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First publication 2004 Fifth edition 2008
Before you begin
Practice one exercise at a time.
First play the audio and listen with the book open.
Play the audio again. This time pause the audio after every word or phrase and practice pronouncing the word or phrase.
Now practice pronouncing all the words or phrases in the exercise without playing the tape.
Finally pronounce one word or phrase in the exercise at a time and listen to the audio for verification.
After completing all the exercises in a unit, revise the whole unit once.
Use the words, phrases and other expressions that you have learnt in a particular unit in your everyday language.
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Content
Unit 1: Contractions
1. Short forms with I 6 2. Short forms with she, he and it 6 3. Short forms with we, you and they 7 4. Short forms with other pronouns 8 5. Short forms with not 9
Unit 2: Plural -s
1. Three different sounds of plural -s 11 2. Some rules 11 3. Test yourself 12
Unit 3: Third person -s
1. Three different sounds of third person -s 14 2. Test yourself 14
Unit 4: Pronouncing -ough-
1. Seven different ways 16 2. Pronouncing -ought 16
Unit 5: -d sound
1. Three different sounds of past tense -d 17 2. Some rules 17 3. Test yourself 18
Unit 6: Pronunciation of ch
1. ch sound as in watch 20 2. ch sound as in chemical 20 3. ch sound as in chef 21
Unit 7: Pronunciation of -et
1. -et pronounced as it 22 2. -et pronounced as ay 23
Unit 8: Pronouncing -ment
1. -ment generally pronounced 24 2. Stress on -ment 24
Unit 9: Pronouncing -age and -ege
1. Practice with -age and -ege 25
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Unit 10: Silent letters
1. Silent b 26 2. Silent c 26 3. Silent d 27 4. Silent g 27 5. Silent h 27 6. Silent k 28 7. Silent l 28 8. Silent n 29 9. Silent p 29 10. Silent s 29 11. Silent t 29 12. Silent w 30
Unit 11: Homophones
1. Practice with homophones 31 Unit 12: Homographs
1. Common homographs 34 2. Stress makes a difference 36
Unit 13: Word stress
1. Common nouns and adjectives 37 2. Compound words 38 3. Part of speech 38 4. Self practice 39 5. Endings that are stressed 40 6. Endings that do not influence 40 7. Endings that influence 41 8. More practice with common words 42
Unit 14: Names of days and months
1. Days 43 2. Months 43
Unit 15: Commonly mispronounced words 44 Unit 16: Phonetic symbols 54 Unit 17: Am, Br differences 56
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