Unit 1:
PRONUNCIATION:
The pronunciation of the ending “s”

/s/
/z/

bats
kits
speaks
dates
photographs
bags
kids
speeds
days
halves



Practise reading these sentences
I saw some bats flying from the bags.
He often speaks at different speeds.
She tore the photography into halves.
I always have dates on rainy days.
The kids are playing with their toy kits.

Unit 2:
PRONUNCIATION:
The pronunciation of the ending “-ed”
Listen and repeat

/t/
/d/
/id/

walked
knocked
jumped
helped
missed
explained
phoned
rained
arrived
involved
wanted
arrested
started
mended
decided


Practise reading these sentences.
She walked to the window and looked outside.
The driver stopped his car at the crossing where a woman was knocked down.
Jane phoned for ambulance and the police, but they arrived late.
The police arrested the thief yesterday.
He decided to give up smoking.









Unit 3:
PRONUNCIATION: Stress in two- syllable words
Listen and repeat

attract
discuss
suppose
waving
walking
pointing
signal
instance
student
polite
police
between


Practise reading these sentences.
Linda Cupple is a social worker in my village.
William Makepeace Thackeray was a famous British writer.
David Warren is Linda’s teacher’s doctor.
Janet is having a number of problems.
Jenny is waiting for Michael to return.

Unit 4:
PRONUNCIATION: Stress in three- syllable words
Listen and repeat

algebra
chemistry
computing
carefully
academic
cinema
politics
primary
compulsory
physics
statistics
september


Practise reading these sentences.
The academic school year generally commences in September.
The typical school day normally finishes at 3.00 p.m. in England.
The national curriculum is usually set by the government.
The GCSE stands for the General Certificate of Secondary Education.
English, maths and science are compulsory in the national examination at certain stages of the school education system.

Unit 5
PRONUNCIATION: Stress in words of more than three syllables
Listen and repeat

economic
psychology
philosophy
engineering
sociology
mathematics
geographical
archeology


Practise reading these sentences.
Socio-linguistics is his favourite subject at the university.
English language proficiency requirements for undergraduate courses such as engineering and mathematics are considerably demanding.
Some geographical names in Australia are very difficult to remember.
The entrance examination to universities in Vietnam always takes place in july.
Mathematics, geography and economics are his favorite subjects at Hanoi National University.
Unit 6
PRONUNCIATION: Weak and strong forms of some conjunctions and preposition.
Listen and repeat
Practise reading these sentences.
What are you looking at?
I want to go but I don’t know when.
She bought a book and two pens.
Thanks for coming.
Where is it from?
I’m from Hanoi.
She’s the one I’m fond of.
First of all, I want to thank you for coming.
The letter was to him, not from him.
I want to ask you a question.


Unit 7
PRONUNCIATION: Weak and strong forms of auxiliaries.
Read the following phrases. Pay attention to how the strong and weak forms of the auxiliaries are pronounced.
Strong forms
Weak forms
Strong forms
Weak forms

She can
They must
You have
She has
I could
You do
Can she
Must they
Have you
Has she
Could I
Do you
I am
She does
He is
We shall
They will
It will
Am I
Does he
Is she
Shall we
Will they
Will it


Practise reading the following.
Can I speak English?
Yes, you can.
Must we go now?
I think we must.
Have you meet Quang?
Yes, I have.
Has she gone?
Yes, She has.
Shall we go now?
I think we ought to.
Will you come tomorrow?
Yes, I will.
Do you really have time for it?
Yes, I do.



Unit 8
PRONUNCIATION: Contrated forms of auxiliaries.
Read the following phrases. Pay attention to how the strong and weak forms of the auxiliaries are pronounced.
full forms
contracted forms
full forms
contracted forms

I have
You have
He has
She has
It has
I’ve
You’ve
He’s
She’s
It’s
I have not
You have not
He has not
She has not
It has not
I haven’t
You haven’t
He hasn’t
She