Вводно-фонетический курс английский как второй иностранный

 

Вводно-фонетический курс

Для студентов 3 курса

(английский как второй иностранный)

Липецк - 2009

CONTENTS Unit 1…………………………………………………..p 5 Unit 2…………………………………………………..p 7

Spelling

/i/	/e/
I – if, his, film E – started, dances	E – egg, editor, bet, went Ea – dead, head, breath

 

Listen and practise the difference.

1.2 Listen to the words on the cassette. Write the words you hear.  

Listen to the sentences on the cassette. For each one write the word you hear.

ü Whose pin/pen is that? ü He had tin/ten boxes. ü She gave me a chick/cheque.

Intonation Question tags

Tim Fitzwilliam isn’t English, is he?

He won the Silver Wings film prize, didn’t he?

 

Practise asking these questions.

ü He isn’t a film director, is he?

ü He came to England when he was sixteen, didn’t he?

ü His film is called dinner at the Ritz, isn’t it?

ü His film isn’t set in England, is it?

ü Fitzwilliam isn’t an English name, is it?

ü He isn’t a British citizen, is he?

1.7Dialogue Three interesting Films

A) Practise saying some words from the dialogue

Film, ill, miss, kids, quick, Kim, Bill, cricket, tickets children, minutes, quickly, listen, pity, begins, history, cinema, interesting, terrific, gorilla, festival, prize-winning, Africa, gymnastics, Olympic, excited, beginning, chimpanzee.

 

B) Listen to the dialogue, read it and fill in the gaps with the words from the table.

Gina: Is Kim in? Bill: Is he coming to the cinema, Mrs Lee? It’s the children’s film……………………. … Mrs Lee: Kim is ill.

Spelling

/s/	/S /
S – see, side Ss – cross, fussy Ce, ci, cy – centre, science, cycle	Sh- shop, shift

 

Listen and practise the difference.

 

Listen to the words on the cassette. Write the words you hear.

Listen to the sentences on the cassette. For each one write the word you hear.

· She’s always giving me socks/shocks.

· The sack/shack is full of rubbish.

· That seat/sheet is dirty.

· They are sifting/shifting the flour.

· We took a sip/ship.

· Could you sign/shine this please?

Listen and read out these extracts from a magazine.

 

Christmas television

6.00 Festivals of Nine Lessons and Carols

Christmas songs and stories in a simple ceremony.

7.00 Sleeping Beauty

Spectacular Christmas Pantomime

(See the Prince wake the princess from a century of sleep with a kiss)

 

Listen and read out these menus

                             

Practise reading these tongue-twisters. Learn them by heart.

· She sees cheese.

· She sells sea-shells on the sea shore.

· She saw Sherif’s shoes on the sofa.

· Six sick hicks nick six slick bricks with picks and sticks.

 

 

Unit 3 Sounds /tS / /d3 / /3 /

Spelling

/tS /	/d3 /	/ 3/
Ch– chin, chest, rich Tch – match, butcher, kitchen T+ure – future, nature, picture	J – jam, job G(before e and i) general, manage, agent, ginger, imagine -dge - judge	S+u/I (at the end) – measure, usual, vision

 

Listen and practise the difference.

chin	gin	rich	Ridge
cheer	jeer	search	Surge
choke	joke	H	Age
chain	Jane	larch	large

Listen to the words on the cassette. Write the words you hear.

Listen to the sentences on the cassette. For each one write the word you hear.

· Look out. He is choking/joking.

· The audience cheered/ jeered at her speech.

· It’s not a little fir tree, it’s a larch/large tree.

· What happened to your chin/gin?

3.4 You’ll hear five words from each minimal pair. For each word write 1 for /3/ and 2 for /tS /

 

Listen and practice these conversations.

First, practice pronouncing the following words correctly.

B: Yes, I enjoy chess very much. I was a chess champion when I was a child. A: Are you still a champion chess player? B: No, things have changed. In my last match I was beaten by a seven-year-old child. I think she is a future…

Read the following words correctly.

