Pronunciation in Use Elementary
Pronunciation in Use Elementary
Contents
To the 5
student To 7
the teacher 9
Map of
Section A Sounds and spelling
contents
1 How many letters, how many sounds? Spelling and 1
2 Pizza for dinner /iː/ and /ɪ/ pronunciation 0
3 A spoonful of sugar /uː/ and /ʊ/ 1
4 Father and mother /ɑː/ and /ʌ/ 2
5 A dog in the corner /ɒ/ and /ɔː/ 1
6 Bread and jam /e/ and /æ/ 4
7 My birthday’s on Thursday /ɜː/ 1
8 Here and there /ɪə/ and /eə/ 6
9 Have a great time! /eɪ/, /aɪ/ and /ɔɪ/ 1
10 Old town /əʊ/ and /aʊ/ 8
11 Pack your bags /p/ and /b/ 2
12 Twenty days /t/ and /d/ 0
13 Cats and dogs /k/ and /g/ 2
14 November the first /f/ and /v/ 2
15 Both together /θ/ and /ð/ 2
16 It’s the wrong size, isn’t it? /s/ and /z/ 4
17 Fresh fish, usually /ʃ/ and /ʒ/ 2
18 Chips and juice /tʃ/ and /dʒ/ 6
19 My hungry uncle /m/, /n/ and /ŋ/ 2
20 How many hours? /h/ 8
21 That’s life! /l/ 3
22 What terrible weather! /r/ 0
23 What’s the news? /w/ and /j/ 3
24 Sunglasses or umbrella? Consonant groups in the middle 2
of words 3
25 Train in the rain Consonant groups at the beginning of 4
words 3
26 Pink and orange Consonant groups at the end of 6
Section
wordsB Syllables and words 3
27
28 One week
Last Consonant
house, two houses groups across words
Syllables 8
6
29 Wait a minute – where’s the waiter? Strong and weak 4
4
vowels 0
6
30 Single or return? Stress in two-syllable words 4
6
31 Begin at the beginning Stress in longer words 2
6
32 Where’s my checklist? Stress in compound words 4
8
Section C Phrases, sentences and grammar 4
7
33 Phrases and pauses Reading aloud 4
0
7
34 Speak it, write it, read it Linking words together 1 6
7
4
35 Me and you, you and me Linking words together 2 4
2
7
36 Take me to the show, Jo Rhythm 8
6
37 Hey, wait for me! Strong and weak forms 1: Pronouns 5
7
0
38 And what’s his name? Strong and weak forms 2: Possessives, 8
5
conjunctions, prepositions 8
39 There’s a spider Strong and weak forms 3: Articles, 2
0
8
comparatives, ‘there’ 5
8
6
4
40 Who was that? Strong and weak forms 4: Auxiliary verbs 2
8
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Exercises
1.1 letters
Write the numbersounds
of letters and the number of sounds in these words.
green 5 4
1 all
2 back
3 could
4 knee
5 sixty
6 thing
7 who
8 address
Check with the Key (on page 138). Then listen and repeat.
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1.2 Some pronunciation symbols
EXAMPLE best are easy. Write these words in their normal spelling.
1 /bIg/
/best/ 2 /dres/ 3 4 /gIv/
5 6 /frend/ 8
/help/ /nekst/ 7 /'veri/ /wel/
Check with the Key. Then listen and repeat.
🎧A6
All five words in each group have the same vowel letter – a, e, i, o or u – but one has a different
vowel sound. Circle the word with the different vowel sound in each group.
1.3
EXAMPLE
on top stop one gon
e
1 give time sit think rich
2 apple bad wash catch ban
k
3 much bus sun push up
4 many maths man hat flat
Check with the Key. Then listen and repeat.
🎧A7
Write words that rhyme (the end part of the word sounds the same).
1.4 EXAMPLE
red be_ _d
1 key tr_ _
2 blue sh_ _
3 not w_ _
_
4 one r_ _
5 date w_ _
_
6 lie w_ _
7 so sh_ _
8 beer n_ _ _
Check with the Key. Then listen and repeat.
