unit 4

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

Father and mother /a: / and / Ʌ /

How to make the sound /a: /

/a:/ is usually spelled a or ar. Say these words.

After     afternoon       ask     answer  bath   bathroom   can’t   class  dance    fast  father   glass  tomato   bar   car   card   far  park  star  start

Listen and say these other words with /a: /

                Aunt   laugh   heart    half 

Say these sentences.

1.      How far’s the car park?

2.      We went to a large bar full of film stars

3.      We’re starting in half an hour

In words with a letter r after the /a:/ sound, most Americans and some British people pronounce the r.  Some people, especially in the North of England, pronounce the letters a or au as / / in some of these words.

Ex: after    afternoon  ask  answer  aunt  bath  bathroom  class dance  fast  glass  laugh

Listen and read these sentences.

1.      See you tomorrow afternoon

2.      I’ll ask my aunt

3.      We were laughing and dancing in the classroom

4.      I left my glasses in the bathroom

How to make the sound / Ʌ /

/ Ʌ / is a short sound. Open your mouth wide.

Bus    colour    come   cup   front    London   Luck  Monday  month  mother   much   nothing   number  run  study  sun  uncle   under

Say these sentences.

1.      Good luck with your exam next month!

2.      Take the number one bus

3.      I said ‘Come on Monday’, not ‘Come on Sunday’.

4.      My brother’s studying in London

Exercises:

Listen and write the words in the correct column.

Artist    garden    March    part    square    talk    warm    watch

Words with /a:/                            words with other vowel sounds

………………………….                                ………………………………..

………………………….                                ………………………………..

………………………….                                ………………………………..

………………………….                                 ……………………………….

Listen and write the words in the correct column.

Business     country      fun   home   lots  money   mother   push

Words with / Ʌ /                            words with other vowel sounds

………………………….                                ………………………………..

………………………….                                ………………………………..

………………………….                                ………………………………..

………………………….                                 ……………………………….

Complete the sentences with one /a:/ word and one / Ʌ/ word.

/Butter    carpet        dark   hard   husband   love  Prague  son/

1.      The …………… too ………………

2.      I’d ………………to buy that …………..!

3.      Their ……………’s got …………….hair.

4.      I first met my ……….. in  ………………

Listen and circle the word you hear.

1.      Heart /hat

2.      Far /four

3.      Cat / cut

4.      Look/ luck

5.      Luck/ lock

6.      Butter/ better