A2 Course Unit 18

Presentations: A2 Course Unit 18

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Start with Part A Phonetics then Part A English. Then go on to Part B.

Unit 18 Part A Phonetics

  1. h aʊ   l ɔ ŋ   h ə v   j ʊ   n əʊ n   s uː z n
  2. aɪ v   n əʊ n   h ə   f ə r ‿ ə   w aɪ l
  3. d ə   j ʊ   n əʊ   h ə   h ʌ z b ə n d
  4. n əʊ ‿ aɪ v   n e v ə   m e t   h ɪ m
  5. aɪ   w əʊ n (t)   b i ‿ ʲ ‿ eɪ b l
  6. t ə   m iː t ʃ ‿ j ʊ   ð ɪ s   ɑː f t ə ˈn uː n
  7. b ə t   aɪ   ʃ ʊ (d)   b i ‿ ʲ ‿ eɪ b l
  8. t ə   s iː   j ʊ   t ə m ɔ r əʊ   m ɔː n ɪ ŋ
  9. aɪ v   ɡ ɔ t – t ə   ɡ əʊ   t ə   ð ə   b æ ŋ (k)   t ə d eɪ
  10. aɪ v   ɡ ɔ t – t ə   ɡ e t   s ə m   k æ ʃ
  11. aɪ v   əʊ n l i   ɡ ɔ t -
  12. t ʊ   θ aʊ z n d   ɪ n   ð ə   b æ ŋ k
  13. h aʊ   l ɔ ŋ   h ə v   j ʊ   b iː n   m æ r i d
  14. w i v   b iː n   m æ r i d
  15. f ə   f ɪ f ˈt iː n   j ɪə z
  16. w i   m e t   ɪ n   ð ə   b ə ˈh ɔː m ə z
  17. w i   ɡ ɔ (t)   m æ r i d   ɪ n   m ɔ s k əʊ
  18. w ɪ v   l ɪ v d   ɪ n   ˈk e n j ə
  19. s ɪ n s   l ɑː s t ʃ ‿ j ɪə
  20. ð æ t s  ə   n aɪ s   k æ b ɪ n   b æ ɡ
  21. ɪ z   ɪ t   n j uː
  22. n əu ‿ aɪ v   h æ d   ɪ t   f ə r ‿ ə   w aɪ l
  23. aɪ v   h æ d   ɪ t   s ɪ n s   k r ɪ s m ə s
  24. s p iː k    s p əʊ k   s p əʊ k ə n
  25. r aɪ t    r əʊ t    r ɪ t n
  26. s æ t ə d eɪ ‿ ɪ z   r ɪ t n
  27. w ɪ ð   ə   k æ p ɪ t l   e s
  28. h ə v   w i   ɡ ɔ t – t aɪ m   f ə r ‿ ə   w ɔː k 
  29. b ɪ f ɔː   l ʌ n tʃ
  30. j e s   ɪ t s   əʊ n l i   h ɑː f  p ɑː s t   ɪ l e v n
  31. s iː    s ɔː    s iː n
  32. b iː    w ɔ z    b iː n
  33. aɪ   h æ v n t   s iː n   j ʊ   f ə r ‿ eɪ dʒ ɪ z
  34. h aʊ   l ɔ ŋ   h ə z   ɪ (t)   b iː n

Unit 18 Part A English

  1.  How long have you known Susan?
  2.  I've known her for a while.
  3.  Do you know her husband?
  4.  No, I've never met him.
  5.  I won't be able...
  6.  to meet you this afternoon,
  7.  but I should be able...
  8.  to see you tomorrow morning.
  9.  I've got to go to the bank today.
  10.  I've got to get some cash.
  11.  I've only got...
  12.  two thousand in the bank.
  13.  How long have you been married?
  14.  We've been married...
  15.  for fifteen years.
  16.  We met in the Bahamas.
  17.  We got married in Moscow.
  18.  We've lived in Kenya...
  19.  since last year.
  20.  That's a nice cabin bag.
  21.  Is it new?
  22.  No, I've had it for a while.
  23.  I've had it since Christmas.
  24.  speak - spoke - spoken
  25.  write - wrote - written
  26.  ‘Saturday’ is written...
  27.  with a capital S.
  28.  Have we got time for a walk...
  29.  before lunch?
  30.  Yes, it's only half past eleven.
  31.  see - saw - seen
  32.  be - was - been
  33.  I haven't seen you for ages.
  34.  How long has it been?

