Listen and repeat. Pay attention to the strong and weak forms of the auxiliary verbs. Then practise saying them.

Mark: Have you started working out again?

          /hǝv/

Nam: Yes, I have.

                 /hæv/

Mark: Was it your grandfather who taught you?

          /wəz/

Nam: Yes, it was.

                  /wɒz/

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.

5. Read the Learn this! box. Underline all the consonant clusters and practise saying the words. Then listen and check.

(Đọc hộp Learn this! Gạch chân tất cả các cụm phụ âm và luyện đọc các từ. Sau đó nghe và kiểm tra lại.)

LEARN THIS! Consonant clusters(Cụm phụ âm)

Consonant clusters, combinations of consonant sounds. can be found at the beginning, at the end or within words. (Cụm phụ âm, sự kết hợp giữa các âm phụ âm, có tìm ở đầu, ở cuối hoặc giữa các từ.)

prefer /pr/ British /br/ ogfee/gr/ restrict/std accept /pt/ tasks/sks/

shrink     twin     problem     scream     adopt     address     three     next     against     hops

Listen and underline words with elision. Then practise saying the sentences in pairs.

1. There are no correct answers on her test paper.

2. He’s going to fly to Bangkok tonight.

3. The participants were probably excited about the palace history.

4. I believe that members expressed different opinions about the issue.

III) Complete the following sentences with the correct words from the table, and then read aloud the sentences. Practise saying the words with the cluster /bl/ or /kl/.

16.            Fill in each _____________ in the following exercise.

17.            Itˆs cold tonight  can I have another ____________?

18.            She has been ___________ since her birth.

19.            A ____________ is a piece of clothing that women wear.

20.            My shoes need ____________.

21.            It was so dark that we couldnˆt see the road ________________.

22.            I prefer _____________ pie for desserts.

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 repeat. Pay attention to the intonation. Practise saying the questions in pairs.

1. Should we focus our campaign on a general social issue  or one affecting mainly teens ?

2. Is the top problem facing teens today peer pressure , body shaming, or bullying ?