The vowels are covered first via the five vowel letters of the alphabet, and their 'long' and 'short* pronunciations, for example the letter A as in tape or tap. The remaining vowel sounds are presented as vowels which typically occur before a letter R, The consonant sounds are presented through either their most common spelt letter, or by one of their main spellings. The ordering of these units is more or less alphabetical. | Section B Syllables words and sentences Exercises B27 Match the beginnings and ends of these phrases so that they rhyme. Then listen and repeat. 1 Ms Fox s -_ a 2 My niece s b 3 The witch s c 4 Mr Bridge s d 5 Mr Jones e 6 Chris s f 7 Anne s g fridges boxes pieces phones kisses plans switches Write the third person forms of the verbs from the box in the correct part of the table below. B28 Then listen check and repeat. X Vtitxjh sung go get dance kiss come wash see close push pull 1 syllable 0 Sf iujS 2 syllables Oo Matches These speakers are not pronouncing all the consonants at the ends of some words. What are they saying Write the sentence. sounds like My favourite sAbdgeks sounds like The winz very strong today sounds like There are many different kainz of whale B29 Listen and circle the word you hear. 1 I saw rhe bird birds fly away. 2 What time did the guest J guests leave 3 He broke his arm arms in the accident. 4 She sang the song songs her father wrote. 5 Where does she park her car J cars at night 6 I read the book J books very quickly. 7 The bag bags fell on the floor. 8 The shop J shops will be closed. 9 When will the class classes begin 10 The box boxes won t be big enough Follow up Record yourself saying the sentences in choosing singular or plural. Make a note of which one you said. Then listen to your recording in about two weeks. Is it clear which words you said Now go to Unit 46 English Pronunciation in Use 61 Pete played Rita rested Syllables adding past tense endings The verb play Zplei has one syllable and the past tense played picul also has only one syllable. Usually rhe -ed ending is just a consonant sound C not another syllable the letter E is silent. So for example smiled Amaild rhymes with child ij aild even though child does not have a letter E before the D. Listen to the rhymes. Notice that -ed rhymes with either 1 or d . B30 j_jc ooLed round first And then reversed. The car that passed Was
