Unit 7

  Topic: My birthday’s on Thursday   / Ʒ: /

HOW TO MAKE THE SOUND: / Ʒ: /

/ Ʒ:/ is a long sound. To make the this sound, your mouth and your tongue should be very relaxed.

Ø  /Ʒ:/ is a sound English speakers often make when they aren’t sure what to say, and we often write it ‘’er’’.

Example:     A:  What date is it today?

                     B: Er, I think it’s the tenth.

Sound and Spelling.

Ø  / Ʒ:/ is spelled  ir, or,  ur,  our,  ear  or er.   Listen and say these words.

Ir –    bird         first        birthday           circle          thirty

Or-    word       work       world                worse         worst

Ur -    turn        Thursday

Our-   Journey

Ear –  early      earth       heard              learn

Er   -   service    Germany        prefer          dessert           weren’t      verb           university

Now listen and say these sentences.

1.      My birthday’s on Thursday the thirty- first, and hers is a week later.

2.      When would you prefer, Tuesday or Thursday?

3.      That was the worst journey in the world!

4.      Have you ever heard this word!

5.      A:  The cakes weren’t very good.

B:   I thought they were.

6.      She went to university to learn German

Notice: that there’s always an ‘r’ in the spelling of  / Ʒ:/ . Most Americans, Scots and Irish, and some other English speakers pronounce these / rs/.

Exercises

Listen and put the words in the correct groups.

Beard       car     chair      church       curtains           dirty       door         floor           four           girl          horse          large          March       near         nurse    Pair     parked       purse          shirt          shorts        stars        surfer         third         warm         wearing

Words with  / Ʒ:/   words with  / ɔ:/   Word with / a:/    words with other

1.…………             …………             …………              ……………..                         

2.…………             ………...              …………              ……………..

3…………              …………              . ……….               ……………

4………...               …………              ………...               ……………

5…………              …………              …………              ……………                 

6……………        …………                    

7……………

8……………

9……………

Listen and fill in the gaps.  Then listen again and repeat.

1.      The …………..is sitting on a ……………next to the ………………

2.      The boy’s ………………a……………….of ……………….and a …….............        ………………

3.      There’s a man with a ………………standing ………………..the ………………

4.      The girl’s ………………is on the ………………next to the bed.

5.      It’s ………………….in the room

6.      The date is the ……………….. of ……………….

7.      There’s a picture of a ……………., and a picture of ……………..           ………………..

8.      There are flowers on the ……………..

9.      Through the windows, you can see a ……………, with a ……………      ………………     ………….. outside. There are some ……………….in the sky.                       

Listen and write the numbers you hear.

1…………….                2…………….           3………………     4…………….                5……………             6…………….     

7…………..                   8……………..

Listen and circle the word you hear.

1.      Shirts / shorts

2.      First /fast

3.      Bird / beard

4.      Heard / head 

Unit 6

                                                        Topic: Bread and Jam          /e/  and   / æ /

HOW TO MAKE THE SOUND :      /e/

/e/ is a short sound. Open your mouth quite wide.

Sound and Spelling

Ø  /e/ is usually spelled e, but sometimes ea,  ie,  a or ai.  Listen and repeat.

e- check         leg         letter       red       sentence

ea- bread       head       read

ie-  friend

a -   any          many

ai-   again       said

Ø  Listen and say these sentences.

1.      Tell me again.

2.      Send me a cheque.

3.      Correct these sentences.

4.      Twenty to twelve.

5.      Help your friend.

HOW TO MAKE THE SOUND:   / æ /

/ æ / is a short sound. Open your mouth wide. Target sound:  / æ /

Sound and Spelling:

Ø  / æ / is usually spelled a. Listen and repeat.

Back        Camera            Factory        Hat          Jam            Manager          Map        Plan        Traffic

Ø  Listen and say these sentences.

1.      Thanks for the cash.

2.      I ran to the bank

3.      Where’s my black jacket?

4.      That man works in a jam factory.

5.      Let me carry your bags.

EXERCISES:

Write these words.    Example: /mæp/ - map

1.      / hænd / -……………………

2.      / Best /  - ……………………

3.      /eg/  - ……………………….

