&) Which sound? Names Read the following sets of names and decide how you think they will be pronounced. Then listen to the recording and decide which order they appear in. Example: 2Z_ a) Jan Lipman _3_ b) Jane Lipman _I__ c) Jane Leapman 4 4) Jan Leapman i4 a) Pete b) Peter____ c) Pet _____ d) Bet fo a) Mick Wilson b) Mike Wilson c) Mack Wilson d) Mark Wilson. I3 a) Mary Pears b) Marie Pierce ____ c) Mary Pierce d) Marie Pears 44 a) Lucille b) Lucy ¢) Lucia____ d) Luke is a) Peter Bales b) Peter Vales ___c) Pete Bales d) Pete Vales 16 ____ a) Barbara Eaton _____b) Barbara Heaton c) Barbie Eaton d) Barbie Heaton iz a) Joe Newman b) Joan Newman. c) Jay Newman d) Jane Newman is a) Sir Ralph Grigson b) Sir Alf Grigson. c) Sir Alf Gregson. d) Sir Ralph Gregson ig a) Bet b) Beth ©) Betty d) Bess AO a) Gert Fraser b) Curt Frasier c) Gert Frasier d) Curt Fraser a4 a) Rita Lennon b) Lita Lemon ©) Lita Lennon d) Rita Lenin he a) Alec Shearer___b) Alex Shearer ___) Eric Shearer d) Erica Shearer a3 a) Carl Bley b) Carla Bley c) Carla Bligh d) Carl Bligh ha a) Corin b) Colin ©) Corinne d) Karina9D Which sound? Names 2 Listen to the recording and decide which names you hear. Example: I've invited ___ Pete _to join us. @Pete b) Peter ©) Pet f 1 I’ve just been talking to a) Jan Lipman b) Jane Lipman c) Jane Leapman d) Jan Leapman 12 I’ve just got a letter from a) Eryl b) Meryl 13 Can I speak to » please. a) Mick Wilson b) Mike Wilson c) Mack Wilson d) Mark Wilson }4 Ihaven’t seen for ages. a) Mary b) Marie $5 — Could you give this to , please? a) Lucille b) Lucy 16 I think that’s over there. a) Peter Bales b) Peter Vales c) Pete Bales d) Pete Vales 17 Have you ever met ? a) Barbara Eaton b) Barbara Heaton c) Barbie Eaton d) Barbie Heaton £8 I’ve invited as well. a) Joe Newman _ b) Joan Newman iQ That’s , [ think. a) Sir Ralph _ b) Sir Alf {10 I think that’s over there. . a) Sue Weedon _b) Sue Eden f1 Is here today? a) Gert b) Curt 42 I'm going with ___ to the cinema. a) Alec b) Alex 13° Have you seen recently? a) Rita b) Lita 14 [hear that has got a new job) a) Bet b) Beth c) Betty d) Bess 15 Isn't that_________ over there? é Pee eee eee te& Odd one out 1 =A Ineach line, identify the word that has a different first consonant sound. Read them first, then listen to the recording to check. Example: friend priest physical philosophy Pe kettle car circle catch BB these thank think thread BB when which whose where | church choir cheap chart | plenty prince piano pneumatic |] number know moon gnaw Hin cach line, identify the word that has a different final consonant sound. Then listen to the recording to check. picked rubbed fact bought AI dragged road dropped hide Sf cough safe roof of 4 packs Ox begs pats | lump is chasm limb name GM sock ) music arch ache86 Odd one out 2 iA. Each line contains either verbs or adjectives ending in <-ed>, or verbs or nouns ending in <-s>. Decide which is the odd one out in terms of the way that the ending is pronounced. Then check your answer with the recording. Example: seas picks pays digs 1 picked stopped robbed taped 2 wanted shaped estimated congratulated 3 shops digs robs codes 4 judges horses names wishes 5 trapped faked hoped faded 6 wicked picked tricked licked B__ In each line, identify the word that has a different vowel sound. f4 sun son done 2 make leak break 3 cap packed patted 4 grave a1 have ©: save 5 fool 31 wood = look 6 queue tool group 7 give strive five 8 cute must muse on steak waste cape put loud hive newsgS | Odd one out 3 FE How many syllables? One word in each set has a different number of syllables from the others. Decide which it is, then check with the recording Example: lengths if table on | 4 destiny chocolate computer afterwards stopped smashed wanted tried WE Leicester Lester Stratford Manchester fH altogether avocado banana Argentina rhythm chasm through — thorough B What stress pattern? One word in each set has a different stress pattern from the others. Which is it? Check with the recording. Example: picture(]o nature “1 capture Jo mature of } HB politics dynamic musician historic WE create