BNC Text F7N

[Ampleforth Prep School: remedial English lesson for eleven-year-olds]. Sample containing about 2063 words speech recorded in educational context


3 speakers recorded by respondent number C30

PS1MH Ag4 f (No name, age 50+, teacher) unspecified
F7NPSUNK (respondent W0000) X u (Unknown speaker, age unknown) other
F7NPSUGP (respondent W000M) X u (Group of unknown speakers, age unknown) other

1 recordings

  1. Tape 078301 recorded on 1992-09-11. LocationNorth Yorkshire: Ampleforth ( school classroom ) Activity: remedial English lesson for eleven year olds lesson

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Unknown speaker (F7NPSUNK) [1] [reading] Erm a farmer bought a new tractor yesterday []
(PS1MH) [2] A farmer bought a new tractor yesterday, good, right can you read the next four out, er Trevor
Unknown speaker (F7NPSUNK) [3] [reading] Bother, winner, winter,dr driver []
(PS1MH) [4] That's okay
Unknown speaker (F7NPSUNK) [5] [reading] The river was very cold []
(PS1MH) [6] The river was very cold, right, can you do the next one four ... Charlie
Unknown speaker (F7NPSUNK) [7] [reading] Never, number []
Unknown speaker (F7NPSUNK) [...]
Unknown speaker (F7NPSUNK) [8] [reading] The blazer was very warm []
(PS1MH) [9] The blazer was very warm, right, yeah, erm
Unknown speaker (F7NPSUNK) [...] ...
Unknown speaker (F7NPSUNK) [10] [reading] Erm, I have a, a warm jersey []
(PS1MH) [11] I have a warm jersey, good
Unknown speaker (F7NPSUNK) [12] [reading] Remember, Jack,
Unknown speaker (F7NPSUNK) [...]
Unknown speaker (F7NPSUNK) [13] helicopter, er the helicopter was very big []
(PS1MH) [14] The helicopter was very big, good, so you've all had a chance to use one set.
[15] Can we have a look at the ones underneath, in the orange block and will you do the first one Heather?
Unknown speaker (F7NPSUNK) [16] [reading] The bomber opens the gates to attract the driver []
(PS1MH) [17] Good and the next one, Charlie
Unknown speaker (F7NPSUNK) [18] [reading] When spinning its web a spider makes a clever ... pattern []
(PS1MH) [19] Good ...
Unknown speaker (F7NPSUNK) [20] [reading] My brother does a paper round and delivers a hundred newspapers every morning []
(PS1MH) [21] Good
Unknown speaker (F7NPSUNK) [22] [reading] A
Unknown speaker (F7NPSUNK) [...]
Unknown speaker (F7NPSUNK) [23] crossing the road always remembers stop and [...] []
(PS1MH) [24] Go on
Unknown speaker (F7NPSUNK) [25] [reading] Ca camels in, in a desert []
Unknown speaker (F7NPSUNK) [...] ... [...]
(PS1MH) [26] Yes without water, right, Edward
Unknown speaker (F7NPSUNK) [27] [reading] In the ... modern [...]
(PS1MH) [28] Hold on
Unknown speaker (F7NPSUNK) [...]
Unknown speaker (F7NPSUNK) [29] travelled by helicopter []
(PS1MH) [30] Excellent so you've already got percentages sorted out there, can we just look at the next block of words, and [phone rings phonecall starts] hello, hello, right, no, yeah ... well I, yes I ... I think it all went great, unfortunately [...] erm, so I really can't really consider on, on that.
[31] But that details of that actually has a [...] but I don't think it's a total story okay so I'll, I'll put it all down on, on paper and then we'll take it from there, okay, thanks, bye [phonecall ends] .
[32] Right, sorry about that, so shall we start this time with Charlie, first four Charlie, what's it say?
[33] What's A R E saying there?
Unknown speaker (F7NPSUNK) [34] There
(PS1MH) [35] Yes, what sort of there is that?
Unknown speaker (F7NPSUNK) [36] It's erm, nothing
(PS1MH) [37] There, nothing
Unknown speaker (F7NPSUNK) [...]
Unknown speaker (F7NPSUNK) [38] there are
(PS1MH) [39] There are yes, you've got nothing on like your, there, your body is there, you're running around
Unknown speaker (F7NPSUNK) [...]
