A1 Course Unit 2

Presentations: A1 Course Unit 2

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

Unit 2 Part A Phonetics

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

Unit 2 Part A English

  1. It's not very late.
  2.  I'm not very tired.
  3.  It's not a long flight.
  4.  It's not very far.
  5.  Are you English?
  6.  No, I'm not English.
  7.  Where are you from?
  8.  I'm Welsh,
  9.  from Cardiff.
  10.  Where is that exactly?
  11.  It's in South Wales.
  12.  It's not a very big city.
  13.  What's the Japanese word...
  14.  for ‘agency’?
  15.  What's another English word...
  16.  for ‘country’?
  17.  What's your first name?
  18.  What's your last name?
  19.  What's your phone number?
  20.  What's your address?
  21.  My phone number is...
  22.  243 6705
  23.  My address...
  24.  is 13 Barnet Street.
  25.  thirteen, fourteen
  26.  fifteen, sixteen
  27.  seventeen, eighteen, nineteen
  28. Are you married?
  29. Have you got any children?
  30. What are their names?
  31. We've got two children -
  32. a girl and a boy.
  33. The girl's name is Liza…
  34. and the boy's name is John.
  35. They're wonderful kids.

Unit 2 Part B Phonetics

  1. θ ɜː t iː n   θ ɜː t i
  2. f ɔ t iː n   f ɔ t i
  3. f ɪ f t iː n   f ɪ f t i
  4. s ɪ k s t iː n   s ɪ k s t i
  5. h ə (z) ‿ ʃ i   ɡ ɔ t
  6. e n i   b r ʌ ð ə z   n   s ɪ s t ə z
  7. ʃ i z   ɡ ɔ t – t uː   s ɪ s t ə z
  8. b ə t   ʃ iː   h æ z n (t)  ɡ ɔ t ‿ e n i   b r ʌ ð ə z
  9. h aʊ ‿ ʷ ‿ əʊ l d   ə   ð eɪ
  10. m æ ɡ iː z   n aɪ n t iː n
  11. ə n (d)   h e l ə n z   t w e n t i   t uː
  12. t w e n t i   θ ɜː t i   f ɔ t i   f ɪ f t i
  13. s ɪ k s t i   s e v n t i   eɪ t i   n aɪ n t i
  14. p æ m s   b ɔɪ f r e n d
  15. h e l ə n z   h ʌ z b ə n d
  16. ð ɪ s   ɪ z   m aɪ   w aɪ f 
  17. ð iː z   ə  ˈaʊə  ˈd ɔː t ə z
  18. ə n d   ð ɪ s   ɪ z   ə  ˈf əʊ t ə ɡ r ɑː f …
  19. ə v  ˈaʊə  s ʌ n…
  20. ə n d  (h) ɪ z  ˈɡ ɜː l f r e n d
  21. ð iː z   ə   m aɪ  ˈp eə r ə n t s
  22. h aʊ‿ ʷ ‿əʊ l d   ə  ˈð eɪ
  23. m aɪ  ˈm ʌ ð ə z  ˈs ɪ k s t i   eɪ t...
  24. ə n d   m aɪ  ˈf ɑː ð ə z  ˈs e v n t i  w ʌ n
  25. ð æ t s   ɔː l   f ə   n aʊ
  26. e n i   ˈk w e s tʃ ə n z
  27. ə   j ʊ   r e d i
  28. j e s   aɪ ‿ ʲ ‿ æ m      n əʊ ‿ aɪ m   n ɔ t
  29. ə   w i   l eɪ t
  30. j e s   w i ‿ ʲ ‿ ɑː      n əʊ   w iə   n ɔ t
  31. ɪ z   ɪ t   f ɑː
  32. j e s   ɪ t   ɪ z      n əʊ ‿ ʷ ‿ ɪ t s   n ɔ t
  33. ɪ z  h i   s k ɔ t ɪ ʃ
  34. j e s   h i ‿ ɪ z      n əʊ ‿ ʷ ‿ h i z   n ɔ t
  35. ɪ z̽ ‿ ʃ i ‿ aɪ r ɪ ʃ 
  36. j e (s) ‿ ʃ i ‿ɪ z      n əʊ   ʃ i z   n ɔ t
  37. ə   ð eɪ   m æ r i d
  38. j e s   ð eɪ ‿ʲ ‿ ɑː      n əʊ   ð eə   n ɔ t

Unit 2 Part B English

  1. thirteen - thirty
  2. fourteen - forty
  3. fifteen - fifty
  4. sixteen - sixty
  5.  Has she got...
  6.  any brothers and sisters?
  7.  She's got two sisters...
  8.  but she hasn't got any brothers.
  9.  How old are they?
  10.  Maggie's nineteen...
  11.  and Helen's twenty-two.
  12.  twenty, thirty, forty, fifty
  13.  sixty, seventy, eighty, ninety
  14.  Pam's boyfriend
  15.  Helen's husband
  16.  This is my wife,
  17.  these are our daughters,
  18.  and this is a photograph...
  19.  of our son...
  20.  and his girlfriend.
  21.  These are my parents.
  22.  How old are they?
  23.  My mother's sixty-eight...
  24.  and my father's seventy-one.
  25.  That's all for now.
  26.  Any questions?
  27.  Are you ready?
  28.  Yes, I am. No, I'm not.
  29.  Are we late?
  30.  Yes, we are. No, we're not.
  31.  Is it far?
  32.  Yes, it is. No, it's not.
  33.  Is he Scottish?
  34.  Yes, he is. No, he's not.
  35.  Is she Irish?
  36.  Yes, she is. No, she's not.
  37.  Are they married?
  38.  Yes, they are. No, they're not.

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