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Pronunciation
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Pre-lntermediate
Student's
Practice
Book
Bill Bowler
Sue Parmínter
OXJ.ORD
I'NIVERSITY
PRBSS
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I as in
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in
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q:
as ln
D as rn
c: as rn
o as in
u: as in
A as in
i
as in
p
as in

b as in
t
as rn
d as in
k
as in
g
as in
tJ as in
d5 as in
f
as in
v as in
0 as in
ó as in
see
/si:/
sit /st/
ten /ten
/
h^t
lhDtl
arm
/o:nv
got
lgotl
saw /sc:/
put
/puv
too /tu:/

cup /k^pi
happy /'hapi/
pen
/peu
bad /b¿ed/
tea
/fii
did /drd/
cat kat/
got
lgotl
chin /tJm/
fune
/d3u:n/
fall lf¡:ll
voice /vcrs/
thin
/0¡n/
then /óer/
3: as rn
o as in
eI as in
ou as
in
al as in
au as in
cl as in
rá as
in
ee as in

üe
as in
fur /fa:(r/
ago /a'geu/
page
lpetd3/
home /haum/
fwe
lfawl
now
lnaal
join
/d3crn/
near
/nre(r)/
hair
Aea(r)i
pure
/pjus(r/
s as in
z
as in
J
as in
3
as in
h as in
m
as in
n as

in
¡
as in
l. asin
f
as ln
j
as in
w as ln
so /seu/
zno
/zv:/
she
{i:/
vision
/'vr3rV
how /hau/
man
/m&lv
no /nou/
sing /sr4/
leg lleg/
red.
lred/
yes
/jes/
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Contents
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Introduction
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Unit
I
Sound
symbols
Consonant
symbols
1: the easily
recognizable
phonemic

symbols
lpl,
lbl, lIl, ldl, lkl,lgl,|fl,
lv I, lsl, lzl,
fttl, lll, lrl,
lrnl, lnl, and
/w/
-
voiced
and
voiceless consonants
Connected
speech
Word linking
lntonation
and sentence
stress
Intonation
in
Wh- and
YeslNo
questions
Unit
2
Sounds
The sounds
/s/, /z l, and lnl
wi¡hPresent
Simple
third

person singular verbs
Word focus
Two-syllable
nouns
Connected
speech
Strong
and
weak forms of
auxiliary verbs
ldt'zl,
lwozl
,
lhezl
,
and
ldazl
,
lwezl,
ftiaz/, etc.
Unit
3
Sounds
Pronunciation
of
-¿d
past tenses /t/, ldl
,
or ltdJ?
Word

focus
Saying
years
in a
History
Quiz
Connected
speech
Strong
and weak
form ofprepositions
of time
and
place
in a
James
Bond dialogue
Unit 4
Sound
symbols
Single
vowel symb
ols li|,ltJ,lsJ,lel,
fu:/,lul,loJ,
lñ, ltl, lol,
lel, and /e/
-
long and short
vowels 17
Word

focus
Containers
with /evl
(a
bottle
of
wine, a
packet
of crisps,
etc.)
lntonat¡on and
sentence
stress
List intonation
in the
game
'My
sister Sally went
to the summer
sales
' using
clothes vocabulary
Unit 5
Sounds
The sound /w/
Sentence stress
Rh).thm
and /á/
with the
going ro future in the

poem'Future Intentions'
lntonat¡on
Hearing
the difference
between
polite
and
impolite
offers
2i
Unit 6
-
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'll.al;r-::
: .: r
': ':
l,
.1.
,,¡iltt-lerÁ*;;!¡l¡,lr'rrr¡rr;tii
Sounds
The
sounds /n/ and
l4l
(and
l4gl and
lndSl) 24
Word focus
Three-syllable
words
€onnected

speech
Hearing different
forms of
l¡ft¿
Unit 7
Sound symbols
Consonant
symbols
2: the
less easily recognizable
phonemic
symbols
l
|,
l
5l,
l t!
l, l
$1,
l
g
l, l ól,
l
jl,
and /¡/
-
voiced and
voiceless consonants
27
Sound¡

The sounds /0/ and
/ó/
Connect€d
speech
Hearing the
difference between
Present Perfect
and
Past Simple
and the different
pronunciations of
's
18
19
20
21
10
11
13
t)
16
*ii&*i¡r:
Unit
8
Sounds
The
sounds
{/,
isl, and
/tJ/ and the

different
spellings
ofthe sound
{/
The sounds
/u/ and
/u:/
Intonation
and
sentence
strcss
Questions
with or
with fiiendly
and
unfriendly
intonation,
in fbrmal
and informal
dialosues
Unit 9
Sounds
The
sounds /i:/ and
/r/
Connected speech
Word
counting
and sentence
stress

patterns
in
First Conditional
sentences
Intonation
end
sentence
sttess
Showing interest
and
surprise
with
short reply
questions
in a dialogue
Unit l0
Sound symbols
'Double
vowel'
or
diphthong
symbols
letl,latJ,
lttl,
/n/, leal,
leal,
laal, and
lual
Connected
speech

Strong
form prepositions
at the end
ofquestions
Connected
speech
Contractions:
when
they
are
used and when
they are
not used
Unit 1l
Sounds
The
sounds /e/, lel
,
and /¡l
Connected
speech
Word
linking
Weak
form
auxiliaries
and passive
verbs in
a newspaper
article

