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Unit 3: Understanding fast speech and different voices: Answer Key

For teachers. Exercises use only material from the lessons, so check any answer against the lesson if a learner disagrees. Dialogue source: Fast Cafe Questions: Listening to Connected Speech.

Part 1: Matching

  1. connected speech → D (the way sounds and words change when people speak them together naturally)
  2. variety → B (one particular way of speaking a language)
  3. linking → G (joining the end of one word to the start of the next, with no clear gap)
  4. regional → A (connected to a particular part of a country)
  5. weak form → C (a shorter, quieter way of saying a small word such as to or of)
  6. pace → F (how fast someone speaks)
  7. reduction → H (a sound or syllable that becomes shorter or less clear)
  8. paraphrase → E (say the same idea in different words)

Part 2: Multiple choice

  1. What does connected speech mean? → C: Sounds and words change when spoken together naturally
  2. Which phrase politely asks someone to slow down? → A: Could you say that a bit more slowly, please?
  3. What is a full polite order? → B: Could I get a latte, please?
  4. You caught the start of a question but missed the end. What is a useful phrase? → C: Sorry, could you say the last part again?
  5. What is a good way to check you understood your order? → A: Just to check, that's a latte to take away?
  6. What matters most? → B: Clear communication

Part 3: Correct order

  1. Staff: Hi there, what can I get you?
  2. Customer: Could I get a medium flat white, please?
  3. Staff: Anything else with that?
  4. Customer: Sorry, could you say the last part again?
  5. Staff: Anything else? Any food?
  6. Customer: Ah, yes. A banana bread, please.
  7. Staff: Here or takeaway?
  8. Customer: Sorry, here or...?

As printed on the worksheet (top to bottom), the correct numbers are: 3, 2, 4, 5, 1, 8, 7, 6.

Role-play and progress

Answers will vary. Watch for: No recordings of Australian voices are published yet. Use your own voice, colleagues or authentic audio you have rights to use, and aim for recognition rather than copying an accent.

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