Pronunciation is important for both listening and speaking. In many of the units, especially in Sections B and CT the pronunciation point is more important for listening than speaking. For example, when they are speaking fast, many native speakers join words together in certain ways. | Section A Letters and sounds Exercises Listen to the letters of the alphabet. If the letter has the sound i write ee under it. If it A26 has the sound e f write e under it. If the letter does not have i or e don t write anything. ABCDEFGHI JKLM NOPQRSTUVWXY Z Change the vowel sound from e to is in these words. Write the new words. Example met 1 check 6 sweat 2 red 7 well 3 bet 8 set 4 men 9 fed 5 fell 10 led Find a way from Start to Finish. You may pass a square only if the word in it has the sound i . You can move horizontally or vertically t only. 1 Men or man Did you see the men I man 2 Pen or pain I ve got a pen I pain in my hand. 3 Bear or beer That s a strong bear J beer. 4 Live or leave I want to live I leave. 5 Bed or bird Did you see the bed I bird 6 Left or lift You should take the left lift. Follow up Record yourself saying the sentences in choosing one of the two words. Make a note of which words you say. Then listen to your recording in about two weeks. Is it clear which words you said sound pair 1 sound pair 4 sound pair 8 sound pair 10 sound pair 12 sound pair 13 Now go to Unit 26 English Pronunciation in Use 21 A2K Carrot cabbage Unstressed vowels o and 1 In words with two or more syllables at least one syllable is weak does not have stress . Listen to these words which have two syllables and rhe second syllable is weak carrot cabbage In weak syllables native speakers of English very often use the weak vowel sounds AV and 1 . Listen again to the two words above the O in carrot is pronounced V and the A in cabbage is pronounced iA Look at the mouth diagram to see how to make the sound V. Listen to these examples and repeat them. The weak vowels in the unstressed syllables in bold are pronounced AV. weak A away banana weak E garden paper weak O police doctor weak U support figure woman under CO colour sugar I ate an apple and a banana in a cinema in Canada. In words like paper sugar colour the final R is not pronounced in many accents