Sounds
The sounds
/e/
and /erl
Word
focus
Words
with
silent letters
Connected
speech
Linking in
phrasal
verbs
Unit ll
Sounds
The sound
/h/
Word focus
Counting sylables
Four-syllable
words
Intonation
and sentence
stress
Corrective
stress in
addresses
and
Dhone

numbers
Unit 14
Sounds
The
sounds
/n/, /c:/,
and /sol
in single
words
and
in the game
'Space
Battle'
Word focus
Words often
confused
because oftheir
pronunciation
Connected
speech
Hearing
'd
(had
or would)
Sound
symbol
JI
32
45
il

47
49
49
i4
.JJ
36
52
41
44
Key
lntroduction
Welcome tothe
New Headway
Pre- I ntermed
i
ate
P ron unci ati on Coursel
The
questions and answers on these
pages
are to help
you
to understand
this book, so that
you
can
get
the best out
of
it

when you
use it.
Who is this book for?
The
New Headway Pre-Inteflne¡liate
Pronunciation Course
is for
pre-intermediate
students who
wish to improve
their oronunciation.
How does this book
work?
You can use this book
(and
recording) on its own.
The
exercises in it will
help
you
to organize
your
study of
pronunciation.
It
is
also
part
of th e New Headway
English Course a¡d the

topics
and language ofeach
unit in this book link with
those in the New H¿adway
Pre-lntermediate Studenfs
Book.
Sounds exercises
Unit
1
Consonant
symbols l: the easily
recognizable
phonemic symbols
lpl, lbl,ltl, ldl,lW,lgl,
lfl, lv l, l sl, lzl, lhl, lU, lrl,
lrnl, lnl, and lw l
-
voiced and
voiceless
consonants
Unit 2 The sounds
ls/, lzl,and lvl
Unit
3 Pronunciation of-elpast tenses
Unit 4 Single
vowel symbols /i:/, /r/, /al,lal,ltl,
l tsl, loJ, l
ñ, 1 ¡:1, lol, lel, and lel
-long
and

short vowels
Unit
5 The sound /w/
Unit ó The sounds lnl
and lql, and lggl and lnd3l
Unit
7 Consonant symbols 2: the
less easily
recognizable
phonemic
symbols
/fl, /3/, /tJ/,
/$/,l0l,ló1,l1l, and
/q/
-
voiced and
voiceless consonants
Unit 8 The
sounds ll,lsl, and lf[/
The sounds /u/ and /u:/
Unit 9
The
sounds
li:l and ll
Unit
10
'Double
vowel' or diphthong symbols /er/,
l al, l cl, lol, l ee/, l aal, hul, and l uel
Unit ll The sounds lel,lel, and

/¡l
Unit 12 The sounds lel
and letl
Unit ll The sound /h/
Y^e\
s9z.
ll.ñ
("Y'z
í9
(9
Unit 14 The sounds ol,lt:l,andlaol
,,,in*¡&::
,!ii}@::
What types
of exercise
are
there?
There
are five different
tlT)es
ofexercise
in this
book:
1
Sounds and
sound
symbols The
sounds
exercises
help

you
to
practise
the sounds
we use
in English.
Some
sounds exercises
are very
useful for
speakers
of specific
languages.
(See
the table
opposite.)
2
Sounds and
sound
symbols exercises
Sound symbols
exercises
teach
English sound
symbols
(phonemic
symbols).
The connection
between English
spelling

and
pronunciation
is a
problem
for
speakers
ofall
languages.
Knowing
English
phonemic
symbols
helps
you
to learn
the
pronunciation
of new words
easily.
As
you
learn
the
symbols, you
write
example
words in
the chart
on
page

55. This helps you
to
remember
the
phonemic
symbols
correctly.
3 Connected
speech
These
exercises
help
you
to
pronounce
words
in
phrases
and sentences
correctly.
Intonation
and sentence
stress These
exercises helo
you
lo hear and practise
differenr
kinds of intonation
and
sentence

stress patterns.
Word focus
In
these exercises you
study groups
of
words
where
there
are
problems
with
sounds
and
word
stress.
What
about
the recordint?
This
book
comes with
one
tape or
CD.
The symbol
in
the exercise
shows
exactly which

part
ofthe
recording you
listen
to.
section
of
recording
unit number
What
about
the key?
The
answers
to exercises,
and
tapescripts which
are not
in
full in
the exercises
themselves,
are in
the key
at the back
ofthe
book.
As in the
Naw H¿a
dway Student's

Boo(
sometimes
we ask
you
questions
to help you
work
out rules for yourself.
The
answers
to these questions
are in
the key,
too.
This symbol
after an
exercise
means look
at the
key. The
page
number
with
the symbol
shows
you
exactly where
to
look.
>>

p5ó
What
about
technical
words?
Here
is a list
oftechnical
words
we use in
this book.
Use a
bilingual
dictionary
to translate
them. You
can look
back
at this
list
while
you
use
the bool.
consonant
@
tt
t-
contractron
formal

impolite
informal
intonation
linking
phonemic
pronunciation
rhr,th rn
sound
spelling
slress
syllable
symbol
voiced
voiceless
vowel
weak
A"c:i
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dp-g
¡Sr
Consonant
symbols 1
Word
linking
lntonation
in llñ- and Yes/No
questions
Consonant
symbols
l

