The units in Section A are nor presented as minimal pairs. Vowels are paired according to their spelling, not their potential for being confused with one another. Consonants are paired mainly where they share the same place of articulation. | Section B Syllables words and sentences Exercises Write these words in the correct column. dwrt cook dad doctor grandfather officer passenger sister teacher uncle 1 syllable 2 syllables 3 syllables uirvf Look at these one-syllable words. Write C where there is a consonant sound. There may be one before V after V or in both places. Examples high . . JY 5 through . .Y. rice .Y . 6 laugh Y 1 bought Y 7 two Y . 2 eyes Y- - 8 youth Y 3 key Y 9 weigh Y - 4 day Y - 10 rhyme Y The spelling changes if you change the order of sounds in these one-syllable words from CV to VC. Write the missing words. CV EXAMPLE 1 dei VC oil - . Zeid aid 2 nou sun own 3 pei Zeip ape ZiitZ 4 lit - tea 5 mei may 6 sei ZeimZ _ Ze is ace ft ft Read the text aloud. Record your voice if you can. Then listen to the recording. Did you say the same number of syllables in the underlined words as on the recording Listen to these tongue-twisters. How many syllables are there in each Write the number. Then listen again and repeat. Example She sells sea shells on the sea shore. . 1 Walter walked towards the waiter. 2 Betty bought a better bit of butter. 3 The fat cat sat on the vci s wet hat went to an interesting rcstaurantX on Wednesday. First I had chicken with a lot of different vegetables. T hen I had a piece of chocolate cake. In general. 1 don t like chocolate but the cake was lovely Now go to Unit 41 English Pronunciation in Use 51 22 B5 Saturday September 13th Introducing word stress A If a word has more than one syllable you give stress to one of the syllables. To give it stress do one or more of these to the syllable Make it longer. rd ay Make it louder. 7 Sat z urday z llllll x Make it higher. xL urday We can show stress with circles each circle is a syllable and the bigger circle shows which syllable has the stress. For example Saturday is Ooo. Listen to the conversation and listen to the stress patterns of the words in bold type. A When do you begin your holiday o O .
