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Carrot, abba$eUnstressedowelsel and tl

f f iwordsw i th twoÔrmoresy l lab les ,a t leas tonesy l lab le isweak(doesnothaves t ress) ."À4 r Listen to thesewords which have wo syllables,and the secondsyllable s weak.

, Inîl"i *"rr :,tÏft speakers f Englishvery oftenuse he weakvowel soundsa/ andil.I . Listen again to the two words above: he O in canot is pronounced el andthe A in cabbage

is pronounced /.ffi "

. Look at the mouth diagrarn o seehow to makethe sound a/.'azPo Listen to theseexarnplesand repeat hem. The weak vowels n the unstressed yllables n bold

are pronounced d.

. Look at the mouth diagramro seehow ro makethe sound /.f9 . Listen to theseexamplesand repeat hem. The weak vowels n tlre unstressed yllables n black

arepronounced r/.

relaxed ongue-..".........-and ips

front oftongue p

weak A: away banana woman sugarweak E: garden paper underweak O: police doctor correctweak U: support figure colour

weak A: orange cabbageweak E: dances wanted begin womenweak I: music walkingweak U: lettruce minute

xwSpel l ingNotice in the examplesabove hat nearlyanyvowel spellingmay bepronouncedasa weak vowel.^.

/\ ttote,Often,wholewords repronouncedsweak yllablelwitha weak owel. orexample:alfanhouçgoingo work, imwas ate.SeeUnit33.

" l ate an appleand a banana n a cinema n Canada."

'Alex'slettucesasted ikecabbaqes."

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Section A Leftersond sounds

-txerclse57.1 Listeno thepoem. irclehewords hich hyme._{31

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Listen.n eachsentence r phrasehereare wo vowelswhichare not lel.circle hem.

Exeuprn an@ppleand a ban@ra

1 from Canada to China2 The parrot was asleep.3 The cinema was open.4 the photographer'sassistant5 a question and an answer6 a woman and her husband7 apastasalad

table. hen isten ndcheck.

voweln weak yllable /e / vowel n weak yllable /r /womon oronge

7"& Listenndcirclehe word ouhear.. " . , a

.?'$'; 1 Woman or women? What time did the woman I women arrive?2 Dress or address? Where's Kate's dress address?3 Manager's or manages? The team manAger's manageswell.4 Teacher'sor teaches? The German teacber's teachesEnglish.5 Weight's or waiter's? The weight's I waiter's heavy.6 Dancer's or dances? The woman dancer's dances fast.7 Officer's or ofÊce's? The officer's I office's herc.8 Away or way? Tâke that away / way.9 Driver or drive?

'S7hata nicedriuer I driuel

10 Racer's or races? The racer's races inished.

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