Sue, shoe, chew, Jewish, sham, jam, so show, chosen, television, instruction, chance, stranger, lunch, much, lounge, range, orange, juice, arranged, damaged, chocolate, marsh, optician, lesson, illusion, fashion, Russian, chip, January.

 

Practise reading these tongue-twisters. Learn them by heart.

· Chester Cheetah chews a chunk of cheep cheddar cheese.

· A cheeky chimp chomped cheap chocolate chips.

· Can you imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie?

 

Unit 4 Sounds /s/ /z/

Spelling

/s/	/z/
S –so, such, Sam	Z –zoo, freeze (-se at the end) – choose, ease -s (at the end) – was, has (plural forms, 3rd pers. Sing) – dogs, adds, lives.

Listen and practise the difference.

Listen to the words on the cassette. Write the words you hear.

Listen to the sentences on the cassette. For each one write the word you hear.

· We are hoping for peace/peas.

· The price/prize was wonderful.

· It was full of lice/lies.

· Be careful, don’t sip/zip it too fast.

· She heard a bus/buzz.

· He only has a few pence/pens left.

Listen and practice this weather forecast.

Temperatures are expected to fall to minus six degrees in the south. Northern areas will have severe frost, with snow on the hills. It may also snow near the south coast. Roads will be icy – drive slowly. And don’t get too close to other cars. Watch out for patches of freezing fog. Don’t drive too fast – it’s dangerous in these conditions.

 

 

Listen and say these pairs of words.

  Fuzzy Fizzy Freezer Lazy Crazy fuzz Fizz freeze laze craze …  

Read the following clues and match them with the words above.

It’s used for shaving	Turn water into ice.
The sun does this in the east.	The opposite of release.
Used for seeing.	The opposite of sane.
Julius was a famous one.	The opposite of difficult.
Doesn’t like hard work.

Read the text correctly.

First, use your eyes: look at weather conditions. Clear skies often bring freezing winds. Cover your plants, or you will lose them. Second, go down on your knees, so you can really see your plants. See if there…  

Prepare its good phonetic reading.

Post office, parcel, something, contain, mice, awful, poor, strange, hissing, surprising, amazing.

At The Post Office

Zena: Call me Zena, Susan. Susan: Yes, Zena…. Something’s written on it. What does it say? Zena: It says ‘This parcel contains six mice.’

Listen and practise the difference.

Listen to the words on the cassette. Write the words you hear.

Listen to the sentences on the cassette. For each one write the word you hear.

· My heart/art is the most important thing for me.

· The hair/air is very thin.

· It’s near the hedge/edge.

· We must heat/eat up the potatoes.

5.4 You will hear five words from each pair. For each word write 1 for no sound or 2 for /h/.

Listen and read out the postcard.

 

Dear Harriet, I’m having a horrible holiday here. The hotel is huge and high up on a hill. I hurt my heel and had to go to hospital. The weather is too hot and I’m hungry. Harry is quite happy however! Next summer I shall stay at home. Harry can go on holiday by himself. Hilary

Ms Harriet Harlow 4 Hamburg House 28 Harrow Road Harrow on the Hill Middx England

 

Read out the following words correctly.

Heels, how, has, have, horse, Helena, horrible, hospital, happy, he, hit, hope, house, husband, help, hurry up, hold on, half, an old house, over here, at home, an air hostess, heart attack.

 

Prepare a good phonetic reading of the dialogues.

a)A: How was Hilary’s holiday? B: It was horrible. A: Where was the hotel?

Read the tongue-twisters and learn them by heart.

· The hammerman hammers the hammer on the hard highroad.

· When in high spirits, I eat honey and ham and hum happy songs.

 

Unit 6 Sounds /p/ /b/

Listen and practise the difference.

pit	bit	rope	Robe
pat	bat	tripe	Tribe
port	bought	tap	Tab
pull	bull	cup	Cub
pride	bride	rip	rib

Listen to the words on the cassette. Write the words you hear.

Listen to the sentences on the cassette. For each one write the word you hear.

· Have you got a pet/bet?

· There is a pin/bin in the corner.

· She saw some pears/bears in the garden.

· The peach/beach was dirty.

· Have you seen the plays/blaze?