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eacn
woro.
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t,
'¡&S8&8*¡8
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]
Write these
words on the
sound
symbol
lines below, according
to
the sound
ofthe underlined
letters,
Plal
-
!1f,!
Listen and check
your
answers.
>>
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tb/
nt
tü
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tgl
tft
/s/
lzl
lht
N
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/tnl
tn/
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yan
letter
room
mean
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mulic
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teacher
work hot
PlaY
qooK
flat
never
ó Unit
I
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Now
listen

to the sound
symbols
on their
own.
What
is the difference
in
sound
between the
symbols
in Picture
A
and those in
Picture B?
Match
the
pictures
with
the diaerams
below.
Diagram
1
Diagram
2
>> D56
lTll
¡¡ 1¡s
s¡und
symbols in
Y match

the
sound
of
the letters
underlined
in
the words
in X?
Listen
and
mark
the symbols
/ if
they match
and
I
if they
don,t
match.
Turn to
the Sound
symbol
chart on
p55.
Write
in an
example
word
to help you
remember

each
sound
¡
symbol
you
now know.
Underline
the lelters
¡n
thl
word
that match
the sound
symbol.
Erample
Connected
Word
linking
lft!
Listen.
How
many words
do
you
hear
in each
sentence?
Contractions
count
as two words.

l2
3456
a nice
big
place.
XY
I
rAy
lhl
2
who
lhl
3
unique
lW
4
¡Eissors
lskl
5
gity
lsl
6
plone
lpU
7
tuow
lnl
8 very
lv/
9

quickly
lkwl
10 advertiging
/s/
11
arehitect
lkl
12
write
lwrl
x
Correct the
sound
symbols
that
don't
match.
Picture
A
Picture
B
Example
It's
rtr
¿tr
¡I +I
sI
2
¡IL
Listen

to these
rwo
phrases.
ABTAEZHOIKAM
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N=onP>TYOXtUO
vEonPoruqXtU0)
Greek:alphabet
=
6
words
>>
p5ó
From:
Jack
To:
Bose
Subject:
Greetinqs
Date:
Tuesday-
Dear
Roae,
Just
a quick
€oail
to
sav
,hi,
.L'oVe,

Jack.
>>
p5ó
Un¡t
'l
7
.
When
we speak
quickly,
a
word that begins w¡th a vo
t;r:
sound
is
linked
to
the consonant
sound at the end of
f
word before it:
$
Greek-alphabet modern-email
s"
1
Linking also
happens if
a co¡sonant
is usually silent a
end

of a word:
$1,
twt lrl
f,
new-idea computer*inform;
&liThe
letter
y
links to the follow¡ng
vowel sound as a /
tjt
*
l4th-century-En8lish
F
lfFl
¡¡s1s¡ .r¿
practise
saying these
paying
attention
to the linking.
4
¡If
Listen and then
practise
saying all the
five
phrases
in the same way,
starting from the efd.

5
Mark the links in these
phrases.
a message_rn_a
anger
and other emotions
a lot of
information
How is it e
qutcKry
ano eas
on a
page
lll[!
Listen and check
your
answers.
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Listen again and
practise
saying the
phrases, paying
attention
to the linkins.
computer_i
nformati on
new_¡dea
1l
I Unit
I

14th-century English
Intonation
fntonation
in Wá-
and Yes/No
questions
''yá-
questions
contain a
question
word
(Who,
What,
,Where,Why,
How,etc.).
These
questions
ask for
information answers.
yeslNo
auest¡ons
do not
contain
auest¡on
words.
quest¡ons
ask
for
yes
or No

answers.
Look at the
questions
below. Mark the I4li- questions
with
a star
(*
).
I Where do
you
live,
-
?
2
When's
your
birthdav. ?
3 Do
vou
have
a iob. ?
4 What sort of music
do
you
like,
?
5 Have
you got
any brothers or
sisters,

__,
?
6 Can
you
speak three languages,
-
?
7 How do you
come to
school,
-
?.
8 Do vou like dancins. ?
>>
P5ó
ffl
Listen
to the recording
and mark
these
statements True
or False.
(The
names at the
end ofthe
questions
wilJ help you
to hear
the intonation
more

clearly.)
I
2
The vo¡ce
Soes
up
at the end of l4á-
questions.
The voice
8oes
up at the end
of
yeslNo
questions.
>>
P5ó
Listen
again and repeat
the
qu€stions
and the names.
(Use
your
memory.
Don't write
the names in the gaps
in 1.)
Make sure
your
intonation

goes
clearly up
or down
on the name, according
to whether
you
are asking a
Yes,/No
or a tYh
question.
Now complete
each
question
in I with the
nanie ofa
student in
your
class.
(Put
a different name in
each
question.)
Listen
again and repeat
the
questions.
Say the names
you
have
written instead

ofthe names
on the
recording. Ifthere
are
questions
you
don't like,
cross
them out and write your
own
questions.
Practise
saying them with
the correct intonation.
Stand up
and walk round
the classroom. Ask
each
classmate
the
question you
have prepared
for
him/her.
Write
down the answers you get.
Unit
'l
9
Two-syllable

nouns
Strong
and weak
forms
of
auxiliary verbs
Sounds
The sounds lsl, lzl,
and ltzl
Read
the
passage
about
Irene Redmond.
Which adjectives do
you think describe her life?
sad
ronery easy boring
busy
t:
lrene
Redmond and her
husband Ken
: live in Hamilton G¿te
in
Queensland,
.
Australia.
They have three ch¡ldren.
In

the summer,
when it's hot,
lrene
gglg
up at six o'clock and
fucs
'
to do all
the
housework
by
eight.
Ken
r
makes breaKast.
He's
a
good
cook.
,
At eight o'clock Ken's boss calls
him
on
the radio. After
t:
Ken
goes
to work, l¡ene does
the rest
of the

housework.
, Most days
kene
wag¡99
the clothes.
At ten o clock lrene
puts
the baby to
bed and t-eaches her
,:
eldest daughter.
Usually she
manages to
do
two hours of
:
classes a
day with her They eat at ti4elve. lrene always
bakes her own bread and cakes. She doesn't
go
shopping,
i' but orders
food
on the
Inlernet. lo
the afremoon
she spends
l'
time with the children.
,

