Students' Book Activities

2 Look at the words in the phonetic alphabet and write them in the English alphabet.

1 /ˈkæpsjuːl/
2 /ˈæbseɪlɪŋ/
3 /swɛt/
4 /ˈgrævəti/
5 /pəˈreɪd/
6 /ˈwɔːtəˌkʌlə/

1Study the Pronunciation box. Listen to how we pronounce the /ə/ sound and practise saying these words.

intelligent
original
suggestion
cooker

2Listen to how we pronounce the /ə/ sound in these words. Then practise saying the words.

comfortable
burner
centre
family
natural

4The sound /ə/ often occurs in unstressed grammatical words in sentences, such as articles, auxiliary verbs and pronouns. Listen and practise saying the sentences.

1 I live in an open-plan cottage in the suburbs.
2 Does your house have a patio?
3 What’s her favourite food for dinner?
4 Have you ever been to Rome?
5 I’ll buy the bananas and you can make the cake.

5Mark the unstressed grammatical words with /ə/. Listen, check and repeat.

1 There’s a spider on the windowsill.
2 Has he just done the cooking?
3 They’ve rented an eco-house for two weeks.
4 How often do you do the washing up?
5 I’m going to apply for the job this afternoon.

1Study the Pronunciation box. Listen to how we say large numbers and practise saying these figures.

250 – two hundred and fifty
9, 010 – nine thousand and ten
1,300,000 – one million, three hundred thousand
3,900 – three thousand, nine hundred
150,000 – one hundred and fifty thousand

2Write these numbers in words. Listen, check and repeat.

1 515
2 214
3 3,330
4 7,880
5 4,416
6 6,992,179

1Study the Pronunciation box. Listen to how we pronounce long vowel sounds and practise saying these words.

/i:/ beat
/ɜ:/ urge
/ɔ:/ score
/u:/ lose
/a:/ part
he
she
be
to
do
athlete
lose
stripe
team
believe
through

2Read these words. Listen and put each one in the correct group.

/i:/

/ɜ:/

/ɔ:/

/u:/

/a:/

3How is the long vowel formed in these words? Choose SE (silent ‘e’ at the end), VE (one vowel and at the end) or TV (two vowels together).

1 we
2 force
3 keep
4 her
5 defeat
6 refuse

4Listen to these sentences. Notice that the intonation in verb patterns rises and then falls. Practise reading these sentences out loud.

1 She hopes to be a champion.
2 You should break from your routine.
3 I enjoy cheering my brother on.
4 My parents remind me to be strong.
5 My coach makes us train every day.

1Study the Pronunciation box. Listen to the stress in multi-syllable words and practise saying these words.

holiday
suspension
competition
China
traffic
journey

2Listen and practise saying these geographical names.

the Andes
the Canaries
Cyprus
the Danube
Hawaii
the Himalayas
Naples
the Amazon
the Pyrenees
the Severn
Vienna
London

3Put the geographical names in the correct column of the table, according to size. Listen, check and repeat.

size	cities	islands	rivers	mountain ranges
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1Study the Pronunciation box. Listen to how we pronounce the letter h and practise saying these words and phrases.

hate /heɪt/
healthy /helθi/
hot /hɒt/
hour /'aʊə(r)/
honest /'ɒnɪst/
heir /eə(r)/
technology /tek'nɒlədʒi/
what /wɒt/
ghost /gəʊst/
rhythm /'rɪðəm/
exhausted /ɪg'zɔːstɪd/
a hot day
an hour late

2Read these words. Listen and put them in the correct group.

aspirated h

silent h

3Listen to these sentences. Pay attention to the pronunciation of h and use of the article a or an. Then practise saying these sentences.

1 A hot curry is a heavy meal.
2 Is wholemeal bread healthier than white bread?
3 You’ll be hungry in an hour’s time, won’t you?
4 Have you ever tried rhubarb?

4Listen to these words. Notice that the highlighted letters have the same vowel sound in each group. Then practise saying the words.

1 coffee, orange
2 beef, beans
3 grapes, cakes
4 banana, avocado
5 cabbage, spinach

5Put these words in the correct group based on the sound of the highlighted vowel. Listen and check.

