2. "Pronunciation" refers to the way in which we
make the sound of words. The pronunciation of
English words differs according to which part of the
word is stressed, which vowel is long or short, which
words in a sentence are pronounced in their weak
forms and so on.
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4. ENGLISH SHORT VOWELS
+ A = ă, pronounced /æ/ as in apple, pan, mat
+ E = ĕ, pronounced /ɛ/ as in elephant, pen, met
+ I = ĭ, pronounced /ɪ/ as in insect, pin, mitt
+ O = ŏ, pronounced /ɒ/ as in octopus, ostrich, upon, motto
+ U = ŭ, pronounced /ʌ/ as in umbrella, pun, mutt
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5. ENGLISH LONG VOWELS
+ Long A (ā), pronounced /eɪ/ as in late or mate
+ Long E (ē), pronounced /iː/ as in eat or meat (or meet or
mete-- all pronounced the same)
+ Long I (ī), pronounced /aɪ/ as in mite or might
+ Long O (ō), pronounced /oʊ/ as in oats, mote or moat,
+ Long U (ū), pronounced /juː/ as in mute or /uː/ as in blue.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aShHa4VlJgE
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6. READ AND PRACTICE.
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SHORT VOWEL ‘A’ LONG VOWEL ‘A’
RAT RATE
MAD MADE
HAT HATE
SHORT VOWEL ‘I’ LONG VOWEL ‘I’
TIM TIME
KIT KITE
BIT BITE
7. READ AND PRACTICE.
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SHORT VOWEL ‘U’ LONG VOWEL ‘U’
CUB CUBE
TUB TUBE
CUT CUTE
SHORT VOWEL ‘E’ LONG VOWEL ‘E’
BET BEAT
FELL FEEL
BEN BEAN
10. EXERCISES
+ Listen and mark the words you hear:
https://www.liveworksheets.com/yx987746hq
+ Listen and mark the words you hear. Say the sentences:
https://www.liveworksheets.com/fv1030056dc
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11. SILENT LETTERS
+ A silent letter is a letter that, in a particular word, does not
correspond to any sound in the word’s pronunciation.
+ Silent letters audio A-Z:
https://www.espressoenglish.net/silent-letters-in-english-
from-a-to-z/
+ Silent letters picture:
https://7esl.com/silent-letters/#Silent_Letters_Picture
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13. PRACTICE. PRONOUNCE THESE WORDS.
+ PRONUNCIATION GAME at baambozle
https://www.baamboozle.com/game/273983
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14. +
"A syllable” is a single, unbroken sound of a
spoken (or written) word. Syllables usually contain a
vowel and accompanying consonants.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JYgHgM9dB1E&pbjreloa
d=101
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Words number of syllables
dog dog 1
green green 1
quite quite 1
quiet qui-et 2
orange or-ange 2
table ta-ble 2
expensive ex-pen-sive 3
interesting in-tres-ting
in-te-res-ting
3 or 4
unrealistic un-rea-lis-tic 4
unexceptional un-ex-cep-tio-nal 5
16. EXERCISE.
+ Numbers of syllables in a word:
https://www.liveworksheets.com/rv756099vr
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17. GROUP WORK
Find the incorrect pronunciation on the video below:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t1fWZpkMrAI
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18. TONGUE TWISTERS
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W1mwreTOJq0
+ Sally sold seashells by the seashore.
+ Betty Botter bought some butter, but she said the butter’s
bitter.
+ How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck
could chuck wood?
+ Lesser leather never weathered wetter weather better.
+ If two withches would watch two watches, which witch would
watch which watch?
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