The nearest town is
Tiboobura. lt's 100 miles away. lrene
,
isn't lonely, but she
misses her family. Sometimes she drives
:,
into Tiboobuna to see a
friend. Ihe nearest ne¡ghbour lives
i-
35
miles away. She
invites him lo tea every week.
'
ln
the evening
lrene surfs the Internet,
reads
or
plays
cards w¡th
Ken. Usually Ken loses. They don't have a TV.
lrene likes living in Ham¡lton
Gate.
Ken loves it and
hopes
to stav lhere
for the rest of his l¡fe, but lrene
isn't
sufe.
Work on

your own. Read the passage again and
underline
all the verbs in the third
person
singular of
the Present Simple except is, doesn't, and
isn't,
Unit 2
The sounds /s/ . lzl . and
lvl
Work with a
partner.
Put the
verbs you underlined into
three
groups,
according to
the
pronunciation
ofthe
third
person
ending.
llrl
Listen
and
check
your
answers.
)) o5ó

I
Listen again and
repeat the verbs,
paying
attention to
the
pronunciation
ofthe ending.
Circle the correct
pronunciation
to complete the
rules.
Work with a
partner.
How much of the
passage
can
you
remember? Use the
verb lists from 3 to make
sentences about
lrene's life.
Pay attention
to the
pronunciation
ofthe verb endings.
l0
Group I /s/
Gtoup2 /zl Group!
lul

tries
washes
1 You
pronounce
the ending lsl /z/ ltz/ if the verb ends
in
one of the
following sounds:
/s/ Example miq /tJ/
Example watch
/z/ Example
lo¡e /d3lExample
managq
{/
Example
wash
2 lf the verb ends in any other
voiceless consonant sound,
you
pronounce
the ending /sl /zJ /u/.Example
makes
3 lf the
verb
ends
in any other voiced consonant sound or
a vowel sound,
you
pronounce
the endinS

lsl
/zl
/tz/.
Example rains
>>
p5ó
li
lIDl
Diane DeVine
is a film
star. Listen to
her and
one ofher fans.
She has lots
oflikes and
dislikes.
Match these
words
with the
pictures
below.
Two-syllable
nouns
Why does Diane
DeVine like
the objects
on the left?
(Think
of her name.)
llfl

Listen
and
check
your
answers.
)) o5ó
Listen again
and repeat
the words, paying
attention
to
stress.
Look
at the
nouns below
and make sure
you
know
what
they mean. Which
are stressed
O o
and which
.o?
lliEl
Listen
and mark the
stresses.
O¡
zebras

mountains
cl¡mate
diamonds
giraffes
country
'
football
descent
baseball
exports
reserve
sw¡mm¡nt
champagne
Japan
trumpets
shampoo
pa¡ntings
coffee
guitars
apples
sardines
cartoons
Br¡tain
toothpaste
>>
p56
She likes
Shedoesnltlike
r
II

Which is
the usual
stress
pattern
for two-syllable
nouns?
Unit 2
ll
It
Gonnected
speecli'**********s
Strong
and
weak forms of auxiliary
verbs
Read
the text about
Ianet
Stobbs and
her husband
Eduardo Revuelta.
Janet and
Eduardo Rewelta-Stobbs
üve
near
Alicante in Spain.
They were
married in Aücante.
Eduardo's a doctor
and

Janet's an Xnglish teacher.
Janet was
born
in England, but she can
speak
good
Spanish.
They share the housework.
Edua¡do
likes cooking.
They've
got
two
children
-
Artuo and
Pablo.
2
Answer these
questions.
Use
short answers.
1 Does
lanet
live in Spain?
Yls.sfu
npos,
2 Has she
got ajob?
Was she born in England?

Can she speak Spanish?
Were they married in Spain?
Do they
share the housework?
Have they
got
any children?
>>
P56
Auxiliary
verbs have weak and strong
forms.
Complete
this table.
¡IEl
Listen to the
questions
and answers
in 2.
Underline the
weak forms like this
-
and the
strong
forms like this

>>
p57
rlfl
¡is1s¡. 1¡t u hear the

weak form of the
auxiliar¡
write W. If
you
hear the strong
form, write S.
1 Was
your
plane
lat"i
@
It
was very late.
@
2 Have
you got
a
new coat?
E
Yes, I
have.
3 Does
your girlfriend work with
you?
f-l
Yes, she does.
l-
l
'*T
4

Were they married in
Mexico?
fl
No, they were married
in New York.
l-l
5 Has
your father
got grey
hair?
f
l
Yes,
he has.
fl
6
Do
you go
jogging
every
ctay?
!
Yes, Ido.
!
7
How many languages can
you
speak?
f ]
I can speak two

-
English and Chinese.
I I
Look at the
rule and check
your
answers.
1:t
beginning or
in the middle of a sentence,
and when it is
l.
not stressed.
We use the stronS
form when
the auxiliary
:l
verb is at the end of a sentence,
or
sfressed.
FF
P57
Work with a
partner.
Practise
the dialogues with the
recording.
In
groups,
prepare

seven
questions
to
interview
your
teacher. Use
each auxiliary verb once.
Example
Hale
you got
a car?
Has
your
car
got a CD
player?
Interview
your
teacher.
Listen
to
the other
groups.
Don't ask the same
questionsl
ó
3
4
5
6

