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3 EVERYDAY ENGLISH 4 PRONUNCIATION (Track 8) /ðə/, /ði:/

Useful Expressions
The/ ðə/ - words starting with a consonant
◆ There you go ◆ in a smaller size sound, the cup.
◆ Here you are ◆ What’s your size? The/ ði:/ - words starting with a vowel
◆ just a minute sound, the armchair.

a Read the sentences in the dialogue below. 5 Listen and tick ( ) the correct boxes. Listen
Who says each: a sales person (SP) or a again and repeat.
customer (C)? Find and write.
Words (A) /ðə/ (B) /ði:/
b Put the dialogue in the correct order.
1. The piano
c Then, listen, check and repeat. (Track 7)
2. The moon
SP : May I help you? _1_ (a)
3. The electricity
_____: Thank you. Where is the fitting room? _____ (b)
4. The ox
_____: Certainly. Just a minute please. Here
you are. _____ (c) 5. The sofa
_____: This way please, on the right. _____ (d)
6. The Taylors
_____: What’s your size? _____ (e)
_____: There you go. They’re in a large size. _____ (f) 7. The iron
_____: Yes, I’m looking for these leggings in 8. The sun
shiny yellow and that short shirt in silver.
9. The police
_____ (g)
_____: I think it’s large. _____ (h) 10. The rich
_____: Thanks a lot. (She puts them on) They 11. The United
Kingdom
are a little big. Do you have them in a

smaller size? _____ (i)
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We use the
◆ with nouns when we are talking about
something specific.
◆ When we mention the noun second
time. I have a midi skirt. I have a midi
skirt. The skirt is green.
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◆ with nouns which are unique, (the
We use a/ an earth, the sky).
◆ with singular countable nouns after ◆ before the names of the rivers; the
the verb to be when we want to say Nile, seas; the Aegean Sea, oceans;
what something is and what somebody is. the Pacific Oceans, mountain ranges;
She’s a nurse./ It’s an umbrella. the Alps, deserts; the Gobi, groups
◆ with certain phrases to show how often of islands; the Canary Islands, musical
somebody does something. instruments; the piano and countries
◆ He flies to Hawai once a year. when they include words state/ kingdom;
the United States.

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