(PS1MH) [40] right
Unknown speaker (F7NPSUNK) [41] You can't bear it any longer
(PS1MH) [42] You can't bear it any longer, does that act as the same?
Unknown speaker (F7NPSUNK) [43] Yes
Unknown speaker (F7NPSUNK) [44] No
Unknown speaker (F7NPSUNK) [45] No
(PS1MH) [46] No it doesn't does it, it's spelt in a different way isn't it?
[47] What's that bear it any longer
Unknown speaker (F7NPSUNK) [...]
(PS1MH) [48] That's right B E A R that's right
Unknown speaker (F7NPSUNK) [49] Same as the animal
(PS1MH) [50] it's also the animal so that you're actually left with three er words that sound the same, two of which are spelt differently and the third which is the name of an animal, okay.
[51] They did, do then, put a pencil to there, mm ... you've already done it haven't it
Unknown speaker (F7NPSUNK) [52] [reading] There was lots of bare people on the beach []
(PS1MH) [53] Oh dear me, there are lots of bare people on the beach, right, what about fare, what are you going to do about that?
[54] What sort of fare is that?
Unknown speaker (F7NPSUNK) [55] Er for hair
(PS1MH) [56] No this is fare
Unknown speaker (F7NPSUNK) [57] Oh, oh yeah
(PS1MH) [58] How do you spell , how do you spell fair for fair haired?
Unknown speaker (F7NPSUNK) [59] F A I R
(PS1MH) [60] F A I R yes and this one is F A R E
Unknown speaker (F7NPSUNK) [...]
(PS1MH) [61] no ... that's spelt the other way F A I R ... anyone help him?
[62] F A R E what does it mean?
Unknown speaker (F7NPSUNK) [63] Is it, it was a fair idea
(PS1MH) [64] No that's the same as
Unknown speaker (F7NPSUNK) [...]
Unknown speaker (F7NPSUNK) [65] erm was it like erm you gave me a fair amount of
Unknown speaker (F7NPSUNK) [...]
(PS1MH) [66] no, that's the same thing, you're going on a journey
Unknown speaker (F7NPSUNK) [...]
(PS1MH) [67] no ... oh you are slow, come on ... you're going on a journey, not in a car
Unknown speaker (F7NPSUNK) [68] Fairly long time
(PS1MH) [69] [laughing] Ah, no [] ...
Unknown speaker (F7NPSUNK) [70] journey
(PS1MH) [71] Journey, we're going to travel, right
Unknown speaker (F7NPSUNK) [...]
(PS1MH) [72] no, you're getting warm, no, no
Unknown speaker (F7NPSUNK) [...]
Unknown speaker (F7NPSUNK) [73] a fare ticket
(PS1MH) [74] A fare ticket, yes a ticket.
[75] What is the fare?
[76] How much does it cost to get there?
[77] And that's how you spell fare for that F A R E, alright, okay?
Unknown speaker (F7NPSUNK) [78] Yes
(PS1MH) [79] The next one then er
Unknown speaker (F7NPSUNK) [...]
(PS1MH) [80] hare, now what sort of hare is that?
Unknown speaker (F7NPSUNK) [81] Rabbit
(PS1MH) [82] Yes, it's, it is the same sort of family as a rabbit a hare.
[83] How do you spell the other sort of hare?
Unknown speaker (F7NPSUNK) [84] H A I R
(PS1MH) [85] H A I R and that is the hair that's on your head, I've got long hair, dark hair.
[86] Now what about, what's the next word?
Unknown speaker (F7NPSUNK) [87] Scare
Unknown speaker (F7NPSUNK) [88] Scare
(PS1MH) [89] Scare, now put that in a sentence
Unknown speaker (F7NPSUNK) [90] Erm, ...
(PS1MH) [91] What sort of word is scare?
Unknown speaker (F7NPSUNK) [92] Erm a kind of, when you boo somebody it's scare
(PS1MH) [93] Yes so it's a scare, so what kind of word is it?
[94] Come on get it right
Unknown speaker (F7NPSUNK) [95] Is it, er, can I put it in a sentence?
(PS1MH) [96] No, would you tell me what sort of word it is remembering what we did at the beginning of the week
Unknown speaker (F7NPSUNK) [...]
(PS1MH) [97] yeah, but that's the, what it means, I want to know what kind of a word it is ...
Unknown speaker (F7NPSUNK) [...]
(PS1MH) [98] Yes I know it's spelt
Unknown speaker (F7NPSUNK) [99] Is it a verb?
