| b. Read the dialogue below and fill the gaps with the correct words from the box above. 1-8 have a louder /k/. a—f have a quieter /k/. Numbers 1 and a) have been done as examples. Check your answers by listening to the dialogue. |
The cuckoo clock |
| KAREN COOK: |
Would you like some cream in your coffee , Mrs Clark? |
| KATE CLARK: |
me Kate, Karen. |
| KAREN COOK: |
OK ....... Cream,........ ? |
| KATE CLARK: |
No thanks, Karen. But I'd like a little . Thanks. |
| KAREN COOK: |
Would you like some little cakes . Kate? |
| KATE CLARK: |
Thank you. Did you them? |
| KAREN COOK: |
Yes. Take two. Here's a cake , and here's a ... |
| KATE CLARK: |
Excuse me, Karen. But what's that to your bookshelf? Is it a clock? |
| KAREN COOK: |
It's an electric cuckoo clock. It's . |
| KATE CLARK: |
Is it ? |
| KAREN COOK: |
Oh no, Kate. It's a hand wooden clock. It was very expensive. |
| KATE CLARK: |
Well, it's exactly six o'clock now, and it's very quiet. Doesn't it say 'cuckoo'? |
| KAREN COOK: |
Of it does, Kate .. Look! |
| CLOCK: |
Cuckoo! Cuckoo! Cuckoo! Cuckoo! Cuckoo! ! |
| KATE CLARK: |
Fantastic! How exciting! What a clever clock! |
| c. Practise reading the dialogue aloud. Record your voice to compare your production of the target sound with the recording. |
