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Speaking practice

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"th" sound
voiced (That/this) vs voiceless (three/third)
Highlight the voiced th sound and voiceless th sounds with different colours on he handout. Practice reading the text out loud.

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e
bed
get
dead

i
difficult
fit
did
a
jump
but


æ
cat
flat
family

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Odd one out
1. table, name, night

2. mouse, boat, house

3. bat, head, red

4. sun, up, hand

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diphthongs = a sound that combines two vowel sounds.

/ai/
night
shine
prize




/ei/
today
late
date

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diphthongs= a sound that combines two vowel sounds.

/aʊ/
mouth
south
couch



/əʊ/
show
glow
though

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Tongue Twisters
If two witches would watch two watches, which witch would watch which watch?

Betty Botter had some butter, “But,” she said, “this butter's bitter. If I bake this bitter butter, it would make my batter bitter. But a bit of better butter – that would make my batter better.”
So she bought a bit of butter, better than her bitter butter, and she baked it in her batter, and the batter was not bitter. So 'twas better Betty Botter bought a bit of better butter.

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Vocabulary
  • I’m not convinced by that idea.
  • I’m not so sure.
  • I think I disagree.
  • Don’t get me wrong, but I don’t think ...
  • I see what you mean, but it looks a bit empty.
  • OK, maybe you’ve got a point there.
  • I think you’re right.
  • Yes, definitely.
  • I agree

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Agreeing

We _______ eye to eye.
Yeah, I’d _______ along with that.
Absolutely!
You took the ________ right out of my _______. I ____________ agree more.
You have a ___________ there.
I’m with you 100% _______ this one.
Disagreeing

We _________ see eye to eye.
I take your ________ but...
I _________ to disagree with you there. That’s not always the ___________.
I __________ to differ
Isn’t it more a __________ of...
timer
2:00

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Agreeing

We see eye to eye.
Yeah, I’d go along with that.
Absolutely!
You took the words right out of my mouth
I couldn't agree more.
You have a point there.
I’m with you 100% on this one.
Disagreeing

We don't see see eye to eye.
I take your point but...
I tend to disagree with you there. That’s not always the case.
I beg to differ
Isn’t it more a case of...

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Dialogue

Go to this website: https://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/skills/speaking/intermediate-b1/agreeing-and-disagreeing
Watch the clip.
Answer the questions.
Write your own script in pairs. Use the vocabulary from the website and the two previous slides. Be prepared to act out the scene during the lesson on Friday.

Choose one of the two topics:
  • You're discussing your plans for the summer.
  • You discuss the reopening of the school.

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