(PS1MH) [100] No it's not a verb, come on, what is it
Unknown speaker (F7NPSUNK) [101] A noun
(PS1MH) [102] Yes it's a noun, it's a name of something isn't it?
[103] Because we were doing that at the beginning of the week, a scare, you could actually get
Unknown speaker (F7NPSUNK) [...]
(PS1MH) [104] right, so can you put it back into, into a sentence again then
Unknown speaker (F7NPSUNK) [...]
(PS1MH) [105] Shirley?
Unknown speaker (F7NPSUNK) [106] You've got a scare on, I saw Dracula
(PS1MH) [107] We've got a scare on, we saw Dracula, yes, that was it.
[108] Right what's the next word?
Unknown speaker (F7NPSUNK) [109] Share
(PS1MH) [110] Share, what does share mean?
Unknown speaker (F7NPSUNK) [111] You share out
(PS1MH) [112] You share out, can you put that in a sentence?
Unknown speaker (F7NPSUNK) [113] I like to share out my sweets
(PS1MH) [114] Oh that's lovely, I like to share out my sweets
Unknown speaker (F7NPSUNK) [laugh]
Unknown speaker (F7NPSUNK) [...]
Unknown speaker (F7NPSUNK) [115] digging
(PS1MH) [116] Digging, they're going onto double Gs now, why would it be double G?
Unknown speaker (F7NPSUNK) [117] One put dig and then and then -ing
(PS1MH) [118] Yes, but there is a rule isn't there
Unknown speaker (F7NPSUNK) [...]
Unknown speaker (F7NPSUNK) [119] Oh yeah
(PS1MH) [120] Ah yes, Trevor
Unknown speaker (F7NPSUNK) [121] because, because, is it cos of erm, if you put D
Unknown speaker (F7NPSUNK) [...]
(PS1MH) [122] no, not quite, you're nearly right, come on
Unknown speaker (F7NPSUNK) [123] Is it because the I sounds like
Unknown speaker (F7NPSUNK) [...]
(PS1MH) [124] yes you would actually get, a magic E right, or a magic I making that vowel right say its long name, so it would be quite difficult to say dig giding
Unknown speaker (F7NPSUNK) [laugh]
(PS1MH) [125] Right, lets try the next one, what's the next one?
Unknown speaker (F7NPSUNK) [...]
Unknown speaker (F7NPSUNK) [126] er bigger
(PS1MH) [127] bigger that's for the same reason, there you've got an E, and so because you've got the E we can double the G to make the I go on, go on say short for
Unknown speaker (F7NPSUNK) [128] It would be beager
(PS1MH) [129] It would be beager , but what is G and E say itself
Unknown speaker (F7NPSUNK) [...]
(PS1MH) [130] G isn't it?
[131] Yeah, so you've really got to protect, you've got to protect that I, okay, so can you put bigger in a sentence Trevor?
Unknown speaker (F7NPSUNK) [132] Erm, er er the man was bigger than the boy
(PS1MH) [133] A man was bigger than the boy, good.
[134] Charlie the next one
Unknown speaker (F7NPSUNK) [135] Erm parents
(PS1MH) [136] Yes
Unknown speaker (F7NPSUNK) [137] I love my parents
(PS1MH) [138] Oh I am pleased, I love my parents, good, spare, spare
Unknown speaker (F7NPSUNK) [...]
(PS1MH) [139] I let someone borrow my spare pencil, I let someone borrow my spare pencil
Unknown speaker (F7NPSUNK) [140] Prepare
(PS1MH) [141] Prepare, what does that mean?
Unknown speaker (F7NPSUNK) [142] Erm, you prepare something
Unknown speaker (F7NPSUNK) [...]
(PS1MH) [143] Can you put it in a sentence for me?
Unknown speaker (F7NPSUNK) [144] I prepare for my music exam
(PS1MH) [145] I prepare for my music exam, if you're going to do prepare, what are you going to put on the end? ...
Unknown speaker (F7NPSUNK) [...]
(PS1MH) [146] Yes I would care for when I had to do something, rather than just go straight into that, good
Unknown speaker (F7NPSUNK) [147] Giggle
(PS1MH) [148] Giggle, mm, we know all about that don't we?
Unknown speaker (F7NPSUNK) [149] I giggle when somebody
Unknown speaker (F7NPSUNK) [...]
