a. First practise the sound /?/ in some of the words from the dialogue. Read the words aloud or visit the website to practise.
One-syllable words: film ill miss kids quick Kim Bill
Two-syllable words:

• (1st syllable): cricket  tickets  children        minutes  quickly  listen   pity
• (2nd syllable): begins

Three-syllable words: 

• (1st syllable): history  festival  cinema  interesting   prize-winning   Africa
• (2nd syllable): gymnastics   Olympic   excited   beginning   terrific   gorilla
• (3rd syllable): chimpanzee

b. Listen to the dialogue, paying attention to the target sound. Then read the dialogue and fill the gaps (1-8) with the correct three-syllable words from the list in 3a.

Three interesting films

BILL:      Good evening, Mrs Lee.

GINA:    Is Kim in?

BILL:      Is he coming to the cinema, Mrs Lee? It’s the Children’s Film (1) .

MRS LEE:    Kim's ill.

BILL:     Here he is!

GINA:   HI, Kim!

KIM:     Hi, Gina! Hi, Bill!

BILL:     Kim, we've got these three free tickets to see three (2) films for children!

MRS LEE:    Listen, Kim....

KIM:     Is it (3) ?

GINA:   We think it is. First there's a short film about gorillas and (4) in Africa, and ...

BILL:     ... then the next film is about the six best Olympic (5) competitions, and then ...

GINA:   ... then it's the big film - The (6) of English Cricket.

KIM:     Cricket!

BILL:     It's a (7) film.

MRS LEE:    If you’re ill, Kim .....

GINA:   It would be a pity to miss it

MRS LEE:    Now listen, you kids ....

BILL:     And it begins in fifty minutes.

MRS LEE:    KIM!

KIM:     Quick! Or we'll miss the (8) of the gorilla film!

c. Listen to the dialogue again to check your answers. Practise reading the dialogue aloud, and record your voice to compare your production of the target sound with the recording.

d. Perform the dialogue in a group of four and. if possible, record your voices. In your group, first practise speaking with feeling. Mrs Lee is getting more and more angry. The others are getting more and more excited.

In English, if you get more angry. you usually speak more loudly, if you get more excited, you usually speak more quickly.