2. SOUND SYLLABLE WORD PHRASE CLAUSE SENTENCE
1. Sound: Vowel sounds, Consonant sounds, Semi vowel sounds
2. Syllable: a word or a part of a word that has only one vowel sound
3. Word: a single meaningful unit of spoken or written language
4. Phrase: a group of words that form a unit within a clause
5. Clause: a group of words containing a subject and verb
6. Sentence: a group of words, usually including a subject and a verb, that express a statement,
question, or instruction
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Cat: / k æ t /
Banana: / b ə ’n æ n ə /
A cute cat
She has a cute cat
I want to talk to her because she has a cute cat.
3. VOWEL SOUNDS vs. CONSONANT SOUNDS
Consonant sounds
We pronounce the
consonant sounds
with partial or
complete obstruction
of the air.
A consonant sound is
non-syllabic.
Vowel sounds
We pronounce the
vowel sounds with no
obstruction of the air.
A vowel sound is
syllabic.
4. Short Vowel Sounds
ə again, cinema
ʌ love, butter
e met, bed
æ cat, black
ɒ lot, boss
ɪ hit, visit
ʊ put, could
Long Vowel Sounds
ɜː turn, learn
ɑː arm, father
ɔː call, four
iː see, eat
uː blue, food
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5. ə See you again.
Let’s go to the cinema.
ʌ I love my family.
I like bread and butter.
e I met her yesterday.
I go to bed at 11pm.
æ The cat eats your tongue.
We hope to be back in black.
ɒ It’s a lot of money.
He is the boss.
ɑː She broke an arm in the accident.
My father is a lawyer.
ɔː I’ll call you later.
We have four seasons in a year.
ɜː Please turn off the phone.
It’s good to learn English.
ɪ She hit him with her bag.
We need to pay him a visit.
iː See it first on HBO.
You are what you eat.
ʊ I put the book on the table.
No one could make it back.
uː The sky is blue.
I love the food here.
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8. A: Have you been busy this evening?
B: Pretty busy. My first patient was Jim Beaton. He had twisted his knee. He slipped on a banana
skin in the street. I think he just needs to rest his knee. He’s very fit.
A: My first patient was Mrs Neale. She keeps being sick, and it’s just because she eats too much.
B: A lot of patients don’t really need treatment. They feel ill because they do silly things. We can
give them pills to treat some illnesses, but they need to keep fit and eat sensibly.
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this evening street eats too much slipped
patient knee sick silly
treat some illnesses treatment very fit
9. A: Have you been busy this evening?
B: Pretty busy. My first patient was Jim Beaton. He had twisted his knee. He slipped on a banana
skin in the street. I think he just needs to rest his knee. He’s very fit.
A: My first patient was Mrs Neale. She keeps being sick, and it’s just because she eats too much.
B: A lot of patients don’t really need treatment. They feel ill because they do silly things. We can
give them pills to treat some illnesses, but they need to keep fit and eat sensibly.
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10. A: In the Food Program studio today, we have two cooks, Julian Woolf and Susan Fuller. They are
going to choose Christmas presents for a new cook. Julian Woolf, your kitchen is full of useful
tools. If you could choose just two things for a new cook, what would you choose?
B: I’d choose a fruit juice maker. You just put the fruit in and it produces fruit juice. It’s super.
And secondly, I’d choose a really good butcher’s knife. Every cook could do with a good knife.
C: I’d choose a good cookery book, full of beautiful pictures. He could look at the book, and it
would give him good ideas. And secondly, I’d choose a computer.
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new cook (x2) cooks butcher’s knife cookery book a computer
a fruit juice maker useful tools
11. A: In the Food Program studio today, we have two cooks, Julian Woolf and Susan Fuller. They are
going to choose Christmas presents for a new cook. Julian Woolf, your kitchen is full of useful
tools. If you could choose just two things for a new cook, what would you choose?
B: I’d choose a fruit juice maker. You just put the fruit in and it produces fruit juice. It’s super.
And secondly, I’d choose a really good butcher’s knife. Every cook could do with a good knife.
C: I’d choose a good cookery book, full of beautiful pictures. He could look at the book, and it
would give him good ideas. And secondly, I’d choose a computer.
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