Lesson 39. There's a Spider.
Strong and Weak Forms: Articles, Comparatives, "There"
Lesson 39; Part A
 Some words have two different pronunciations - a strong form and a weakform. We normally use the weak forms of the words a and an. We say /∂/before consonant sounds and /∂n/ before vowel sounds. Listen and repeat.a cup of coffee, please a piece of cake, please a lot of visitors a Thursday morning in November an invitation to a party an umbrella in the rain | |
| Notice that some words begin with the vowel letter u but the consonant sound /j/, so we say a before them. Listen and repeat. a university a useful present |
Lesson 39; Part B
| In comparatives, we use the weak forms of than /ð∂n/ and as /∂z/ and wepronounce the ending -er as the weak vowel /∂/. Listen and repeat. The new computer's better than the old one. The old computer wasn't as good as the new one. |
Lesson 39; Part C
| In the expressions there's and there are we normally use the weak form/ð∂/. We pronounce there's as /ð∂z/ and there are as /ð∂r∂/. Listen andrepeat. There's a bridge over the riven There are ten millimetres in a centimetre. | |
| But when we use the word there to talk about a place, we use the strong form /ðe∂/. Listen and repeat. A: Where are my glasses? B: Over there!  |
Exercises
 Listen and circle the mistakes in the picture (there are five mistakes). KeyOn the recording it says:There are four people in the car. There's a woman sitting in the house. There are some children walking along the road. There are no clouds in the sky. There's another house on the right. Check with the Key. Then listen again and repeat. |  | |
 Listen and underline all the /∂/ sounds. KeyThere's a cat on the mat There's a fish in a dish. There's a dog in the fog, and a mouse in the house. There's a film on TV. You can sit on my knee. There are two cups of tea. One for you, one for me. There's a cat on the mat There's a fish in a dish. There's a dog in the fog, and a mouse in the house. There's a film on TV. You can sit on my knee. There are two cups of tea. One for you, one for me. Check with the Key. Then listen again and repeat. |
| Complete the sentences using the words in the box. You will need to use some of them more than once. tall there there's there are older longer as than
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Tessa's taller | Listen and mark the underlined words w (weak) or s (strong). KeyA: What are(w) you doing there(s)? B: There(w)'s a(w) spider in the room. А: Is there(w)? Where? B: There(s), look! A: No, there(w) isn't! B: Yes, there(w) is! A: Well, actually, there(w) are(w) two - one there(s) and(w) one there(s)! A: What are(w) you doing there? B: There's a spider in the room. А: Is there? Where? B: There, look! A: No, there isn't! B: Yes, there is! A: Well, actually, there are two - one there and one there! Check with the Key. Then listen and repeat. |  | |
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