Presentation: B1 Course Unit 27
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B1 Course Unit 27 |
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Part 2
Grammar
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Grammar Presentation
Part 1
- How long...
- have you been feeling this way?
- For a couple of weeks.
- You're going to need an X-ray...
- and a CT scan.
- It may not be anything serious...
- but you can't be too careful.
- Why are you mad at me?
- What did I do?
- You forgot my birthday!
- I'm sorry, I didn't mean to.
- Everyone in my office...
- is down with the flu.
- I'm the only one...
- who hasn't got it.
- When I finish this report...
- I'll have to do the accounts.
- It's a job that has to be done...
- but it's not a job I enjoy.
- When my car broke down,
- I had to get the AA...
- to send a tow truck.
- I met someone last night...
- who knows you.
- She talked about herself...
- the whole evening.
- I bumped into an old friend...
- at the airport in Frankfurt.
- We hadn't seen each other...
- since university.
- Would you like to join us for dinner?
- Thank you, I'd love to.
- What does Martin's girlfriend do?
- She works for an advertising agency.
- h aʊ l ɔ ŋ
- h æ v j uː b ɪ n f iː l ɪ ŋ ð ɪ s w eɪ
- f ə r ə k ʌ p l ə v w iː k s
- j ɔː ɡ əʊ ɪ ŋ t ə n iː d ə n e k s r eɪ
- ə n d ə s iː t iː s k æ n
- ɪ t m eɪ n ɔ (t) b iː ‿ ʲ ‿ e n ɪ θ ɪ ŋ s ɪə r ɪə s
- b ə t ʃ j uː k ɑː n (t) b iː t uː k eə f l
- w aɪ ‿ ʲ ‿ ɑː j uː m æ d ə t m iː
- w ɔ (t) d ɪ d aɪ d uː
- j uː f ə ɡ ɔ t m aɪ b ɜː θ d eɪ
- aɪ m s ɔ r ɪ ‿ ʲ ‿ aɪ d ɪ d n t m iː n t uː
- e v r ɪ w ʌ n ɪ n m aɪ ‿ ʲ ‿ ɔ f ɪ s
- ɪ z d aʊ n w ɪ (θ) ð ə f l u:
- aɪ m ð iː ‿ ʲ ‿ əʊ n l ɪ w ʌ n
- h uː h æ z n (t) ɡ ɔ t ɪ t
- w e n aɪ f ɪ n ɪ ʃ ð ɪ s r ɪ ˈp ɔː t
- aɪ l h æ f t ə d uː ð iː ‿ ʲ ‿ ə k aʊ n t s
- ɪ t s ə dʒ ɔ b ð ə t h æ s t ə b iː d ʌ n
- b ʌ t ɪ t s n ɔ t ə dʒ ɔ b aɪ ‿ ʲ ‿ ɪ n dʒ ɔɪ
- w e n m aɪ k ɑː b r əʊ (k) d aʊ n
- aɪ h æ (d) t ə ɡ e (t) ð iː ‿ ʲ ‿ eɪ ‿ ʲ ‿ eɪ
- t ə s e n d ə t əʊ t r ʌ k
- aɪ m e t s ʌ m w ʌ n l ɑː s t n aɪ t
- h uː n əʊ z j uː
- ʃ iː t ɔː k t ə b aʊ t h ə s e l f
- ð ə h əʊ l iː v n ɪ ŋ
- aɪ b ʌ m p t ɪ n t ʊ ‿ ʷ ‿ ə n əʊ l d f r e n d
- ə (t) ð iː ‿ ʲ ‿ eə p ɔː t ɪ n f r æ ŋ k f ə t
- w iː h æ d n t s iː n iː tʃ ʌ ð ə
- s ɪ n s j uː n ɪ v ɜː s ɪ t ɪ
- w ʊ d ʒ j uː l aɪ (k) t ə dʒ ɔɪ n ə s f ə d ɪ n ə
- θ æ ŋ k j uː ‿ ʷ ‿ aɪ d l ʌ v t uː
- w ɔ (t) d ə z m ɑː t ɪ n z ɡ ɜː l f r e n (d) d uː
- ʃ iː w ɜː k s f ə r ə n ˈæ d v ə t aɪ z ɪ ŋ ˈeɪ dʒ ə n s ɪ
Part 2
- What's she like?
