Unit 43. A Shirt and a Tie / A Shirt and Tie.

Grouping Words
Unit 43; Part A
Listen to the underlined phrase in these two sentences. Notice that in the first one, the speaker pauses after the word shirt,so the words are divided into two groups. The line / shows where theyare divided. The second phrase is pronounced all as one group. I bought a shirt / and a tie. He was wearing a shirt and tie. The speakers group the words differently because the first speakerthinks of the shirt and tie as separate things, and the second speakerthinks of them as things that go together in a group. |
Unit 43; Part B
Listen to this sentence. Notice that the speaker divides it into groups. In each group, the words are pronounced all joined together like one long word. I bought a nice new jacket / with a zip down the front / and a lot of pockets. There is no rule about where to divide words into groups, but it must make sense. If the word groups don't make sense, it is very hard to understand. Listen to the same sentence again, but this time divided badly. Notice how strange it sounds. I bought a nice new / jacket with a zip down the / front and a lot of pockets. |
Unit 43; Part C
Listen to this woman. She is remembering the uniform she had atschool. Listen to how she divides her words into groups. This is shownhere by the / lines.![]() | |
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Exercises
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