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What do the customers say to
o ask for a table/ the billi a receipt?
r order more water?
r refuse desserl? 1 Silent letters
r ask about the meal? a Some of the words in this list have a silent letter.
b What expressions do they use to say these things? Circle the silent letters.
Do you want a drink?
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l'll have o mineral woter,
Do you wont to order now? wrong write white knee knife know
I'd like the soup, pleose, yoghurt spaghetti halibut hotel hour
l'll have the soup and then the lamb chops. honest kept receiPt accePt salmon
C Look at tapescript 8.3 and check your answers
b ffi s.a Listen, check and repeat.
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2 Sentence stress
2 Work in groups of three. Roleplay the
English is a stress-timed language. Unstressed
conversation, using tapescript 8.3. syllables are made longer or shorter to flt between
3 Make more conversations in a restaurant. the main stresses in a sentence.
a Work in groups of three. One student is the ffil A.l Listen to this sentence.
waiter/waitress, two students are the customers.
Make conversations using the menu. O o oO o . . O o a
When am I seeing you for lwnch next week?
b Work with a partner. Take it in turns to be the
waiter/waitress and the customer.
In this sentence there are four main stresses. The
Make conversations for these situations: interval between each stress is the same. But how
r The soup is cold. many syllables are there between
r You can't decide what to have.
. slresses I and 2l
r The bill is too much.
. stresses 2 and 3l
r The waiter brings the wrong order.
r The waiter doesn't speak very good English. . sl resses 3 and 4?
r You order some drinks but the waiter forgets
b ffi a.r Listen to these diaiogues.
to bring them.
I A Do you like these trousers?
B Yes, I do.
2 A Where's my pen?
B It's on the desk.
3 A What's the time?
B It's quarter to eleven.
4 A When's the meeting?
B I'll give you a ring.
c Each sentence has two main stresses. Mark them'
d ffi a.f Listen again and check your ideas.
e ffi s.r Listen again and repeat.
'What year's the mineral water?'
