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Lesson 7
Speaking: Âm cuối và Trọng âm

I. Âm cuối (ending sound)

1.1. Quy tắc phát âm /s/, /es/
Phát âm Quy tắc Ví dụ
từ kết thúc bằng “-p, -k, -t, -f và south, walks stops, laughs,
/s/
-th” topics
từ kết thúc bằng “-s, -ss, -ch, - kisses, watches, classes,
/iz/
sh, -x, -z, -o, -ge, -ce” boxes, garages, clothes
purpose, plays, sees, bags,
dreams, hugs, belongs,
/z/
describes, gloves, breathes,
loves

1.2. Đọc những câu sau.

1. I’m staying for two days.
2. Have you got any matches?
3. It’s time to go.
4. Hit the ball and watch where it goes.
5. When does the course finish?
6. Do you know when the course finishes?
7. Have you met Josh?
8. It’s George’s birthday.
9. We was waiting for the train.
10. The train’s late again.
11. Open the box.
12. Open the boxes.
13. That’s the boss
14. That’s the boss’s office.
15. Is this your glove?
16. Are these your gloves?
17. Which is the right page?
18. This book’s got 120 pages.
19. The food’s good but the service is not good.
20. The game starts but the match is not.
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1.3. Quy tắc phát âm /ed/
Phát âm Quy tắc Ví dụ
/ɪd/ từ kết thúc bằng “t, d” wanted, needed
tất cả các âm còn lại (kể cả blessed, played
/t/
những từ phát âm là /d/)

1.4. Đọc những câu sau.

1.
A: Wait here, please.
B: We waited half an hour.
A: I hate waiting.
B: I hated school.
2.
A: Look at this!
B: I looked everywhere.
A: Can you explain this for me, please?
B: I explained it but they didn’t understand.
A: Where do you live?
B: We lived in the country.
3.
1. I watched an interesting film.
2. I watched the news.
3. I walked to the end of the road.
4. The car stopped in the middle of the road.
5. I phoned the police.
6. They helped me a lot.
7. They asked a lot of questions.
8. It rained all day.
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1.5. Quy tắc phát âm /tion/, /tian/, /sion/, /cian/, /cion/
Phát âm gần giống âm “sừn” trong Tiếng Việt.
1. /tion/ 2. /tian/ 3. /sion/ 4. /cian/ 5. /cion/
1. education 1. Martian 1. mission 1. musician 1. coercion
2. situation 2. dietitian 2. tension 2. technician 2. suspicion
3. information 3. Mauritian 3. expansion 3. magician
4. celebration 4. Egyptian 4. discussion 4. mortician
5. destination 5. Christian 5. possession 5. electrician
6. translation 6. pension 6. logician
7. connection 7. suspension 7. statistician
8. instruction 8. profession 8. gracian
9. correction 9. session 9. cosmetician
10. relaxation 10. impression 10. ballician
Khi đứng trước
/sion/ là nguyên âm,
hoặc /er/, /ur/ thì
phát âm gần giống
âm “giừn” trong
Tiếng Việt
1. vision
2. television
3. collision
4. erosion
4. division
5. conclusion
6. explosion
7. cohesion
8. conversion
9. evasion
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1.6. Đọc những từ sau.
1. world
2. style
3. ask
4. look
5. dance
6. stops
7. six
8. belt
9. wolf
10. laugh
1.7. Một số từ đặc biệt
Từ Phát âm
foreigner âm /g/ sẽ không được phát âm
island âm /s/ sẽ không được phát âm
vegetable âm /g/ sẽ không được phát âm
chocolate âm /co/ phát âm thành âm /k/
exhibition âm /h/ sẽ không được phát âm
calm âm /l/ sẽ không được phát âm
know âm /k/ sẽ không được phát âm
honest âm “h” sẽ không được phát âm
honour âm “h” sẽ không được phát âm
comfortable âm “for” phát âm rất nhẹ
interest có 2 âm, âm “”er” sẽ không được phát âm
history có 2 âm, âm “or” sẽ không được phát âm
chaos có 2 âm, âm “ch” phát âm thành /k/
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II. Trọng âm (Stress sound)
Chú ý: Quy tắc thêm dấu sắc (‘) vào âm cần nhấn trọng âm.

