Cover of the textbook English File Advanced - Student's Book

The key answer of exercise 3

The key to exercise solutions in chapter 7B - A masterpiece? for the textbook English File Advanced - Student's Book with authors Christina Latham-Koenig, Clive Oxenden, Jerry Lambert and Kate Chomacki from Oxford University Press

Question

  1. Write the words in the correct group according to the pronunciation of -ure.
  2. -
  3. Look at the words in the two groups above. Answer the questions.

Answer

a)

  1. computer /ə/ - sculpture, picture, architecture, capture, creature, culture, feature, furniture, future, leisure, measure, nature, pleasure, signature, structure, temperature, texture, treasure
  2. tourist /ʊə/ - allure, endure, immature, impure, obscure, secure, sure.

c)

  1. In group 1, the stress is on the first syllable in all the words.
  2. The t makes a /tʃ/ sound before -ure and the s makes a /ʒ/ sound.
  3. In group 2, the stress is on the last syllable.