NGOẠI NGỮ 24H WWW.NGOAINGU24H.VN Lesson 11: Sound /e/ - /ə/ ; /ɜː/ - /ɔː/ A Sound /e/ - /ə/ I How to make sound /e/ - /ə/ Sound /e/ This vowel is short Relax your tongue and allow the tip to rest just behind your bottom front teeth Let the front of the tongue raise slightly as though it is heading for the roof of the mouth The tongue tip does not need to come up When is sound /e/ used? Spelling Examples e red, yes ea spread, head a many, any ie friend again eo leopard ay says Đăng ký học: 0962 60 8801 – 04 6260 3948 Địa chỉ: Số 18 Trần Đại Nghĩa – Q Hai Bà Trưng – Hà nội NGOẠI NGỮ 24H WWW.NGOAINGU24H.VN Sound /ə/ This vowel is short Part your lips and teeth, just a little Relax your tongue and leave the tip to rest naturally, just behind your bottom front teeth Now make a very short sound The schwa should have no shape at all Lips, tongue, and jaw are all neutral and relaxed When is /ə/ used? II Spelling Examples a around, comma e begin, other i possible o official, director u particular Let’s try Separate- bed- mental- men- depend- spend- deadly-head- many- anything-said-friend- nextattend Peter – seven- letter- other- computer- famous- particular- another- forget – glamour – information - amusing The wedding is next Wednesday and the headdress isn’t ready yet So yes, I’m stressed! They went all the way to the shopping centre for the best bread in Essex Breakfast was excellent and Ben’s belly felt very full Her mother opened the letter that was addressed to her father The bananas were a peculiar colour but Debra ate them anyway Her new dietician was stricter than she expected and though she wasn't supposed to eat after seven, hunger got the better of her The schwa can almost disappear in speech Control = c’ntrol Banana = b’nana Television = tel’vis’n Đăng ký học: 0962 60 8801 – 04 6260 3948 Địa chỉ: Số 18 Trần Đại Nghĩa – Q Hai Bà Trưng – Hà nội NGOẠI NGỮ 24H WWW.NGOAINGU24H.VN III Practice Exercise Listen and write these words Exercise Practice pronouncing these words Pen /pen/ I need a pen Pin /pɪn/ I need a pin Ben /ben/ That’s my Ben Bin /bɪn/ That’s my bin Ten /ten/ It’s a big ten Tin /tɪn/ It’s a big tin Đăng ký học: 0962 60 8801 – 04 6260 3948 Địa chỉ: Số 18 Trần Đại Nghĩa – Q Hai Bà Trưng – Hà nội NGOẠI NGỮ 24H WWW.NGOAINGU24H.VN Peg /peg/ Where’s the peg? Pig /pɪg/ Where’s the pig? Bell /bel/ There’s the bell Bill /bɪl/ There’s the bill Cheque /tʃek/ She wants a cheque Chick /tʃɪk/ She wants a chick Exercise Match the words to the pictures 1.potato 2.pepper yoghurt 4.chicken tuna orange banana chocolate coffee 10 sandwich Đăng ký học: 0962 60 8801 – 04 6260 3948 Địa chỉ: Số 18 Trần Đại Nghĩa – Q Hai Bà Trưng – Hà nội NGOẠI NGỮ 24H WWW.NGOAINGU24H.VN Exercise Listen and circle the odd one out any anywhere many banana health seven ready pencil met said chef mental guess April wealthy twenty loyal send eleven fed fresh fatal threat never bell best pretend brother treasure adventure head amazing B Sound /ɜː/ - /ɔː/ I How to make sound /ɜː/- /ɔː/ Sound /ɜː/ This vowel is a longer version of the schwa Part your lips and teeth, just a little Relax your tongue and leave the tip to rest naturally just behind your bottom front teeth; the tongue should be a fraction lower than for the /ə/ sound Now make a long vowel sound Don't allow the tongue to move or the lips to make a shape - however tempting! Lips, tongue and jaw are all neutral and relaxed When is /ɜː/ used ? Spelling Examples ur urgent, fur, curse er eternity, nervous, commercial ir bird, girl, virtue ear early, learn, heard or work, word, worst our journey, courteous, journalist Đăng ký học: 0962 60 8801 – 04 6260 3948 Địa chỉ: Số 18 Trần Đại Nghĩa – Q Hai Bà Trưng – Hà nội NGOẠI NGỮ 24H WWW.NGOAINGU24H.VN Sound /ɔː/ This vowel is long Relax your tongue and allow the tip to rest just behind your bottom front teeth The back of the tongue is high, but not as high as for the GOOSE vowel When is /ɔː/ used ? Spelling Examples or sport, north al walking, chalk, tail ou II bought, source, thoughtful au caution, naughty aw law, paw Let’s try World – word- journey- courtesy-turn-stir- certain- nerve- girl- bird – skirt- searchearth—heard Ball- force- talking- caught- sport- august- four- awe- course- resource- thought- shorttaught-walk She urged him to curse less as she yearned for a perfect and virtuous partner The circus clowns wore purple shirts and juggled thirty burning balls, making the front row of the audience very nervous She turned up early to her first day of work to be certain of the perfect first impression He thought she caught the four forty train, but she boarded the fourteen forty She's awfully sporty, and spends all her time on the netball court The autumn ball was awesome, and not as boring as Paul had thought Đăng ký học: 0962 60 8801 – 04 6260 3948 Địa chỉ: Số 18 Trần Đại Nghĩa – Q Hai Bà Trưng – Hà nội NGOẠI NGỮ 24H WWW.NGOAINGU24H.VN III Practice Exercise Find 14 words in the puzzle (every letter is used once) and write them in the correct part of the table Horizontally or vertically only b i r d s l b a l l a a t u r n w w Words with /ɜː/ c h e a r d o w o r d a u s o r T l r w h e r l s a g i r l e r m o r e Words with /ɔː/ Exercise Listen, fill in the blanks with words having sound /ɜː/ or /ɔː/ It’s hard , of Are you sure? Law and I to work I saw the fall He was on Thursday the thirty-first She German I learned to in Brazil “ ” (past tense of catch) and “court” sound the same in my accent Exercise Practice pronouncing these words Four /fɔːr/ Fur /fɜːr/ She’s got four She’s got fur Torn /tɔːrn/ It’s a torn sign Turn /tɜːrn/ It’s a turn sign Đăng ký học: 0962 60 8801 – 04 6260 3948 Địa chỉ: Số 18 Trần Đại Nghĩa – Q Hai Bà Trưng – Hà nội NGOẠI NGỮ 24H WWW.NGOAINGU24H.VN Warm /wɔːrm/ I wouldn’t like warm soup Worm /wɜːrm/ I wouldn’t like worm soup Walker /wɔːkər/ He’s a fast walker Worker /wɜːrkər/ He’s a fast worker Exercise Look at the picture and fill in the blanks with words having sound /ɜː/ or /ɔː/.Words are used ONCE ONLY The is sitting on a chair next to the girl The boy’s wearing a pair of and a dirty There’s a man with a standing near the The girl’s purse is on the next to the bed It's warm in the room The date is the of March There’s a picture of a , and a picture of four There are flowers on the Through the windows, you can see a , with a large car parked outside There stars in the sky Đáp án chữa ngoaingu24h.vn Đăng ký học: 0962 60 8801 – 04 6260 3948 Địa chỉ: Số 18 Trần Đại Nghĩa – Q Hai Bà Trưng – Hà nội