7
Auxiliary verb Weak
form Strong form
do ldal or ldul
ldez/
lhav/
hazl
/wazl
lkanl
ldtl
ldttzl
lha-v/
fttezl
lwtl
twDzl
/kan/
12 Unit 2
>>
P57
3
*H:*ilL.,]i:ffisitionsortimeand
p,ace
Pronunciation
of
-ed
past
tenses
ffrl
Listen
to the beginnings

ofthree
stories.
Notice
the way
the
-ed
verb
endings
are
pronounced.
1
Lastnight
Bert stopped
at the
supermarket
on his
way nome.
2 Yesterday
afternoon
Fred
called a restaurant
to
book a table for
two.
3 Yesterday
evening
Daüd invited
Amanda
to dinner.
l

il
The
rest of the
stories
are mixed
up. Listen
as
you
read,
and sort the
sentences
into columns,
according
to the pronunciation
ofthe
-ed
verb
endings.
4 He
arranged
a meeting
with his
daughter there.
5 He
cooked a big
supper for
his wife
and children.
6 He decided
to cook

her favourite
meal.
7 He washed
up
after supper.
8 They
ordered a lot
of the
most expensive
things
on the menu.
9 They
watched
a
good
film
on TV
after the
meal.
l0 They
enjoyed it
a lot.
11
The food
was wasted
because
she
didn't come.
12 They
arrived

home after
midnight.
&,
a vowel,
we
pronounce
the
-ed
ending
/d/.
Example
Y'called
lk¡:ldl.
.
lfthe
verb
ends in a vo¡celess
consonant
sound
apart
o
fron
/t/ (lp/.M,'f/./s/.
/e/,/J/orlrj/),
we pronoLDce
g-
the
-ed
ending /t/.
Example i¡opped

/stDpr",.
Check the meaning
and pronunciation
ofthese
verbs
in a dictionary.
Write
the
past
tense form
ofeach verb
in
the correct
column
below.
(Thke
care
with the
spelling!)
tu
/dt
/tdl
añgwatod
>>
P57
b";$r
ld/
(/b/,
/gl. lvl, lzl,
lól

,
B/,
l4/,
/ll, lrlt/,
/n/, /4/|,
or
believe
srart
carry
answer
laugh
show
walk
mend
try
plan
watch
wash
ffi
,}.4.
V.lltl
{ffi
\-,1
frcd
ldl
2
3
Who had
the worst
evening,

do
you
think?
>>
P57
ll[
Listen
and
check
your
answers.
Unit I
13
Sometimes
it is difficult to hear the
d¡fference
between
the itl and /d/ endings.
When the verb is
l¡nked to the
next word because that word starts
with
a vowel
sound, the
endings
are much clearer
lf,!!
Listen to the
linking.
ta

She
laughed3t the
joke.
lp
Listen and
mark the links in these sentences.
3 They answered everybody's
questions.
Unit 3
4
He
tried
a
piece.
¡¡
P57
Listen again and
practise
the sentences,
paying
attention
to the linking.
I
She
walked all day.
5 They
planned
it weelts
ago.
ll

oa
<> o
6 It washed all üe
glasses beautifully.
focus
Saying
years
Circle
the correct
date in each
ofthese
sentences.
(Ifyou
don't
know the
answers,
try
to
guess
them.)
I
,
¡r
Christofher
Columbus
:
discovered
America
1n
7492

1713.
2 Write
these
dates in
words.
oo
I IJI{
=
úi¡1sgn
fourteen
r4r
o
r492
r504
1616
L713
1780
History
Quiz
-_t-
2 Wilti¿m
Shakespeare
died
in
1840 1616.
The
Fi¡st World War
ended
in
1780

1918.
East
and West
Germany
became
one
country
again
in
1990
t900.
The
Second World
Wa¡
began
in 1939
1410.
Napoleon
Bonaparte
lost
the
Battle
of Waterloo
in
1314 1815.
John
I
(ennedy
became
President

of the
United
States in
1504
1960.
1918
1939
196()
M
1990
s l8l5
e 1840
10
1900
I1
11
l3
3
!fl
Listen
and check your
answers.
Listen
again
and mark
the
stress.
What
happens
to the stress

in
the
-teen
words?
>>
D57
Work
in
three
teams. Think
of
other dates
in the
history
of your
country
or
the world.
Write
a History
Quiz
and
then test
the other
teams.
7
.t:
lt'
L
Score like

this:
+15 points
for
a
correct
date
*10 points
for
the nearest guess
-5
points
for
lncorrect
pronunciation
ofthe dates
lftf
Listen
and
check
your
answers.
>>
P57
Unit 3
15
_
Cennected
speech
,/
Strong

and
weak forms
of
prepositions
|
@!
Listen to this conversation
betwccn
James
Bond's boss,
M, and his secretar¡ Miss
Moneypenny.
As
you
listen,
frll in the missing
prepositions.
B Hello. Can
I speak
(1)
lo
Miss Moneypenny?
S
Speaking.
B Hello, Iri here.
I'm
phoning
(2)
-
the

Ritz.
I'm looking
(3)
-
lames
Bond.
We
had
a lunch appointment
(4)
twelve.
ls he thereí
S
I'm sorr¡ sir, but
he's gone
(5)
-
Budapest.
B I was afiaid
(6)
-
that.
Where exactly?
S He's stáying
(7)
the Hotel Royal.
B Why didn't
he listen
(8)
-

me? He's
just
asking
(9)
trouble.
S
He's only staying there
(10)
-,
a couple
(
11)
-
days.
B
All right.
Contact
him and tell
him
(12)
me he's a damn
fool.
Oh,
and
you
can tell
him I'm
waiting
(
13)

