6 PRONUNCIATION EXTRA

ADVANCED UNIT 6 5A 6.5 ASSIMILATION ACROSS

WORD BOUNDARIES 1: /dʒ/ and /tʃ/
6.1 Listen to the sentences. Notice what
happens to the sounds in bold.
1A 6.1 CONNECTED SPEECH: auxiliary verbs Match the
1 Would you like to learn a third or
phonemic script to the chunks in bold in the sentences. Listen fourth language?
and check.
2 The words you choose will obviously
a) /aɪləvbɪn/ d) /ˈjʊləvbɪn/ depend on what you want to say.
b) /aɪmgənəˈhæftə/ e) /ˈʃɪləvbɪn/ 3 The way you speak tells people a lot
c) /ˈhɪzgənəwɒnə/ f) /wəgənəbɪ/ about you as a person.
1 Oh no! Look at the time! She’ll have been waiting for us for ages!       4 What languages did you study at
2 I guess you’ll have been wondering what’s going to happen next.       school?
3 I’m going to have to give up on this job, it’s too difficult!       5 Could you repeat that please?
4 Next month I’m celebrating a work anniversary. I’ll have been I didn’t catch what you said.
working here for 20 years!       6 Should you modify your accent if it’s
5 You’ll have to tell him, he’s going to want to know what’s going on.       difficult to understand?
6 We’re going to be meeting them at 12, will you be there too?       B Listen again and say the sentences
with the speakers.
B Listen again and say the sentences with the speakers.

2A 6.2 Listen and write six sentences. 6.3

B Listen again and say the sentences with the speaker. 6 A ASSIMILATION ACROSS WORD
BOUNDARIES 2: /n/ to /m/ Read the
C What decision do you think the two people are going to have to
Pronunciation tip. Then look at the
make? What kind of changes do you think they’ll be facing?
sentences below. Underline all the
examples of /n/ changing to /m/.
6.2
PRONUNCIATION TIP
3A 6.3 SIMILAR SOUNDS: /dʒ/ and /tʃ/ Listen to the two
words and notice the sounds /dʒ/ and /tʃ/. When a word that ends with /n/ is
followed by a word that starts with
language /dʒ/                     
/b/, /p/ or /m/, the /n/ will be
future /tʃ/                     pronounced as an /m/.

B 6.4 Look at the words in the box. Match them to the sounds in
1 A lot of fashion trends kick off in
Exercise 3A. Then listen and check.
Manhattan.
actually century culture educate feature fortunately 2 Sometimes all it takes is one person
gradual individual lecture legends Nigerian Portuguese to set a new trend.
procedure punctuation strange structure surge 3 An unknown book can suddenly be a
bestseller overnight.
4 A ASSIMILATION IN WORDS: ‘t’ + ‘u’ and ‘d’ + ‘u’ Look at your 4 A viral video will suddenly get ten
answers to Exercise 3B. Complete the Pronunciation tip with the million hits.
appropriate phonemic symbols. 5 Just one pair of shoes on the right
feet can make all the difference.
PRONUNCIATION TIP 6 It might not look that great on you
Assimilation is when a consonant sound changes to become more or on me, but on the right person it
similar to a neighbouring sound. For example, when the letter ‘t’ can be a hit!
precedes the letter ‘u’ in the middle of a word, we pronounce it as B 6.6 Listen and say the sentences
1
, e.g. feature. Likewise, when the letter ‘d’ precedes with the speakers. Pay special
the letter ‘u’ in the middle of a word, we pronounce it as attention to the assimilation.
2
, e.g. educate.

B Listen again to the words in Exercise 3B and say them with

the speakers.

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