Acknowledgements 5 // To the student 6 // To the teacher 8 // Section A sounds // Letters and sounds // 1 From zero to hero Playing with the sounds of English 10 // 2 Plane, plan The vowel sounds /ei/ and /?/ 12 // 3 Back, pack The consonant sounds /b/ and /p/ 14 // 4 Rice, rise The consonant sounds /s/ and /z/ 16 // 5 Down town The consonant sounds /d/ and /t/ 18 // 6 Meet, met The vowel sounds /?/ and /e/ 20 // 7 Carrot, cabbage Unstressed vowels /?/ and /i/ 22 // 8 Few, view The consonant sounds ?/ and /v/ 24 // 9 Gate, Kate The consonant sounds /g/ and /?/ 26 // 10 He, we, you The sounds /h/, /w/ and /j/ 28 // 11 Kite, kit The vowel sounds /ai/ and /i/ 30 // 12 Sheep, jeep, cheap The consonant sounds /J7, ??/ and /t J/ 32 // 13 Lent, rent The consonant sounds /1/ and /?/ 34 // 14 Car, care The vowel sounds /a:(r)/ and /??(?)/ 36 // 15 Some, sun, sung The consonant sounds /m/, /n/ and /rj/ 38 // 16 ?/ote, not The vowel sounds /??/ and /?/ 40 // 17 Thick, they The consonant sounds /0/ and /0/ 42 // 18 Shut, pull, rude The vowel sounds /?/, /?/ and /u:/ 44 // 19 5/?/rts, shorts The vowel sounds /?:(?)/ and /o:(r)/ 46 // 20 Toy, tow/? The vowel sounds /01/ and /au/ 48 // Combining sounds 21 Dream, cream, scream Consonant groups at the beginning of words 50 // 22 Left, lunch, last Consonant groups at the end of words 52 // 23 Wins, weeks, wages Words with -s endings 54 // 24 Rested, played, watched Words with -ed endings 56 // 25 Pets enter, pet centre Consonant sounds at word boundaries 58 //
26 War and peace Vowel sounds at word boundaries 60 // Section ? Stress Word Stress 27 Saturday September 13th Introducing word stress 62 // 28 Forest, forget Stress in two-syllable words 64 // 29 Second-hand bookshop Stress in compound words 66 // 30 Unforgettable Stress in longer words 1 68 // 31 Public, publicity Stress in longer words 2 70 // Stress patterns 32 Tea for two Introducing stress patterns 72 // 33 He asked her her name Pronouns in stress patterns 74 // 34 The place is clean The verb to be in stress patterns 76 // 35 VMat do you think? Auxiliary verbs in stress patterns 78 // 36 Some milk and eggs Pronouncing short words (a, of, or) 80 // English Pronunciation in Use Intermediate // 3 // Section C intonation // 37 // CHILDREN // DRIVE SLOWLY// Dividing messages into speech units 82 // 38// His sister // who was clever // won Speech units and grammar 84 // 39// Sorry to disturb you // Introduction to main stress 86 // 40 // He will win // Emphasising a contrasting opinion 88 // 41 // Sc/? wartz // Pedro Schwartz // Emphasising added details 90 // 42 //What do you do?// Main stress in questions 92 // 43 // / think you’re in my seat // Main stress for contrasting information 94 // 44 // F//ry? // /Vo //fifteen! // Emphasising corrections 96 // 45 Bear! Bear? * Rising and falling tones 98 // Section D Understanding pronunciation in use // Speed // 46 //Ehm—//Well-// Thinking time 100 // 47 // / mean // and just kind of// Unstressed words in conversation 102 //
48 Scuba diving course Listening to connected speech 104 // 49 White bread or brown spread? Connected speech: sound changes 106 // 50 // Do you actually know // Fast and careful speech 108 // Tone 51 // The kitchen 7» // the garden fi // and the grounds ?» // Continuing or finishing tones 110 // 52 //It’s about four hours fi// Sure and unsure tones 112 // 53 //Dol press ‘enter’? fi // Intonation in instructions 114 // 54 //He’s quite rude \\ // isn ’t he ? \\ // Intonation in opinions 116 // 55 // /ts • absolutely • stunning // Showing enthusiasm 118 // Accents 56 Finders keepers Accent variation relating to R 120 // 57 We had a cat Vowel sound variation in different accents 122 // 58 Rita’s writing a book Consonant sound variation in different accents 124 // 59 Hello. I’m from... English from around the world 126 // 60 Fairtrade Pronunciation objectives: clarity or speed? 128 // Section E Reference // El Introduction to phonemic symbols 130 // E2 Pronunciation test 137 // E3 Guide for speakers of specific languages 143 // E4 Sound pairs 146 // E5 English as a Lingua Franca 163 // E6 Glossary 166 // Answer key 168