Ch. 1 Answer Key

Pretest

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 2
  5. 3
  6. 2
  7. 2
  8. 3
  9. 1
  10. 1

Exercise 1

 

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 3
  5. 2
  6. 2
  7. 2
  8. 3
  9. 1
  10. 4

 

Exercise 2

 

  1. cómfort
  2. abílity
  3. arrángement
  4. unúsual
  5. excíte
  6. pronunciátion
  7. disagrée
  8. ópenness
  9. árchitecture
  10. mountainéering

 

Exercise 3

  1. tíme
  2. alíve
  3. enginéer
  4. occúr
  5. láte
  6. record
  7. fún
  8. témperature

 

Exercise 9

 

  1. open
  2. lighter
  3. support
  4. enable
  5. attractive
  6. contain
  7. undo
  8. hospital
  9. politeness
  10. fatigue

 

Exercise 11

 

  1. b∂lieve
  2. hav∂ng
  3. list∂n
  4. oft∂n
  5. c∂ntrol
  6. ∂tomic
  7. vis∂t
  8. p∂lice
  9. r∂ceive
  10. pol∂tics

 

  

Exercise 12

 

  1. t∂morrow
  2. h∂llo
  3. ∂rase
  4. d∂pressed
  5. marr∂ge
  6. driv∂ng
  7. r∂ply
  8. m∂stake
  9. d∂licious
  10. chemic∂l
  11. sec∂nd
  12. r∂ceipt

 

Exercise 13

 

  1. d∂vorce
  2. go∂ng
  3. anim∂l
  4. ∂scape
  5. logic∂l
  6. b∂have
  7. d∂rection
  8. want∂d
  9. informat∂n
  10. b∂tween

 

Exercise 14

 

  1. memory
  2. mineral
  3. margarine
  4. Florida[1]
  5. vegetables
  6. separate
  7. average
  8. suppose
  9. conference
  10. interesting[2]
  11. probably
  12. favorite

Exercise 15

 

  1. family
  2. business
  3. horrible
  4. camera
  5. memory
  6. finally
  7. every
  8. evening
  9. generally
  10. aspirin
  11. federal
  12. operator
  13. practically
  14. difference
  15. opera

 

Exercise 20

 

  1. prom∂se
  2. at∂m
  3. mailbox
  4. airport
  5. J∂pan
  6. for∂gn
  7. baseball
  8. lim∂t
  9. class∂s
  10. access

 

Exercise 21

 

  1. unit∂d
  2. Chin∂
  3. index
  4. toothpaste
  5. d∂vel∂p
  6. ∂xchange
  7. kitch∂n
  8. ∂partm∂nt

 

 

[1] I don’t do this!

[2] This word has two pronunciations

 

Ch. 2 Answer Key

 

Pretest A

Words with the /æ/ sound.

 

1. ü answer

2. ü fashion

3. – caller

4. – army

5. – hall

6. ü past

7. – slang

8. ü has

9. ü as

10. – farther

Exercise 1

 

Note: A transcript of exact words said is in your textbook on pg. 211

 

1. different

2. different

3. same

4. different

5. same

6. different

7. same

8. same

9. different

10. different

Exercise 2

 

Note: A transcript of exact words said is in your textbook on pg. 211

 

X=marks different one

1.

 

 

X

2.

 

 

X

3.

X

 

 

4.

 

 

X

5.

X

 

 

6.

X

 

 

7.

 

X

 

8.

 

 

X

9.

X

 

 

10.

X

 

 

 

Exercise 3

 

Note: the different words are listed.

 

1. apply

2. water

3. material

4. addition

5. bald

Pretest B

 

Note: Words with the /Is/ sound are listed.

 

1. ü his

2. – feel

3. ü mystery

4. ü winter

5. ü pretty

6. ü this

7. – her

8. ü women

9. – enter

10. ü live

 

Exercise 7

 

Note: A transcript of exact words said is in your textbook on pg. 211

 

1. different

2. same

3. same

4. different

5. different

6. different

7. different

8. different

9. different

10. different

Exercise 8

 

1.

 

X

 

2.

X

 

 

3.

 

X

 

4.

 

 

X

5.

X

 

 

6.

