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

The key answer of exercise 3

The key to exercise solutions in chapter 2B - Made in America for the textbook English File Elementary - Student's Book with authors Christina Latham-Koenig, Clive Oxenden and Jerry Lambert from Oxford University Press

Question

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  2. Listen and write two adjectives for each sound in the chart.
  3. In pairs, make phrases with an adjective and a noun with the same vowel sound. Use a / an with singular nouns.

Answer

b)

  • fish /ɪ/ → rich, big
  • tree /iː/ → easy, cheap
  • cat /æ/ → black, bad
  • car /ɑː/ → fast, dark
  • clock /ɒ/ → hot, wrong
  • horse /ɔː/ → small, short
  • bull /ʊ/ → full, good
  • boot /uː/ → blue, new

c)

  • a big city
  • a grey day
  • a black bag
  • new boots
  • cheap jeans
  • an old photo
  • dark glasses
  • a short story
  • a good book