Sound [m]

261. First practise the target sound /m/ in words from the dialogue below. Read the words aloud.

summer family charming small smart muffins Cambridge Tim some from Malcolm Micham MacCallum time Mum met come make home maybe manners tomorrow remember

262. Track 81. Read the dialogue and guess the missing words with the sound /m/. The first one has been done. The missing words are all in the box below.

time Mum met come make home maybe manners tomorrow remember

Mum's Muffins

MALCOLM: Mum. may Tim Mitcham come 1 home with me for tea tomorrow?

MRS MACCALLUM: Of course, Malcolm. Have I 2 ________ Tim before?

MALCOLM: You met him in the summer. He's very small.

MRS MACCALLUM: Oh, yes. I 3 ________ Tim. He's very smart. And he has charming 4 ________. Does his family 5 ________ from Cambridge?

MALCOLM: Yes. And Oh, Mum! Will you 6 ________ some homemade muffins, tomorrow?

MRS MACCALLUM: Mm. 7 ________ .If I have 8 ________.

MALCOLM: I told Tim about your muffins, 9 ________ . That's why he's coming for tea 10 ________.

Check your answers by listening to the dialogue. Then practise reading the dialogue aloud.

263. Track 82. Listen to the dialogue and act out. Mind pronunciation of sounds.

Meet Me in the Morning

Meet me in_the morning.

Meet me at noon.

Meet me in September, of the middle of June.

Meet me at midnight.

Meet me in the hall.

Meet me in the summer.

Meet me in the fall.

Meet me in the evening.

Meet me at eight.

I'll meet_you anytime you want but please don't be late.

Do You Know Mary?

Do you know Mary?

Mary who?

Mary McDonald.

Of course I do.

Do you know-her little brother?

Yes, of course I do.

I know-Ker brother, and_her mother

and_her father too.

Do you know her_older sister?

Yes, of course I do.

I know her_older sister, Betty

and_her younger sister, Sue.

Do you know her_Aunt Esther?

Yes, of course I do.

I know her aunts and_her uncles

and her cousins_too.

Do you know her husband Bobby?

Yes, of course I do.

I know her husband and_his brother (or)

and his father too.

Sound [n]

264. Track 83. Tick the words a) or b) that you hear in the sentences.

     1 a) combs	□	b) cones	□
     2 a) mine	□	b) nine	□
     3 a) name	□	b) mane	□
     4 a) some	□	b) sun	□
     5 a) warm	□	b) warn	□
     6 a) money	□	b) mummy	□

265. First practise the target sound /n/ in words from the dialogue. Read the words aloud.

no not near name noise Notting Hill morning manager avenue furnished unfurnished don't want rent month friends pounds evening North end apartment central inexpensive one can than down fifteen London Martin

266. Track 84. First listen to the dialogue, paying attention to the target sound. The read the dialogue and fill the gaps (l-8) by choosing eight words from the list:

often station oven kitchen accommodation prison eleven forbidden television certainly thousand Nelson garden agency