X

 

 

7.

 

 

X

8.

X

 

 

9.

 

X

 

10.

X

 

 

 

Exercise 9

 

1. feet

2. neat

3. each

4. well

5. diaper

6. these

7. item

8. dead

Pretest C

 

1.

Exercise 13

 

1. same

2. different

3. different

4. different

5. same

6. different

7. same

8. different

9. same

10. same

Exercise 14

 

1.

 

 

X

2.

X

 

 

3.

X

 

 

4.

 

X

 

5.

X

 

 

6.

 

X

 

7.

 

 

X

8.

X

 

 

9.

X

 

 

10.

X

 

 

 

Exercise 15

 

1. bead

2. weed

3. says

4. below

5. paint

6. hate

Pretest D

 

1. ü bottle

2. ü calm

3. – hold

4. ü box

5. ü lot

6. – money

7. – son

8. ü shock

9. ü shot

10. – front

11. ü Don

12. ü cough

13. ü palm

14. ü talk

15. ü hard

Exercise 19

 

1. different

2. same

3. same

4. different

5. different

6. different

7. same

8. different

9. different

10. different

Exercise 20

 

1.

 

 

X

2.

 

X

 

3.

X

 

 

4.

 

X

 

5.

 

 

X

6.

 

 

X

7.

X

 

 

8.

 

X

 

9.

 

 

X

10.

X

 

 

 

Exercise 21

 

1. country

2. glove

3. packet

4. passible

5. rough

6. other

7. Polish

8. Monday

Pretest E

 

1. ü should

2. – blue

3. – putting

4. ü pool

5. ü cooked

6. – food

7. – full

8. – rule

9. ü would

10. ü stood

 

 

Ch. 3 Answer Key

 

Pretest A

 

/ay/

/aw/

/ou/

pie

sky

like

night

climb

house

now

down

crowd

south

hour

coin

point

voice

foil

join

choice

 

 

Exercise 1

 

See pg. 213 for answers

 

Exercises 2-5

 

Practice pronouncing the words.

Pretest B

 

Check the words with the /iy/ sound

 

  1. ü these
  2. ü sleep
  3. – sit
  4. – tired
  5. ü meter
  6. – is
  7. – live
  8. ü please
  9. ü trees
  10. – met

Exercise 6

 

  1. same
  2. different
  3. same
  4. different
  5. different
  6. same
  7. different
  8. different
  9. different
  10. same

Exercise 7

 

Check the word that’s different.

 

1.

ü

 

 

2.

 

 

ü

3.

 

ü

 

4.

ü

 

 

5.

 

ü

 

6.

 

ü

 

7.

ü

 

 

8.

ü

 

 

9.

 

ü

 

10.

 

 

ü

 

 

Exercise 8

 

Words listed does NOT have /iy/ sound

 

  1. weight
  2. edge
  3. spread
  4. weren’t
  5. rich

 

Exercises 9-11

 

Practice pronouncing the words.

Pretest C

 

Check the words with the /ey/ sound.

 

  1. ü break
  2. – leave
  3. – happen
  4. ü famous
  5. ü radio
  6. – lead
  7. ü eight
  8. – them
  9. ü place
  10. ü painful

Exercise 12

 

  1. different
  2. same
  3. different
  4. different
  5. same
  6. different
  7. same
  8. different
  9. different
  10. same

Exercise 13

 

Check the word that’s different.

 

1.

 

ü

 

2.

 

 

ü

3.

ü

 

 

4.

 

ü

 

5.

 

 

ü

6.

 

 

ü

7.

ü

 

 

8.

ü

 

 

9.

 

 

ü

10.

 

ü

 

 

 

Exercise 14

 

Word listed does NOT have the /ey/ sound.

 

  1. hand
  2. wheel
  3. saw
  4. said
  5. father

Exercises 15-17

 

Practice pronouncing the words.

Exercise 18

 

  1. different
  2. same
  3. different
  4. same
  5. different
  6. different
  7. different
  8. different
  9. same
  10. same

 

Exercise 19

 

Check the word that’s different.

 

1.

ü

 

 

2.

 

ü

 

3.

 

ü

 

4.

ü

 

 

5.

