Pre-intermediate A2+ Get Ready for ielts

Get Ready for IELTS: Speaking

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Units 9-12
modern
adj. - 
relating to the present time
new
adj. - recently made, created, or discovered
old-fashioned
adj. - Something which is old- 
fashioned is no longer fashionable.
photo
n. - a photograph
plastic
n. - a substance made by a chemical 
process that can be moulded when soft to 
make a wide range of objects
red
n. adj. - Red is the colour of blood or of a 
ripe tomato.
silver
adj. n. - greyish-white
small
adj. - Small means not large in size, 
number, or amount.
smart phone
n. - a mobile phone on which you 
can make phone calls and send texts, and also 
use the internet
wood
n. - Wood is the substance which forms the 
trunks and branches of trees.
Glossary 
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Pronunciation chart
In this book the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) is used to show how some words are pronounced. 
The symbols used in the International Phonetic Alphabet are shown in the table below.
IPA Symbols
Vowel
Sounds
Consonant
Sounds
a
calm, ah
b
bed, rub
ae
act, cat
d
done, red
ai
dive, cry
f
fit, if
aia
fire, tyre
9
good,dog
au
out, down
h
hat, horse
aue
flour, sour
j
yellow, you
e
met, lend, pen
k
king, pick
ei
say, weight
1
lip, bili
ea
fair, care
m
mat, jam
i
fit, win
n
not, tin
i
seem, me
P
pay, lip
ia
near, beard
r
run, read
D
lot, spot
s
soon,bus
au
note, coat
t
talk, bet
0
raw, more
V
van, love
01
boy, joint
w
win, wool
u
could, stood
X
loch
u
you, use
z
zoo, buzz
ua
cure, pure
J
ship, wish
3
turn, third
3
measure, television
A
fund, must
i]
sing, working
a
about
tj
cheap, witch
0
thin, earth
I
lengthens the vowel
a
then, bathe
sound
d3
joy, bridge
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