🎧
A8
🎧 tongue up wide
A9a • /i:/ is a long sound. Look at the diagram. mouth
Listen and then say the sound. Make your
mouth wide, like a smile. Your tongue touches
the sides of your teeth. Target sound: /i:/
B Sound and spelling
• /i:/ is usually spelled ee or ea. Listen and say
🎧 these words. see agree eat seat
A9b team
• Listen and say these other words
ie field
with /i:/. piece
e these metre secret evening equal Peter Europea Chines
🎧 museum
Japanes complet n e
A9c e e
ey key litre pizza police machine Can you see the sea?
i ski magazine
kilo
• Now listen and say these sentences. You will
🎧 eo people
need to pause the recording to give yourself
A9d enough time to repeat.
1 Can you see the sea?
2 A piece of pizza,
please. 3 Peter’s in the
team.
4 A kilo of peaches
How and toamake
litre ofthe sound /I/
• /I/ is a short sound. Look at the diagram. Listen
cream.
🎧 5
a nPlease
d then can
teach
you sound. Make your mouth a
say the
me to speakfor
A10a bit less wide than
Portuguese?
/i:/. Your tongue is a bit further back in your front of
tongue up
mouth than for /i:/. Target sound: /I/
D Sound and spelling
• /I/ is usually spelled i. Listen a n d say these jaw down (a little)
🎧 words.
A10b if listen miss dinner swim
• Listen and say these other
words with /I/. busy business
🎧 building system
A10c
• Now listen and say these
phrases. 1 fifty-six
2 dinner in the
🎧 5kitchen
big business
3 a
🎧
A10d
cinema
A10e Note: Eightticket
letters of
4 a picture of a
building
the alphabet have the sound
B
focus on vowel sounds in
Syllables and words), e.g. happy, coffee, busy. This sound is like /i:/ but shorter. Listen and repeat.
12 stressed syllables coffee
happy (see Section B
busy sixty
English Pronunciation in Use (Elementary)
Syllables and words).
Exercises
2.1 email evening
Put policein thesecret
these /i:/ words dialogues.Steve TV
3 A spoonful of sugar
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🎧 1
2
me too
work in groups
A16e
3 new shoes
4 red and blue
5 listen to the music
7
6 fruit juice
forty-two
F Note: /ju:/ is the name of the letter U in the
🎧 • /U/
full
is often spelled u, oo o r ou. Listen a n d say these
sugar book foot
A17b words.
would
• Listen and say this other word
Exercises
3.1 food fourCircle
June lookwithnews
the words room
/u:/. (There school soup
are nine.) spoon town
sugar
Tuesda tw
y o answers. Check with the Key. Then listen and repeat.
Listen to check your
🎧A18
3.2 1Put
Dotheyou
/u:/like
words fromfood
fast Exercise 3.1 in the
sentences.
2? Are you coming to
3 It’s
? the .
4second
Let’s watch
of .
the
5 is over
6 Here’s a there.
for your
.
Listen to check your answers. Check with the Key. Then listen and repeat.
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3.3 Circle the words with /U/. (There are
book cookery cough could good
six.)
thoug looking lunch soon sugar through
ht
Listen to check your answers. Check with the Key. Then listen and repeat.
🎧
A20 Put the /U/ words from Exercise 3.3 in the sentences.
1 Do you take ?
3.4 2 you help me? I’m for cookery .
a
🎧A21 Listen to check your answers. Check with the Key. Then listen and repeat.
3.5 1Circle
Is itthe wordstrue?
really that have /u:/ or /U/, then put them
6 in
I’l the
be correct
ready soon.
column.2 You’re standing on my foot! 7Here’s your ticket – don’t
3 Are you a good cook? lose it! 8 Go through that
4 Where’s my toothbrush? door over there. 9 M y keys!
5 Do you push or pull to open Where did I put them?
this/ door? /U/
u:/ foot
true
Listen to check your answers. Check with the Key. Then listen and repeat.
🎧A22
3.6 Listen and circle the word you hear. Check with the Key. If any of these are difficult for you, go to
1Section
pool E3 Sound pairs
/ pull (forsound
further pair
practice.
🎧 2 look / luck 4) ( sound
A23 3 soup / soap pair 5) (
sound pair 6)
4.3 Complete the sentences with one /A:/ word and one /√/ word.
4
5.5 Listen and write the missing /Å/ and /O:/ 6
words.
full of of
🎧 A35
This is
wine o u rsome
and kitchen. O n theand
table there’s
pepper. shopping,
on a and
There’s a ’s asleep in the corner behind the the the
a big
.