1. Exercising Spoken English Lesson one

2. Vowels i: mi: me Iitit e getget æætat α: α:are כּnכּtnot כּ: כּ:lall uputput u:du:do ۸ ۸pup Ə : h Ə: r her Ə Ə :’gouago

3. DIPHTONGS eiseisay ounouno aimaimy aunaunow כּibכּiboy i Ə i Ə rear ε Ə ε Əair כּ Ə כּ Əoar u Ə tu Ə tour

4. CONSONANTS Ppeipay Bbi:be Tti: tea Ddu:do Kkα:car Ggou go Ffα:far Vveivain θ θinthin Rredred Llα:stlast Wwi: we Jju: you Ồ Ồ isthis Ssouso Zizis ∫ ∫ ipship ک ‘vi ک n vision t ∫ m۸t ∫ much d ک eidg ک age Hhizhis Mmi: me Nnouno ŋ sin ŋ sing

5. [i:] vs [i] Seat Feel Sheep Heel Feet Leaves Reason Field Sleep Green Sit Fill Ship Hill Fit Lives Risen Filled Slip Grin

6. You can’t sleep on the floor. Oh dear, I can’t feel the bath. Oh dear, I can’t fill the bath. She’s walking on a high heel. She’s walking on a high hill. There’s a sheep in the bay. There’s a ship in the bay. Take that green off your face. Take that grin off your face. It’s too hard. It’s made of rubber. It’s too dark. There’s no more water. She is in her best shoes. She’s in the country. It’s drowning. It’s sailing. The colour doesn’t suit you. It’s rude to laugh.

7. Believe me, said Mr. Green to Peter. You need a cup of tea, I can see. I’m fine, said Peter. It’s just my feet. They seem to have gone to sleep. Please don’t repeat what you have seen to the people upstairs. They’ll bang on the ceiling again. And I’ll have to call the police. Agreed. Where’s the key? I’ll start the machine. My married sister lives in a pretty village. From the window of her cottage she can see the hills, churches and houses. On Sunday, like many English women, she never wastes a minute. She is busy doing her private business.

8. [e] vs. [æ] Bed Bend Dead Guess Head Lend Men Pen Send Set Bad Band Dad Gas Had Land Man Pan Sand Sat

9. Drive slowly! There’s a bend. Drive slowly! There’s a band. He put the lead on the roof. He put the lad on the roof. If I were you, I’d use a pen. If I were you I’d use a pan. She set the basket on the table. She sat the basket on the table. He wants me to make a guess. He wants me to make a gas. Danger Music To keep the rain out. The boy was naughty. If you want to write. If you want to fry those eggs. From the verb to set. From the verb to sit. Because I’m lucky. Because I’m a chemist.

10. On Wednesday, the three deaf men went t Reading to bury their dead friend. Death, said Ed, will come again many times. I guess I’ll be the next. The man in the black hat bent back the map. Jack, he said! Stand back. We’re in a jam. According to this plan, this piece of land is sand. So light the lamp and lend a hand.