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HIGHS AND LOWS
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Pronunciation Assimilation
1 Read the extracts from the listening and practise saying them aloud. Focus on the
A s s i m i l a t i o n
pronunciation of the underlined consonants and select the sound you hear.
In connected speech
1 in more detail /ŋ/ /m/ /n/
some consonant
the right captain / k / / b / /p/
2
sounds at the ends
3 I’ve been getting /n/ /ŋ/ /m/
of words change
4 they’re good people /d/ / k / / b /
depending on the
consonants at the
5 earn plenty of money /m/ / b / /ŋ/
beginning of the
6 you’d be surprised /p/ / b / / k /
following words.
2 6.2 Now listen and check your answers to Exercise 1.
Final consonants
A
/t/ and /d/ sound
3 Read the the information about assimilation in the box.
more like /p/ / b / / k /
or /g/ before words
4 S P E A K Work in pairs. Practise saying the sentences in the box.
beginning with those
5 For extra practice go to the Additional materials. sounds.
You should paint that
Student A: Turn to page 196 and follow the instructions.
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bench with a different
bright colour.
Student B: Turn to page 199 and follow the instructions.
The company
suffered great
Vocabulary Expressions and phrases with pay damage but got back
on track later.
1 Use the words from the box to complete definitions 1–9 of the expressions and
B Final consonant /n/
phrases with pay.
sounds more like
/m/ before words
a compliment dividends it forward lip service the price
beginning with /p/
through the nose tribute to your own way your respects
/ b / /m/ or /ŋ/ before
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1 When you pay , you don’t allow others to pay for
/g/ or / k /.
you.
The expression ‘to pay ’ is used when you do a kind When people earn
2
money they want
action because another person was kind to you.
even more fine
3 You pay to someone by welcoming them to
clothes.
somewhere new or by honouring them and attending their funeral after they die.
Just ten minutes of
4 If you pay for something you have done, you
rain gave us clean
experience something negative as a result.
garden paths.
Something that pays will bring a good result in the
5
future.
An informal phrase used if you pay too much money for something: you pay
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for it.
7 If you pay someone , you say something nice about
or to them.
8 People that say they believe in something, but don’t do anything to show their
support, are said to be paying to it.
9 The phrase pay someone is often used on formal
occasions to praise someone or something.
2 S P E A K Work in groups. Discuss the following questions using the expressions from
Exercise 1.
1 The nicest compliment anyone has ever paid you. Who was the person? What did
they say? How did it make you feel?
2 Something you bought that you had to pay through the nose for. What was it? Do you
regret buying it?
3 A time when you chose to pay your own way instead of accepting money from
someone. Why did you make this decision?
4 A mistake you made that you paid the price for later. What was it? What were the
consequences?
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