-
his
call.
S Yes, sir.
What
do
you
notice about the
pronunciation ofthese
prepositions?
>>
p57
16 Unit l
2 Look back
at the dialogüe and
complete each
phrase
below
with a
preposition.
Miss Monelpenny
Budapest
me
üe
Ritz
me
lames
Bond
trouble
a couple

his call
apporntment
twelve
the Hotel Royal
staymg
afraid
_
that
couple
days
lff!
Listen and
practise
saying the
prepositions on
their own and
in the
phrases.
Read the dialogue aloud
with a
partner.
Pronounce the
prepositions
in their weak forms.
r
-$
Single
vowelsymbols
Containers
List

intonation
Single vowelsymbols
$
In
this unit
you
will learn
the
ohon,
bHli'TJ:á:'
-rrr rearn
the
phone*
svmbols
ror
:'nsle
n
!!f,!
Listen
to the
symbols
below. What
is the
difference
between
the symbols
in
Picture
A and
the

symbols
in Picture
B?
Underline
the letters
in
the words
which
match
the
sound
symbols.
ytcture
A
Picture
B
2
¡El
Listen
to the sound
symbols
and write
in
the
example
words.
I
lil lcach¿¡
Engtish
spelling

doesn't
always heip
w¡rh
the
pronunciat¡on
of
words.
The
same
letters
can have different
vowel
sounds:
soup
coqple
bgqht
/Lr:/
/^]
l¡l
Different letters
c¿n have
the same vow,.r
souno:
boots
fLll
¡i5¡sr
and
cross out
the word
which

does
contain
the vowel
sound
on
the left.
I /e/
bread
woman
2 /,n/
enqUgh
brgther
3 /o/
qnion
cqffee
4 /s:/
shirt pork
5
/i:/ cheese
tea
6 /g:/
car
cArrots
7
hl
buildings
little
8 /u:/
shampqa
look

1
bgs
lul l¡,1
2
t4n
lsJ l¡J
3 wg¡d
/a:/
lc:l
4 good
lul
l¡J
5 park
lel
lol
p57
6
shqp
lnl
lol
7
4pples
lal
lal
8 bluc
lul
luJ
9 ciggrette
/,r/
lal

>>
P57
many
much
what
univglsity
magazlnes
aren't
milk
two
>>
p57
>>
p57
Un¡t
4
U
eggs
sugar
lot
world
wine
half
birds
fruit
2h|
3hJ
4 /e/
5 luJ
6 /u/

7
/s:l
8tñ
9 lrj
10
/D/
Il
/e/
12 /el
lZfl
Listen
and
circle the
symbol
that
matches
the
sound
ofthe
underlined
letters.
liJ
le| lú
loJ
l¡J
Picture
A
>>
p57
::¡

7
8
9
l0
1
2
3
4
5
These
words are written
in
phonemic
symbols.
Transcribe them.
/bl¿ek/
-
I'b/'tál
-
lklt'bl
legzl
6 isku:V
>>
P57
Turn to
the Sound symbol chart
on
p55.
Write
in

example
words to help
you remember the single
vowel
symbols.
Underline
the letters that
match the sound
symbols.
Word
Containers
Look at the
different kinds of container.
lg3:ll
lstx'.2,1
lkol
tki/
5
can
ts
6
jar
7 tube
8 carton
Match each
pair ofthings with
a
container.
!![
Listen and correct

the mistakes
in this
shopping
list.
b
"ans
o!.¿otf
be(
a couple ol
cac4or.s oX eqq
2
bo++l.s aX
diy.L
!
r¿¿,
I
ros¿,
2
pacv¿+s al c.isps
(ba¡l¿¡¿¿
llavoutl
a
+i^ oI .J.¿¿^ ol¡\t¿s
a
suall
¡ar"
ol collee
a bot of,
salz44 ualdtes
a

biq tube ol
llue
>>
p57
¡1:::::',:-'.,
- r-_rY:11-:'1_'X,1{ar111li1111}tg31ii
'
We don't
stress the word of
in fasl
speech. We
pronounce
it /av/ and we always l¡nk
it to the final consonant sound
of the word before:
/Lavt
a boitle of
wine
!![!
Listen to the correct items on
the list and
repeat them.
*-&
é
bottle
2
packet
sardines/tomatoes
eSgs/juice
matches/chocolates

colalbeer
toothpaste/8lue
coffee/lam
wine,/lemonade
sugar,/crisps
>>
P57
,@@
ffid,,p
3 box
4 tin
18 Unit 4
List intonation
Work out the
anagrams of
(krits)
(h-trisT)
(sampjay)
bJ
these
clothes words.
ffi
7
l5
(sruertos)
ffi
(eti)
l4
(arb)
fZf,l

¡is1g¡
¿¡¿ check
your
answers.
>>
P58
Listen
again and
repeat the
words,
paying
attention
to
the
pronunciation.
ftrFl
¡¡51g¡ 16
this list of
clothes. Which
intonation
pattt'rn
do you
hear?
_/-/
-\
1
I bought
a shirt, a
tie, and some
trousers.

