Linguaphone - Text of the sounds, Alphabet, Lessons 01-04

      The vowels                                                The diphthongs

1.     i:     tea; sees; feet                                                          13.     ei     day; maid; late
2.    i      this; think; pretty                                                      14.     ou     no; road; hope
3.    e     then; get; yes                                                                              whole; told
4.    æ     hand; thank; cat                                                        15.     ai     my; time; light
5.    a:     car; hard; part                                                          16.     au    now; town; house
6.    o     dog; John; got                                                            17.     oi     boy; noise; voice
7.    o:     saw; short; small                                                       18.     i∂     here; fears; fierce
8.    w     good; look; put                                                           19.     ε∂    there; cares; scarce
9.    u:     two; few; fruit                                                          20.     o:     four; more; yours
10.   ∧    son; done; cut                                                             21.     u∂    sure; tour; pure
11.   ∂:     fur; word; shirt
12.   ∂     above; a man; the man
               letter; pleasure; sofa

       Some vowel combinations

                 player - lower - fire, higher - power,
                 our - employer

       Vowels in pairs for comparison

1   &  2     leave; live; seat; sit; feel; fill                    7   &  14     law; low; saw; so; caught; coat
2   &  3     rid; red; lift; left; fill; fell                                          hall; whole; called; cold
3   &  4     men; man; set; sat; lend; land                   3   &  19     very; vary
4   &  5     cat; cart; pack; park                                 11 &  19     fur; fair
5   &  6     large; lodge; heart; hot                             4   &  19     marry; Mary
6   &  7     cod; cord; shot; short                               18 &  19     here; hair
8   &  9     good; food; foot; boot; full; fool
10 &  11    bud; bird; hut; hurt; such; search
4   &  10    ran; run; match; much; hang; hung
5   &  10    calm; come; march; much
6   &  10    lock; luck; hot; hut
6   &  8      lock; look; pot; put
3   &  11     ten; turn; bed; bird
5   &  11     barn; burn; dart; dirt
3   &  13     edge; age; men; main; fell; fail

Transcrierea fonetica a cuvintelor

                The Alphabet

A    B    C    D    E    F    G    H    I
J    K    L    M    N    O    P    Q    R
S    T    U    V    W    X    Y    Z

Alfabetul Limbii Engleze

       Let's speak English

Part one

Good morning!
Listen, please.
I am the teacher.
You are the student.
I am English.
You are not English.
An Englishman speaks English.
Englishmen speak English.
I am speaking English now.

This is a table.
This is a gramophone.
This is a record.

The record is on the gramophone.
The gramophone is on the table.
You are sitting at the table.

You are holding a book in your hand.
The book is open.
You are looking at the book.
You are listening to the record.
You are hearing my voice.
You are learning to speak, to understand, to read and to write English.
I am speaking slowly.
When I speak slowly, you understand me.
When I speak quickly, you don't understand me.

Cuvinte si gramatica

Exercitiul 1                      Exercitiul 9
Exercitiul 2                      Exercitiul 10
Exercitiul 3
Exercitiul 4
Exercitiul 5
Exercitiul 6
Exercitiul 7
Exercitiul 8

Part two

Good afternoon. How are you?
Quite well, thank you.
Now please, answer my questions. Am I the teacher?
Yes, you are.
Are you the student?
Yes, I am.
Am I English?
Yes, you are.
Are you English?
No, I'm not.
Who is the teacher, you or I?
You are.
And who is the student?
I am.
Do I speak English?
Yes, you do.
Am I speaking English now?
Yes, you are.
Do you speak English?
Yes, I do, but only a little.
What is this?
It's a record.
Where is it?
It's on the gramophone.
Is this a book?
Yes, it is.
Is this a book?                                    I'm looking at my book.
No, it isn't, it's a record.                   Is the book open or closed?
Where are you sitting?.                     Open, of course
I'm sitting at the table..                    What are you learning?
What are you listening to?.                 I'm learning English.
I'm listening to the record..               Do you understand me when I speak slowly?
Whose voice are you hearing?.            Yes, I do.
I'm hearing your voice..                      And when I speak quickly?
What are you looking at?.                   No, I don't.

Cuvinte si gramatica

Exercitiul 1                      Exercitiul 5                      Exercitiul 9
Exercitiul 2                      Exercitiul 6                      Exercitiul 10
Exercitiul 3                      Exercitiul 7
Exercitiul 4                      Exercitiul 8

Lesson one (1)
First (1^st) lesson

My family

This is my family: my wife, my son, my daughter and I.
I am Mr. Black.
My wife is Mrs. Black. I am Mrs. Black's husband.
I am a man. My wife is a woman.

We have two children, a boy and a girl.
The boy's name is John. He's twelve years old.
The girl's name is Mary. She's still quite young.
She's only eight.
She's four years younger than John, and John is four years older than she is.
Mary is the youngest in the family and I am the oldest.

