Pronunciation Unit 1

1 Write the verbs in the correct columns.

paints goes watches laughs tells plays practises runs swims looks

(/s/) ending (/z/) ending (/ɪz/) ending

paints

2 Complete the poem with verbs from the table

in Activity 1.

Every day, my brother 1 paints (/s/).

My dad 2 (/ɪz/) TV.
My sister 3 (/ɪz/) basketball
And the kitten 4 (/z/) with me.

My mum 5 (/s/) at us and 6 (/s/).

She 7 (/z/) us that we’re funny.
Then she 8 (/z/) outside and 9 (/z/)
Or she 10 (/z/) in the pool when it’s sunny.

3 Practise reading the poem aloud. Remember to say the right sounds at the end of the verbs.
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 Pronunciation Unit 2

1 Rearrange the letters to make words with the /ai/ sound. Then say the words.

1 iket kite 2 kieb 3 enni

4 nhtgi 5 dexetci 6 riewt

2 Read the poem and underline the words with the /ai/ sound.

Today we’re climbing a mountain.

It’s a nice day in July.

My friends and I like climbing,

But this mountain is very high!

Here we see a waterfall,

It’s very high and wide.

Now we jump into the water

It’s so cold that we’re all surprised!

3 Practise reading the poem aloud.

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 Pronunciation Unit 3

1 Read. Complete the poem with sk, st and nd.

Come to the isla nd this weeke

It's our Augu carnival day!

Bring a friend and wear a ma

And listen to the drum ba play!

We've got the best and bigge stage,

The faste dancers too!

If you don't know where to fi us, ask.

The parade starts at half pa two!

2 Read the poem again. Find and underline three more words: one with /sk/, one with /st/ and
one with /nd/.

3 Read the poem aloud and practise saying the sounds.

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 Pronunciation Unit 4

1 Read the poem. Underline the words beginning with the /dʒ/ sound or the /j/ sound.

Did you buy a yellow jacket?

Yes, I did, in July.

Did you jump into the waterfall?

Yes, I did. It wasn’t high!

Did you eat jelly and yoghurt?

Yes, I did, when I was young.

Did you juggle yesterday?

Yes, I did. It was fun!

2 Write the words from the poem in the correct column.

/dʒ/ /j/

jacket you, yellow

3 Practise reading the poem aloud. Then practise saying the words in the table.
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 Pronunciation Unit 5

1 Say the words in the box. Write them in the correct column.

good stage again guess change gym imagine guitar dangerous game

/dʒ/ /g/

stage good

2 Read the poem. Circle the words with the /dʒ/ sound and underline the words with
the /g/ sound.

The ranger’s in her garden in August

She’s got large vegetables on a plate

A huge giraffe’s going to eat them

And a flamingo’s eating oranges by the gate.

3 Practise reading the poem aloud.

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 Pronunciation Unit 6

1 Say the words in the box. Write them in the correct column.

because cinema colourful computer decide difficult exciting scared spicy rice

/s/ /k/

cinema because

2 Read the poem. Underline the letter 'c' when it has a /s/ sound, and circle it when it has
a /k/ sound.

My cousin Lucy lives in a castle

In the countryside, far from the city.

It's very old and it's as cold as a cave

But it's nice there, and very pretty.

When we visit Lucy, we all collect wood

And make a campfire to cook our dinner.

Then we have a dancing competition

And Lucy decides who's the winner.

3 Practise reading the poem aloud.

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 Pronunciation Teacher’s notes

Unit 1
1 /s/: paints, laughs, looks
/z/: goes, tells, plays, runs, swims
/ɪz/: watches, practises
2 
1 paints 2 watches 3 practises 4 plays
5 looks 6 laughs 7 tells 8 goes 9 runs
10 swims

Unit 2
1 1 kite 2 bike 3 nine 4 night 5 excited
6 write
2 Underlined words: climbing, nice, July, like, climbing,
high, wide, surprised

Unit 3
1 weekend, August, mask, band, biggest, fastest, find,
past
2 friend (or and), best, ask

Unit 4
1 Underlined words: you, yellow, jacket, Yes, July, you,
jump, Yes, you, jelly, yoghurt, Yes, young, you, juggle,
yesterday, Yes
2 /dʒ/: jacket, July, jump, jelly, juggle. /j/: you, yellow,
yes, yoghurt, young, yesterday

Unit 5
1 /dʒ/: stage, change, gym, imagine, dangerous
/g/: good, again, guess, guitar, game
2 Circled: ranger's, large, vegetables, huge, giraffe,
oranges
Underlined: garden, August, got, going, flamingo, gate

Unit 6
1 /s/ sound: cinema, decide, exciting, spicy, rice
 /k/ sound: because, colourful, computer, difficult,
scared
2 letter 'c' underlined in: Lucy, city, nice, Lucy, dancing,
Lucy,decides
letter 'c' circled in: cousin, castle, countryside, cold,
cave, collect, campfire, cook, competition

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