· The rope/robe is too short.

· What does tripe/tribe mean?

· The doctor looked at the rip/rib.

 

Listen and these questions and answers.

How much is…………? How much are……………?

a) How much is that pullover?

Twelve pounds seventy-five pence.

c)How much are those peaches?

Fifteen pence each.

d)How much is that map?

Ninety-five pence.

e)How much are those stamps?

Twenty-two pence.

Now pair up and make up short dialogues using the following clues.

Rope, taps, cups, pears, plums, pen, pencil, apple, bin, ball, bag, postcard, paintbrush.

 

6.4 You will hear five words from each pair. For each word write 1 for /p/ or 2 for /b/.

Prepare a good phonetic reading of the following dialogue.

A) First, practice reading the following words correctly.

Better, busy, brother, buttons, birthday, about, somebody, Barbara, butterflies.

B) Read out the dialogue.

Happy Birthday.

Bob: Hi, Barbara!

Barbara: Hi, bob. It’s my birthday today.

Bob: Oh, yes!....Your birthday!....er….Happy birthday, Barbara!

Barbara: Thanks, Bob. Somebody gave me this blouse for my birthday.

Bob: What a beautiful blouse! It’s got…mm….er…blue butterflies on it.

Barbara: And big black buttons.

Bob: Did ….er ….mm…Ruby buy it for you?

Barbara: Yes. And my brother gave me a book about birds.

 

Read the tongue-twisters and learn them by heart.

· Double bubble gum, bubbles double.

· A big black bear sat on a big black bug.

· To put a pipe in byte mode, type PIPE TYPE BYTE.

· A proper cup of coffee from a proper copper coffee pot.

 

Unit 7 Sounds /t/ /d/

Listen and practise the difference.

Listen to the words on the cassette. Write the words you hear.

Listen to the sentences on the cassette. For each one write the word you hear.

· There was something wrong with the trains/drains.

· She tied/dyed the scarf.

· They saw a trunk/drunk lying on the ground.

· He writes/rides very well.

· This cart/card has just arrived.

· My brother hit/hid the ball.

· He has never made a bet/bed.

 

Listen and repeat.

Model: Could you tell me the time, please?

It’s ten to two.

Now ask and answer about these times.

11.50	7.50	8.10	2.20	8.20
12.20	1.10	2.10	1.40	7.40
11.40	9.45	10.15	9.35	10.20

Read the notes.

Mr Dickens phoned- Dickens Decorations Ltd. Goods ordered – delayed. Delivered Friday.

Diana David phoned – shoulder bad – gone to doctor. Donald

Douglas Duncan Dudley’s deputy phoned. Duncan on holiday – Devon, Monday - Friday

Listen to these alternative questions. Notice the intonation. Practise reading them.

§ Can he take out two books or ten books?

§ Can he keep them for two days or ten days?

§ To renew books, must he write or telephone?

§ Is he studying Victorian writers or twentieth century writers?

§ Has he read two books by Thomas Hardy or ten books?

§ Is A Tale of Two Cities by Thomas Hardy or Charles Dickens?

 

Listen and practice this conversation.

A: What’s the matter?

B: I’ve hurt my toe.

A: How did it happen?

B: Somebody trod on it.

A: Put it in cold water. That will make it better.

 

Listen to the dialogue and fill in the gaps with the words from the box.

Nobody, darling, bad, cards, Daisy, date, played, dancing, listened, don’t, phoned, tried, today, rained.

 

A Damaged Telephone Line

David: Hello, 1)…Daisy………………… This is David. Daisy: Oh, hi, 2)…………………………………………. David: What did you do yesterday, Daisy? You forgot our 3)……………., didn’t you?

Listen and practise the difference.

Listen to the words on the cassette. Write the words you hear.

Listen to the sentences on the cassette. For each one write the word you hear.

· One of the cards/guards is missing.

· What a beautiful curl/girl!

· My cold/gold has gone.

· Sarah’s glass/class is quite big.

· There is no clue/glue.

· I could see her back/bag in the crowded train.

· He cut through the lock/log.

Listen and practice these sentences. Match each problem with a solution.

