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Linking of /w/ and /y/ sounds
A. (🎧2-49) Listen and repeat. Notice the /w/ and /y/ sounds between some words.
1. Your movements are slow in space.
/w/
2. Pluto is not a planet anymore.
/w/
3. Mercury and Venus are closer to the sun than Earth.
/y/
4. The astronauts have to be at the launchpad by 7:00.
/y/
B. (🎧2-50 Listen to the sentences. Circle the places you hear /w/ or /y/ sounds.
1. The spacecraft finally entered Earth's atmosphere.
2. You can see over 2,000 stars at night.
3. Scientists didn't know about Pluto until 1931.
4. In 1969, two Americans landed on the moon in Apollo 11.
5. Do you think there will be a space colony on the moon someday?
6. Astronauts have to do a lot of training before they can go into space.
C. Work with a partner. Take turns to read the sentences in B.
DO YOU KNOW?
What sport have astronauts played on the moon?
a. golf b. baseball c. tennis
