r, care Ca

and lea(t)l Thevowelsoundsls'^(t)l

places, the R In many accents in England, the letter R is not pronounced aftet a vowel. In other letter R the cases' in both But America. rs pron.r.rced, for exple in most parts of North sounds in get the vowel we usually A, is -k., the vowel before ii sound different. If the vowel car ls'^l or care leel'

a.f',,9 ' Listen to the sound /o/. Look at the mouth diagram to seehow to make this long vowel sound'

df4!. . Lisren to rhe target sound /q/

in the words below and compare it with the words on each side'

. Then listen and repeat the examplesof the target sound' $!a"
t$et /Q,

fur bore hurt much lA

'', ,,f,ar, . . four bar .:, , bear heart march hate

Examples card calm stafve star halve harm

cart staft half

match " l t ' sh a r d c a rp a r k . " a c a ri n a d a r k to park

L too' wegetthesound /or/ before *oa.t Sometimes

side.

,g'ffi
;i:-_1_ :j;
t& $p

$sget /gt,

bar shv dead stars

bear share dared stairs

beer Examples
squafe

squares

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frequently
l(lil

sure where where's {airly died fak stays

fairly." "Sarah theirpears andMaryshare

.
c

r*

leel

AR(cor) AL(hotfl (core), AIR(foir) ARE (where) (beor), ERE EAR

sometimes (heort) EAR, accent English SouthEast poth, aunt): A (osk,

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Se ction A Lettersond sounds

J.

txerclses
F

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partof thetable. andwritethemin thecorrect andendings beginnings withthese words Make

beginnings endings r ba re fa lf ra ir da rd sta squa lm rt
ca

ha

cha

words with the vowel /or/ bar

words with the vowel /ee/ bare

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in thebox. :i..!i thewords using thisconversation comprete

Thenlistenand check.

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rlif:

! SID: This is a greatlife, with no worries ot .......9.419........ though, Sid. Jor: It would be nice if we had I said.............................'.! SrD:I didn'tsay.... - ......., .......... as in traffic,but ............... Not --...........--............' Jon: Oh, I see. with an ES at the end! .. ............ underthe ............. Sro: That'sright. I've alwayslovedsleeping ! underthe ....................... hardly ny space JoE: But why? There's You know, little lightsin the sky' .....-............-..........! Sn: No, not .............................,, that peoplewalk up! I thoughtyou said ........--..........-......' JoE: Oh, ..........................!

ines of sid's' reach .naf'. ::,ff fi::' i"';, lfl i:",,1;il:l:;iJ1

+,3 \67 (theypronounce the R afterthe vowel) from NorthAmerica ls the accent sentences. to these Listen WriteAm or Eng' England? East or South Exeupre He askedher to dance.
1 \7e started in March. 2 It's a fast car.

9*q 5 It stopsand starts. 6 A glassof beer. 7 Washis hair dark or fair?

3 My heart'sstrong. 4 \7here'sthe bar? 'i 4.4

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poirs D4Sound go to Section difficult, lf youfind anyof these the wordyou hear. andcircle Listen for furtherpractice. (-sound pair 3) L Heart.or hat? Sheput her hand on her heart I hat. (-sound pair 5) 2 Nowhere or no way? There'snowhereI no way to go. (-sound pair 6) 3 Fair or far? It isn't fair I far. pair 7) (=+sound 4 Part or port? This is the main part I port of Athens' (+sound pair B) 5, Bearor beer? That's a strong bearI beer. (-sound paft 9) down. I calm come meto told She calm? 6 Comeor

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