Answer — Exercise 5
8.2 - Fair share·Speakout Upper-Intermediate - Students' Book
Câu hỏi
- Work in pairs. Complete each sentence with an alternative that means the same as the modal verb in brackets. Then listen and check.
- Work in pairs. In sentences 1-4, circle to where it is pronounced /tə/ and draw a box around it where it is pronounced /tu:w/.
- Listen again and check, What is the rule? Then listen and repeat.
Câu trả lời
a)
- I don't want to have to refuse.
- I hate having to argue to get my way.
- I don't seem to be able to stand up for myself.
- I enjoy being able to offer people help.
b)
- to /tə/ have; to /tə/ refuse
- to /tu:w/ argue; to /tə/ get
- to /tə/ be; to /tə/ stand
- to /tu:w/ offer
c)
When a vowel sound follows to, the /w/ sound is needed to link the vowels, so to is pronounced /tu:w/. Before consonants it's normally pronounced in the weak form /tə/.