Overview
Listen to different speeches with particular reference to weak forms
Listen to different speeches paying attention to word boundaries;
Listen to different speeches with special reference to compound words;
Listen to different speeches paying attention to phrases.
What you'll learn
- Word boundaries e.g. linking sounds: - matter of, fore-head, go-away, order of merit, butter and bread, leader of, Shar of Iran, pair of, fear of God, poor and blind, transfer of.
- Compound words e.g. blackboard, ice-cream, swimming pool, lifelong, age old, teapot, classroom, night flight, return ticket, return journey, return flight, sister-in-law, dining room, market square.
- Phrases e.g. a company of friends, a man of the people, a crop of ideas, a queue of traffic, a team of players, a basket of fruits, a set of furniture, a range of opinions, a row of houses, a chain of problems.