The Cuckoo Clock

KAREN COOK: Would you a) like some cream in your 1 coffee , Mrs Clark?

KATE CLARK: 2________ me Kate, Karen.

KAREN COOK: OK… Cream… 3 ________?

KATE CLARK: No thanks, Karen. But I’d like a little b) ________ . Thanks.

KAREN COOK: Would you like some little 4 _________ cakes… Kate?

KATE CLARK: Thank you. Did you c) ________ them?

KAREN COOK: Yes. Take two. Here's a cake d) ________ , and here's a…

KATE CLARK: Excuse me, Karen But what's that e) ________ to your bookshelf? Is it a clock?

KAREN COOK: It's an electric cuckoo clock. It’s 5 ________.

KATE CLARK: Is it f) _________ ?

KAREN COOK: Oh no, Kate. It’s a hand 6 ________ wooden clock. It was very expensive.

KATE CLARK: Well, it's exactly six o'clock now, and it's very quiet. Doesn't it say 'cuckoo'?

KAREN COOK: Of 7 ________ it does, Kate Look!

CLOCK: Cuckoo! Cuckoo! Cuckoo! Cuckoo! Cuckoo! 8 ________ !

KATE CLARK: Fantastic! How exciting! What a clever clock!

Practise reading the dialogue aloud.

Sound [g]

157. Track 50. Tick the words a) or b) that you hear in the sentences.

     I a) cold	□	b) gold	□
     2 a) back	□	b) bag	□
     3 a) clock	□	b) clog	□
     4 a) curl	□	b) girl	□
     5 a) frock	□	b) frog	□
     6 a) clue	□	b) glue	□

158. First practice the target sound /g/. Some of these words are from the phone messages you will hear. Read the words aloud.

/g/ is LOUD before a vowel and quite loud before /l/ and /r/.

groups of girls giggling and gossiping together taking great photographs of a guy in the garden cutting the grass Maggie isn’t in Glasgow. Guess again. She's gone to Portugal and Greece until August.

/g/ is often quieter at the end of a word or before a consonant. This is an example. Another example is fog. Also smog. rugs mugs hugs rugby a jog with a big dog big dogs a big pig big pigs a frog frog's eggs frog's legs Craig Craig's big bag Craig has jetlag.

What happens when the next word begins with a vowel? Is /g/ LOUDer or quiter?

big dog fog smog dialogue Greg Craig

There's a big_old dog_in the garden.

Fog_and smog_are what we've got.

Read the dialogue_aloud.

Greg_and Craig_and Maggie.

Notice how two /g/ sounds join together.

It's a big garden. Hes a big guy. Has the fog gone?

/k/ and /g/

Quickly scan all the words in the box below and underline all those with the sound /k/.

computer Maggie postcard Glasgow beginning games weekend Portugal Greece grass catch guess cut camp August girls gossip couple Carol garden Craig

159. Track 51. Complete the sentences below. Each missing word has the sound /k/ or /g/, and is in the box above. Number 1 has been done as an example.

George and Maggie's answering machine

1 Greg and Carol want to stay for a couple of days at Craig and Maggie 's house in Glasgow

2 They're coming to ________ at the ________of ________ .

3 ________ is always giggling. She wants to ________ up on all the ________.

4 The last time they got together, Greg and Craig played while the two ________ went shopping.

5 Carol says, 'I ________ you've gone away for the ________.’

6 Craig and Maggie sent a ________ from ________ , but they're going to go to Greece.

7 While Craig and Maggie are in ________ , Greg and Carol are going to in their ________.

8 Greg says they'll be very grateful and they'll the ________ .

Listen to the complete sentences from 3b and check your answers. Then practise reading the sentences aloud.

Sounds in contrast [k] – [g]

160. Read the following words paying special attention to correct pronunciation.

1. [k]			2. [g]
can	book	because	go	bag	ago
car	back	become	get	big	agree
саге	black	breakfast	gate	dig	angry
case	break	excuse	garden	frog	again
caused.	dark	pocket	grow	log	against
kind	drink	second	good	leg	forget
kill	lake	secret	grass	rug	forgive
kitten	like	local	green	flag	regular
kitchen	make	weaker	great	plug	August
coat	lock	thicker	guess	drug	together
call	neck	market	gun	dog	tiger
cold	music	walking	game	smog	longer