QUESTION WORDS
Can you describe yourself?
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/kən jə dɪsˈkraɪb jərˈself/
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Did she use to visit him?
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/dɪd ʃi juːs tʊ ˈvɪzɪt-ɪm/
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Did you wear that dress?
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/dɪd jə weər ðæt dres/
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Do you like flying?
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/djə laɪk ˈflaɪɪŋ/
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Do you like this one or that one?
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/djə laɪk ðɪs wʌn ɔːr ðæt wʌn/
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How do you spell it?
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/haʊ djə spel-ɪt/
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How high is the building?
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/haʊ haɪy-əz ðə ˈbɪldɪŋ/
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How long hasn’t she gone there?
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/haʊ lɒŋ ˈhæzənt ʃi gɒn ðeər/
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How long have you been talking?
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/haʊ loŋ-əv jʊ bɪn ˈtɔːkɪŋ/
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How many books will you read?
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/haʊ ˈmeni bʊks wɪl jə riːd/
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How many hours is she waiting?
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/haʊ ˈmeni ˈaʊəz-əz ʃi ˈweɪtɪŋ/
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How much money have you got?
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/haʊ mʌtʃ ˈmʌniy-əv jə gɒt/
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How old are you?
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/haʊ əʊld-ər jʊ/
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How well do you know it?
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/haʊ wel djə nəʊw ɪt/
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Is he as old as her?
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/ɪz-iy-əz əʊld əz-ər/
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What are you going to do here?
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/wɒt-ər jə ˈgəʊɪŋ tə duː hɪər/
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What are you looking at?
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/wɒt-ər jə ˈlʊkɪŋ-æt/
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What are you looking at?
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/wɒt-ər jə ˈlʊkɪŋ-æt/
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What books will you read?
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/wɒt bʊks wɪl jə riːd/
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What does she do?
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/wɒt dəz ʃi duː/
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What should I do?
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/wɒt ʃəd-aɪ duː/
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What time was it?
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/wɒt taɪm wəz-ɪt/
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What’s the book about?
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/wɒts ðə bʊk-əˈbaʊt/
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What’s your name?
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/wɒts jər neɪm/
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What's your favourite drink?
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/wɒts jər ˈfeɪvərɪt drɪŋk/
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When are you coming back?
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/wen-ər jə ˈkʌmɪŋ bæk/
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When are you going?
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/wen-ər jə ˈgəʊɪŋ/
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When didn’t you study?
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/wen ˈdɪdnt jəˈstʌdi/
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When is she coming back?
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/wenz ʃi ˈkʌmɪŋ bæk/
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When were the books stolen?
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/wen wər ðə bʊks ˈstəʊlən/
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Where are you from?
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/weər-ər jə frɒm/
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Where did you stay at?
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/weər dɪd jə steɪy-æt/
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Where did you stay?
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/weər dɪd jə steɪ/
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Where is he going to speak?
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/weərz hi ˈgəʊɪŋ tə spiːk/
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Which clothes were they selling?
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/wɪtʃ kləʊz wəʳ ðeɪ ˈselɪŋ/
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Which languages do you speak?
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/wɪtʃ ˈlæŋgwɪdʒəz djə spiːk/
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Who came to my house?
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/huː keɪm tə maɪ haʊs/
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Who did he go with?
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/huː dɪd-i gəʊ wɪð/
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Who helps with my homework?
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/huː helps wɪð maɪ ˈhəʊmwɜːʳk/
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Whom will you help?
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/huːm wɪl jə help/
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Whose teacher is coming back?
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/huːz ˈtiːtʃərz ˈkʌmɪŋ bæk/
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Does she work at the hospital? Yes, she does.
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/dəz ʃi wɜːrk-ət ðə ˈhɒspɪtəl/
/jes ʃi dʌz/
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Can he go out? Yes, he can.
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/kən hi gəʊw aʊt/
/jes hi kæn/
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Was it here? Yes, it was.
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/wəz-ɪt hɪər/ /jes ɪt wɒz/
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Were there any books? Yes, there were.
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/wəʳ ðeər eni bʊks/
/jes ðeəʳ wɜːʳ/
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Do you like it? Yes, I do.
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/djə laɪk-ɪt/
/jes aɪ duː/
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Could he write and read? Yes, he could.
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/kəd hi raɪt-ən riːd/ /jes, hi kʊd/
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Are there any students? Yes, there are.
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/ər ðeər eni ˈstuːdənts/
/jes ðeər ɑːʳ/
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Have you got a car? Yes, I have.
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/həv jə gɒt-ə kaːʳ/
/jes aɪ hæv/
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Has she got an apple? Yes, she has.
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/həz ʃi gɒt-ən ˈæpəl/
/jes ʃi hæz/
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Are you listening to the music?
Yes, I am.
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/ər jə ˈlɪsnɪŋ tə ðə ˈmjuːzɪk/
/jes aɪy æm/
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Were they playing the guitar? Yes, they were.