Listen to phone messages and fill in the gaps with the words from the box.

2. They are coming to …………..at the …………of…………………………… 3. …………is always giggling. She wants to ………………up on all the…….. 4. The last time they got together, Greg and Craig played………………… while the two ……………went shopping.

Read out tongue-twisters and learn them by heart.

· Sixty six sick chicks.

· The cook took a good look at the pudding and put sugar in it.

· Gobbling gargoyles gobbled gobbling goblins.

· Six sick hicks nick six slick bricks with picks and sticks.

· Three grey geese in the green grass grazing. Gray were the geese and green was the grass.

 

Unit 9 Sounds /l/ /r/

Listen and practise the difference.

Listen to the words on the cassette. Write the words you hear.

 

Listen to the sentences on the cassette. For each one write the word you hear.

· The water goes through a lead/red pipe.

· Let go of my list/wrist.

· She weighed the packet and found the weight was light/right.

· The examiner is collecting/correcting the exam papers today.

· He dialed a long/wrong number.

· Mr Lyon/Ryan is here.

 

 

Listen and say these warnings from road signs.

Turn left	Elderly people
No left turn	Height limit
Speed limit	Steep hill
No cycling	Use low gear
Low flying planes

Listen and practice this commentary on a guided tour.

They have a famous collection of wild animals, including lions, so please do not leave the coach until we are safely inside the car park. We are…    

Listen and practice this telephone conversation.

A: Is that Richmond Travel Agency?

B: No, this is British Rail Enquiries.

A: Sorry, wrong number.

Now make similar conversations about these places.

Radio Rentals	The Regency Restaurant
Robin’s Record Shop	The Royal Free Hospital
Rent-A-Car	The Electricity Company
Refrigerator Retailers	The Rates Office

Listen to the dialogue and practice reading it aloud.

A Proud Parent

Ruth: Oh, yes, Lara. Ruby is the cleverest one. She is a librarian in the public library. Lara: Very interesting. And what about Laura? Ruth: She is a secretary at the central railway station.

Read out these tongue-twisters and learn them by heart.

· Lucky little Lucy found the lovely locket. · Lovely lemon liniment. · The little red lorry went down Limuru Road.

Listen and practise the difference.

Listen to the words on the cassette. Write the words you hear.

Listen to the sentences on the cassette. For each one write the word you hear.

· We saw a vole/foal by the river.

· She bought an expensive van/fan.

· He had a view/few.

· The vines/fines are quite high.

· The USA has vast/fast motorways.

 

Listen and practice this news story.

This evening police stopped a van containing seven men. Five of the men were carrying knives. In the van were several very valuable paintings. The driver said a friend gave him the paintings when he had to leave his large house. He couldn’t remember where the friend lived. The police didn’t believe him. They drove the van to the police station. The seven men are still there.

 

Listen and practice this conversation.

A: It’s Philippa’s fourth birthday on Friday.

B: That’s funny. Philippa is fifteen.

A: Yes, she is fifteen. But it’s her fourth birthday. She was born on February 29^th. So she only has a birthday every four years.

 

Listen to two people talking about their lives. Practise what they say.

b) I work in an office in the capital, but I live in a village. Well, just outside the village, in fact. In an old farmhouse. I grow flowers and…  

Dialogue

A) First practice reading the words from the dialogue

View, lived, five, of, have, love, village, valley, very, Vander, lovely, Victor, living, arrived, Vivienne.

B) Intonation in statements

A Fine View Vivienne: Has the Vander family lived here for very long, Victor? Victor: Five and a half years, Vivienne. We arrived on the first of February.

Intone and read out the following sentences.

· This is a photograph of a fat farmer arriving at a village.

· The village is in a valley.

· The farmer is driving a van.

· It’s the seventeenth of November.

· It’s a fine day but it’s very cold.

 

Unit 11 Sounds /v/ /w/

Listen and practise the difference.

vet	wet	via	Wire
vest	west	vine	Wine
veil	Wail, whale	v	We
verse	worse	veal	wheel

 

Listen to the words on the cassette. Write the words you hear.