1 coffee, orange,
2 beef, beans,
3 grapes, cakes,
4 banana, avocado,
5 cabbage, spinach,

1Study the Pronunciation box. Listen to how we pronounce certain suffixed words and practise saying these words.

-ible: response – responsible
-able: comfort – comfortable
–ary: comment - commentary
-ing: entertain – entertaining
-ment: govern – government
-ed: adapt – adapted

2Listen to these words and put them in the correct column of the table.

1 Ooo	2 oOo	3 oOoo

3Look at the stressed syllables in each pair of words. Listen, check and repeat. Complete the answer to the question.

1 power – powerful
2 danger – dangerous
3 historic – historical
4 normal – normally
5 effort – effortless

What do the highlighted suffixes have in common?

The suffixes -ful, -ous, -al, -ly and -less change the of the when to words.

5Choose /s/ or /z/ for the pronunciation of the final -s on each plural noun in these sentences. Listen, check and repeat.

1 Do you think farmers have a difficult job?
2 The Baltics attract many tourists. ,
3 Humpback whales, which are found in Hawaii, live in calm seas all year round. ,
4 Inventions by smart scientists will help feed the world. ,
5 Gorillas, which inhabit Africa, live to about 35 years old. ,

1Study the Pronunciation box. Listen to the intonation in conditional sentences and practise saying these sentences.

If I broke my arm, I’d go to hospital.
If his friend hadn’t helped him, he would have died.

2Practise reading these sentences out loud with rising and falling intonation.

1 If I hadn’t sprained my wrist, I would have been able to play basketball.
2 If I had muscle pain, I would see a doctor.
3 If he hadn’t given the girl first aid, she would have died.
4 If I had an infection, I would take antibiotics.
5 If I had a panic attack, I would try to calm myself.
6 If she had dislocated her knee, she would have gone to hospital.

4Mark the word in each group that is pronounced with a different vowel sound. Listen and check.

1	hear	heel	knee	team
2	waist	hay	calf	sprain
3	ice	rib	wrist	sting
4	burn	thumb	work	hurt
5	food	bruise	flu	view

1Study the Pronunciation box. Listen to examples of noun and verb stress and practise saying these words.

educate – education organise – organisation

2 Complete the groups with the nouns formed from these verbs. Then practise saying the words.

1 adapt/ – connect/ – compete/
2 explain/ – inform/ – produce/
3 suggest/ – inspire/ – present/

3Mark the noun in each group that has fewer syllables. Listen, check and repeat.

1	adaptation	connection	competition
2	explanation	information	production
3	suggestion	inspiration	presentation

4Listen to the highlighted letters in each plural noun. Choose the correct answer to complete the rule for the pronunciation of the final -s.

Nouns that have the final consonant(s) ‘c’, ‘s’ ‘x’, ‘z’, ‘ss’, ‘ch’, ‘sh’ and ‘ge’ ...

5Listen to these sentences. Notice the pronunciation of the final -s in the highlighted letters and practise saying the sentences.

1 He told me that YouTube helped him reach new audiences.
2 I asked her if the band had won many prizes for their music.
3 She told me that she was studying child geniuses.
4 They said that the dishes would fit in the large boxes.
5 He asked me what the advantages of using the app were.

1Study the Pronunciation box. Listen to how we pronounce the initial consonant clusters st-, sk-, sp- and str-. Then practise saying these words.

steal /stiːl/
skilful /'skɪlfəl/
speak /spiːk/
structure /'strʌktʃə(r)/

2Listen to these words and put each one in the correct group.

st-

sk-

sp-

str-

3Practise saying these sentences quickly.

1 The stressed speaker gave a speech explaining some statistics.
2 His skateboard was stolen in the street.
3 A skilful sportsperson spends time studying their specific sport.
4 He had a strange rash on his skin because he was stressed.

4Listen and practise saying these words.

unemployment
authorities
burglary
society
particular
punishment
conversation
citizen
disadvantage

5Put these words in the correct column of the table. Listen, check and repeat.

1 Ooo	2 oOo	3 oOoo

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Unit 0 | The phonetic alphabet

2 Look at the words in the phonetic alphabet and write them in the English alphabet.

Unit 1 | The /ə/ sound

1Study the Pronunciation box. Listen to how we pronounce the /ə/ sound and practise saying these words.

Unit 1 | The /ə/ sound

2Listen to how we pronounce the /ə/ sound in these words. Then practise saying the words.

