Listen and repeat the words. Notice that the target sound is quieter in thewordbag. t:t tt' b You will hear five words from each minimal pair. For each word, write I for /k/ (sound l) or 2 for lgl (sound 2). E X AMP L E Pa i r l : I,2 ,I,1 ,2 pairsentences Minimal clsa c Listen to the minimal pair sentences. crsu d Listen to five of the sentencesand write I for /k/ (sound l) or 2 for lgl (sound 2). crsae sentence stress In spoken English sentences,the most important words for the speakers meaning are strongly stressed | 102 UNIT 28 g girl Minimal pair words cua a Listen and repeat the words. Notice that the target sound is quieter in the word bag. ci ib b You will hear five words from each minimal pair. For each word write 1 for k sound 1 or 2 for g sound 2 . EXAMPLE Pair 1 1 2 1 1 2 Minimal pair sentences ci5a c Listen to the minimal pair sentences. ci sb d Listen to five of the sentences and write 1 for k sound 1 or 2 for g sound 2 . cisa e Sentence stress In spoken English sentences the most important words for the speaker meaning are strongly stressed. Strongly stressed words are LOUDer and s 1 o w er. Weakly stressed words are quieter and quicker This gives English its rhythm. Listen to the minimal pair sentences again and underline the strongly stressed words on page 101 . EXAMPLE He s got a lovely girl. ci6 f Tick the words a or b that you hear in the sentences. 1 a cold b gold O 2 a back O b bag 3 a clock b clog 4 a curl b girl 5 a frock b frog 6 a clue b glue 3 Phone messages a First practice the target sound g . Some of these words are from the phone messages you will hear. Read the words aloud or visit the website to practise. g is LOUD before a vowel and quite loud before 1 and r . groups of girls giggling and gossiping together taking great photographs of a guy in the garden cutting the grass Maggie isn t in Glasgow. Guess again. She s gone to Portugal and Greece until August. g is often quieter at the end of a word or before a consonant. This is an example. Another example is fog. Also smog. rugs mugs hugs rugby a jog with a big dog big dogs a big pig big pigs UNIT 28 g girl 103 a frog frog s eggs frog s legs Craig Craig s big bag Craig has jetlag. What happens when the next word begins with a vowel Is g LOUDer or . laerer big dog fog smog dialogue Greg Craig There s a big old dog in the garden. Fog_and smogare what we ve got. Read the dialogue aloud. Greg and Craigand Maggie. Notice how two g sounds join together. It s a big garden. He s a big guy. Has the fog gone
