Minimal pairs

/æ/ & /e/

/ae/

Task 1
Choose the word with different pronunciation of the
underlined part.
1. a.family b. factory c.possess d.map
2. a.animal b.send c.tell d.ready
3. a.many b.hat c.head d.friend
4. a.apple b.bank c.stamp d.camera
5. a.candle b.health c.piano d.Saturday
(Answer keys: 1.c -- 2.a – 3. b – 4.d –5.b)

Task 2
Put these words into the correct column
man – gem - sad- land- rebel - bank – remember-manufacture -
breakfast –accurate - sensitive

/æ/ /e/
man gem

(Answer key:

/æ / man, sad, land, bank, manufacture, accurate

/e/ gem, rebel, breakfast, remember, sensitive )

Task 3
You will hear the sentences below, but only one of the
italicized words will be spoken. Circle the word which you
hear.
1.
All my friends saw me and left/laughed.
2.
The gymnast managed a tan/ten at the Olympics.
3.
Jim was sending/sanding some tables when his wife called.
4.
The little princess was sad/said to be home.
5.
The ABC shop service was a real mess/mass.
(*Answer key : 1.left -- 2.ten-- 3.sanding -- 4.sad -- 5 .mess)
/e/ &/ ae/

/e/ member ready men pen head send many sensitive November heavy measure

/ae/ cat bag black map hand sad jam man plan bad apple bank hat family

You will hear the sentences below, but only one of the underlined words will be spoken.
Circle the word which you hear.

1.the boy set/sat their bottoms down on the floor.

2.they bought lots of gems/jams from the specialty shop.

3. All my friends saw me and left/laughed.

4.He was sending/sanding some fruits when I called.

5. the shop service was a real mess/mass.

/b/ & /p/

/p/ pen stop happy picture cheap pig pin coppy passport airport police people

/b/ book boy best bank baby November busy big beautiful body blue brown black

Task 1.You will hear the sentences below , but only one of the underlined words will be
spoken. Circle the word which you hear.

1. I’m looking for the pill/bill but I cannot find it.

2. It was a yellow cab/cab.
3. That’s a very big bear/pear.
4. He didn’t like the bay/pay.
5. He works on a big/pig farm.
6. I need a bin/pin.

Task 2 : listen and circle the word you hear

Pears/ bears

/i:/ and /i/

 Task 1;
Circle all the /i/ sounds and underline all the /i:/ sounds.
Big busy dinner give green listen office pizza please six tea
Ex: green big
Task 2
Listen and put the words in the correct columns/groups.

Sheep peel bean cheap seat leak key machine Vietnamese cheese heat meet green
weak read team agree

Ship bill pin fish minute hill sit village him quit

Word with /i:/ word with /I/

/t/ and /d/

/t/ eat tea stop hotel table tennis pretty student toy potato top ten telephone ticket
/d/ door deep ready lady food cold die dark do damage decide

/θ/ everything author thought thousand thin thing thick think cloth
/ð/ weather together than their this they father mother then that these those another
clothes

Grammar
Present simple
Task 1:
Use the prompts to complete the sentences by using present simple.
1. She / beautiful
2. Tom/singer
3. Mary/a student

Task 2: rewrite the following sentences as in the example.

Ex: Mary( wash) her hair on Sunday.( usually)

 Marry usually washes her hair on Monday

1. My sisters ( sleep) on the floor.( ofen)
2. A n b (come) to class on time.( never)
3. You( go) shopping?( usually)  do you usually go shopping?
4. She( cry).( seldom)  she seldom cries.

Simple past tense

Rewrite the following sentences into simple past tense.

Rewrite the following sentences using past simple forms of the verbs in the
brackets

1. I am very busy with work.--> I was …

2. Tom goes to school by bus.--> tom went ….
3. Is she at home?--> was she at…?

Task 3: Rewrite/write/complete the following sentences using past simple

forms of the verbs in the brackets

1. Last year, I ( go) ____to Hawaii on holiday.

2. A ( write ) this book in 1966.
3. We ( move) to a new house last year.
4. it ( be) cloudy yesterday.
5. she (not go) to school 5 days ago.