Sound Changes

Sound Changes

Vocabulary and skills development

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​Listening

• ​Listen to the first part of a podcast and complete the text with two words in each gap

1. ​Why do Icelanders leave their babies outside to sleep ?

2. ​What Icelandic habit used to make Julia feel annoyed?

3. ​What did Julia discover Icelandic people don't worry about?

4. ​What skill do 10% of Icelanders have?

5. ​Why does Julia now enjoy Icelandic food?

Vocabulary ​

​Prefixes

Multiple Choice

misundertand

• badly

• again

• too (much)

• not

Multiple Choice

incorrectly

• badly

• again

• too (much)

• not

Multiple Choice

overreact

• badly

• again

• too (much)

• not

Multiple Choice

reappears

• badly

• again

• too (much)

• not

​Practice

​Use the prefixes re- , over- or mis- and the words in brackets to complete the sentences

Fill in the Blank

1 In the summer , north of the Artic Cicle, it stays light twenty-four hours a day. The starts stop coming out at night and don't ...... until August (appear)

Fill in the Blank

2 If you move to a very different culture, people may easily ....... your behaviour (understand)

Fill in the Blank

3 I don't have a lot of money this month, so I'll have to be careful I don't ...... (spend)

Fill in the Blank

4 I used to wear very smart suits to the office, but people here are much more ..... (formal) and even wear jeans to work.

Fill in the Blank

5 The flight had to be ...... (schedule) due to the bad weather. We arrived back a day late

Fill in the Blank

6 Parents can be very embarrassed if their children .... (behave) in public.