Language Focus -Unit 3

Language focus
*Pronunciation:
How to pronounce two vowels : / ɔ / and / ɔ: /
Examples:
1. Her daughter bought a horse and call it John
`dɔ:tə hɔ:s kɔ:l `dʒɔn
2. John wants to watch Walter wash the dog.
`dʒɔn wɔnt wɔt∫ wɔ∫ dɔg
Listen and repeat:
/ ɔ / / ɔ:/
top wrong call walking
boss job sport more
doctor box four talk
shop strong corner camcorder
1. Put the shocks on top of the box.
2. He lost his job as a doctor in the hospital.
3. What`s wrong with you, boss?
4. Is walking called a sport?
5. He can`t talk to her any more.
6. Four of us have walked for fourteen miles.

Circle the word with underlined letter (s) pronounced differently from those of the others

1. a. your b. four c. pour d. hour
a. ought b. bought
c. thought d. through
3. a. cost b. roast c. post d. toast
4. a. all b. talk c. salad d. false
5. broke b. boss c. told d. both
Further practice: Match the sentence pairs and join them with : which
1. My friend is disabled.
2. John left the keys in the car.
3. My sister didn’t get the job.
4. His father paid for the meal.
5. The women prayed aloud all night.
a. That was very kind of him
b. This kept us awake.
c. It means he can’t do everything very easily.
d. That was rather careless of him.
e. It made her very unhappy.
1. My friend is disabled, which means he can’t do everything very easily.
2. John left the keys in the car, which was rather careless of him.
3. My sister didn’t get the job, which made her very unhappy.
4. His father paid for the meal, which was very kind of him.
5. The women prayed aloud all night, which kept us awake.