of money. He bought a bus company.

B:My uncle went to London and he spent a lot of money. He bought a bus

company and a toy duck.

Each player remembers what the others have said and adds something to the list. Practise saying these phrases before you start:

a bus company

some sacks of nuts

a cuddly monkey

an onion field

a toy duck

some sunglasses

a brush

a lovely butterfly

a bun shop

some honey

some comfortable gloves

a hundred buttons

 

 

 

HOMETASK:

1.Look back over this unit at words with the target sounds, and write what you noticed about how to spell the sounds / ʌ / and / a: /.

2.Listen to the dialogues you’ve listened to in class several times, practice reading them aloud, paying special attention to the target sounds and intonation. Be ready to present the dialogues in class.

3.Transcribe the sentences in Exercise 4.

4.Study the theoretical material: Section B, Lecture 3.

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UNIT 4. / ɒ /, / ɔ: /

Exercise 1. A. First practise the sound / æ / (see unit 2).

B. Put your tongue slightly back and bring your lips slightly forward to make the short target sound / ɒ /.

C. Listen and repeat both sounds together.

Exercise 2. A. First practise the sound / ɒ /. Listen and repeat.

B.The back of your tongue goes up a little more to make the long target sound / ɔ:/.

C. Listen and repeat both sounds together.

Exercise 3. Listen and repeat the words.

Sound 1 / ɒ /

Don

Is your name Don?

cod

This cod was in the sea.

shot

He was shot.

pot

It’s a small pot.

fox

Look for the fox.

spot

I don’t like these spots.

Sound 2 / ɔ: /

Dawn

Is your name Dawn?

cord

This cord was in the sea.

short

He was short.

port

It’s a small port.

forks

Look for the forks.

sport

I don’t like these sports.

Exercise 4. Listen to the minimal pair sentences. Repeat them.

Exercise 5. Listen to the minimal pair sentences again and underline the strongly stressed syllables in each sentence.

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Exercise 6. Say which words a) or b) do you hear in the sentences.

a) spots

b) sports

a) pots

b) ports

a) cod

b) cord

a) shot

b) short

a) Rod

b) roared

a) what a

b) water

 

 

Exercise 7. Listen to the dialogue, paying attention to the target sound / ɒ / and intonation. Then read the dialogue.

TV Advertisement for ‘Onwash’

VOICE A: What’s wrong with you, Mrs Bloggs?

MRS BLOGGS: What’s wrong with me? I want a holiday from this horrible job of washing socks!

VOICE B: Buy a bottle of ‘Onwash’, Mrs Bloggs!

VOICE C: ‘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 B: 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!

Exercise 8. Listen to the dialogue, paying attention to the target sound / ɔ: / and intonation. Then read the dialogue.

A football match

ANNOUNCER: This morning the Roarers football team arrived back from York. Laura Short is our sports reporter, and she was at the airport.

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LAURA SHORT: Good morning, listeners. This is Laura 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?

LAURA SHORT: Yes, George. I’m Laura Short from Radio Station 4. Tell us about the football match with York.

GEORGE BALL: Well, it was awful. We lost. And the score was forty-four, four. But it wasn’t my fault, Laura.

LAURA SHORT: Whose fault was it, George?

GEORGE BALL: The forwards.

LAURA SHORT: The forwards?

GEORGE BALL: Yes. The forwards. They were always falling over or losing the ball!

Exercise 9. Listen and repeat.

Sometimes intonation shows whether the speaker is more polite and friendly or less friendly.

Intonation goes up in a suggestion, and this sounds polite and friendly:

Have a holiday, Mrs Bloggs. Stop washing, MrWong.

Don't drop that pot, Ms Morris. Put it on the box, Miss Johnson.

Intonation goes down in a command, and this sounds less friendly:

Have a holiday, Mrs Bloggs. Stop washing, MrWong.

Don’t drop that pot, Ms Morris. Put it on the box, Miss Johnson.

Exercise 10. Listen to the speakers expressing surprise.

We can show a feeling of surprise with an intonation that goes a long way up.

A:Mr Short always plays football in the morning.

B:In the morning?

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C:Mr Short?

D:Football?

E:Always?

Exercise 11. Listen and then express surprise about the part of the sentence in italics, like the example.

EXAMPLE: I saw Victoria at the airport.

Response: At the airport?

1.I've put the ball in the drawer.

2.It's too warm to go walking.

3.Georgia was looking gorgeous this morning.

4.Morgan 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 Orlando when I was in New York.

8.It's your fault.

HOMETASK:

1.Look back over this unit at words with the target sounds, and write what you noticed about how to spell the sounds / ɒ / and / ɔ: /.

2.Listen to the dialogues you’ve listened to in class several times, practice reading them aloud, paying special attention to the target sounds and intonation. Be ready to present the dialogues in class.

3.Transcribe the sentences in Exercise 4.

4.Study the theoretical material: Section B, Lecture 4.

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