Unit 3: If or whether?
Pronunciation: Changing sounds
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- 1Go beyond intermediate with our new video course
- 2Reported speech in 90 seconds!
- 3If or whether?
- 45 ways to use 'would'
- 5Let and allow
- 6Passive voice
- 7Unless
- 8Mixed conditionals
- 9The zero article - in 90 seconds
- 10The indefinite article - in 90 seconds
- 11The. That's right - the! Learn all about it in 90 seconds
- 12The continuous passive
- 13Future perfect
- 14Need + verb-ing
- 15Have something done
- 16Wish
- 17Word stress
- 18Different ways of saying 'if'
- 19Passive reporting structures
- 20The subjunctive
- 21When and if
- 22Inversion
- 23Phrasal verbs
- 24The future
- 25Modals in the past
- 26Narrative tenses
- 27Phrasal verb myths
- 28Conditionals review
- 29Used to - review
- 30Linking words of contrast
Session 4
Learn how to say the familiar phrase would you in a more natural way!
Activity 2
Pronunciation quiz
Test yourself
So, how well can you recognise these sound changes? It's time to do a listening quiz.
Listen to the audio and complete the activity

To do
Listen to the audio. You will hear eight examples. Each will have a word ending in the letter 'd', followed by 'you'. You have to decide if the sound changes or not.
Would you, could you?
8 Questions
Test your listening skills in this quiz! Drag the answers into the correct columns - into the column 'Separate sounds' if the sounds remain separate, and into 'Sound changes'... you guessed it, if it changes!
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Activity
Test your listening skills in this quiz! Drag the answers into the correct columns - into the column 'Separate sounds' if the sounds remain separate, and into 'Sound changes'... you guessed it, if it changes!
Hint
Listen carefully.Help
Activity
Test your listening skills in this quiz! Drag the answers into the correct columns - into the column 'Separate sounds' if the sounds remain separate, and into 'Sound changes'... you guessed it, if it changes!
Hint
Listen carefully.Help
Activity
Test your listening skills in this quiz! Drag the answers into the correct columns - into the column 'Separate sounds' if the sounds remain separate, and into 'Sound changes'... you guessed it, if it changes!
Hint
Listen carefully.Help
Activity
Test your listening skills in this quiz! Drag the answers into the correct columns - into the column 'Separate sounds' if the sounds remain separate, and into 'Sound changes'... you guessed it, if it changes!
Hint
Listen carefully.Help
Activity
Test your listening skills in this quiz! Drag the answers into the correct columns - into the column 'Separate sounds' if the sounds remain separate, and into 'Sound changes'... you guessed it, if it changes!
Hint
Listen carefully.Help
Activity
Test your listening skills in this quiz! Drag the answers into the correct columns - into the column 'Separate sounds' if the sounds remain separate, and into 'Sound changes'... you guessed it, if it changes!
Hint
Listen carefully.Help
Activity
Test your listening skills in this quiz! Drag the answers into the correct columns - into the column 'Separate sounds' if the sounds remain separate, and into 'Sound changes'... you guessed it, if it changes!
Hint
Listen carefully.Help
Activity
Test your listening skills in this quiz! Drag the answers into the correct columns - into the column 'Separate sounds' if the sounds remain separate, and into 'Sound changes'... you guessed it, if it changes!
Hint
Listen carefully.Question 1 of 8
Separate sounds
Sound changes
Excellent!Great job!Bad luck!You scored:
Would you, could you?
8 Questions
Test your listening skills in this quiz! Drag the answers into the correct columns - into the column 'Separate sounds' if the sounds remain separate, and into 'Sound changes'... you guessed it, if it changes!
Help
Activity
Test your listening skills in this quiz! Drag the answers into the correct columns - into the column 'Separate sounds' if the sounds remain separate, and into 'Sound changes'... you guessed it, if it changes!
Hint
Listen carefully.Question 1 of 8
Help
Activity
Test your listening skills in this quiz! Drag the answers into the correct columns - into the column 'Separate sounds' if the sounds remain separate, and into 'Sound changes'... you guessed it, if it changes!
Hint
Listen carefully.Question 2 of 8
Help
Activity
Test your listening skills in this quiz! Drag the answers into the correct columns - into the column 'Separate sounds' if the sounds remain separate, and into 'Sound changes'... you guessed it, if it changes!
Hint
Listen carefully.Question 3 of 8
Help
Activity
Test your listening skills in this quiz! Drag the answers into the correct columns - into the column 'Separate sounds' if the sounds remain separate, and into 'Sound changes'... you guessed it, if it changes!
Hint
Listen carefully.Question 4 of 8
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Activity
Test your listening skills in this quiz! Drag the answers into the correct columns - into the column 'Separate sounds' if the sounds remain separate, and into 'Sound changes'... you guessed it, if it changes!
Hint
Listen carefully.Question 5 of 8
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Activity
Test your listening skills in this quiz! Drag the answers into the correct columns - into the column 'Separate sounds' if the sounds remain separate, and into 'Sound changes'... you guessed it, if it changes!
Hint
Listen carefully.Question 6 of 8
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Activity
Test your listening skills in this quiz! Drag the answers into the correct columns - into the column 'Separate sounds' if the sounds remain separate, and into 'Sound changes'... you guessed it, if it changes!
Hint
Listen carefully.Question 7 of 8
Help
Activity
Test your listening skills in this quiz! Drag the answers into the correct columns - into the column 'Separate sounds' if the sounds remain separate, and into 'Sound changes'... you guessed it, if it changes!
Hint
Listen carefully.Question 8 of 8
Excellent!Great job!Bad luck!You scored:
End of Session 4
That's it for this session. Practise this pronunciation tip and you'll soon sound even more fluent!
In Session 5 we have the third part of our comedy drama, The White Elephant! Join us in the world's worst restaurant for some more kitchen adventures.