Listen to the sentences on the cassette. For each one write the word you hear.

· This veal/wheel is no good.

· The vest/west is over there.

· The country’s vines/wines are famous.

· You don’t see many veils/whales in this area.

· He never wrote a verse/worse play.

Listen and repeat these statements.

· William went for a walk.

· William heard something wonderful last week.

· Winnie went to work at the same time all week.

· Winnie had lunch at a wine bar.

· William went away on holiday.

· Winnie went out through the window.

· William wants wet weather next week.

Dialogue

A) First practice the words from the dialogue.

Well, what, wet, walk, warm, with, white, wine, went, walked, woods, wild, sweet, William, Wednesday, wasn’t, wearing, walnut, railway, quiet, quickly, twenty, squirrels, wonderful, Winona, afterwards.

B) Listen to the dialogue, intone it and read it aloud.

A Walk in the Woods

Winona: Oh? William again…. Well, what happened? Virginia: We went for a lovely walk in the woods. Winona: Oh? In the wet? Wasn’t it very wet on Wednesday?

Stress and intonation.

Intonation usually goes down at the end of WH questions and short answers

WH questions Where, what, why, when.

 

Match the answers to the questions about the dialogue. Then listen to check and repeat.

Read out these tongue-twisters and learn them by heart.

· Quick kiss. The quickest kiss.

· What a terrible tongue-twister, What a terrible tongue-twister, What a terrible tongue-twister,

· Twelve twins twirl twelve twigs.

· Wow, race winners really want red wine right away.

 

 

Unit 12 Sounds /n/ / ŋ / /m/

Listen and practise the difference.

Spelling

Listen to the words on the cassette. Write the words you hear.

Listen to the sentences on the cassette. For each one write the word you hear.

· Stop sinning/singing.

· He ran/rang home.

· I think they will ban/bang it.

· She’s a terrible sinner/singer.

Listen and practice this conversation.

A: I want to watch television at ten to seven.

B: What’s on?

A: An American programme about a family on a farm.

B: Is that the programme where the mother got married again?

A: Yes, and the son ran away from home last summer. His mother imagined he came home again, but it was only a dream.

B: well, I want to watch the nine o’clock news.

A: OK. No problem. My programme ends at half past seven.

 

Listen and practice this conversation from a TV programme.

A:Good evening. My guest tonight is the young singer, Kay King.

B: Good evening.

A: Kay, what were you doing earlier today?

B: I was recording a song called ‘Bells are ringing”.

A: Did the recording go well?

B: Yes. Sometimes everything goes wrong, but today nothing went wrong. I think ‘Bells are ringing’ is going to be the top song this spring.

 

Listen and practice this television announcement.

Britain has won the European Golden Song Contest for the ninth time. The winning song is ’Bells are ringing’ sung by Kay King. Last year’s winners, Sweden, came second. Their new song is called “Bing Bang Bong”. Runners-up were Denmark with the song “It’s Spring Again, I’m Young Again”.

For each line first listen to the whole line, then circle one word (part of word) that is said twice.

Read out these tongue-twisters and learn them by heart.

· Can you can a can as a canner can can a can?

· I thought of thinking of thanking you.

· Mommy made me eat my M&Ms.

· Missis King is bringing something pink for Mister King to drink.

 

 

Unit 13 Sounds /θ/ /ð/

Listen and practise the difference.

Listen to the words on the cassette. Write the words you hear.

Listen to the sentences on the cassette. For each one write the word you hear.

· Be careful! He’s thinking/sinking.

· What’s the matter? Your thumb/sum doesn’t look right.

· There’s a path/pass high up in the mountains.

· Every mouth/mouse is different.

· That moth/moss was shown in a television programme.

Listen and practise the difference.

breathe	breeze	then	Zen
teething	teasing	though	Zone
clothing	Closing	this	Zip
bathe	bays	these	zero

Listen to the words on the cassette. Write the words you hear.

Dialogue

A) First practice these words from the dialogue

Three, thirsty, thank you, thousand, Thursday, author, Catherine, Samantha, nothing, something, mathematician, Ruth, Roth, worth, month, moth, moths.

