Speaking Practice

Practise 1

Practice ough and augh (ɑ: and ɔ:)     

sentences

1. "I thought i'd brought enough money with me"
2. "My daughter's caught a bad cold"
3. "I bought it although it was very expensive"
4. "We've been through some tough times"
5. "I didn't laugh! It was a cough"



Practise 2 

                     /ɔ:/  /ɜ:/  /ə/

a) Look at the groups of words. Circle the word where the pink letter is pronounced /ə/. What sound do the other two words have? 

1 audience          stalls            arena
2 interval            circle            curtain
3 score               spectator      performance 



b) Read the information box. Then listenand repeat the sentences. What do the words mean in each sentence?

 Words with the same spelling but different pronunciations

A few words in English are spelled exactly the same but pronounced differently, and have different meanings, e.g. bow /baʊ/ = to put your head down, e.g. at the end of a concert or play when people are clapping, but bow /bəʊ/ = a weapon that you use to shoot an arrow.

1. We went to live concert last weekend.

2. We live next to the concert hall.

3. We sat in the front row.

4. After the concert we had a row.