English For Today chapter 11: Are You Listening-1

Lesson 11 Are You Listening?-1

After completing the lesson students will be able to

• recognise English sounds
• recognise word and stress on words in sentences
• recognise intonation in sentences
• read aloud texts with proper pronunciation, stress and intonation

A. Listen to and read the following words:

Figure

Description: Twelve small pictures arranged in two columns, each beside a printed word. Left column: a shed (shed), a pepper (pepper), a person writing at a desk (test), a wet person wrapped in cloth (wet), a pen (pen), a man in a cap (man). Right column: a person sitting under a tree (shade), paper sheets (paper), a person eating from a bowl (taste), a person sitting on a bench (wait), a person holding their head (pain), a horse's head (mane).

shed shade

pepper paper

test taste

wet wait

pen pain

man mane

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A1. Do you notice any difference between the vowel sounds in the words on the left column and the vowel sounds in the words on the right?

Listen to and repeat the sounds in Section- A again.

A2. Read the following sentences first. Notice the underlined words carefully.

Then listen to and repeat the sentences pronouncing the underlined words properly using the vowel sounds you just practised in section A.

a. I met Benu and her room-mate in the book store.

b. They were buying some papers and pens.

c. I remember her friend's face, but I can't remember her name.

d. Later, I met them again the same day at the bus station.

e. They were waiting for some friends to come.

A3. Practise saying the following words.

A4. Read the following sentences. Add 'e' to the underlined word in each sentence to make a new word. Now, fill in the blank in the sentence with the new word. One is done for you.

a. Can you please buy me a new cane?

b. I ........... to ask you, but can you buy me a hat, too?

c. I lost both at the canteen where I ........... lunch yesterday.

d. Sam, my friend, was having lunch at the ........... canteen.

e. He was mad at me because I ........... him go back and look for my things later.