Unit 18 Part B Phonetics

 
  1. ə   k ʌ p l   ə v   w iː k s
  2. ə   k ʌ p l   ə v   m ʌ n (θ) s
  3. ə   k ʌ p l   ə v   j ɪə z
  4. w i    k ɑː n t   ə f ɔː d 
  5. t ə   m ɪ s   ð ɪ s   ɔ p ə ˈt j uː n ə t i
  6. aɪ   d ɪ d n t   n əʊ   j ʊ   s p əʊ k   r ʌ ʃ n
  7. aɪ   w ə z   h æ v ɪ ŋ   l ʌ n tʃ
  8. ð i ‿ ʲ ‿ ʌ ð ə   d eɪ 
  9. ɪ n   ə   r e s t r ɔ n t   n ɪ ə   m aɪ ‿ ʲ ‿ ɔ f ɪ s
  10. ð ə   k ʌ p l   ə (t)   ð ə   n e k s t – t eɪ b l
  11. w ə r ‿ iː t ɪ ŋ   ð eə   m iː l   ɪ n   s aɪ l ə n s
  12. ɑː f t ə r ‿ ə   w aɪ l   ð ə   j ʌ ŋ   m æ n   s e d
  13. w ɔ t   ə   j ʊ   θ ɪ ŋ k ɪ ŋ   ə b aʊ (t)   d ɑː l ɪ ŋ
  14. ð ə   ɡ ɜː l   s t ɔ p t   iː t ɪ ŋ
  15. ə n (d)   l ʊ k t   ə t   h ɪ m   t e n d ə l i
  16. aɪ   w ə z   θ ɪ ŋ k ɪ ŋ   m aɪ   d ɪə
  17. ð ə t   s aɪ l ə n s   m ə s (t)   b i ‿ ʲ ‿ ə   s aɪ n  ə v   l ʌ v
  18. ə n   ə t e m p t ɪ d   r ɔ b ə r i ‿
  19. ə t   ə   l əʊ k l   ɡ r əʊ s ə z̽   ʃ ɔ p
  20. f eɪ l d   l ɑː s t   n aɪ t
  21. w ʌ n   ə v   ð ə   r ɔ b ə z
  22. w ə z   w eə r ɪ ŋ   ə   b l ɔ n d   w ɪ ɡ
  23. ə n (d)   ə   l ɔ ŋ   w aɪ (t)   d r e s
  24. ð i ‿ ʲ ‿ ʌ ð ə   w ə z   w eə r ɪ ŋ
  25. ə   f æ n s i   d r e s   k ɔ s t j uː m
  26. w e n   ð ə   k æ ʃ ɪə   s ɔː   ð ə m
  27. ʃ i    s k r iː m d   s əʊ   m ʌ tʃ
  28. ð ə (t)   ð eɪ   r æ n   ə w eɪ
  29. l iː v ɪ ŋ   ð ə   m ʌ n i ‿ ʲ ‿ ɔ n   ð ə   f l ɔː (r)
  30. ɪ n   ə   b l uː   p l æ s t ɪ k   ʃ ɔ p ɪ ŋ   b æ ɡ
 

Unit 18 Part B English

  1.  a couple of weeks
  2.  a couple of months
  3.  a couple of years
  4.  We can't afford...
  5.  to miss this opportunity.
  6.  I didn't know you spoke Russian.
  7.  I was having lunch...
  8.  the other day...
  9.  in a restaurant near my office.
  10.  The couple at the next table...
  11.  were eating their meal in silence.
  12.  After a while, the young man said,
  13.  ‘What are you thinking about, darling?’
  14.  The girl stopped eating...
  15.  and looked at him tenderly.
  16.  ‘I was thinking, my dear,
  17.  that silence must be a sign of love.’
  18.  An attempted robbery...
  19.  at a local grocer's shop...
  20.  failed last night.
  21.  One of the robbers...
  22.  was wearing a blond wig...
  23.  and a long white dress.
  24.  The other was wearing...
  25.  a fancy dress costume.
  26.  When the cashier saw them,
  27.  she screamed so much...
  28.  that they ran away,
  29.  leaving the money on the floor...
  30.  in a blue plastic shopping bag.

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