Unit 1 | Unstressed words with /ə/ in sentences

4The sound /ə/ often occurs in unstressed grammatical words in sentences, such as articles, auxiliary verbs and pronouns. Listen and practise saying the sentences.

Unit 1 | Unstressed words with /ə/ in sentences

5Mark the unstressed grammatical words with /ə/. Listen, check and repeat.

Unit 2 | Large numbers

1Study the Pronunciation box. Listen to how we say large numbers and practise saying these figures.

Unit 2 | Large numbers

2Write these numbers in words. Listen, check and repeat.

Unit 3 | Long vowel sounds

1Study the Pronunciation box. Listen to how we pronounce long vowel sounds and practise saying these words.

Unit 3 | Long vowel sounds

2Read these words. Listen and put each one in the correct group.

Unit 3 | Long vowel sounds

3How is the long vowel formed in these words? Choose SE (silent ‘e’ at the end), VE (one vowel and at the end) or TV (two vowels together).

Unit 3 | Intonation in verb patterns

4Listen to these sentences. Notice that the intonation in verb patterns rises and then falls. Practise reading these sentences out loud.

Unit 4 | Word stress I

1Study the Pronunciation box. Listen to the stress in multi-syllable words and practise saying these words.

Unit 4 | Word stress I

2Listen and practise saying these geographical names.

Unit 4 | Word stress I

3Put the geographical names in the correct column of the table, according to size. Listen, check and repeat.

Unit 5 | The letter h

1Study the Pronunciation box. Listen to how we pronounce the letter h and practise saying these words and phrases.

Unit 5 | The letter h

2Read these words. Listen and put them in the correct group.

Unit 5 | The letter h

3Listen to these sentences. Pay attention to the pronunciation of h and use of the article a or an. Then practise saying these sentences.

Unit 5 | Vowel sounds I

4Listen to these words. Notice that the highlighted letters have the same vowel sound in each group. Then practise saying the words.

Unit 5 | Vowel sounds I

5Put these words in the correct group based on the sound of the highlighted vowel. Listen and check.

Unit 6 | Word stress II

1Study the Pronunciation box. Listen to how we pronounce certain suffixed words and practise saying these words.

Unit 6 | Word stress II

2Listen to these words and put them in the correct column of the table.

Unit 6 | Word stress II

3Look at the stressed syllables in each pair of words. Listen, check and repeat. Complete the answer to the question.

Unit 6 | The pronunciation of final -s in plurals I

5Choose /s/ or /z/ for the pronunciation of the final -s on each plural noun in these sentences. Listen, check and repeat.

Unit 7 | Intonation in Conditional sentences

1Study the Pronunciation box. Listen to the intonation in conditional sentences and practise saying these sentences.

Unit 7 | Intonation in Conditional sentences

2Practise reading these sentences out loud with rising and falling intonation.

Unit 7 | Vowel sounds II

4Mark the word in each group that is pronounced with a different vowel sound. Listen and check.

Unit 8 | Noun and verb stress

1Study the Pronunciation box. Listen to examples of noun and verb stress and practise saying these words.

Unit 8 | Noun and verb stress

2 Complete the groups with the nouns formed from these verbs. Then practise saying the words.

Unit 8 | Noun and verb stress

3Mark the noun in each group that has fewer syllables. Listen, check and repeat.

Unit 8 | The pronunciation of final -s in plurals II

4Listen to the highlighted letters in each plural noun. Choose the correct answer to complete the rule for the pronunciation of the final -s.

Unit 8 | The pronunciation of final -s in plurals II

5Listen to these sentences. Notice the pronunciation of the final -s in the highlighted letters and practise saying the sentences.

Unit 9 | Consonant clusters st, sk, sp, and str

1Study the Pronunciation box. Listen to how we pronounce the initial consonant clusters st-, sk-, sp- and str-. Then practise saying these words.

Unit 9 | Consonant clusters st, sk, sp, and str

2Listen to these words and put each one in the correct group.

Unit 9 | Consonant clusters st, sk, sp, and str

3Practise saying these sentences quickly.

Unit 9 | Word stress III

4Listen and practise saying these words.

Unit 9 | Word stress III

5Put these words in the correct column of the table. Listen, check and repeat.