Từ có 2 âm
Danh từ hoặc tính từ thường nhấn trọng âm vào Động từ và trạng từ thường nhấn trọng âm vào
âm đầu tiên. âm thứ hai.
Ví dụ: Ví dụ:
1. butter 1. agree
2. finish 2. arive
3. glasses 3. begin
4. listen 4. complete
5. second 5. decide
6. woman 6. repeat
7. explain
8. return
Bắt đầu bằng “a” thường nhấn trọng âm vào âm thứ hai.
Ví dụ: amazing, above

Từ có nhiều âm
Âm cuối là /tion/, /tian/, /sion/, /cian/, /cion/: nhấn trọng âm vào âm trước nó.
Ví dụ: education, Martian, tension, magician, suspicion.
Sử dụng từ điển Anh - Anh để biết cách nhấn trọng âm: dấu sắc (‘) đặt ở âm tiết nào thì trọng âm
sẽ rơi vào âm ngay sau nó.
- Từ điển Cambridge: https://dictionary.cambridge.org/
- Từ điển Oxford: https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/)
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III. Luyện tập
1. Đọc các câu sau.
1. When was the baby bom?
2. It’s better to bake your own bread than to buy it.
3. What’s that big building between the bank and the library?
4. Pamela’s got a new job.
5. Paul’s got big problems with his neighbours.
6. Can you remember Pete’s phone number?
7. Pack your bags and bring your passport.
8. Can you help me paint the bedroom wardrobe?
9. Brian’s blond, and he’s got a big beard.
10. We’re going to the pub. It’s my brother’s birthday.
11. Where did I put my Jack boots?
12. We asked the waiter to bring the bill, and it was double what we expected!
13. SlD: Where are the pears?
JOE: Bears?!!! Did you say bears?
SlD: No, pears, you know, fruit!
JOE: Oh, I see, pears with a P! They’re in the pack.
SlD: What, in the back of the truck?
JOE: No, in the pack, you know, with a P.
SlD: Oh, I see, pack with a P. Would you like one?
JOE: No, I’ll have a peach, please.
2. Đọc các câu sau.
1. 2001 was the first time I went to Britain.
2. I found some money in the street.
3. I worked hard last week.
4. Do you know a good place to eat near here?
5. I live in West Road.
6. Is this the right house?
7. Do you want some bread?
8. Do you like my new hat?
9. Last year, Tom weighed more than Sam, but now they both have the same weight .
10. It wasn’t buit in a day; it takes ages to build a cathedral like that.
11. When you’re out in the mountains, you have to to stay
12. He sent it to the wrong address, so he had to send another copy.
13. The white sofa is too wide to go through that door.
14. We went down the hill and into the town.
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3. Đọc các câu sau.
1. Can I carry your bags?
2. When you go out, take the dog.
3. You gave me cold coffee again.
4. A grey cat with green eyes walked into the garden.
5. The guests would lile eggs for breakfast.
6. A: You don’t take milk in your tea, do you?
B: I do, in fact.
7. It’s only 7 o’clock and it’s already dark.
8. Mark your answer with a tick.
9. SID: Hey, there’s the monster!
JOE: That’s just a log.
SID: Yes, it’s Loch Ness.
JOE: No, not Loch. I mean log, you know, from a tree.
SlD: I’ve never seen a tree with a lock.
JOE: No, not a lock that you open with a key; a log with a G.
4. Đọc các câu sau.
1. When I asked for her autograph she just laughed.
2. We’re leaving at five past seven.
3. a visa for a seven-day visit
4. Stephen lives in a village.
5. These are the thief’s fingerprints.
6. She’s painted a view.
7. Do you want a copy?
8. What are you going to do with your vote?
9. I don’t know which is verse.
10. We got free tickets!
11. SlD: My wlife left me.
JOE: Your wives left you? How many wives did you have?
SID: One wife. And now she has left me.
JOE: Oh, I see, wife with an F, not wives with a V.
SlD: That’s right! Yes, she took the van and drove off.
JOE: What did she want the fan for?
SlD: I said van, you know, a kind of vehicle.
JOE: Oh, I see, van with a V, not fan with an F.
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5. Đọc các câu sau.
1. summer in the city
2. Have you seen my glasses?
3. So, I’ll see you in the same place next Saturday.
4. I saw your sister on the bus yesterday.
5. Mv science lessons were the most interesting.
6. What time does the zoo close?
7. A: My favourite music is jazz.
B: Really? Well, it’s always interesting, but It isn’t always easy to listen to.
8. Roses are my favourite flowers
9. SlD: Alice’s niece is nice.
JOE: Are nice, SID. Plural. Her knees are nice.
SlD: I’m not talking about her knees, I’m talking about her niece.
JOE: Oh, I see, niece with a C.
SlD: That’s right. She has nice eyes.
6. Đọc các câu sau.
I was doing my shopping one day,
as usual,
and I was walking past the antique shop,
and I saw a beautiful old vase in the window,
with red and blue and yellow flowers on it
And I stood there lookhig at this vase
and thinking
I would like to buy it
and I went in
and looked at it
and asked about the price,
but of course it was expensive.
And I did the rest of my shopping
and went back home.
And a few days later,
I walked past the same shop
and noticed that the vase was not there,
and I thought that was the end of it
Anyvay,
a couple of weeks lafer
it was my birthday
and I had a little party
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for a few of my frierds,
and they arrived with a huge parcel and said, Happy birthday!
We’ve got a really special present for you!
So I opened it
and guess whrat,
it was the vase
from the antique shop!
7. Đọc đoạn văn sau.
I was doing my shopping one day, as usual, and I was walking past the antique shop, and I saw a
beautiful old vase in the window, with red and blue and yellow flowers on it. And I stood there
looking at this vase and thinking Iwould like to buy it and I went in and looked at it and asked about
the price, but of course it was expensive. And I did the rest of my shopping and went back home.
And a few days lafer I walked past the same shop and noticed that the vase was not there, and I
thought that was the end of it. Anyway, a couple of weeks later it was my birthday and I had a little
party for a few of my friends, and they arrived with a huge parcel and said, ‘Happy birthday! We’ve
got a really special present for you!’ So I opened it and guess what, it was the vase from the
antique shop!
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Homework

