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[u:] room, a living room ['lɪviη rʊm], a bedroom ['bedrʊm], a
living room — living rooms, a bedroom — bedrooms, a com-
fortable living room, a small bedroom. We haven’t got a
large living room in our house. There is a piano [pɪ'ænəʊ]
in the living room. How many bedrooms are there in your
house?
[ɔ:] all, hall, a hall — halls, in the hall. I left my bag in the
hall. What is there in the hall?
[æ] bad, back, a back door, to come back, to give back, in the
back. Is there a back door in your house? My front door
is open, my back door is not. When will she give my book
back? We never come back late. My bedroom is at the back
of the house.
[α:] arm, car [kα:], a car — cars, to go by car. Have you
got a car? There are many cars in the street. — Did
you walk there or did you go by car? — I went there
by car.
[aʊ] house, shout, to shout — shouted, to shout at somebody. Who
are you shouting at? Why are you shouting? I can hear you
well. The television is working, somebody is shouting on it.
She never shouts in the classroom. Never shout at little
children and animals.
[i:] tea, key, a key — keys, a small key, a house key, a car key
the keys to my room. — Where are the keys?
— They are in the hall. My keys are in my bag, aren’t
they?
[ɒ] clock, lock, to lock — locked. She always locks the door
when she leaves the house. The door is locked, isn’t it? The
front door is open, but the back door is