B) Listen and read out the dialogue.

Gossips

Ruth: Is she? I thought she was thirty-three. Catherine: Samantha’s birthday was last Thursday. Ruth: Was it? I thought it was last month.

Intonation

When we express surprise intonation goes up.

a)Listen and repeat.

Is he? Was he? Is it? Are you?

B) Match the statements with the correct responses.

Read out these tongue-twisters and learn them by heart.

· Thieves seize skis.

· Sometimes Santa thinks silly thoughts.

· Elizabeth’s birthday is on the third Thursday of this month.

· Lesser leather never weathered wetter weather better.

· Thank the other three brothers of their father’s mother’s brother’s side.

Unit 14 Linking of words

14.1 Link /p, b, t, d, k, g/ to a following vowel. Listen to people giving advice. Practise it.

My neck aches.

Wrap it in a scarf.

Drink a cup of tea.

Take an aspirin.

Don't think about it.

Rub it.

I've got a big emerald ring.

Put it on .

Keep it safe .

Lock it up .

Take it to the bank.

Put it in a big envelope, and hide it under the bed.

I've got a week off. What shall I do?

Make a dress.

-Knit a jumper. Read a book.

Paint a picture.

Sit and relax .

What would Anne like for Christmas?

a big umbrella

a bag and some gloves

a book on music

a red and white scarf

Listen, and practise this conversation.

B: I'm going to give a party. A: Don't damage anything! B: I'd like to buy myself a sports car .

Now practise the conversation.

Very interesting The story is very interesting. The end of the story is very interesting.

Listen and practise the difference.

green	grin	feet	Fit
bead	bid	cheek	Chick
reason	risen	deep	Dip
meal	mill	each	itch

Listen to the words on the cassette. Write the words you hear.

Listen to the sentences on the cassette. For each one write the word you hear.

· The beans/bins were quite cheap.

· I’m going to leave/live with my brother.

· Did you feel/fill it?

· The peach/pitch was bad.

· He beat/bit the dog.

· The children were badly beaten/bitten.

Listen and read out these notices.

Keep the streets clean☺	Green Street Library Rules for readers No eating No sleeping Clean hands, please.
Danger! Keep away from the machine!	Keep out of the field!

Listen and practice this conversation at a station.

a) A: Excuse me, when is the next train to Liverpool?

B: Six fifty.

A: Which platform?

B: Platform six.

C) Make similar conversations with details from this notice.

DESTINATION	TIME	PLATFORM
Bristol	6.15
Hitchin	6.50
Ilminster	7.50
Winchester	10.50

 

Listen and practice this conversation between two doctors.

B: Pretty busy. My first patient was Jim Beaton. He had twisted his knee. He slipped on a banana skin in the street. I think he just needs to rest… A: My first patient was Mrs Neale. She keeps being sick, and it’s just because… B: A lot of patients don’t really need treatment. They feel ill because they do silly things. We can give them pills…

Restaurant Menu

INTONATION

a)Listen and repeat. · Would you like veal or beef? · Would you like coffee or tea?

Listen to the dialogue, fill in the gaps with the words from the box and read it out.

Christina: Would you like to eat,……………? The cheese sandwiches are the cheapest. Peter: Er……mmm…oh, a ………………sandwich, please, Christina. Christina: Cheese…mmm…Janine? Would you like a ………sandwich or a cheese sandwich?

Listen and practise the difference.

Listen to the words on the cassette. Write the words you hear.

Listen to the sentences on the cassette. For each one write the word you hear.

· He lost his bat/bet. · I can see a band/bend ahead. · We heard the cattle/kettle from a long way away.

B) Listen and say these names.

Cavendish Manufacturing Company
Managing Director	Anna Cavendish
Marketing Manager	Barry Jackson
Development Manager	Andrew Maxwell
Architect	Pamela Andrews

C) Make telephone conversations like this, asking for different people each time.

Listen and practice.

Only ten per cent of Kensington Express readers take regular exercise. In a recent survey readers answered questions about diet and exercise. Ten per cent felt that they were healthy or very healthy. Seventy per cent said that exercise is important for good health. But only ten per cent took regular exercise – twice a week or more. Twenty per cent said that they felt they got enough exercise. The rest admitted that they should take more exercise.