]-\
)
2 I
bought a shirt,
a tie, and
some trousers.
-\_/
-\
3 I bought
a shirt,
a tie, and
some trousers.
_/=\
,/
4
I bought
a shirt, a
tie, and some
trousers.
>>
058
l!f!
Listen
to some people playing
the game
'My
sister
Sally went
to the summer
sales '.

Play the game
in
groups
of four.
Don't
write anlthing.
Listen
to the person
who
speaks
before
you.
Remember
the
clothes
and colours
he/she
says, and add
something.
(Sally
can buy
things for
her boyfriend,
Sam,
too!)
Rules
of the game
.
Ifyou
forget

something, you
are out
ofthe
game.
.
The
last
person
in the game
is
the winner.
Pay
attention to your
intonation
as
you
play.
>>
p58
(srindges
wong)
(denatspurn)
5
a
l0
wingmmis
skrunt
te
(sreds)
(hesso)

(skinreck)
(ostob)
(thris)
(sobule)
Unit 4
19
5
Rhythm
and lal
Hearing
the
difference
between
polite and
impolite
The
sound
/w/
The sound
/w/
Circle
the
words
in the
box
which
contain
a /w/ sound'
warm
how

heavY
violence
leaving
world
when
watch
two
languages
borrow
favourite
own
views
worried
questions
$f
Listen
and
check
your answers.
You
will only
hear the words
with
a /w/
sound.
>>
p58
lf,
Listen
to

some
students
saying
these
sente,nces'
úurk
th.
p.onutt.iation
of
the
/w/
words
right
(/)
or
wrong
(f
).
I Can
I have
some
wir¿?
2
Wou?youhke
anlthing
tó
drink?
3
He
wor'l

talk
to his
mother'
4 It's
in the
west
of HtngarY.
5
You
need to
buY
a new
wheel.
6
It's the
worst
film
I've ever
seen.
''
''-"':13X
l,s
lf sayin6
iwl at tfre
beginning
of
words
is
difficult
for

you,
put
a
word
that ends
with
a rounded
vowel or
diphthonE
sound
(two,
saw,
no,
now)
in front
of
the /w/
word
.;;
3
¡ff,|
Listen
and
practise'
two
wallets
I found
two
wallets.
4 Say

these
sentences
in
the same
way. Start
vt¡ith the
word before
the
/w/ word
each
time.
I
They saw
wild
koalas
in the
trees.
2
There's
no
wine
in
the shoP
3
Now wait
a
minutel
4 She
bought
him

a new
watch.
5
Match
üe
questions
with
the
answers.
The sweet
white
one,
To make
the sound
/w/,
first
pact¡se /u:/.
Push
Your
liPs
out,
and
make them
round and
hard.
/w/
is a short
sound.
.,r'Y
s.eE

'.,1
i
9
a
1
Where
was
WendY
a
while
they
were
watching
the
whales?
2
What
was
wrong
with
b
the
weather
on
Wednesday?
3
Which
wine
would
you

like,
Winifred?
4 Why
were
WaYne
and
Wanda
whispering?
!f,!!
Listen
and
check
your answers.
¡
6
Work
with a
partner. Practise
the
questions and
answers.
Walter.
Working
in
Washington.
c They
didn't
want
Will
to

worry.
d It
was wet
and
windY'
20
Unit
5
>>
P58
Rhythm
and
lel
Some syllables
are
'heavier'
than
others in
the
following
poem.
We stress
them because
they are
in
important
words.
lffl
¡¡5¡s¡
¿¡d mark the

stresses O. The
first verse
and the last verse
are done for
you.
t
'A
E
AK
FUTURE INTENTIONS
aaao
In
lune
this year
I'll finish
school,
oaa
And
the summer's getting
near.
.O
Paulat
going
to
study up at
Cambridge,
And Roger's going
to learn how
to cook.
Emma's going

to have
a lot of bab
And
sarah's
going
lo
write
a
b""*.tt-ff
*
Steven's going
to be a
scientist
,,
+
And try
to help the human
¡áce.
Z
Helen's going
to be in the
Olympic team,
And
finish in
the long
jump
in first
place.
aaa
Ian's

going
to be a millionaire,
aao
And Anna's going
to help
the
poor.
aaaa
But
I still don
t know what
I rvant to
do,
aaa
So I'll sit here
and I'll
think some
more.
Unit 5
aa
My classmates
all know what
they want
to do,
aao
But I haven't got
any idea.
Pippat going
to travel round
the world.

Hannaht going
to
stay at home.
Peter's going
to
join
a
punk
rock
band,
And
Richard's going
to teach in
Rome.
Amanda's
going
to move
to Hollywood
Where
she hopes
to become
a star.
Frankt going
to
pass
his
driving test,
And then
he's
going

to buy
himself a
car.
i
'.¡
r'j
.a
p58
71
How
many syllables
(stressed
and unstressed)
are there
in the
eight
lines below?
(goingcounts
as one
syllable
in
fast speech.)
line 3
My classmates
all
know what
they
want to do
ll
syllables

Iine 6
Hannah's
going to stay
at home
ll
syllables
line 7
Peter's
going to
join
a
punk
rock
band
l)
syilabtes
line 8
And Richard's
going to teach
in Rome
ll
sytlables
Iine
i I
Frank's
going
to
pass his driving
test
|

4uau'
Iine I2
And
rhen he's
going to buy
himself
a car
L)
sYltabtes
line
14
AndRoger's
going
to
learn how
to cook
I
syllables
line 19
Helen's
going
to
be in the
Ol1'rnpic
team
ll
syilables
>>
p59
The

unstressed
sflables
are
'squashed'
between
the
stresses.
Very often
the sound
in these
unstressed
syllables
is /a/.
lf,f!
Listen to these
words
and names.
Noticc the
unstressed
a' sounds.
lal
) lel
a
l¿l lalO
O lel O
lal
Amanda
summer
OlymPics
human

