- •Vest best vest
- •It's six or seven years since Sydney's sister sang that song.
- •4.1 Find a way from Start to Finish. You may not pass a square if the word contains the sound /z/. You can move horizontally or vertically only.
- •It's best to rest, said the vet to the pet.
- •11.1 Make words with these beginnings and endings and write them in the correct part of the table.
- •12.1 Write these nationality words in the correct column.
- •It's hard to park a car in a dark car park.
- •14.1 Make words with these beginnings and endings and write them in the correct part of the table.
- •16.1 Find 14 words in the puzzle (every letter is used once) and write them in the correct part of the table. The words are written horizontally or vertically.
- •15.2 Find a way from Start to Finish. You may pass a square only if the word in it has the sound /ŋ/. You can move horizontally or vertically only.
- •I met him. I met his wife.
- •29 Bolton Road
- •I mean the one on the right. I mean, what's the point of buying one shoe?!
- •36.3 Underline the 'throw away' words in this text. There are nine more expressions to underline.
- •6 Find phonemic spellings for thirteen different foods in the wordsearch. The words are horizontal or vertical. Use all the letters.
- •7 Find phonemic spellings for thirteen jobs in the wordsearch. The words are horizontal or vertical. Use all the letters.
29 Bolton Road
Wigan
Lancashire
WI16 9FT
England
Tel: 090 827 7365
email: linwar@applegroove.com
Practise saying the spelling of your own name. Decide how you will group the letters, if your name is long.
EXERCISES
34.1 Read this weather forecast aloud, 'pronouncing the punctuation'. Record yourself if you can. Then listen and compare.
And for Friday, well, another wintry day in all parts of the region. Temperatures near freezing in many places, and along the coast, the wind will make it feel very cold indeed. Inland, some snow on the hills, and there may be fog in the valleys. If you're out and about driving, watch out for those icy roads! And for the weekend? Well, we're not expecting much change, I'm afraid. And that's all from me. Goodnight.
34.2
The texts below are really two sentences, but the punctuation is missing. The two sentences are divided before or after the underlined expression. Listen and draw one line / to show where the sentences are divided.
Example They're leaving / soon it'll be quieter.
There was nothing inside it was empty.
We walked carefully downstairs it was dark.
I watched him silently he opened the drawer.
The rain didn't stop the next day it just carried on.
The weather was hot at the weekend it was 40 degrees.
I saw her clearly she was hungry.
It was cold last night the roads were icy.
Read the sentences above aloud, once with the sentence break before the underlined expression, then again with the sentence break after it.
34.3 Listen and write the name, address and contact details that you hear.
Name:
Address:
Postcode:
Telephone:
Email:
Read out the information you wrote above. Try to put the pauses exactly where they were in the recording you heard. Then listen again and compare.
34.4
Say your own name, address and contact details. Record it if possible.
UNIT 35
Telling a story
Two words you will often hear in conversation are anyway and well. Listen to the conversation below. Notice that anyway and well are often said in quite a high-pitched voice.
A: I nearly got arrested, you know, the other day.
B: You what... arrested? What do you mean?
A: Well, I'm doing this project on graffiti, you know, at college, and ehm ... so I have to take lots of photos of graffiti and ...
B: Uh huh.
A: So anyway, I saw this train with some amazing graffiti on the side, so I went there to ehm ... take a photo of it. The thing is, it was a bit far from the platform ...
B: So what happened?
A: Well, I walked along next to the lines, and then these two ehm ... station police came along and said I shouldn't be there, so ehm ... they took me to the office, and then they asked for my ID card, you know, my identity card ...
B: Mmm?
A: Well, I didn't have it. I left it at home that day.
B: Oh no!
A: Yeah, so anyway, then they didn't know what to do with me, so ehm ... I said, look, I'll leave my camera here and I go home to get my ID card.' In the end, they agreed, so I did that, and they ehm ... wrote my ID number, and then just let me go ...
In the conversation above, A uses anyway to show that she is moving on to the next part of the story. In this context, it is usually pronounced in a high voice. Notice that before the word anyway, the speaker is not moving the story on, she is just giving some background information. Anyway shows she is returning to the story.
In the conversation above, A uses well to show that she is responding to B's questions. In this context, it is usually pronounced in a high voice.
In the conversation above, notice that the listener, B, is not silent. He asks questions. He also encourages A to continue by making noises like uh huh and mmm. Listen again, and notice that he makes these noises in a low-pitched voice. He does this to show that he does not want to speak, he wants A to continue speaking.
EXERCISES
35.1 Listen and answer the questions. Listen for the word anyway, because the important information comes after it. Before it, the speaker is just giving background information.
Example What did the speaker see on the way home from work? He saw an accident.
What happened to Katy the other day?
What did the old man do in the bar?
What is the good news about Clara?
35.2 Fill the gaps with the words well or anyway. Then listen and check.
A: I wonder what happens if you lose your passport.
B: I lost mine once.
A: So what happened?
B: … (1), I was abroad, just travelling around, you know, and … (2), somebody stole my bag on the last day.
A: So what did you do?
B: … (3), I reported it to the police, which took absolutely ages – so many forms to fill in, and … (4), they gave me a special travel document and then when I arrived home ...
Listen to the conversation again and say B's lines.
UNIT 36
Understanding small talk
Listen to this conversation. Note that the expressions in black do not really have any meaning; you could easily understand the text without them.
Notice that the speakers say them very fast, often in a low voice: they are 'throw away' words, i.e. you could throw them away and the meaning wouldn't change.
A: Ugh! This coffee is really horrible!
B: Yeah, I know. Machine coffee, I mean, why do we drink the stuff?
A: It's sort of like... someone puts the contents of an ashtray in water and ehm ... like, heats it up or something, you know...
B: Yeah, that's what it tastes like,... and ... I mean, have you tried the ehm ... the tea?
A: Oh yeah, the tea! That's even worse!
B: I mean the plastic cups don't help, do they?
A: No, I know,... plastic cups!... We like even had champagne in plastic cups, you know, at what's-her-name's leaving party...
B: Jenny. Jenny Glen. Yeah, I remember that, last January it was... I kind of liked Jenny. I wonder what she's doing now ...
Different people often have their own favourite 'throw away' words. For example, in the conversation above, A says like and you know a lot and B says I mean a lot.
The same expressions which people use as 'throw away' words do have meaning in other contexts. In all the sentences on the left below, the expressions in black have meaning. In the sentences on the right, they are 'throw away' words.
Listen and notice the difference in pronunciation: the 'throw away' words are said faster and in a low voice.
Tell me everything you know. She tells me everything, you know.
'Blue Mountain' is a kind of coffee. "Blue Mountain' coffee is kind of nice.
We like to go away at weekends. We like go to the beach or whatever.