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PRONUNCIATION
here fear beer year cheer
/ɪə/
/hɪə(r)/ /fɪə(r)/ /bɪə(r)/ /jɪə(r)/ /tʃɪə(r)/

age lake rain hay safe

/eɪ/
/eɪdʒ/ /leɪk/ /reɪn/ /heɪ/ /seɪf/

tour pure sure cure mature

D /ʊə/
/ˈtʊə(r)/ /pjʊər/ /ʃʊə(r)/ /kjʊə(r)/ /məˈtʃʊə(r)/
I
P oil coin noise choice boy
/ɔɪ/
H /ɔɪl/ /kɔɪn/ /nɔɪz/ /tʃɔɪs/ /bɔɪ/
T
H boat open go vote home
/oʊ/
O /bəʊt/ /ˈəʊ.pən/ /ɡəʊ/ /vəʊt/ /həʊm/
/əʊ/
/boʊt/ /ˈoʊ.pən/ /ɡoʊ/ /voʊt/ /hoʊm/
N
G
hair care bear wear chair
S /eə/
/heə(r)/ /keə(r)/ /beə(r)/ /weə(r)/ /tʃeə(r)/

eye five buy die high

/aɪ/
/aɪ/ /faɪv/ /baɪ/ /daɪ/ /haɪ/

out loud cow how now

/aʊ/
/aʊt/ /laʊd/ /kaʊ/ /haʊ/ /naʊ/
Exercise 1: Listen. Circle the one word in each group that is pronounced with the
diphthong /ei/.
EXAMPLE: You hear hat hot hate
You circle 1 2 3
1. 1 2 3 6. 1 2 3
2. 1 2 3 7. 1 2 3
3. 1 2 3 8. 1 2 3
4. 1 2 3 9. 1 2 3
5. 1 2 3 10. 1 2 3
Exercise 2: Listen and circle the word that you hear.
EXAMPLE: come boat
1. phone fun 6. coat cut

2. bone bun 7. wrote rut

3. roam Rome/rum 8. hole/whole hull

4. boast bust/bused 9. rogue rug

5. tone ton 10. most must/mussed

NOUN + IS + NOUN: SINGULAR

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*An is also sometimes used in front of words that begin with the letters a, e, i, o, and u are called
''vowels."
All of the other letters in the alphabet are called "consonants"
NOUN + ARE + NOUN: PLURAL

Exercise 1: Fill in the blanks using “HE, SHE, IT, WE, THEY”
cat and horse books sunshine

Mary sister cheese

Tom You and Dave cactus

Jack and I plane parents

Pamela news scissors

geese flowers piano

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school daughter milk

children sugar feet

bicycle Ann and Kate tennis

son mice sky

shop buses papers

Mr. Green brother picture

The Riggs
friendship dolphin
family
PRONOUN + BE + NOUN

NEGATIVE WITH BE

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Exercise 1: Complete the sentences with the correct information.

Part I: Write the name of the person next to the job

1. bus driver ____________________. 4. photographer ____________________.

2. gardener ____________________. 5. artist ____________________.

3. doctor ____________________. 6. police officer ____________________.

Part II: Write the name of the person next to the job
1. Ann ____________________ a gardener. She ____________________________________.

2. Mike ____________________ a gardener. He ____________________ an artist.

3. Jim ____________________ a bus driver. He ____________________________________.

4. Sue ____________________ a photographer. She ______________________________.

5. Mr. Rice ____________________ a police officer. He isn’t ____________________.

6. Ms. Black isn’t ________________________. She ______________________________.

Exercise 2: Fill in the blanks using am, is, are, am not, isn’t, aren’t
1. It___________an onion. (+) 4. He___________a postman. (+)

2. Da Nang___________a city. (+) 5. We___________friends. (+)

3. Jasmine___________a student. (-) 6. It___________nine o’clock. (+)

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7. I___________hungry. (-) 15. I___________a professional football player. (-)

8. Manhattan___________an island. (-) 16. Dave and Adrian ___________sisters. They

9. Mark___________20 years old. (+) ___________brothers. (- / +)

10. Mr. Richards___________a lawyer. (+) 17. I know you. You___________in my class. (+)

11. A bee___________a big insect. (-) 18. New York___________near to New Jersey. (+)

12. I___________ill. I___________happy. (+ / -) 19. Cows ___________ insects. They ___________

13. Newsweek___________a magazine. (+) mammals. (- / +)

14. London___________a big city. (+) 20. Susan and I ___________ teachers. We
___________students. (- / +)

Exercise 3: Write short sentences.

