CHAPTER

THREE

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English words are made up of different parts. These

parts are called syllables. Words have one or more

syllables.

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A1 Practise these words.

1 one syllable:

hit case brain solve

2 two syllables:

harmful ancient famous moment

3 three syllables:

finally character newspaper skeleton

4 four syllables:

education experiment responsible motorcyclist

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A2 Say these words. Write the number ofsyllables in the brackets. The first one has been done for you.1 pollution ( )2 bus ( )3 collect ( )4 kangaroo ( )5 footprint ( )6 electronic ( )7 own ( )8 television ( )9 calculator ( )10 exist ( )

A3 Look at the syllables below. Make them intowords as in the examples. Show each syllable with a hyphen (-).

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1 syllable: own

2 syllables: car-toon

3 syllables: de-ci-sion

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When you add -s to some verbs, you do not add a syllable, for

example, look – looks. However, when you add -s or -es to

some other verbs, you add a syllable. You must pronounce

this added syllable when you speak.

enclose = en-close (2 syllables)

encloses = en-clo-ses (3 syllables)

B1 Read the following aloud.

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1 use — uses

2 mix — mixes

3 wash — washes

4 catch — catches

5 cross — crosses

6 change — changes

7 enclose — encloses

B2 Say these words. Pay special attention tothe number of syllables.

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1 arrive — arrives

2 wish — wishes

3 brush — brushes

4 choose — chooses

5 watch — watches

6 live — lives

7 fix — fixes

8 practise — practises

9 teach — teaches

10 die — dies

C Read these words. Write the number of syllablesin the brackets.

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1 abacus ( )2 exist ( )3 gentle ( )4 amusement ( )5 language ( )6 uses ( )7 mixes ( )8 washes ( )9 runs ( )10 flies ( )

I want to keep three things. These are my ____________,my _______________ and my _______________.I want to keep my _______________ because _______________.I want to keep my _______________ because _______________.I want to keep my _______________ because _______________.

You are leaving for a foreign country, and you can only keep three things with you. Which three things do you want to keep and why? Tell the class about your choices and reasons. Use the sentence patterns below to help you.

A What is your favourite cartoon character? Tell your classmates about it and give some reasons.

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B Work in pairs and tell your partner aboutyour favourite cartoon character.

S1 Who is your favourite cartoon character?S2 I like the Monkey King best.S1 What do you know about him?S2 He is one of the characters from the famous

story Journey to the West. Some people made it into a cartoon book.

S1 Why do you like this character?S2 He is clever and brave. He can also fly and turn himself into

many other things.S1 Yes, he has magic powers.S2 How about you? Which cartoon character do you like best?S1 I like ...

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