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    LESSON 8: VOWELS and GRAMMAR (Natural world )

    Part 1: Pronunciation
    1. Vowels /m/ - /n/ - /ŋ/
    /m/ m Me more lemon swim more film

    mm Summer
    mb Comb
    mn autumn
    1. Sometimes in the summer
    2. More for you, most for me
    3. In the middle of the film
    /n/ n New now sun one gone
    nn Dinner sunny
    kn Knew know knight knife
    1. A sunny afternoon
    2. Sun and moon
    3. Nine months

    /ŋ/ /ŋ/ Evening long sing singer thing


    /ŋk/ Bank thanks think uncle
    /ŋg/ Angry finger hungry longer single
    1. Thinking about things
    2. A long evening singing songs
    3. A hungry man is an angry man

    /ŋ/ is usually spelled ng


    The letter n is pronounced /ŋ/ if there is a /k/ or /g/ after it
    ng is sometimes /ŋ/ (eg. singer) and sometimes /ŋg/ (eg. finger)
    nk is always pronounced /ŋk/
    2. Vowels /h/
    /h/ is usually spelled h, but it is spelled wh in a few words
    /h/ h Hat here help hot how
    behind
    wh Who whose whole
    1. Hi, hello, how are you
    2. Whose hat is this
    3. It’s hot in here
    4. We had a whole month’s holiday
    5. Can you help me for half an hour

    A few words begin with a silent letter h

    3. Vowels / l /
    /l / l Learn leave language lovely alone feel
    help english
    ll Tall well yellow
    1. When shall we leave?
    2. Are you alone?
    3. How do you feel?
    4. Can I help you?
    5. Look at those lovely little yellow flowers

    - /l/ is long at the end of some words: people simple uncle


    little
    - In some words, the letter l is silent: half talk could

    4. Vowels /r/
    / tʃ / r Red ready really right road room
    rr Ferry sorry
    wr Wrap wrist write written wrote
    1. What are you reading?
    2. I’m really sorry – your room isn’t ready
    3. I don’t know if I’m right or wrong
    4. Too much writing makes my wrist ache
    5. Travelling by ferry

    5. Vowels /w/ - /j/


    / w/ w Week wet way warm well weather
    windy away always twelve swim
    wh What white which where
    One language question quiet square
    1. swimming in warm water
    2. twenty – one words
    3. what is the answer
    4. the wrong word
    5. the whole world
    6. where will you be waiting?
    Note: /w/ is not pronounced in some words
    Answer two who whole write wrong
    /j/ y Yes yesterday year young
    /ju:/ Usual student university new
    view interview beautiful queue
    1. A young university student
    2. A beautiful view
    3. Waiting in a queue for an interview
    4. The European union
    5. I usually walk to work but I used the car
    yesterday.

    Part 2: Speaking
    1. Match pictures A-D with a word or phrase from each box.
    Animals
    camel - deer - dolphin - eagle
    Characteristics
    Hard antlers - big claws - long fin - round hump
    Habitat
    desert – forest – nest - underwater

    A. eagle: big claws, nest


    B. dolphin: long fin, underwater
    C. camel: round hump, dessert
    D. deer: hard antlers, forest

    2. Take turns to describe one of the animals in the pictures to your


    partner.
    Talk about what the animal is, anything special about the animal (its
    characteristics) and about where the animal lives (its habitat).

    Cấu trúc

    3. Read the Part 2 task card and complete the notes opposite. Here are
    some words you might find useful

    Describe a wild animal from your country.


    You should say:
    • what the animal is and what it looks like
    • what it eats
    • where it lives
    and explain how people feel about this animal.
    plains
    ears
    thick coat
    fur
    horn
    mountains
    jungle
    trunk
    ocean
    long/short tail
    sharp teeth
    brightly coloured feathers

    Animal
    What it looks like
    1________________________________________
    2________________________________________
    3________________________________________
    Where it lives ____________________ _
    What it eats _____________________ _
    How you feel about the animal

    4. Now, complete the Part 2 task with your partner. Talk for two minutes
    each. When your partner has finished, think of one or two further
    questions to ask them about their animal
    5. Read the Part 3 questions 1-4 on the topic of animals and match them
    with the beginning of some students' responses a-d
    1 What can governments do to prevent illegal hunting?
    2 Should the government provide more money for zoos?
    3 How might we be able to protect wildlife in the future?
    4 Is there any difference in how children learn about wildlife now than in the
    past?

    a They definitely should. It seems to me that .. .


    b There are two things X can do. The first is .. .
    c There's a big difference, I think. In the past, we ...
    d Well, in the future, it might be a good idea to ...

    1b 2a 3d 4c

    Tip: Don't always use I think .... It's good to learn some other phrases such as
    I feel ... , I believe ... , it seems to me that .. .
    6. Answer the questions 1-4 in exercise 5 with a partner, using the
    sentence beginnings to start your answer.

    DEVELOPING YOUR ANSWERS FOR PART 3


    After making sure you have answered the question, you need to develop your
    answer further with reasons or examples.
    Giving examples Giving reasons
    For example, we could ... The reason why I think that is ...
    For instance, the government should ... One reason for this is that ...
    By way of example, maybe we would ... A good reason for X is that ...
    7. Look at the words and phrases below and check that you understand
    them.
    A responsibility, trust, patience
    B unnatural, risky, unique, challenging
    C interesting, friendship, relaxing but expensive, inconvenient
    D gadgets, robots replace?
    E breed, release, monitor in wild
    F cages not good for animals, but educational
    G better conditions and animal welfare now
    H important to help animals, but people will prefer other entertainment

    8. Match the words and phrases in A-D with the Pets table and those in E-
    H with the Zoos table.
    Pets
    1. advantages and disadvantages of owning pets
    2. keeping dangerous animals as pets
    3. children learning from keeping pets
    4. popularity of pets in the future
    Zoos
    1. differences between zoos in the past and today
    2. zoos a good idea
    3. protecting endangered animals in zoos
    4. zoos in the future

    Pets: 1-C 2-B 3-A 4-D


    Zoos: 1-G 2-F 3-E 4-H

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