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