John is Mary's brother. Mary is John's sister.
John is my son. I am his Father.
My wife is his Mother. Mary is my daughter.
I am her Father. My wife is her Mother.
John and Mary are our children.
I am their Father; my wife is their Mother; we are their parents.
We love our children.

My wife is sitting in an armchair, reading a book.
I am standing by the window, smoking a pipe.
Mary is writing a letter.
John is kneeling on the floor and playing with his train.
The dog and the cat are lying under the table.

Cuvinte si gramatica

Exercitiul 1                 Exercitiul 7                 Exercitiul 13
Exercitiul 2                 Exercitiul 8                 Exercitiul 14
Exercitiul 3                 Exercitiul 9
Exercitiul 4                 Exercitiul 10
Exercitiul 5                 Exercitiul 11
Exercitiul 6                 Exercitiul 12

Lesson two (2)
Second (2^nd) lesson

Questions and answers

Who am I?
You are Mr. Black.
Whose husband am I?
Mrs. Black's husband.
What's my son's name?
His name is John.
What is your name?
My name is Peter Jones.
Have I got one child or two?
You have two children.
Is Mary my daughter?
Yes, she is.
How old is she?
She's eight.
What is she doing?
She is writing a letter.
Is she standing or sitting?
She's sitting.
What is John playing with?
He's playing with his train.
Has John any brothers?
No, he hasn't.
Have you any brothers? Yes, I have.
How many? One.
Who is smoking a pipe?
You are.
Do you smoke?
No, I don't.
Does your Father smoke?
Yes, he does.
Does your Mother smoke?
No, she doesn't.
Do women smoke? Some do and some don't.

Cuvinte si gramatica

Exercitiul 1                 Exercitiul 5                 Exercitiul 9                   Exercitiul 13
Exercitiul 2                 Exercitiul 6                 Exercitiul 10                 Exercitiul 14
Exercitiul 3                 Exercitiul 7                 Exercitiul 11                 Exercitiul 15
Exercitiul 4                 Exercitiul 8                 Exercitiul 12                 Exercitiul 16

Lesson three (3)
Third (3^rd) lesson

Our house

Many families in London live in flats,
but most people live in their own houses in the suburbs.
We too have a house in a London suburb.
I bought it about fifteen years ago, when I got married.
Like most of London's suburban houses,
it consists of only two floors,
the ground floor and the first floor.

On the ground floor there's the dining-room,
the lounge or sitting-room, the kitchen and the hall.
In the hall we see a stand for hats, coats and umbrellas.
A staircase leads from the hall to the landing on the first floor.
On this floor there are four bedrooms, a bathroom and a lavatory.
On top of the roof there are three chimneys.

In front of the house we have a small garden,
in which we grow flowers: roses, tulips, and so on.
At the back of the house there's a much larger garden
with a lawn and some fruit-trees.
There's also a vegetable garden where we grow all kinds of vegetables,
such as potatoes, cabbages, cauliflowers, onions and tomatoes.

At the side of the house is a garage, where I keep my car.
The garden is enclosed by a fence, with a gate in it.

Cuvinte si gramatica

Exercitiul 1                 Exercitiul 7                 Exercitiul 13                 Exercitiul 19
Exercitiul 2                 Exercitiul 8                 Exercitiul 14                 Exercitiul 20
Exercitiul 3                 Exercitiul 9                 Exercitiul 15                 Exercitiul 21
Exercitiul 4                 Exercitiul 10               Exercitiul 16                 Exercitiul 22
Exercitiul 5                 Exercitiul 11               Exercitiul 17
Exercitiul 6                 Exercitiul 12               Exercitiul 18

Lesson four (4)
Fourth (4^th) lesson

Conversation

Now, let's have a talk about our house.
... Can you tell me where we live?
Yes, I can; you live in a house in the suburbs of London
Quite right. Now tell me, is it a large house or a small one?
Well, it's neither very large nor very small.
When did I buy it?
You bought it about fifteen years ago.
Is there a garage?
Yes, there is.
How many rooms are there in the house?
Let me see ... one, two, three, four, five, six, seven.
Yes, seven, including the kitchen.
Are the bedrooms upstairs or downstairs?
Upstairs, on the first floor.
Which rooms are on the ground floor?
The dining-room, the lounge and the kitchen.
Have we got a garden?
Yes, you have.
Where do the flowers grow?
In the front garden.
Are there any fruit-trees there?
No, there aren't, they're in the back garden.
Have we got many fruit-trees?
No, not many, just a few.
Do you like fruit?
Yes, I do, very much, especially pears and apples.

Cuvinte si gramatica

Exercitiul 1                 Exercitiul 7                 Exercitiul 13
Exercitiul 2                 Exercitiul 8                 Exercitiul 14
Exercitiul 3                 Exercitiul 9                 Exercitiul 15
Exercitiul 4                 Exercitiul 10               Exercitiul 16
Exercitiul 5                 Exercitiul 11               Exercitiul 17
Exercitiul 6                 Exercitiul 12               Exercitiul 18

Linguaphone Lessons 01-04

Text of the sounds-The alphabet-Introduction-Lessons 01-04