EXAMPLE: Chris, 9, student, short, not Chinese
→ Chris is nine years old. He is a student. He is short. He isn’t Chinese.
1. (Leonard and Mike, 25, firemen, tall, American)
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

2. (Patty and Brian, 20, not student, short, not Turkish children)
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

3. (Natalie and I, nurse, not tall, French)

_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

4. (Mark, 19, accountant, short, British)

_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

5. (Cengiz, 23, singer, not blonde, Turkish)

_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Exercise 4: Change the singular sentences to plural sentences.

STT SINGULAR PLURAL

1 An ant is an insect.

2 A computer is a machine /məˈʃiːn/.

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3 A dictionary is a book.

4 A chicken is a flower.

5 A carrot is a vegetable.

6 A rabbit is an animal.

HOMEWORK
Exercise 1: Choose the word which has a different sound in the part underlined.
1 A. floor B. door C. more D. too

2 A. poor B. door C. more D. saw

3 A. door B. floor C. more D. dog

4 A. good B. food C. took D. foot

5 A. good B. book C. boot D. foot

6 A. moon B. tooth C. soon D. good

7 A. bamboo B. afternoon C. soon D. took

1 A. floor B. door C. more D. too

1 A. theme B. then C. three D. tenth

2 A. death B. bath C. thus D. truth

3 A. mouth B. northern C. south D. north

4 A. toothache B. another C. feather D. clothing

5 A. that B. they C. then D. throw

6 A. sixth B. three C. the D. wealth

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7 A. smooth B. think C. thick D. thursday

Exercise 2: Listen and repeat. Pay attention to the /oʊ/ sound in the boldfaced words.
1. Leave me alone! 6. at a moment's notice
2. I suppose so. 7. Tony Jones broke his toe.
3. only joking 8. Don't go down the old road.
4. Hold the phone. 9. Repeat the [ou] words slowly over and
5. open and close over!
10. No one knows how old Flo is.
Exercise 3: Listen and repeat the following phrases and sentences. The boldfaced
words should be pronounced with the diphthong /aʊ/.
1. How are you? 6. around the house
2. How about it? 7. Pronounce the vowel sounds.
3. round and round 8. Don't shout out loud in the house.
4. I doubt it! 9. The ball bounced out of bounds.
5. hour after hour 10. Howard is proud of his town.

Listen and repeat. Pay attention to the boldfaced words containing the diphthong /ai/
1. Hi! 6. Rise and shine!
2. Nice to meet you. 7. The store is open from nine to five.
3. I'm fine. 8. I'll buy the item if the price is right.
4. What time is it? 9. I'm trying to type it by tonight.
5. Nice try! 10. My driver's license expires in July.

Exercise 4: Read the phrases aloud. Pay attention to the boldfaced words containing
the
diphthong /ɔɪ/.
1. girls and boys 3. Don't annoy me!
2. flip a coin 4. Enjoy yourself.
5. Lower your voice.
Exercise 5: Write the correct form of “to be”.
1. It_____________cold today. 9. Clara and Steve_____________married.

2. I_____________at home now. 10. She_____________an English teacher.

3. They_____________Korean. 11. This book_____________mine.

4. There_____________a pen on the desk. 12. Jane and Peter_____________married.

5. My name_____________Nikita. 13. That_____________right.

6. We_____________from Ukraine. 14. My brother_____________here at the moment.

7. That_____________right. 15. We_____________in England.

8. I_____________OK, thanks. 16. It_____________Monday today.

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17. I_____________a hairdresser. 26. My sister and I_____________very friendly.

18. My name_____________ Alexander. 27. The teachers_____________in the room.

19 There_____________many people in this class. 28. The cat_____________on the table.

20. Jane and Peter_____________married. 29. The dog_____________under the table.

21. We_____________in England. 30. Many people_____________in the bank.

22. It_____________Monday today. 31. She_____________tired.

23. I_____________a student. 32. Jack and Nam_____________hungry.

24. This book_____________cheap. 33. Mai and I_____________good students.

25. Three students_____________at school now. 34. My sisters_____________very tall.

Exercise 6: Complete the sentences. Use CONTRACTIONS (pronoun + be)

1. Sara is a student. She’s in my class.

2. Jim is a student.________________ in my class.

3. I have one brother. ________________twenty

years old.

4. I have two sisters. ________________students.

5. I have a book. ________________on my desk.

6. I like my friends.________________ friendly.

7. I have three books. ________________on my

desk.

8. My brother is twenty-six years old.

________________married.

9. My sister is twenty-one years old.

________________single.

10. Sam and Lan are students. ________________

in my class.

11. I like my books. ________________interesting.

12. I like Maths. ________________easy.

13. I go to school. ________________ a student

14. I know you. ________________ in my English

class.