1. Đọc các đoạn hội thoại sau.

1.
A: When do you begin your holiday?
B: On the thirtieth of August.
A: Thar’s next Saturday.
B: We’re leaving in the afternoon.
A: And when are you coming back?
B: Saturday September the thirteenth.
A: Thirtieth?
B: No, thirteenth.
2.
A: OK, first question. What’s the eighth month in the year?
B: It’s August.
A: Correct! second question. What’s the highest mountain on Earth?
B: Mount Everest.
A: Correct again! Mount Everest! Next question.
Which city is furthest east in Europe: Athens, Brussels or Budapest?
B: Is it Budapest, or perhaps Brussels?
A: No, it isn’t. It’s Athens. OK, last question. What’s the biggest land animal in the world?
B: The elephant.
A: Very good! Three out of four correct, that’s seventy-five percent!
3.
A: I nearly got arrested, you know, the other day.
B: You what...arrested? What do you mean?
A: Well, I’m doing this project on graffiti, you know, at college. So I have to take lots of photos of
graffiti.
B: Yes.
A: So anyway, I saw this train with some amazing graffiti on the side, so I went there to take a photo
of it. The thing is, it was a bit far from the platform.
B: So what happened?
A: Well, I walked along next to the lines, and then these two station police came along and said I
shouldn't be there, so they took me to the office, and then they asked for my ID card, you know, my
identity card.
B: So what?
A: Well, I didn't have it. I left it at home that day.
B: Oh no