ü

 

 

6.

 

 

ü

7.

ü

 

 

8.

 

ü

 

9.

 

ü

 

10.

ü

 

 

 

 

Exercise 20

 

Word listed does NOT have the /uw/ sound.

 

  1. push
  2. nothing
  3. around
  4. lucky
  5. human

Exercises 21-23

 

Practice pronouncing the words.

 

Exercise 24

 

  1. same
  2. different
  3. different
  4. same
  5. same
  6. different
  7. same
  8. different
  9. different
  10. same

 

Exercise 25

 

Check the word that’s different.

 

1.

 

 

ü

2.

ü

 

 

3.

ü

 

 

4.

 

 

ü

5.

 

ü

 

6.

 

ü

 

7.

ü

 

 

8.

 

 

ü

9.

ü

 

 

10.

ü

 

 

 

 

Exercise 26

 

Word listed does NOT have the /ow/ sound.

 

  1. some
  2. problem
  3. town
  4. through
  5. dog

Exercises 27-29

 

Practice pronouncing the words.

 

 

 

See Appendix C (pg. 202) for more practice with contrasting vowels.

 

 

Ch. 4 Answer Key

 

Pretest A

 

  1. zoo
  2. faze
  3. sap
  4. plays
  5. fuss
  6. bussed
  7. music
  8. his

 

Exercise 1

 

  1. same
  2. different
  3. same
  4. different
  5. different

Exercise 2

 

1.

X

 

 

2.

 

 

X

3.

X

 

 

4.

 

X

 

5.

 

X

 

6.

X

 

 

7.

 

X

 

8.

 

 

X

 

 

Exercise 3-13

 

Practice pronouncing the words.

Pretest B

 

  1. fair
  2. rice
  3. lead
  4. mare
  5. call
  6. cloud
  7. belly
  8. boring
  9. rung
  10. file

 

Exercise 14

 

  1. different
  2. different
  3. same
  4. different
  5. same
  6. same
  7. different
  8. same
  9. different
  10. different

Exercise 15

 

1.

 

 

X

2.

X

 

 

3.

 

 

X

4.

X

 

 

5.

X

 

 

6.

X

 

 

7.

X

 

 

8.

 

X

 

9.

 

 

X

10.

 

X

 

 

 

Exercises 16-30

 

Practice pronouncing the words.

Exercise 31

 

  1. different
  2. same
  3. different
  4. different
  5. same
  6. same

 

Exercise 32

 

  1. no
  2. no
  3. yes
  4. yes
  5. yes
  6. yes

 

Exercises 33-42

 

Practice pronouncing the sounds

 

 

 

Ch. 5 Answer Key

 

Exercise 1

 

  1. It’s­_over_in_an_hour.
  2. Care for_anything_else?
  3. I’ll be_in_in ten minutes.
  4. Let’s leave_in_another_hour.
  5. Can_I do_it?

Exercise 2

 

  1. off and on
  2. all over
  3. in an our
  4. am I
  5. coffee or tea
  6. now or never
  7. that’s all
  8. come again
  9. for a
  10. as if

Exercise 4

 

  1. I do this_off_and_on.
  2. It’s_all_over.
  3. Let’s leave_in_an_hour.
  4. Am_I being call?
  5. Was your_order coffee_or tea?

Exercise 5

 

  1. It’s now_or_never.
  2. That’s_all for now.
  3. Please come_again.
  4. It’s time for_a relaxing_evening.
  5. You look_as_if you’re tired.

Exercise 6

 

  1. The talk lasts_another_hour.
  2. When_am_I_expected?
  3. If_it’s_O.K., we’re leaving.
  4. That was_an_expen-sive_accident.
  5. I wish_I could

Exercise 7

 

  1. Tell me again how_it works.
  2. The movie ends_in_a half-hour.
  3. Sooner_or later_I may_ask.
  4. It’s due_in_eleven days.
  5. Try_again_in_a few minutes.

Exercise 8

 

  1. put_together
  2. with_that
  3. next_Tuesday
  4. been_no
  5. over_real
  6. next_time
  7. guess_some
  8. finish_shopping
  9. good_deal
  10. this_sound

Exercise 9

 

  1. This_sound_is difficult.
  2. It’s_over_real_early.
  3. There’s_a party next_Tuesday.
  4. Are you through with_that?
  5. I guess_some people_like_it.

