Cover of the textbook Speakout Advanced Plus - Students' Book

The key answer of exercise 5

The key to exercise solutions in chapter 2.1 - The best mistakes for the textbook Speakout Advanced Plus - Students' Book with authors Frances Eales and Steve Oakes from Pearson Education

Question

  1. Listen to six questions and write down the answers.
  2. Mark the links between final consonant and initial vowel sounds.

Answer

a)

  1. Seldom, if ever.
  2. Few, if any.
  3. I certainly am, whether you like it or not.
  4. I'd feel as if i'd let everyone down.
  5. If in doubt, I'd throw jtaway and start again.
  6. No, as long as no-one could see it.

b)

  1. Seldom,︶if︶ever.
  2. Few,︶if︶any.
  3. I certainly am, whether you like︶it︶or not.
  4. I'd feel︶as︶if︶I'd let︶everyone down.
  5. If︶in doubt,︶I'd throw︶it︶away︶and start︶again.
  6. No, as long︶as no-one could see it.

Note → There are also Intrusive (or added) sounds between vowels, i.e. certainly︶am has a /j/ sound added when speaking, and 'No, as ...' has a /w/ sound added.