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/wəʳ ðeɪ ˈpleɪɪŋ ðə ˈgɪtɑːʳ/ /jes ðeɪ wɜːr/
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Have you met her? Yes, I have.
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/həv jə met-ər/
/jes aɪ hæv/
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Has she helped him? Yes, she has.
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/həz ʃi helpt-ɪm/ /jes ʃi hæz/
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Has she been to London? Yes, she has been to London.
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/hæz ʃi bɪn tə ˈlʌndən/ /jes ʃiy-əz bɪn tə ˈlʌndən/
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Have you been to İstanbul? No, I haven’t been to İstanbul.
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/hæv jə bɪn tʊ isˈtɑnbul/ /nəʊ aɪ ˈhævənt bɪn tʊ isˈtɑnbul/
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I don’t study. Neither does she.
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/aɪ dəʊnt ˈstʌdi/ /ˈnaɪðər dəz ʃi/
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She’s bored. So is he.
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/ʃiz bɔːʳd/ /səʊw əz hi/
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Would you like to meet him? No, I wouldn’t.
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/wəd jə laɪk tə miːt-ɪm/ /nəʊw aɪ ˈwʊdnt/
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PHONETIC SPELLING
/ðə ˈflaʊrz-ər ˈbɪɪŋ ˈwɔːtəʳd baɪ ðə ˈgɑːʳdənəʳ naʊ/
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/ðə θiːvz ˈwɜːrənt ˈfɑːloʊd baɪ ðə pəˈliːs/
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/ðə ˈletəʳ ˈhædnt bɪn ˈrɪtn bayəʳ ˈfɑːðəʳ/
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/ʃiz ðə məʊst-ɪnˈtelɪdʒənt stjuːdənt aɪv ˈevəʳ met/
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/ʃiz ˈtɔːkɪŋ tə ðə ˈhelpfəl ˈwɜːʳkəʳz/
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/ɪts ðə ˈtʃiːpɪst həʊˈtel aɪv ˈevəʳ steɪd-æt/
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/maɪ haʊs ˈhæzn bɪn ˈpeɪntɪd sɪns aɪ muːvd/
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/ðə mætʃ wɪl bi pleɪd ɪf-ɪt ˈdʌznt snəʊ/
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/ðeɪ dəʊnt hæv tə gəʊ tə ðə skuːl ɒn ˈsʌndeɪz/
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/ðeɪ wə ˈlɪvɪŋ-ɪn isˈtɑnbul wen aɪ hædnt ˈæksɪdənt/
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/ðeɪ wəʳ ˈpleɪɪŋ ˈfʊtbɔːl səʊ ɪt wəz ˈdɪfɪkəlt tə hɪər mi/
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/ðeɪ ˈwɜːrən ˈlɪvɪŋ-ɪn isˈtɑnbul wen aɪ hædnt ˈæksɪdənt/
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/ðeɪ wɪl bi ˈlɪvɪŋ-ɪn isˈtɑnbul wen ðə wɔː bɪˈgɪnz/
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/ðeɪ wəʊnt bi ˈlɪvɪŋ-ɪn isˈtɑnbul wen ðə wɔː bɪˈgɪnz/
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/ðəʊz ˈhaʊz-ɪz wəʳ ˈpeɪntɪd baɪ maɪ ˈfɑːðəʳ/
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/aɪv bɪn ˈpleɪɪŋ ˈfʊtbɔːl fəʳ tuː mʌnθs/
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/ɪf jʊ-wəd keɪm aɪ wəd-əv bɪn ˈveri ˈhæpi/
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/ɪf wɪ dɪd səm ˈriːdɪŋ wɪd bi ˈbetəʳ/
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/ɪf ðə bʊkəd bɪn ˈtʃiːpəʳ ʃɪ wəd-əv bɔːt-ɪt/
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/ðə kɑːʳ wɪl bi rɪˈpeəʳd baɪ ðə məˈkænɪk ɪn ði ˈiːvnɪŋ/
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/ɪf-aɪ wəʳ ju aɪ ˈwʊdnt gəʊ tʊ ˈɑŋkɑrɑ/
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/ɪf-ɪt ˈwʌzn ˈwɪndi wɪd hæv-ə ˈpɪknɪk/
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/ɪf ʃi ˈstʌdɪd hɑːʳd ʃɪ wəd pɑːs ði ɪgˈzæm/
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/haʊ lɒŋəz ʃi bɪn ˈstʌdiɪŋ ˈɪŋglɪʃ/
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/haʊw ˈɒfən dɪd ʃi gəʊ tə ðə ˈsɪnɪmə/
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/aɪy-əv bɪn ˈlɪvɪŋ-ɪn ˈtɜːʳki sɪns ˈeɪprəl/
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/aɪm ˈbɔːʳd bət aɪ hæv tu duː maɪ ˈhəʊmwɜːʳk/
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/hɪz frendz dəʊnt ˈvɪzɪt mɪ ɒn ˈsʌndeɪ/
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/hɪ ˈwʊdnt-əv ˈiːtən ɪf hɪ ˈhædnt kʌm/
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/ˈɪŋglɪʃ-əz ˈspəʊkən ɔːl ˈəʊvər ðə wɜːʳld/
