It's hard to park a car in a dark car park.

Listen to the sound /eə/. Look at the mouth diagram to see how to make this sound.

Listen to the target sound /eə/ in the words below and compare it with the neighdouring words.

bar	bear	beer
shy	share	Sure
dead	dared	died
stars	stairs	stays

Listen and repeat the examples of the target sound.

Examples

square squares

where where's

fair fairly

Sarah and Mary share their pears fairly.

SPELLING

	frequently	Sometimes
/a:/	AR (car) AL (half)	EAR (heart) A (ask, path, aunt)
/eə/	ARE (care) AIR (fair) EAR (bear) ERE (where)

EXERCISES

14.1 Make words with these beginnings and endings and write them in the correct part of the table.

beginnings ba fa ra da sta squa ca ha cha endings r re lf ir rd rt lm

words with the vowel /a:/	words with the vowel /eə/
bar	bare

 14.2 Complete this conversation using the following words Then listen and check.

cars cares stars stairs

SID: This is a great life, with no worries or cares!

JOE: It would be nice if we had …though, Sid.

SID: I didn't say …, I said…!

JOE: Oh, I see. Not… , as in traffic, but

with an ES at the end!

SID: That's right. I've always loved sleeping under the…

JOE: But why? There's hardly any space under the…!

SID: No, not…,…! You know, little lights in the sky.

JOE: Oh,…! I thought you said…, that people walk up!

14.3 Listen to these sentences. Is the accent from North America (they pronounce the R after the vowel) or South East England? Write Am or Eng.

Example He asked her to dance. Eng

1. We started in March

2. It's a fast car.

3. My heart's strong.

4. Where's the bar?

5. It stops and starts.

6. A glass of beer.

7. Was his hair dark or fair?

14.4 Listen and underline the word you hear.

1. Nowhere or no way? There's nowhere / no way to go.

2. Fair or far? It isn't fair / far.

3. Part or port? This is the main part / port of Athens.

4. Bear or beer? That's a strong bear / beer.

5. Come or calm? She told me to come / calm down.

UNIT 15

The consonant sounds /m/, /n/ and /ŋ/

 The consonant sounds /m/, /n/ and /ŋ/ are made by stopping the flow of air out of the mouth so that it goes through the nose instead. The three sounds are different because the air is stopped by different parts of the mouth. You can feel this when you say the words some, sun, sung.

Listen to the sound /m/. Look at the mouth diagram to see how to make this sound.

Always close your lips for /m/, even at the end of a word when the next word begins with /k/ or /g/, for example: cream cake; warm glow.

Listen to the target sound /m/ in the words below and compare it with the neighbouring words.

nice	mice	nice
sun	some	sun
swing	swim	swing
hang	ham	hang

Listen and repeat the examples of the target sound.

Examples

miss more make

smoke jump harmed

comb autumn film

Mum made me move my models.

Listen to the sound /n/. Look at the mouth diagram to see how to make this sound.

Listen to the target sound /n/ in the words below and compare it with the neighbouring words.

might	night	might
warm	warn	warm
wing	win	wing
rang	ran	rang

Listen and repeat the examples of the target sound.

Examples

now new know

snow dinner against

gone open listen

There was no one on the moon on the ninth of June.

Listen to the sound /ŋ/. Look at the mouth diagram to see how to make this sound.

Open your mouth but breathe through your nose. If you do this you will find that the air is stopped at the back of the mouth. This is where you stop the air to make the sound /ŋ/.

Listen to the target sound /ŋ/ in the words below and compare it with the neighbouring words.

some	sung	some
Kim	king	Kim
thin	thing	thin

Listen and repeat the examples of the target sound.

Examples

sing singer sink

bang bank banks

thing think finger

Young King Kong was stronger than strong.

SPELLING

There may be a silent B or N after /m/ (comb, autumn).

There may be a silent K before /n/ (knife).

/n/ changes to /ŋ/ when the next sound after it is /k/ or /g/; the N in thin is /n/, but the N in think is /ŋ/.

EXERCISES

 15.1 Read this conversation. It contains 19 examples of the sound /m/. How many examples of the sounds /n/ and /ŋ/ does it contain? Write your answers. Then listen and check.

- I met a man near the monument this morning. He was a singer and he sang a song for me. I'll always remember that magic moment. Like something out of a dream!

- What, is that the moment, the monument or the man you meant?