Cover of the textbook Speakout Pre-Intermediate - Students' Book

The key answer of exercise 1

The key to exercise solutions in chapter 8.1 - Treasure hunt for the textbook Speakout Pre-Intermediate - Students' Book with authors Antonia Clare and J. J. Wilson from Pearson Education

Question

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  3. Underline each example of the letter 's' in the words in bold in the questionnaire. How many ways is it pronounced? Listen and check.
  4. How do you say the letter 's' in these words: measure, earns, tips, profession, credit cards, lends, imposter, souvenir?

Answer

c)

  • cash → kæʃ
  • notes → nəʊts
  • coins → kɔɪnz
  • invested → ɪn'vestɪd
  • bills → bɪlz
  • possessions → pə'zeʃnz
  • treasure → 'treʒə

d)

  • measure → 'meʒə
  • earns → ɝ:nz
  • tips → tɪps
  • profession → prə'feʃn
  • credit cards → kredɪt kɑ:dz
  • lends → lendz
  • imposter → ɪm'pɒstə
  • souvenir → ,su:və'nɪə