UNIT 0 – MY NEW NEIGHBOURS
Lesson 4 – Phonics

UNIT 0 – Lesson 4
We're learning…
- Word stress
- PB p.6
- AB p.6

WARM-UP

Word stress – Two-syllable words

- Have students watch and sing along.

LEAD-IN

apple

park
cat
popular

syllable

farmer
cinema

- Have students look at, listen and repeat these words.
- Ask students to clap their hands for each syllable.
- Explain that they will learn about the stress in words in this lesson.

PUPILS' BOOK (p.6)

birth-day

Tur-key
Answer

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Have students look at these pictures. Play the audio, students listen carefully.
Ask them how many syllables are in each of the three words.
Play the audio again to check their answers.

swim-ming

PUPILS' BOOK (p.6)

British

crayon

twenty

Answer
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Ask students to look at Picture A, pronounce the word “football” and elicit that its stress is syllable 1.
Work in pairs to finish the exercise.
Check the answer with the whole class.
Ask them to pronounce the word and raise their fingers to show where the word stress is.

penguin

PUPILS' BOOK (p.6)

Turkey
British
birthday
football
- Put students into groups of 6.
- Discuss to answer the questions. Then, students take turns to say the sentence.
- Check the answers together.

Answer

PRODUCTION - PUPILS' BOOK (p.6)
In pairs, read the sentences and stress the underlined words
in the sentence.

neighbour is from the UK.
My new neighbour
1
Answer
- Put students in pairs, ask them to count how many syllables in the underlined word and
stress it.
- Check the answers together.

PRODUCTION - PUPILS' BOOK (p.6)
In pairs, read the sentences and stress the underlined words
in the sentence.

British
She's British.
1
Answer
- Put students in pairs, ask them to count how many syllables in the underlined word and
stress it.
- Check the answers together.

PRODUCTION - PUPILS' BOOK (p.6)
In pairs, read the sentences and stress the underlined words
in the sentence.

swimming and reading
reading books.
She likes swimming
1

1
Answer

- Put students in pairs, ask them to count how many syllables in the underlined words and
stress them.
- Check the answers together.

PRODUCTION - PUPILS' BOOK (p.6)
In pairs, read the sentences and stress the underlined words
in the sentence.

favourite animal
animal is the kangaroo.
Her favourite
kangaroo
1

1

3

Answer
- Put students in pairs, ask them to count how many syllables in the underlined words and
stress them.
- Check the answers together.

PRODUCTION - PUPILS' BOOK (p.6)
In pairs, read the sentences and stress the underlined words
in the sentence.

Birthday is in June.
Her birthday
1
Answer
- Put students in pairs, ask them to count how many syllables in the underlined word and
stress it.
- Check the answers together.

PRODUCTION - PUPILS' BOOK (p.6)
In pairs, read the sentences and stress the underlined words
in the sentence.

Vietnamese
She's Vietnamese.
3
Answer
- Put students in pairs, ask them to count how many syllables in the underlined word and
stress it.
- Check the answers together.

PRODUCTION - PUPILS' BOOK (p.6)

Ask the whole class to read the sentences.

PRODUCTION - PUPILS' BOOK (p.6)
Then make your own sentences.

1 My new neighbour is from Turkey. She's Turkish.
She likes singing and dancing. Her favourite animal is a rabbit.
2 My uncle is John. His birthday is in November. He's from the
USA. He's American.
Example sentences
After reading, make your own sentences.
Look at the example sentences.

WRAP - UP

1

1

- Click on each number, students look, say and clap the word stress out loud
(once for syllable 1, twice for syllable 2).

1

HOMEWORK

HOMEWORK
- Review vocabulary and grammar.
- Do exercises in the Activity Book (page 6).

- Check answers in the Teacher's Book (page 11) or Active Teach.

UNIT 0 – Lesson 4
We've learned…
- Word stress
- PB p.6
- AB p.6