Exercise 10

 

  1. When will you finish_shopping?
  2. There’s_a good_deal more_available.
  3. Next_time will be_a little different.
  4. Put_together one for me.
  5. There’s been_no time.

Exercise 11

 

1. A. Take_a seat.

    B. Over here_or_over there?

2. A. Care for_anything_else?

    B. I’m_all done, thanks.

3. A. That’s_all for now.

    B.  I’m glad_it’s_over.

4. A. Did you want coffee_or tea?

    B.  Either’s_O.K.

5. A. Next_time, come_early.

    B. I could_do that.

 

 

 

 

Ch. 6: Answer Key

 

Exercise 6

 

1.  cotton

2.  eaten

3.  sentence

4.  fattening

5.  getting

6.  beaten

7.  Something’s

8.  Certain

9.  carton

10. mountain

 

Exercise 10

 

1. You can’t be serious!

2. That can’t work.

3. What can we do about it?

4. It can make a big difference.

5. Why can’t she do it?

6. You can try harder.

7. That can’t be right.

8. Things can change.

9. I can’t argue with you.

10. I can’t say enough about it.

Exercise 11

 

1. can

2. Can’t

3. can’t

4. can

5. can

6. Can’t

7. can

8. can’t

9. can

10. Can

 

 Ch. 7: Answer Key

 

Ex. 3

 

1. he

2. her

3. had

4. have

5. her

6. his

7. had

8. he

Ex. 4

 

1. he

2. her

3. his

4. had

5. have

6. has

7. have

8. his

 

Ex. 7

 

1. want to come

2. going to end

3. has to stay

4. have to find out

5. going to

6. have to have

7. has to be

8. going to want to know

Ex. 13

 

1. One of us

2. All of the

3. out-of-state

4. Some of that

5. waste of time

6. point of that

7. dollar’s worth of

8. out of

Ex. 18

 

1. and

2. and

3. for/for

4. or

5. and

Ex. 19

 

1. or

2. and

3. or

4. and

5. and

 

 

Ch. 8: Answer Key

 

Exercise 1

 

  1. 2
  2. 3
  3. 3
  4. 5
  5. 4
  6. 5
  7. 3
  8. 2
  9. 4
  10. 3

 

Exercise 2

 

  1. Same
  2. Different
  3. Different
  4. same
  5. same
  6. same

Exercise 3 (same audio as Ex. 2)

 

  1. I’m leaving you./He’s eaten some (4 syllables)
  2. John does. She slept. (2 syllables)
  3. Open it. Take it out. (3 syllables)
  4. Their education. He has a problem. (5 syllables)
  5. With his friend. A report. (3 syllables)
  6. Promise me again. This must be the one. (5 syllables)

 

Exercise 4

 

  1. same
  2. different
  3. same
  4. different
  5. same
  6. same

Exercise 5 (same audio as Ex. 4)

 

  1. from the beginning/over the mountains (5)
  2. They talked about it/All of us escaped. (5)
  3. He and I were recorded./I didn’t know the answer. (7)
  4. She listened quietly./The man was unhappy. (6)
  5. They gave him theirs./Sue’s coat is green. (4)

 

 

Exercise 7

 

  1. The child hit her head on the table.
  2. When are you flying to Mexico?
  3. This class has 20 students in it.
  4. You can sleep in the bigger bed.
  5. This one isn’t mine.
  6. I’ve already done it.
  7. Why was your boss here?
  8. She promises to stop driving so fast.

Exercise 8

 

You make up the answers!

Exercises 9

 

Give me the peace to accept the things I can’t change,/ give me the cóurage to change the things I can, / and the knówledge to know the dífference.

Exercise 10 (your homework!)

 

A: What’s the matter?

B: I lost my glasses.

A: Do you have any idea where you left them?

B: Sort of. They’re around here somewhere.

A: Why don’t you look for them?

B: I can’t see without my glasses on!

 

 

Exercise 11 - 16

 

You should be able to listen and decide where the stress falls! If you have questions, ask me!