4.      /mæn/- ……………………...

5.      /Men/-………………………

6.      /’meni/-……………………..

7.      /hæv / -……………………..

8.      /nekst/ -……………………..

Match the phrases to make sentences with an / æ / and an /e/

1.      The first plan                              a. any milk

2.      He said                                       b. again tomorrow

3.      How many                                  c. in a flat over there

4.      I haven’t got                               d. stamps do you need?

5.      I’ll be back                                 e. was the best

6.      My friends live                           f. thank you.

Listen and circle the word you hear.

1.      Men/ Man

2.      Cat / Cut

3.      Had / Hard

4.      Pepper / Paper

5.      Head /Heard

6.      Set / Sit

7.      Better / Butter

unit 5

Approved by ………………………/A.Munkhzul  /The Head of Foreign Language and Culture Department/

A dog in the corner      / _ᶛ/  and / ɔ:/

HOW TO MAKE THE SOUND  / _ᶛ/ 

Ø / _ᶛ  /  is a short sound.  Round your lips a little. The front of your tongue is low and towards the back of your mouth.

Sound and Spelling

Ø / _ᶛ /   is usually spelled o, and sometimes a.   Listen and repeat.

Bottle    box     chocolate      clock     coffee      copy     cost       cross      doctor   dog       gone     got    holiday     hospital     hot    job            lock      long       lost      lot         not       off        often     possible          shop     song      sorry    stop       top       wrong     quality      want          wash     wasn’t    watch     what

Now listen and say these sentences.

1. Have you got a lot of shopping?

2. John’s gone to the shops.

3. How much did your holiday cost?

4. She said the coffee wasn’t very good, but I thought it was.

HOW  TO MAKE THE SOUND /ɔ:/

Ø  /ɔ:/ is a long sound. Listen and say the sound. Round your lips more than for / _ᶛ/  . Target sound: /ɔ:/

Sound and Spelling:

/ɔ:/ has different spellings. Listen and say these words.

A –    all      ball       call    fall       tall      wall        water

Al-     talk      walk       

Au-    autumn    

Aw -   saw

Augh -   caught         daughter        taught

Ough –  bought        thought

Ar –     quarter        warm

Or –     born      corner      forty     horse     short   sort

Oor –  door    floor

Ore-    before      more

Our –   four

Now listen and say these phrases.

1.      Quarter past four

2.      Born in autumn

3.      Have some more

4.      Walking on water

5.      The fourth door on the fourth floor

When there is a letter ’ r ‘ after /ɔ:/, most Americans, Scots and Irish, and some other English speakers pronounce this r. Listen.

1.      Quarter past four

2.      Born in autumn

3.      Have some more

4.      Walking on water

5.      The fourth door on the fourth floor

Exercises

5.1  Write these words. Example: /boks/ - box

1.      Kl_ᶛk………..           3.  W_ᶛnt………….    5.s_ᶛri…………..

2.      G_ᶛn………..            4. w_ᶛntid…………    6.w_ᶛt………….

5.2  Listen and complete the dialogues with these / _ᶛ / words. Check & listen again and repeat.

Box     chocolates       clock        doctor             gone           got         holiday         on       stopped        what            what

1.      A: ………………time is it?

B: I don’t know. The …………….’s …………………….

2.      A: ……………have you …………………..?

B: A …………..of ……………….

3.      A: where’s the ……………?

B: He’s …………     ………………..           …………….

5.3 Write the underlined verbs in the past tense. Example:

We buy everything at the supermarket.  – We bought everything at the supermarket.

1.      I think about you everyday. – I ………………..about you everyday

2.      We always walk home from school – We always ……………….home from school

3.      I catch the first bus in the morning – I ………………the first bus in the morning

4.      My daughter teaches English – My daughter …………..English.

5.4-Listen and write the missing / _ᶛ / and / ɔ:/

This is our kitchen. On the table there’s a big ……………full of shopping, a …………of wine and some ………….and pepper. There’s a ………..on the …………..and the ……….’s asleep in the corner behind the …………..

5.5    Listen and circle the word you hear.

1.      Not/note

2.      Luck/lock

3.      Coat/caught

4.      Shot/ short

5.      Walk/work