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I. Vowels
[i:] leave, tea, niece [1] sit, lit, give, dinner [u:] too, full, cool, true [$] book, took, good, [3:] burn, girl, work, bird [6] above, water, camera [0:] short, talk, report [ ] hot, lock, sock, top [e] men, get, end, head [`] cat, cap, bad, sad [a:] part, laugh, dark [^] but, bus, touch, shut, luck
II. Dipthongs
[16] here, tear, beer, ear [e6] air, hair, tear, bear [01] toy, coin, boy, oil [$6] poor, tour, sure, mature [e1] say, cake, late, mail [a$] how, brow, house, down [a1] shine, like, time, shy [6$] cold, phone, boat, coke [a16] fire [a$6] hour, sour
III. consonants
[t~] actually, nature, statue [d2] education, schedule [8] think, wealthy, author [5] there, clothing, weather, this [~] shine, show, wash, shy [2] casual, measure, television [7] ring, singer, wrong, [j] yes, year, use, you
Unit 1
[i:] & [ ]
Common spelling patterns for [i:] 1. ee meet, feel, see, free 2. ea team, reach, mean, seat 3. ie & ei belief, piece, neither, receive 4. Final e me, we, she, he 5. e + consonant + e these, Chinese, Peter 6. Final y city, duty, country, ability 7. Ending with ique unique, boutique, critique
Unit 1
[i:] & [1]
Common spelling patterns for [1] 1. i (most common ) sit, give, this, dinner 2. ui build, quit, quick, guilty 3. y betweent 2 consonants system, gym, symbol, hymn Exceptions Been, women
Unit 1
More practice P.9 The Beatles 1.Briefly (briefs underpants or knickers) for a short time : I met him (only) briefly on Friday night. In few words : Let me tell you briefly what happened. 2.Eternity / 1t3:n6ti / ( UC & C ) for (an) eternity. A period of time that is very long or never ended. 3. Reach sth ( an agreement, conclusion, decision ) fail to To achieve a paticular aim 4.Appeal / 6pi:l / recall = remember To attract or interest sb 5.Grieve (for) sb/sth To feel very sad because sb has died.
Unit 1
More practice P.11 The Winter Olympics 1.Amidst ( amid) in the middle of or during sth, surrounded by sth 2.Make (a,the,some,no, much, a lot of ) difference To have an (no) effect on sb. 3. Infinite respect great/deep respect To hold sb in a great/deep respect = have a deep/great respect for sb
Unit 2
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Unit 2
More practice P.18
Babe Ruth
1. Of sbs day : during a particular period of them when sb lived Elvis Presley was the best singer of his day. 2. Name . To name sb/sth + N : to give a name to sb/sth They named him John . To name sb/sth : to say the name of sb/sth Can you name all the American states ? . To name sb/sth as sb/sth : to identify The missing man was named as James Kelly.
Unit 2
More practice P.26 1. Fabulous : extremely good, very great 2. Absolutely = completely, totally Elvis Presley was the best singer of his day. 3. Alcatraz / `lk6tr`z / : a small US island near San Francisco. 4. Plan : arrangement that you intend to do or achieve . To plan for sth / doing sth . To plan to do sth . To make ( development, business,) plan for sth 5. Grab : to have or take sth quickly because youre in a hurry
Word type
Examples turn off buckle up hand out economic Geometric electrical Technician graduation cohesion Photography biology geometry
Phrasal Verbs
on the particle
-ic the syllable before the ending Word with added ending
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