1. Name:_____________________________________ Code: _____________
1 Listen to the following conversation and elicit some examples that contain the symbols below.
/tʃ / /ʃ / /dʒ / /ʒ / /ð/ /θ/ /ŋ/ /k/
2 Match the words in the left with their definitions on the right.
a. An official or legal prohibition
Line up ___
b. A type of familiar car.
Ban ___
c. A timetable
Queue ___
d. A line or sequence of people or vehicles awaiting
their turn to be attended to or to proceed.
Schedule ___
e. Explosion caused by a huge amount of dynamite.
f. To align in a row
3 Listen to the conversation and choose the correct phonetic transcription of the words you listen. Then, correct the
wrong words
THE NOBLE ART OF LINING UP
There is one sport at which the British are always the world /ˈʃ æmpiəns/ˈ tʃ æmpiəns/. Nobody can be vanned at the
noble art of /laɪ nɪ ŋʌ p /laɪ nɪ ngʌ p/ or as they say /kjuː ɪ ŋ/qujuː ɪ ŋ/. The British /ˈ æktuəli/ /ˈ æktʃ uəli/ look forward to /
ˈ spendɪ ŋ/ˈ spendɪ n/ their weekends in a line or queue waiting for a store open or waiting for a parking place at the /
ˈ fɜ ː rnɪ tʃ ər/ˈ fɜ ː rnɪ chər/ super store. If you ever decide to visit Britain, you will need to know some of the basic rulers
of the sport. First of all, remember that you need only one person to form a line, if you are alone at a bus stop for
example, don’t look too relax, make /ʃʊ r/ tʃʊ r/ that you are in the line and look optimistically to your right. If you want
to /kiː p/ quiː p/ your place in the line, never left a space between you and the person in front; otherway the person
behind you will ask -Are you in the queue? Meaning – Don’t you know how to queue proper? Conversation is /
ˈ dʒ enrəli/ˈʒ enrəli/ not a good idea, and only two topics are acceptable “the /ˈ weθər/ /ˈ weðər/ and the bus /
ˈ skedʒ uː l/ˈ skeʒ uː l/” anything more and you will end up with a complete strange sitting next to you telling you his or
her life history. /ʌnˈfɔːrtʃnʲətli/ ʌnˈfɔːrʃnʲətli/ the bus does not always stop in the correct place, try stay come and
wherever you do, don’t /kʌ t/ cʌ t/ the line or as they say in Britain “/dʒʌ mp/ʒʌ mp/ the queue”. You can be sure that
every single person in the line knows exactly who is in front of /ðem/θem/ and who is behind. Follow these simple
rules and you, too, can /ɪ nˈʒɔɪ /ɪ nˈ dʒɔɪ / visiting the home of the noble art of /laɪ nɪ ŋʌ p /laɪ nɪ ngʌ p/, but if you decide
not to follow the rules, be prepared for the worst.
4. According to the conversation answer the following questions.
a. /huː ɑːr ðɪ wɜːrld ˈtʃæmpiəns ɪn ðə ˈnəʊbəl ɑːrt ɒv kjuːɪŋ/?
b. /ɪn wɒt ðu: ðə ˈbrɪtɪʃ spend ðer wɪ:k'ends/?
c. /ɪf ə ˈbrɪtɪʃ æsks juː “ɑːr juː ɪn ðə kjuː?” wɒt dʌz ɪt ˈriːəli miːn/?
d. /waɪl juː ɑːr ɪn ə kjuː wɒt ɑːr ðə tuː əkˈseptəbəl ˈtɑːpɪks tuː tʃæt?/
e. /wɒt wʊd ˈhæpən ɪf ɪn ðə laɪn juː tɔːk əˈbaʊt ə tɑːpɪk ˈdɪfrənt frɒm ðɪ əkˈseptəbəl wʌnz?/