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UNIT 1 PEOPLE
Stress on one syllable in a word
When a word has more than one syllable, one syllable in the word has more stress than the others. We say it in a longer, louder way the the other syllables.
The stressed syllables in there words are underlined:
bro-ther ma-na-ger oc-cu-pa-tion
personal pronouns: I, you, he, she, it, we, they
possessive adjectives: my, your, his, her, its, our, their
We use personal pronouns before a verb.
eg: I’m Adam. She’s 18.
The verb be has three present forms: am(‘m), is(‘s), are(‘re).
We add not to make the negative: I’m not/ She isn’t/ The aren’t
The verb is before the subject in questions: What‘s her name? Is she from Turkey?
Saying words and sentences in syllables
To help say a word or sentence, start with the last syllable. This helps us put the stress in the correct place.
er → ball-er → foot-ball-er
We do the same with sentences to show the important words.
UNIT 2 SEASONS
Sentence stress
We stress important words in a sentence. Important words can be:
- nouns: Dubai, July, man-made, cold
- adjectives: hot, man-made, cold
- verbs(but not be): has, get
Dubai‘s hot in July.
Canada has a lot of snow in winter.
Cities are man-mage places.
We get snow when it’s cold here.
Use There is …(There’s) / There are … to talk about things you can see.
There’s sand. There is snow outside.
Add no or not any in the negative.
There is no sand. / There is not any sand.
The verb is before there a / there any in questions.
Is there a forest there? Is there any snow outside?
Use adjectives to describe age(young, old), size(big, small), nationality(Turkish, Saudi), colour(red, green) and quality(hot, cold).
Adjectives go after the verb be (am/ is /are) or before a noun.
eg: I’m Turkish. He’s cold. It’s windy. I’m an English teacher.
We often stress adjectives.
Unit 3 LIFESTYLE
Intonation is the way our voice goes up and down when we speak.
What’s your name? ↓ Jennifer. ↓
Are you from New York? ↑ No. ↓ I’ from London. ↓
The present simple
Use the present simple to talk about regular activities. Add -s or -es to the verb afert he/ she / it.
eg: I play tennis every week. She takes the bus.
Use do not + verb or does not + verb in the negative.
eg: I don’t watch films. She doesn’t take the bus.
Use do or does + subject + verb in questions.
eg: Do you have dinner at home? where does she go every day?
NB: the verb have is irregular. Use has with he/she/it.
eg: He has a good car.
UNIT 4 PLACES
Stress in direction words
Stress the words
this, these and here to point to things that are near.
that, those and there to point to things are not near.
The imperative
Use the imperative to give instructions and directions. There is no pronoun in the imperative.
eg: Go along South Road. Go over the bridge.
UNIT 5 SPORT
Comparative adjectives
Use comparative adjectives to compare two or more things.
Adjectives with one or two syllables
Add -er(than) to one-syllable adjectives. Use -ier(than) with adjectives with a -y.
eg: Women are tougher than men. Yoga is easier for women.
Some adjectives double the consonant: big, fat, fit, thin.
eg: Men are bigger than women.
Adjectives with two or more syllables
Do not add -er. Say more ADJECTIVE(than).
eg: Football is more popular than tennis in my country.
Note: Learn there comparative adjectives: good→better, bad→worse.
Weak vowel sounds /ə/
If a syllable does not have stress, it is a weak vowel sound: faster, better, bigger
PS: 英语中重要的弱元音是/ə/, /ɪ /。细心的人在查字典（比如朗文词典）的时候会发现有些词的音标中出现这两个音的时候用的是斜体，意思就是可以弱到省略哦。
UNIT 6 JOBS
Listening for opinion
An opinion is an idea about a person, place, thing or event. We can use should to give advice and think to give an opinion.
eg: What should I do? Should I study Turkish?
I think you should watch videos in English.
Suffixes
We can use suffix to make new words for jobs.
music + -ian = musician
police + -man = policeman
build + -er = builder
Choose criteria
Criteria are reasons for choosing something. Here are two examples from Listening 2:
I want a person who has experience, a person who can teach me tennis or volleyball.
have to
Use have to / has to + VERB and to show that something is necessary.
eg: Nurses have to be helpful. A farmer has to get up early.
Use don’t/doesn’t have to + VERB to show that something is not necessary.
eg: Nurses don’t have to be women. An architect doesn’t have to build houses.
UNIT 7 HOMES AND BUILDINGS
Linking words
Link consonant sounds to vowel sounds.
eg: Krishna lives_in_India
Because_it‘s_a good_idea.
UNIT 8 FOOD AND CULTURE
Pronunciation of -teen and -ty numbers.
For -teen numbers ( e.g. 13,14,15)
- stress the first syllable when the number is before a noun.
e.g. Fif_teen thousand tonnes every month? Se-ven-teen million?
- stress the last syllable when the number is at the end of a statement.
e.g. Sorry, how many children? Six-teen? No, no – thir-teen.
For -ty numbers (e.g. 20,30,40), always stress the first syllable.
e.g. We feed six-ty children. No, six-ty.
Listening for numbers
You often hear facts in lectures. Many facts are about numbers.
e.g. There are 100,000 science students in UK universities.
some/any/much/many
With countable and uncountable nouns. we can use some and any.
countable: There are some apples. / There are not any apples. / Are there any apples.
uncountable: There is some rice. / There is not any rice. / Is there any rice?
When we want to talk about numbers and measurements, we use how many and how much.
How many apples are there? / How much rice is there?
UNIT 9 ANIMALS
Silent consonants
We do not always pronounce every consonant when they are in a group.
friends (no ‘d’ sound)
sorry (only one ‘r’ sound)
where (no ‘h’ sound)
sticks (only one ‘k’ sound)
PS：在有些辅音字母组合中,其中一个字母是不发音的,该组合所发的音与发音的那个辅音字母所发音相同。
Listening for definitions
Good speakers explain the meaning of new or difficult words. They give a definition of the words. We can use the words and phrases in red to define key vocabulary.
e.g. A falcon is a kind of bird.
Carnivore means an animal that eats meat.
It’s a hunter. That means it kills other animals for food.
They are vegetarian, so they don’t eat meat.
Group words
try to learn new words in groups. A diagram is one way to do this.
Note: Words are often in more than one group.
e.g. Bears, lions and cats are mammals.
Bears and lions are hunters.
A lion is a kind of wild cat.
A whale and a fish are kinds of sea creature.
TRANSPORT UNIT 10
Pronouncing years
Pronounce years in two parts with and or two parts only.
e.g. 1994 [nineteen] [ninety-four]
570 [five hundred] and [seventy]
2005 [two thousand] and [five]
Past simple: positive
We use the past simple to talk about an event or an activity in the past.
e.g. The London Underground opened in 1863.
We wanted a better kind of ticket.
We add -ed to regular verbs in the past, or just -d to verbs that end in -e.
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