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ACTIVITY SHEET EPISODE 5: VIRTUAL DOCTOR Practise and consolidate your learning about linking words in spoken English by completing activity and In activity you have to decide the correct form of the word 'there' ACTIVITY 1 really odd goodbye, Olive blue and green today and tomorrow go out tonight how about a coffee I asked her you or him the afternoon 10 too early ACTIVITY Spell out the following names and abbreviations, pronouncing /j/ or /w/ between vowels USA Rory Kim ASAP CPI Diane UHF Thomas Simon 10 PA Page of ACTIVITY Choose which form of ‘there’ is used in the following sentences Question 1: a b c There were a lot of people at the concert real subject agrees with singular verb form adverb of place real subject agrees with plural verb form Question 2: We a b c real subject agrees with singular verb form adverb of place real subject agrees with plural verb form Question 3: Is a b c didn’t stay there very long there a newsagent near here? real subject agrees with singular verb form adverb of place real subject agrees with plural verb form Question 4: There a b c goes our train real subject agrees with singular verb form adverb of place real subject agrees with plural verb form Question 5: There a b c real subject agrees with singular verb form adverb of place real subject agrees with plural verb form Question 6: Don’t a b c forget there’s an ATM at the petrol station if you need money real subject agrees with singular verb form adverb of place real subject agrees with plural verb form Question 7: Can’t a b c are only three tickets left for the tennis match you see the video cassette is there on the table real subject agrees with singular verb form adverb of place real subject agrees with plural verb form Question 8: There a b c real subject agrees with singular verb form adverb of place real subject agrees with plural verb form Question 9: a b c I think there was a knock at the door real subject agrees with singular verb form adverb of place real subject agrees with plural verb form Question 10: Don’t a b c are two ways of solving the problem worry, they’ll be waiting for you there real subject agrees with singular verb form adverb of place real subject agrees with plural verb form Page of ANSWERS ACTIVITY Say each of the phrases aloud Identify which type of linking is used Practise saying each word separately, and then saying the phrases as a continuous stream of speech really odd j d/ / vowel + /j/ + vowel linking goodbye, Olive j l v/ /g vowel + /j/ + vowel linking blue and green w / vowel + /w/ + vowel linking / today and tomorrow j /t / vowel + /j/ + vowel linking go out tonight w / vowel + /w/ + vowel linking t/ how about a coffee w / t vowel + /w/ + vowel linking / I asked her j /a vowel + /j/ + vowel linking / you or him / w vowel + /w/ + vowel linking m/ the afternoon / j vowel + /j/ + vowel linking / 10 too early / w vowel + /w/ + vowel linking / ANSWERS ACTIVITY USA / Rory / Kim / ASAP w / w United States of America / ja j m/ As Soon As Possible Page of ANSWERS ACTIVITY CONTINUED CPI / ja / Diane / ja je j UHF / we Thomas / je Simon / j 10 PA / je / Consumer Price Index / ' f/ Ultra-High Frequency w j s/ w m/ Personal Assistant ANSWERS ACTIVITY Question 1: c There were a lot of people at the concert real subject agrees with plural verb form Question 2: We b Question 3: Is a didn’t stay there very long adverb of place there a newsagent near here? real subject agrees with singular verb form Question 4: There b goes our train adverb of place Question 5: There c Question 6: Don’t a forget there’s an ATM at the petrol station if you need money real subject agrees with singular verb form Question 7: Can’t b are only three tickets left for the tennis match real subject agrees with plural verb form you see the video cassette is there on the table adverb of place Question 8: There c real subject agrees with plural verb form Question 9: a I think there was a knock at the door real subject agrees with singular verb form Question 10: Don’t b are two ways of solving the problem worry, they’ll be waiting for you there adverb of place Page of