- She's tall and slim.
- She looks like a fashion model.
- How much are those shoes?
- The green ones...
- are £ 95 (ninety five pounds).
- The red ones...
- are £140 (a hundred and forty pounds).
- Hello?
- Hello, Jim. It's Paul.
- good - better - best
- bad - worse - worst
- Don't forget!
- Don't worry!
- Don't be late!
- I told the mechanic...
- to check the brakes.
- Then I asked him...
- to look at the battery.
- He advised me to sell the car...
- before it fell to pieces.
- How come...
- the weather's always awful...
- at the weekend...
- and fine on Monday?
- I feel like going to the cinema.
- What's on?
- the week before
- the month before
- the year before
- the following day
- I'm really upset.
- How come?
- I promised my mother...
- I'd be home for her birthday...
- but my flight's been cancelled...
- because of the strike.
- They told me...
- they'd give me a refund.
- It's the least they can do,
- but I won't believe it...
- until it actually happens.
- w ɔ t (s) ʃ iː l aɪ k
- ʃ iː z t ɔː l ə n d s l ɪ m
- ʃ iː l ʊ k s l aɪ k ə f æ ʃ n m ɔ d l
- h aʊ m ʌ tʃ ə ð əʊ z̽ ʃ uː z
- ð ə ɡ r iː n w ʌ n z
- ɑː n aɪ n t ɪ f aɪ v p aʊ n d z
- ð ə r e d w ʌ n z
- ɑː r ə h ʌ n d r ə d ə n d f ɔː t ɪ p aʊ n d z
- h ə l əʊ
- h ə l əʊ dʒ ɪ m ɪ t s p ɔː l
- ɡ ʊ d – b e t ə – b e s t
- b ʌ d – w ɜː s – w ɜː s t
- d əʊ n t f ə ɡ e t
- d əʊ n t w ʌ r ɪ
- d əʊ n (t) b iː l eɪ t
- aɪ t əʊ l (d) ð ə m ə k æ n ɪ k
- t ə tʃ e k ð ə b r eɪ k s
- ð e n aɪ ‿ ʲ ‿ ɑː s k t h ɪ m
- t ə l ʊ k ə (t) ð ə b æ t ə r ɪ
- h iː ‿ ʲ ‿ ə d v aɪ z d m iː t ə s e l ð ə k ɑː
- b ɪ f ɔː r ɪ t f e l t ə p iː s ɪ z
- h aʊ k ʌ m
- ð ə w e ð ə z ɔː l w eɪ z ɔː f l
- ə (t) ð ə w iː k e n d
- ə n d f aɪ n ɔ n m ʌ n d eɪ
- aɪ f iː l - l aɪ (k) ɡ əʊ ɪ ŋ t ə ð ə s ɪ n ə m ə
- w ɔ t s ɔ n
- ð ə w iː (k) b ɪ f ɔː
- ð ə m ʌ n θ b ɪ f ɔː
- ð ə j ɪə b ɪ f ɔː
- ð ə ˈf ɔ l əʊ ɪ ŋ d eɪ
- aɪ m r ɪə l ɪ ‿ ʲ ‿ ʌ p s e t
- h aʊ k ʌ m
- aɪ p r ɔ m ɪ s t m aɪ m ʌ ð ə
- aɪ (d) b iː h əʊ m f ə h ɜː b ɜː θ d eɪ
- b ə t m aɪ f l aɪ t s b ɪ n k æ n s l d
- b ɪ k ɔ z ə v ð ə s t r aɪ k
- ð eɪ t əʊ l d m iː
- ð eɪ (d) ɡ ɪ v m iː ‿ ʲ ‿ ə ˈr iː f ʌ n d
- ɪ t s ð ə l iː s (t) ð eɪ k ə n d uː
- b ə t aɪ w əʊ n (t) b ɪ l iː v ɪ t
- ə n t ɪ l ɪ t æ k tʃ ʊə l ɪ h æ p ə n z