UNIT 1: PRONUNCIATION Consonants p pen, copy, happen b back, baby, job θ thing, author, path ð this, other, smooth j yet, yes j(u:) beauty, few s ʃ soon, cease, sister ship, sure, national z zero, music, roses, buzz ʒ pleasure, vision dʒ judge, age, soldier t d k g tʃ f v h m n ŋ l r w ʔ tea, tight, button day, ladder, odd key, clock, school get, giggle, ghost church, match, nature fat, coffee, rough, photo view, heavy, move hot, whole, ahead more, hammer, sum nice, know, funny, sun ring, anger, thanks, sung light, valley, feel right, wrong, sorry, arrange wet, one, when, queen (glottal stop: âm tắc hầu) department, football Vowels ɪ kit, bid, hymn, minute i: fleece, sea, machine i happy, radiate, glorious ɜ: nurse, stir, learn, refer ə about, common, standard u: goose, two, blue, group u thank you, influence, situation ʊ foot, good, put e dress, bed, head, many æ trap, bad ɔ: thought, law, north, war ɒ lot, odd, wash ɑ: start, father ʌ strut, mud, love, blood eɪ face, day, break aɪ price, high, try ɔɪ choice, boy ɪə near, here, weary eə square, fair, various əʊ goat, show, no aʊ mouth, now ʊə poor, jury, cure The pronunciation of the ending “s”: - ‘es’ phát âm /iz/ sau âm: z, ʒ, dʒ, s, ʃ, tʃ washes, kisses, oranges + ‘es’ phát âm /z/ sau âm: i, v, o babies, potatoes, leaves - ‘s’ phát âm /s/ sau âm vô thanh: f, p, t, k, θ books, cats, caps - ‘s’ phát âm /z/ sau âm hữu thanh: b, g, n, l, d, v, m, r, j, w, η, ð, + toàn nguyên âm The pronunciation of “–ed” ending: -‘ed’ phát âm /ɪd/ sau âm: t, d wanted, mended (Trường hợp đặc biệt (id): learned, wretched, loved, scared, naked, ragged…) -‘ed’ phát âm /t/ sau âm vô thanh: f, p, k, θ, s, ʃ, tʃ walked, jumped - ‘ed’ phát âm /d/ sau âm hữu thanh: b, g, n, l, z, ʒ, dʒ, ð, v, m, r, j, w, η + toàn nguyên âm EXERCISES Choose the word which has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest a apply b university c identity d early a choice b achieve c each d chemistry a final b applicant c high d decide a average b indicate c application d grade a course b four c our d yours a worker b whom c interview d answer a honest b holiday c home d happiness a character b teacher c chemist d technical a interview b minute c question d suitable 10 a economy b industry c qualify d priority 11 a right b private c communist d minority 12 a measure b subsidies c domestic d hospital 13 a though b encourage c enough d country 14 a improve b introduce c move d lose 15 a future b mature c pasture d nature Choose the word which has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest a cooks b loves c joins d spends a advises b raises c devises d goes a hands b parents c chores d boys a brothers b weekends c problems d secrets a clothes b cloths c roofs d books a enjoys b feels c takes d gives a attempts b shares c looks d beliefs a sometimes b gestures c interests d examples a elephants b decades c poachers d actions 10 a dreams b heals c kills d tasks 11 a resources b stages c preserves d focuses 12 a villages b whistles c assures d costumes 13 a offers b mounts c kitchens d words 14 a likes b works c accidents d names 15 a sports b households c minds d plays Choose the word which has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest a naked b looked c booked d hooked a concerned b raised c developed d maintained a appeared b agreed c coughed d loved a sacrificed b trusted c recorded d acted a laughed b weighed c helped d missed a advised b devised c raised d practised a shared b viewed c confided d measured a determined b expressed c approved d married a smoked b called c photographed d based 10 a demanded b lived c questioned d supposed 11 a explained b disappointed c prepared d interviewed 12 a included b wanted c decided d noticed 13 a endangered b threatened c recovered d advanced 14 a booked b survived c laughed d typed 15 a changed b crashed c jumped d introduced