(PS1MH) [150] I giggle when somebody
Unknown speaker (F7NPSUNK) [151] erm
Unknown speaker (F7NPSUNK) [...]
(PS1MH) [152] no if you say giggle you're actually saying the present tense, so giggles
Unknown speaker (F7NPSUNK) [153] Giggles
(PS1MH) [154] giggles would be better, because it sounds as if they've already chosen
Unknown speaker (F7NPSUNK) [...]
(PS1MH) [155] we all have a giggle, yes it can be a giggle until, if you're using giggle and a giggle what sort of word is it?
Unknown speaker (F7NPSUNK) [...]
(PS1MH) [156] a noun, yeah, if you use giggles, then Ashley what sort of words is it then?
Unknown speaker (F7NPSUNK) [157] What, oh dear, oh
(PS1MH) [158] It's not an oh dear word, no
Unknown speaker (F7NPSUNK) [159] It's a verb
(PS1MH) [160] Thank you, it's a verb, right, to do something, so it's the same spelling that can be used in different ways.
[161] What about the next one ...
Unknown speaker (F7NPSUNK) [162] Goggles
(PS1MH) [163] Goggles
Unknown speaker (F7NPSUNK) [164] I wore my goggles in the swimming pool
(PS1MH) [165] I wore my goggles in the swimming pool, good
Unknown speaker (F7NPSUNK) [...]
(PS1MH) [166] Right, the next one
Unknown speaker (F7NPSUNK) [167] Erm, trigger
(PS1MH) [168] Yes
Unknown speaker (F7NPSUNK) [169] A man pulled the trigger on his gun and shot him
Unknown speaker (F7NPSUNK) [...]
(PS1MH) [170] yes absolutely
Unknown speaker (F7NPSUNK) [171] Luggage
(PS1MH) [172] Luggage
Unknown speaker (F7NPSUNK) [173] Erm, I had to have my luggage checked at the airport
(PS1MH) [174] I had to have my luggage checked at the airport, you see what's happened to the end of that word, look at it ... right, you've got age at the end because what rule is working there?
Unknown speaker (F7NPSUNK) [175] Got a double G
(PS1MH) [176] Pardon?
Unknown speaker (F7NPSUNK) [177] Got a double g
(PS1MH) [178] No have a look, you're only looking at the beginning of it ... here try again
Unknown speaker (F7NPSUNK) [179] It's got the E on the end
(PS1MH) [180] And what sort of E is that? ...
Unknown speaker (F7NPSUNK) [181] Not the magic, magic E
(PS1MH) [182] Yes it's the magic E, isn't it, and what's it making that A say?
[183] A as opposed to U isn't it, so it's really like lugg age so if you say it quickly together it becomes luggage, yeah, okay, the next one, oh sorry put it in a sentence
Unknown speaker (F7NPSUNK) [184] Suggest
(PS1MH) [185] Suggest
Unknown speaker (F7NPSUNK) [186] erm, I, I have to suggest that the erm the had er
Unknown speaker (F7NPSUNK) [...]
(PS1MH) [187] mm, that's right, I had to suggest the captain's orders.
[188] I suggested
Unknown speaker (F7NPSUNK) [...]
(PS1MH) [189] how, what would you put on the end of suggested?
Unknown speaker (F7NPSUNK) [190] E D
(PS1MH) [191] E D, even though when we say it, it sounds like
Unknown speaker (F7NPSUNK) [...]
(PS1MH) [192] if you said I made a suggestion, what sort of word would that be?
[193] Come on, you're all asleep, now a suggestion what would that be?
Unknown speaker (F7NPSUNK) [194] A nou
(PS1MH) [195] Yes come on Charlie be brave, a noun, yes, a something isn't it, a, if you write a or the in front of a word it's usually a noun, okay, so just keep listening for the a and the.
[196] The next one, Trevor
Unknown speaker (F7NPSUNK) [197] Erm beware
(PS1MH) [198] Beware, right and a sentence please
Unknown speaker (F7NPSUNK) [199] Beware of Frankenstein
(PS1MH) [200] Beware of Frankenstein.
[201] Charlie
Unknown speaker (F7NPSUNK) [202] Erm ...
(PS1MH) [203] third one down
Unknown speaker (F7NPSUNK) [204] I had a nightmare last night
(PS1MH) [205] You had a nightmare last night.
[206] What happened in your nightmare?