 

Listen and practice this conversation about a car accident.

B: Yes, I was standing at the end of Elm Avenue, by the park. A: What happened? B: There was a red van travelling west and several cars and vans behind it.

Listen and practise the difference.

Listen to the words on the cassette. Write the words you hear.

Listen to the sentences on the cassette. For each one write the word you hear.

· I like my fish cooked in butter/batter.

· He’s worried about his uncle/ankle.

· Put the rug/rag on the floor.

· Here’s a cup/cap for you.

· I’ve lost the truck/track.

· Does my hut/hat look nice?

 

Listen and practice this conversation.

A: Uncle Cuthbert has just rung up.

B: Is he coming for lunch?

A: No, he is in trouble. There’s been a flood.

B: But the flood was on Monday.

A: Now his truck is stuck in the mud.

B: He could come by bus.

A: No, the bus is stuck behind the truck. Nothing can move.

 

Listen to six people saying what they did on Saturday.

· I got married. · I rang my grandmother. · I crashed my car.

Listen to the dialogue and fill in the gaps with the words from the box.

She doesn't love him JASMINE: Honey, why are you so sad? (Duncan says………… 1 )

Listen and practise the difference.

not	nought	spot	Sport
stock	stalk	cod	Cord
pot	port	cock	Cork
cot	court	fox	forks

 

Listen to the words on the cassette. Write the words you hear.

Listen to the sentences on the cassette. For each one write the word you hear.

· They couldn’t find the fox/forks.

· The pot/port was very old.

· We saw the spot/sport.

· The cod/cord isn’t very good.

· The cock/cork has been stolen.

Listen and say the things Johnny has to do.

Wind the clock Wash the floor Mend the coffee pot Ring the doctor Feed the dog Go shopping

Shopping list 6 oranges Bottle of milk Dishcloth Box of matches Pot of honey

Model:Johnny has to buy some coffee and wash the floor.

Listen and say these sentences.

· The milkman brings four pints of milk every morning.

· George buys a small Ford car every year.

· Paul catches the ball.

· My cat fights the dog next door.

· Mr Morland teaches Law to forty-four students.

· Gordon thinks Mr Morland’s Law class is boring.

· George wears a short-sleeved shirt.

 

18.6 Dialogue ‘A Football Match’

A) First practice reading these words.

Laura, morning, walking, towards, airport, awful, always, reporter, report, sports, York, fault.

B) Listen and prepare a good reading of the dialogue.

Laura Short: Good morning, listeners. This is Laura Short. All the footballers are walking towards me. Here’s George Ball, the goalkeeper. Good… 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.

Listen and practise the difference.

Listen to the words on the cassette. Write the words you hear.

Listen to the sentences on the cassette. For each one write the word you hear.

· The hole/hall is enormous.

· I think your bowl/ball is in the kitchen.

· The coal/call was delayed.

· We’re going to the show/shore next week.

 

Listen to this airline pilot and practice what he says.

Hello, this is Captain Oates speaking. Below us is the coast of Italy. We are very close to Rome – the road below us goes from Rome to the coast. We shall fly over the city before landing. Please obey the NO SMOKING notices.

 

Listen and practice these phrases.

Roast pork	North Pole
An open door	An awful joke
A stone wall	A small hotel
A cold hall	An important notice

19.6 Dialogue ‘Snow in October’.

A) Practise reading the words from the dialogue.

Oh, go, no, know, Joe, snow, throw, coat, woke, nose, closed, don’t Jones, only, window, over, going, snowball, joking, October, hello.

B) Practise reading the dialogue.

JOE: (groans) Oh! What is it, Joanna? JOANNA: Look out of the window. JOE: No. My eyes are closed, and I'm going to go to sleep again.

Listen and practise the difference.

fool	full	boot	Foot
pool	pull	food	Good
Luke	look	tool	wool

 

Listen to the words on the cassette. Write the words you hear.

Listen and say these phrases.

