The sounds /n/ and /n/ The sounds /u/ and /u:/ Showing degrees of enthusiasm Disappearing t and d and word linking with final w, y, andr International food words 1 The sounds /n/ and /n/ Listen and circle the word you hear. 4d [love a win / wing. 28 Units This is Ron / wrong. ops Practise making the sounds. ‘To make /n/ and /n/, the air comes out through your nose. Your tongue is further back in your mouth when you make /r. If you have problems making the sound //, put your tongue in position to make the sound /k/ and try to say /n/. In English, the sound // always comes in the middle or at the end of a syllable or word, never at the beginning 2 Listen to these pairs of words and repeat them, inl Inf fans fangs ran rang ban bang win wing ton tongue Ron wrong Dipindai dengan CamScannerIn English, the letters ng at the end of a word are always pronounced /t. } When there is another syllable after ng, sometimes | the gis pronounced and sometimes it isn't. Look at the letters ng in the words below and cross out the gif it is not pronounced. ringing young banging England youngest singer ingredients language longer finger Listen and check your answers. @e= p.58 Listen again and practise saying the words correctly. 2 The sounds /u/ and /u:/ Il Listen to the example several times to make sure you can hear the difference between the sound Io in football and the sound /u/ in boots. Example football bogts 2 Listen to these phrases. Underline the fo sounds a good food a beautiful cooker © school uniform d_awooden pulley © Tuesday's newspapers £ a souvenir bull 8 acookery book ‘fh amenu for two ‘Remember that some words starting with the letter u begin with the sound /ju:/ "jucmafau! This also happens when there is a consonant before the /u:/ sound: avenue =/"sevanju! ‘Sometimes there is a difference between British and ‘American English: GBEnglish US English new =/nju) = /nus tune =/jun) — =/tu:n/ Listen again and underline the /u/ or /u:/ sounds like this sw. ons Practise making the sounds. ‘To make the sound /v/, your lips should be round. Jo] is a short sound, ‘To make the sound /u/, your lips should be very round. ‘/u:/ is a long sound. 3 Practise saying the phrases, paying attention to the Jol, hus, and /ju:/ sounds. Unite 27 Dipindai dengan CamScannerNeon cure Connected speech 3 Showing degrees of enthusiasm We can show how enthusiastic we are through the words we use. ft was quite funny. sae twas really funny. (not very enthusiastic) (ery enthusiastic) When we speak, we don't always change the words ‘we use. We can show how enthusiastic we are through intonation, 1 Listen to the first two dialogues below. Make sure you can hear the difference in the degrees of enthusiasm. ‘Now listen to the other dialogues and mark them ** (not very enthusiastic), or see (very enthusiastic). @ Q What was the party like? A Itwas interesting. b Q What was Amsterdam like? A Itwas interesting. [wea] © Q What was your holiday like? A Mmm. It was good. [_] 4. Q What was your hotel like? A Mmm. It was good. [_] © Q What's his younger brother like? A Oh, he's nice. £ Q What's his father like? A Oh, he's nice. co Om 58 Listen again and repeat the answers, paying attention to the intonation and stress. 2. Work in pairs. Practise saying the dialogues aloud. ‘Take turns asking the questions. When your partner answers, isten carefully and try to guess the degree of enthusiasm each time. Is it one star or three stars? 28 Units 4 Disappearing sounds and word linking 1 Look at the bold letters in the sentences below. j i Listen and tick (¥) the sentences where you hear the bold letters. Cross (X) the sentences where you don't hear the bold letters. a (11 Were going out. (Fy 2 Wete going out in a minute. (1 3 Were going out tonight. b [1] | I like Chinese food. (1) 2 Hike Chinese food and Indian food. 0) 3 Tlike Chinese food but not Indian food. ¢ (11 Pitell you tomorrow. 2 rte you tomorrow evening, (1 3 Pittell you tomorrow night. d (1 1 Isaw them yesterday. D2 1 saw them yesterday afternoon. (11 3 Isaw them yesterday morning. e (1 Mica back tater. (2 Piteall back tater on. 1 3 Pltcall back later today. ons 2 Complete the rules. f in fst pooch: | ‘2 We often don't pronounce a final tor d when itis followed by a consonant /vowel sound. b We often pronounce a final w, y, oF r whe followed by a consonant / vowel sound. ons 3 Listen and repeat these sentences. Pay attention to the disappearing letters and linking sounds. a. He likes tennig,anyf skiing. b My favourike colourg are yellow ani green. He's very friendly ani talkative, She tol me to carry everything! e How pre you? £ He promisel{ to menif my bike. She leX them rea} for a while, Dipindai dengan CamScanner5 International food words | Look at the words below. Tick (¥) the ones that are the same or very similar in your language. g (1 champagne 1» (] bananas Listen and count how many words you guessed correctly. @e= p.58 Listen again and practise saying the words with the correct English pronunciation. | | Dipindai dengan CamScanner