Unknown speaker (F7NPSUNK) [207] Don't know
(PS1MH) [208] Come back to life again
Unknown speaker (F7NPSUNK) [...]
(PS1MH) [209] because when you woke up this morning
Unknown speaker (F7NPSUNK) [...]
(PS1MH) [210] and the next one
Unknown speaker (F7NPSUNK) [211] Juggle
(PS1MH) [212] Juggle
Unknown speaker (F7NPSUNK) [213] Erm, I know a clown that juggles
(PS1MH) [214] I know a clo a clown that juggles.
[215] Why couldn't you actually have J U G, one G, L E?
Unknown speaker (F7NPSUNK) [...]
(PS1MH) [216] why couldn't you have the spelling J U G L E?
Unknown speaker (F7NPSUNK) [217] Something would happen to the L
(PS1MH) [218] [phone rings] Something would happen not to the L but to the vowel.
[219] [phone conversation start] Hello ... I'm terribly busy Norma actually, I've got a full lesson at the minute, erm, I'll, I'll try and, and sort that out as soon as I've finished this lesson
Unknown speaker (F7NPSUNK) [...]
(PS1MH) [220] okay, thanks for telling me Norma
Unknown speaker (F7NPSUNK) [...]
(PS1MH) [221] thank you, bye [phonecall ends] .
Unknown speaker (F7NPSUNK) [222] Jugle
(PS1MH) [223] Yes because what happens when you've got just a very thin L, the magic E can even work through it, U, right, so it will be jugle , yeah, jugle , that wouldn't be the right pronunciation at all, okay, let's go on to the next one
Unknown speaker (F7NPSUNK) [224] Erm struggle
(PS1MH) [225] Yes
Unknown speaker (F7NPSUNK) [226] I had a struggle getting the ball out of the scrum
(PS1MH) [227] Well done, I, very good, I had a struggle getting the ball out of the scrum, right
Unknown speaker (F7NPSUNK) [228] Wriggle
(PS1MH) [229] Wriggle
Unknown speaker (F7NPSUNK) [230] Erm ... I had to wriggle out of the scrum
(PS1MH) [231] I had to wriggle out of the scrum, right, good
Unknown speaker (F7NPSUNK) [232] Farewell, is that farewell
Unknown speaker (F7NPSUNK) [...]
Unknown speaker (F7NPSUNK) [233] I have to say farewell to my
Unknown speaker (F7NPSUNK) [...]
(PS1MH) [234] yes cos what's happened to him?
Unknown speaker (F7NPSUNK) [...]
(PS1MH) [235] is he really, is he really?
Unknown speaker (F7NPSUNK) [236] Yes
(PS1MH) [237] Oh I didn't know that, I thought the army was
Unknown speaker (F7NPSUNK) [...]
Unknown speaker (F7NPSUNK) [238] no he's going to
Unknown speaker (F7NPSUNK) [...]
Unknown speaker (F7NPSUNK) [239] Gloucester and then he's erm going to erm
(PS1MH) [240] Cheltenham and Gloucester is the poly that he's going to?
Unknown speaker (F7NPSUNK) [241] Yes polytech
(PS1MH) [242] Oh right, I see when you said that I thought he was going to an army regiment that they put up in Gloucester
Unknown speaker (F7NPSUNK) [...]
(PS1MH) [243] Oh I got that mixed up, sorry about that, right when does that happen then?
[244] This October
Unknown speaker (F7NPSUNK) [245] Erm, the twenty first
Unknown speaker (F7NPSUNK) [...]
(PS1MH) [246] Right, and what's he going to do there?
Unknown speaker (F7NPSUNK) [...]
(PS1MH) [247] Oh is he?
[248] Oh good, oh I, I'm rather pleased about that
Unknown speaker (F7NPSUNK) [...]
(PS1MH) [249] right, can we do the next one, the last one
Unknown speaker (F7NPSUNK) [...]
Unknown speaker (F7NPSUNK) [250] It's a boggin crash
(PS1MH) [251] It's a boggin crash
Unknown speaker (F7NPSUNK) [252] What
Unknown speaker (F7NPSUNK) [...]
(PS1MH) [253] Yes, that's what you're going to do today
Unknown speaker (F7NPSUNK) [...]
(PS1MH) [254] Well
Unknown speaker (F7NPSUNK) [...]
(PS1MH) [255] that's perfectly alright.
[256] I've tried to make them a little bit longer.