A foolish book	Good food
A rude cook	A wooden spoon
Blue wool	A full pool

Listen and practice this extract from a radio programme.

Julian Woolf: I’d choose a fruit juice maker. You just put the fruit in and it produces fruit juice. It’s super. And secondly, I’d choose a really… Susan Fuller: I’d choose a good cookery book, full of beautiful pictures. He…  

A) First practice reading the words from the dialogue.

Who, school, soup, threw, unit, rudeness, rudest, student, continue, computer, chewing gum, excuse me, good afternoon, it was you.

 

B) Prepare a good phonetic reading of the dialogue.

Unit 21 Sounds /3:/ / a:/ Spelling /3:/ / a:/ -er, -ir, -ur – her, verb,…

Listen and practise the difference.

firm	farm	dirt	Dart
burn	barn	hurt	Heart
stir	star	birth	Bath
heard	hard	purse	pass

Listen to the words on the cassette. Write the words you hear.

Listen to the sentences on the cassette. For each one write the word you hear.

· He works for a firm/farm in the north.

· I’ve lost my purse/pass.

· The first/fast train leaves at seven o’clock.

· She noticed the dirt/dart in the corner.

 

Listen and practice this conversation.

B: Thursday, May 21st? Certainly, sir. There is a seat in the third row. A: That’s fine. And I’m returning on May 23rd. B: The first flight leaves Birmingham at eight thirty.

Listen and repeat these sentences.

· Margaret Irwin is moving into a new flat soon.

· Martha Kirby is going on holiday to Siberia.

· Marcus Irving is having a party at the weekend.

· Shirley Parks is a commercial artist.

· Carl Parker’s son is five next year.

· John Darling is tall and fat.

 

21.6 Dialogue ‘The Worst Nurse’.

A) Practise reading the words from the dialogue.

Were, weren’t, nurse, worst, world, shirts, hurts, thirsty, Thursday, dirty, Sir Herbert, Colonel Burton.

 

B) pare a good phonetic reading of the dialogue.

B: Nurse! I’m thirsty! A: Nurse! My head hurts! B: Nurse Sherman always wears such dirty shirts.

Listen, and practise the difference.

Listen to the words on the cassette. Write the words you hear.

Listen to the sentences on the cassette. For each one, write the word you hear.

1 They gave her three chairs/cheers.

2 The bear/beer was awful.

3 The pear/pier is rotten.

4 He is rarely/really unhappy.

5 The driver of that car is staring/steering at us.

 

Listen, and practise the conversation. Listen carefully to the intonation.

A: Excuse me, I'm looking for Miss O'Dare. Do you know where she is?

B: She's gone to Trafalgar Square.

A: Do you know where exactly?

B: To the Headquarters of the Dairy Council.

A: Why has she gone there?

B: She has got a dairy. It's called Mary'S Dairy.

A: I thought she was a hairdresser.

B: Oh you mean Clare O'Dare. She's upstairs. It's her sister Mary who's gone to Trafalgar Square.

 

Listen, and read out this letter.

Sere Regis Mr A. J. Pierce. Pierce's Detective Agency.

Use information from the letter in 3a to complete the conversation below. Practise the conversation.

MR LEARY: Good morning. My name is………………._ from the……………. Company. I fear we have a problem. MR PIERCE: Oh dear. What appears to be happening?

Listen, and practise the conversation.

B: OK, leave it here, and we'll take care of it. What's the trouble? A: There are various things. Some are serious, some not so serious. The gear… B: Yes, that does sound serious.

Read out these words correctly.

Appointment, Boyle, annoy, choice, tomorrow, go, don’t most, disappointed, go, foil, soil, oil, potato, right, close, own, discount, playground, outside, country, fountain, town, flower, dial, arrive, nine, noisy, divide, minus, rice, knife, white.

 

Listen and read out three extracts from hotel brochures.

2) Just outside the town, to the south, is Loudwater House. This beautiful old house has been the home of the Townsend family for four hundred… 3) Fountains Hotel is opposite the Town Hall. It takes its name from the…

A) Say which hotel you would like to visit and why.

B) Ask your partner and present his opinion.