For a model for you to copy when speaking, we have used only one accent, a Southern British accent. But when you are listening to people speaking English, you will hear many different accents. If you are not used to these, it can be very difficult to understand what is being said. For this reason, you will hear a variety of accents in some parts of the listening material for this book. | Section A Letters and sounds Exercises Find 14 words in the puzzle every letter is used once and write them in the correct part of the table. The words are written horizontally - or vertically . A77 c s h 0 P r w 0 s o n g 0 h 1 r s w s c a d 0 h a n k t b a 0 n 0 r w 0 d w t w 0 a t j 0 k e 1 s h c o a t J h words with au words with of cold Read the words and circle the one with the different vowel sound. Then listen and check. Example 1 come gone long want 2 what hot most salt 3 drove love woke hole 4 snow low cow show 5 both cloth clothes road 6 word wash boss cost 7 post lost coast rose A7 Listen. You will hear the sentences twice once in American English A r once in British English B . Write the order A-B or B-A. Example The coffee s hot. .A-3. 1 The lock s at the top. 2 The song s long. 3 Stop the clock. 4 The dog s gone. 5 He s often wrong. Listen and circle the word you hear. If you find any of these difficult go to Section D4 Sound pairs for further practice. 1 2 3 4 5 Cost or coast What s the cost f coast like Shot or shut They shot J shut rhe door. Boat or boot There s water in my boat boot. Woke or walk 1 woke J walk the dog. Phoned or found Tim phoned 1 found her. sound pair 14 sound pair 15 sound pair 16 osound pair 17 sound pair 18 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 Now go to Unit 36 English Pronunciation in Use 41 B Arthur s mother The consonant sounds 0 and Ỗ A A80a Listen to the two sounds 0 and 0 . Notice that in 0 there is no voice from the throat. Instead you can feel the air from your mouth on your hand. In the sound 0 there is voice from the throat. It is possible to make both sounds long. Look at the mouth diagram to see how to make these consonant sounds. A80h Now listen to the sound on its own. tongue between top and bottom teeth push air through
