Pronunciation folder Consonants (3): /b/, /v/ and /3/ | fb/ and /v/ can be difficult to pronounce. Remember: /b/ is the sound in bad, /v/ is the sound in van, (GBD Listen and repeat the words with the /v/ sound. available interview previous survive travelling visual GRD Listen to five pairs of sentences. Circle the sentence that you hear in each pait, 1 or 2. a1 Ive been busy. 21 been busy. b 1 We've bought a van. 2 We bought a van. ¢ 1 They've never travelled abroad. 2 Theyid never travelled abroad. 41 Have Beth and Ian seen this? 2 Had Beth and lan seen this? €-1 They've been thinking about it 2 Theyd been thinking about it. Work with a partner. Say a sentence from each pair in ‘exercise 2 for your partner to guess. ‘Remember: The sound /0/ is voiced. Its the sound in this. | 4. Say the phrases. a the title of the last book b the star of the film ¢ the darkest day of the year the singer of the song € the capital of the biggest country 5. @¥ED Listen and repeat the questions. 6 Work with a partner. Take turns to ask and answer the questions in exercise 5. Consonants (4): /t/ and /d/; final consonants ‘/A/ and /d/ can be difficult to pronounce. Remember: /t/is the sound in ten. It’s unvoiced. /dl is the sound in did. It’s voiced. 1 GED Listen to five phrases. Count the number of /t/ and /d/ sounds you hear. 2 GED Listen again and write the phrases. Then practise saying the phrases. Make sure you use the correct number of /t/ and /d/ sounds. Sometimes it can be difficult to hear the final consonant sound in a word. 3 @ED Listen and circle the word in each group that you hear. a bag b pig © game 4 thin think € shopping — shop in 4 GED Listen and repeat all the words in exercise 3. When a word or phrase has several consonants together, we often don't pronounce one of the consonants. But we always pronounce the letters. 5 @ED Listen to the sentences. Cross out the sound in the underlined groups of consonants that you do not hear. a Parents raise boys and girls very differently. b His parents divorced when he was 12. € I oved trying on second-hand clothes. Now listen and check. Repeat the sentences. back pick gain batch pitch gained thingConnected speech Intonation When a word that ends in a consonant is before a Intonation can show the emotion behind the words. word that ends in a vowel, the two words connect. ___It's important to recognise and use intonation for effective communication. 1 GED Listen and repeat the phrases. Notice how the words connect. 1 @ED Listen to the conversation four times. Number earths_atmosphere lava_and_ash ‘Speaker B's emotions in the order you hear them. volcanic eruption more earthquakes Az Tve passed my exam, 2 GRD isten to the sentences. Mark the words that Congratulations! connect. a The films en ig in a minute. b I love autumnal evenings. ¢ An apple a day keeps the doctor away. d Have you got an aspirin at all? € We saw a programme about earthquakes, Now practise saying the sentences. 3. Write the words in the correct order to make sentences. Mark the words that connect. a an/ awful / idea. / That's b for /Is/it/ lunch / salad / or sandwiches? ¢ enough / or orange juice. / ice cream /There/ 2 Work with a partner. Take turns saying the words isnt with different intonation. Your partner must guess A / ahead. / car / dark / loomed / of / out / the the emotion. (BED Now listen and check. Repeat the sentences. Sorry. Hello, What? Vieni nudisounl ohowen Pita ame ‘When your intonation varies, you sound polite and interested. first sound of the next word, you only hear one. 2 = a EXAMPLE bus stop is pronounced /"bastop/. em speaker in each pair who sounds more polite. 4 Read the phonetic script and write the two-word phrases. a Speaker! Speaker 2 . Speaker! Speaker 2 b Raean ~ € Speaker1 Speaker 2 ¢ houte'lobi! Now listen again. Repeat the sentences that sound d fasdgan'tristmant) more polite. (GED Now listen and check. Repeat the phrases. 4 Complete the conversation. i (evlew teh arti Wha yoairenln oad A: Could you tell me the time, please? phrases. Practise saying them. Do you happen to have a pen I could borrow? B: (2) _ A: OK, never mind. Thanks. ‘Work with a partner. Practise saying the conversation politely. 185