| Unit |
Target sound |
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| 1 |
/iː/ |
cheaper, cheapest. eat, Marguerite’s, cheese, please, beef, tea, teas, me, three, Christina, Peter, Janine |
| 2 |
/ɪ/ |
interesting, films, evening, Mrs /mɪsɪz/, is, Kim, in, coming, cinema, it’s, Children’s, film, festival, ill, Bill, we’ve (weak form of we), tickets, prize-winning, children, listen, is it, gorillas, chimpanzees, Africa, six, Olympic, gymnastics, competitions, big, History, English, Cricket, terrific, pity, miss, kids, begins, fifty, minutes, quick, beginning. |
| 3 |
/e/ |
friends, Emma, Ben, hello /heləʊ/ or /hələʊ/, Emily, Eddie, everybody, except, Adele, again /əgen/ or /əgeɪn/, Kevin, Red, Peppers, terribly, yes, better, said, help, yourself, Mexican, bench, French, bread, shelf, get, lemonade, met, yet, very, friendly, spend, America, best, Kerrie, well, jealous, expensive, spent, everything, any, left |
| 4 |
/æ/ |
Aaron, Ajax Travel, Amsterdam, Mrs Allen, anchovy, salad, sandwich, contact, Anthony, map, Africa, had, Saturday, bad, habit, absent, passenger, San Salvador, animals, anteater, antelope, alligator, crashed, backup, advertising, programmes, angry, contracts, cancelled, management, have, come back, sacked
Strong forms: He had to ...; He hadn’t done the ......; He doesn't have to
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| 5 |
/ʌ/ |
doesn't, love, honey, Duncan, nothing, unhappy, understand, much, untrue, cousin, Justin, brother, Dudley, funny, one, other, Hunter, lovely, unattractive, utter rubbish, does, just once, month, lunch, mustn’t, worry, company, just, shut up, wonderful
Note: but is usually pronounced with the weak form /bət/ .
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| 6 |
/ɑː/ |
party, bar, laughing, garden, after dark, marvellous, Margaret, glass, Alana, Tara Darling, Markus Marsh, dancing, grass, stars, Bart, guitar, she can't dance, dancer, photograph, Martin
Note: Strong forms: They are. Here you are.
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