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/ər jəˈgəʊɪŋ tə ðə ˈsɪnɪmə ɒn ˈsætədeɪ naɪt/
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/həv jə gɒt-ə ˈgɜːrlfrend ɔːr-ə ˈbɔɪfrend/
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/wɒt djə laɪk ˈduːɪŋ-ɪn jər friː taɪm/
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/jəv bɪn ˈweɪtɪŋ fər mi ˈtwenti ˈmɪnɪts/
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/kən jə raɪd-ə ˈbaɪsɪkl/
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/kən hi pleɪy-ən ˈɪnstrəmənt/
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/wɒts jər dʒɒb/
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/weərz ʃi frɒm/
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/wɒts-ɪz neɪm/
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-A cup of tea, please. /ə ˈkʌp əv ˌtiː ˈpliːz/
-Don't forget it, will you? /ˈdəʊn fəˌget ɪt ˌwɪl ˈjuː/
-Don't speak loudly, will you? /ˈdəʊn ˌspiːk ˈlaʊdli ˌwɪl ˈjuː/
-Don't touch it. /ˈdəʊn ˌtʌtʃ ɪt/
-He couldn't accept it. /hi ˈkʊdn əkˌsept ɪt/
-He has to walk. /hi ˈhæs tə ˌwɔːk/
-He is in bed. /ˌhiz ɪm ˈbed/
-He went to the cinema. /hi ˌwen tə ðə ˈsɪnɪmə/
-How do you go? /ˈhaʊ dʒʊ ˌgəʊ/
-How far is it? /ˈhaʊ ˌfɑːr ɪz ɪt/
-I bought these books. /aɪ ˌbɔːt ˈðiːz ˌbʊks ˈjestədeɪ/
-I didn't do any homework. /aɪ ˈdɪdn ˌduː ˈeni ˌhəʊmwɜːk/
-I have to study. /aɪ ˈhæf tə ˌstʌdi/
-I saw her in this shop. /aɪ ˌsɔː ər ɪn ˈðɪʃ ˌʃɒp/
-I stand there. /aɪ ˌstæn ˈðeə/
-It is very bad. /ɪts ˈveri ˌbæd/
-Pass the salt, please. /ˈpɑːs ðə ˌsɔːlt ˈpliːz/
-Post the letter, please. /ˈpəʊs ðə ˌlet̬ə ˈpliːz/
-She had to come. /ʃi ˈhæt tə ˌkʌm/
-She has a lot of housework. /ʃi ˌhæz ə ˈlɒt əv ˌhaʊswɜːk/
-She leaves the house. /ʃi ˈliːvz ðə ˌhaʊs/
-She met an old man. /ʃi ˌmet ən ˈəʊl ˌmæn/
-She never comes back. /ʃi ˈnevə ˌkʌmz ˈbæk/
-So he does. /ˌsəʊ hi ˈdʌz/
-Such a good boy. /ˈsʌtʃ ə ˈgʊb ˌbɔɪ/
-The boys are tall. /ðə ˈbɔɪz ə ˈtɔːl/
-They went shopping. /ðeɪ ˌwen ˈʃɒpɪŋ/
-We haven't got many. /wi ˈhævn ˌgɒt ˈmeni/
-What a wonderful day! /ˈwɒt ə ˌwʌndəfl ˈdeɪ/
-What day is it today? /ˈwɒt ˌdeɪ ɪz ɪt təˈdeɪ/
-What do you want? /ˈwɒt djə ˌwɒnt/
-What is the matter? /ˈwɒts ðə ˌmæt̬ə/
-What's the time? /ˈwɒts ðə ˌtaɪm/
ASSIMILATION
Assimilation helps you to speak faster and more smoothly. It is very important to understand phonemic changes = sound changes in order to improve your listening and speaking skills. They are called ‘changing sounds’.
RAPID/CASUAL SPEECH
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/t/ CHANGES to
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/p/
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BEFORE /m/, /b/, /p/
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/t/ CHANGES to
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/k/
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BEFORE /k/, /g/
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/d/ CHANGES to
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/b/
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BEFORE /m/, /b/, /p/
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/d/ CHANGES to
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/g/
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BEFORE /k/, /g/
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/n/ CHANGES to
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/m/
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BEFORE /m/, /b/, /p/
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/n/ CHANGES to
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/ŋ/
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BEFORE /k/, /g/
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/s/ CHANGES to
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/ʃ/
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BEFORE /ʃ/, /j/
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/z/ CHANGES to
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/ʒ/
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BEFORE /ʃ/, /j/
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/θ/ CHANGES to
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/s/
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BEFORE /s/
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