supply prostate dictate | teacher _ Tefer eager offer WM acait debit submit credit | | Angela Theresa spaghetti banana Po pronunciation of proper names ~ especially place names — has chang over the years. In many names the final syllable has become very weak, often containing the schwa vowel (see page v) ~ for example, Oxtord, Nottingham, Leicester, Stratford.O Short or long vowels? Read the following names and decide, from their spelling, if the vowel is short or long. (If there is more than one vowel, focus on the vowel receiving most stress.) If you are not sure, check the recording. Example: — Mick = short Susan = long Mick Susan Dean Sammy Cathy Martha Jane Luke Tammy Rose Bert Muriel _, Patty Pete Ross Ted David Becky Bud Simon Beth Mike Mary Tom Jean Timmy Joan Bonnie Sheila Bill Short vowel sound Long vowel sound fade SR eo P isstndinnsi0).-ifthe vowel. sound is represented. by two. waliten vowels: Dean, Sheila, The vowel sound is generally short if the (written) vowel is followed 6: a) a single consonant: Bud, Tom, Ted, or b) two consonants: Sammy, Beth, Ross The vowel sound is generally long if the (written) vowel is followed by a) the letter : Martha, Bert, or b) a single consonant followed by y a vowel: Muriel, Pete, David, Simon, or&O Word stress 1 Read the following two-syllable words and decide if the stress is on the first or last syllable. Then listen to the recording to see if you are right. Example: table elect oC] cancel [Jo repeat edit teacher surprise manage bottle listen, below above under royal postpone “ allow collect limit vanish picture forgive funny believe village sweeten prefer cover after lucky former local P Most two-syllable nouns have tront stress (= stress on the first syllable, “]>). Most two-syllable verbs, by contrast, have end stress (= stress on th last syllable, » 1) except if the second syllable must be weak. (See the Answers for exception:1 + Qe Word stress 2 Test 9 showed that most two-syllable nouns have front stress, and most two- syllable verbs have end stress. Some words, with identical spelling, have front stress if used as a noun, and end stress if used as a verb. Listen to these two examples. The group has just reCORded a new REcord. (record) IMports have gone up recently. In fact we are imPORting twice as much as last year. (import) Now place the following words (which can be either noun or verb) in the box below. repeat subject varnish contrast —_ rebel rewrite damage _ escape answer increase present _—_credit debate object export regret suspect fiddle treasure reply replay produce account _ pervert Always Always 0 [1] Clo when it is a noun oD when it is a verb varnish repeat subject esA6 Word linking 1 A major problem of understanding spoken English is knowing where one Word ends and another begins. When a word ending with a vowel meets a word starting with a vowel, they are linked either with a sound or a sound. (For example, so / may sound like so why, and | am may sound like | yam.) Identify possible and links in the following sequences. Example: Why_Y are you always in the bathroom when I need it? a - Now] know you'd like a cup of tea. — No, I really fancy a coffee for a change. 2} — 1m not going to eat this! — Yes, you are! Have I ever made anything you didn’t like? 3! Half the oranges I bought are bad, and I had to throw away all the apples! 41 Look, it’s two o’clock now. Let's meet here at three o’clock. 5| My uncle Tom lives in Scotland, and my aunt Mary in Wales. They often meet up to go on holiday in Ireland together. 6! — Has she ever been to England? - No, I don’t think she has. But she often goes to America. ~ That was so interesting. I didn’t know any of the actors, though. Did you? — I knew one or two of them. 8° Now I know you said you’d be a little late. But I’ve been waiting here two hours! More like two and a half, in fact! 9; I’d like to return this toy I bought from you last week. PP ‘A link may follow a vowel where the lips become round, as in though 4 now |, too old, to eat. ny old, ig A link may follow a vowel where the lips spread, as in see us, fun my own, they often.z