Anna
lfl
Listen to the
eight
lines below.
Mark the
/ai
sounds
in each
line.
tel
line 3
My classmates
all
know what they
want
to do
lel
lal lal
lal
line
ó Hannah's
going to stay
at home
line
7 Peter's
going
to
ioin
a

Punk
rock band
lin¿ 8
And Richard's
going to teach
in Rome
lire
ll Frankt
going
to
pass
his driving
test
line
12 Andthenhet
going to buy
himself a car
22
Unit 5
line
14 AndRoger's
going to learn
how to cook
line
19 Helen's
going to be in
the Olympic
team
>>
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Now
listen
again and
repeat
each
line above.
Follow
the
stress
pattern
you hear on
the recording.
Work
in
groups offour.
Choose
an odd
numbered
line,
as
follows:
StudentA-lin¿3
Studenl l'
rrr¿ /
StudentC-lin¿11
StudentD-lin¿.19
You're
going
to
have a speaking

race. Say
your
line
together
with the other
students
in
your
group. All
start at the
same time
and
all speak
as fast as
you
can.
Who was the
winner?
Did any
of
you finish at üe
same
time?
Now do
the same
with an
even
numbered
line, as
follows:

StudentA-li¿eó
StudentC-li¿e12
StudentB-li¡e8
StudentD-lifle14
>>
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Listen
to the
first verse
of the
poem
with
rh¡hm clicks.
As
you listen,
clap
with the recording.
<
lf,
Listen
to the
whole
poem again.
Clap the
rh¡hm as
you read
aloud
with the
recording.

Hearing
the
difference between
polite
and impolite
offers
I Read
the dialogues. The
offers are
underlined.
$fl
Listen to the
difference between
the
offers.
In
Dialogue
A the woman ¡s
¡nterested
and
polite.
In Dialogue
B the
woman is
uninterested
and impolite.
Read
üese dialogues.
Underline the
offers.

I
!
¡ane
Oh,no! My
skirt looks
terrible,
and I'm going
out in
ten minutes.
Paul I'll
iron it for you.
'¡
f-]
Rob
I d like
to have a look
at that red
coat,
Assistant
I'll get
it for
you
in a moment.
I'm
busy right now.
Boss
I told
you
yesterday
that

there weren't
any
stamps.
Secretary
I'm
sorr¡ I forgot.
I'll buy
some
now.
)
Ll
Driver The
red light's
on and it's
making a
terrible
noise.
Can
you
do something
about
it
quickly?
Mechanic
OK. I'll have
a look at
the engine
for
you.
>>

059
lBflil
1i51s¡
an¿ mark
the offers
polite
(p)
or
Impolite
(I)
in the
box on the left
in 2.
>>
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.
To sound
'músic'ofyour
voice.
.
To
make a
polite
offer
your
intonat¡on should
go
up on
the
stressed word, fall,

then
go
up a littte at the
end.
The
higher
up
you go
at the
start, the more
polite
you
sound.
¡Elll
|ll
show iilo
you.
fff,fl
Listen
and practise.
I'll
buy it for you.
I'll
clean them
for
you.
I'll carry it
for
you.
I'll

get
some for
you.
Complete each
dialogue with
an
offer from 4.
I A
Oh dear. I forgot
to buy
any eggs.
B
2 A
This suitcase
is so heary,
I can't
possibly
carry it
up those stairs.
B
I can't
serve drinks
in these
dirty
glasses.
I'm not
having
lunch today
because I left
my

Durse
at home.
r:a
3A
B
4A
B
3I
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p59
6
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Now
practise
making
the offers
politely.
at-ft
,rt
sottr¿ for
yil)
-; \
rou say
I
nl
s"t
il;f;;;)
You hear
4
L_ l

Duncan
I
couldn't
do the maths
homework
last
night.
Could
you?
Nick It was
easy. I'll
do it for you.
,l
Unit 5
23
The
sounds
lnl
and/4/
(and
lqgl
and
lnd3{
Three-sy[[able
nouns
Hearing
different
forms
of like
Sounds

.'"""
The sounds
lnl
and
l4l
(and
/49/
and
/nd3/)
l?fl
Listen
to these
words.
The A
words end
in the
sound
/rV.
The
B words
end
in the
sound
/4/' Can
you
hear
the
difference?
The
letter

n is sometimes
pronounced
/n/ and
sometimes
/¡/.
Put the
words
in the
box
into the
correct column
below.
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modern
drink
window
sink
think
ankle
bank
junk
thanks
children
uncle
friendly
pond newsagent
expens¡ve
l![
Listen
and check

your answers.
>>
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24 Unit
ó
lnl
tr)/
w¡nt¿r
sink
\uF)t,
3 Complete
the
rule.
The letter
n is
pronounced /¡/
when the
following
sound
is /
-/.
>>
P59
ffitd.ndup
:,
to touch
the
top of
your mouth. Open

your
l¡ps, and
push
,:
air
out through
your
nose. /n/
is a voiced sound
l:.
To make
the sound
/{/,
put
your
tonSue
¡n the
pos¡tion to
,
make
the sound
/k/.
Keeping
your
tongue
in that
position,
::
try lo
say lnl.lrJlis

a voiced
sound.
Listen
again
to the
/n/ and
/¡i
words
in 2 and
practise
saying
them.
lvlng