Cover of the textbook Speakout Advanced - Students' Book

The key answer of exercise 7

The key to exercise solutions in chapter 6.3 - Trendsetters for the textbook Speakout Advanced - Students' Book with authors Antonia Clare and J. J. Wilson from Pearson Education

Question

Listen to check. Cross out the swallowed sounds.

Answer

In each case, the 'a' sound in 'ally' becomes 'swallowed' e.g. basically becomes /'beɪsɪklɪ/.