When you are working with the recording, you should replay a track as often as you need to. When you are doing an exercise you may also need to pause the recording after each sentence to give you time to think or to write your answers. When you are instructed to repeat single words there is a space on the recording for you to do so, but if you are repeating whole sentences you will have to pause the recording each time. | Section A Letters and sounds Exercises Make words with these beginnings and endings and write them in the correct part of the table. beginnings wi li mi ni fi ti si qui endings ght fe t ce ne me le de 11 sh te n words with the vowel gi words with the vowel 1 Read the dialogue. Circle the sound 11 and underline i . Count them and write the number at the end of the line. A Whjyjdjd Jim hit Bill ai 1 .4. B Well Jim s a guy who likes a fight. fail - 1 A But Bill s twice his size. cu 1 B Yeah that s why Jim got a black eye and a thick lip. ai 1 A And Bill s got a big smile. fail - III . B That s right 01 1 A50 Follow up On the recording you will hear A s lines. You say B s lines. The word knife contains the three sounds n 01 and f . If you reverse the sounds you get the word fine fain . Reverse the sounds in these words. Example sign 1 might . 5 pitch 2 lick 6 tick - 3 lip 7 dice 4 kiss . 8 lights A51 Listen and circle the word you hear. If you find any of these difficult go to Section D4 Sound pairs for further practice. 1 Live or leave I don t want to live J leave here. 2 Fill or feel Can you fill I feel it 3 Litter or letter Who dropped the litter letter 4 Lift or left You should take the lift left. 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 sound sound sound pair 10 pair 10 pair 13 pair I 3 Now go to Unit 31 Engfish Pronunciation in Use 31 12 Sheep jeep cheap The consonant sounds J7 dj and tj7 A A52a Listen to the sound 7. Look at the mouth diagram to see how to make this consonant sound. Notice that there is no voice from the throat and you can feel the air on your hand when you put it in front of your mouth. If you add voice from the throat you get rhe sound 3 as in television hut this sound is not common in English. A52b Listen to the target sound 7 in the words below and .
