Underline the stressed words in the sentences. Listen and check. Then practise saying the sentences with a natural rhythm.

1. The village was completely destroyed by floods.

2. Some gases are released into the air through human activities.

3. Has the earth’s temperature increased in the past few years?

4. Some environmental disasters wil become more frequent.

Listen and underline the stressed words. Then practise saying the sentences with a natural rhythm.

1. Forests are helpful in cooling down our planet.

2. Plants can store a lot of carbon in their roots, branches, and leaves.

3. Oceans can also remove carbon from the atmosphere and store it.

4. Oceans may start releasing the carbon they store as global temperatures rise.

Listen and complete the conversation. Then underline the weak forms of the auxiliary verbs, circle the contracted forms, and mark the consonant-to-vowel linking with (‿). Practise saying the conversation in pairs.

A: What's it like living (1) _________ skyscraper?

B: (2) __________ great. I (3) __________ enjoy the best views (4) ___________ the city from my sofa.

A: (5) __________ have a balcony?

B: No, (6) ___________. (7) ___________ huge windows.

Example:

Listen and practise the sentences. Underline the words with /bl/, and circle the words with /kl/.

1. Look! There are black clouds all over!

2. A truck blocked the way to the club.

3. The students painted the classroom blue.

4. The wind blew the clock down.

5. We cleaned up the environment after the blast.

Listen and practise the sentences. Underline the bold words with /ʊ/, and circle the bold words with /u:/)

1. She likes reading books and swimming in the pool.

2. When it is cool, we like to play football.

3. She drew and made puddings in her free time.

4. My mum loves pumpkin soup and coffee with a little sugar.

5. My brother is fond of watching the cartoon about a clever wolf.

Listen and mark (‿) the consonant and vowel sounds that are linked. Then practise saying the sentences.

1. Many young people want to live in the city.

2. It’s a busy street with great shops and restaurants.

3. The government wants to build a smart city in the south of the country.

4. The apartment was expensive, but my parents could afford it.

Listen and practise the sentences. Underline the bold words with /ə/, and circle the bold words with /ɪ/.

1. There is a lot of water in the bottle.

2. The farmers here are hard-working.

3. They are picking fruits in the orchard.

4. People in my village usually gather at weekends.

5. Please buy some milk and pasta at the supermarket.

Listen and pay attention to the fall-rise (  ) intonation in the following sentences. Then practise saying them in pairs.

1. Shall we now talk about other learning methods?

2. Could you please pay attention when I’m talking to you?

3. Why don't we use public transport to go to school?

4. Would you like to join our cooking course?