Pronunciation practice

1. Lunch & Learn
linking consonants to
consonants

2. Listen! What do you notice?
We had a real good day!
Both things should be taken out of
here!

3. Listen again! What do you notice now?
We had a real gooday!
Boththings should be taken out of
here!

4. Rule 1
• When we link consonant
sounds, where the consonant
sound is a stop, hold the first
consonant sound for a
moment so that the two
consonant sounds become
one.

5. Stop
consonants
P, T, K, B, D, G

6. Rule 2
• When we link consonant sounds,
where the consonant sound is
continuous, hold the first
consonant sound for just a
moment; then quickly say the
second consonant sound.

7. Continuous consonant
sounds
s, z, f, v, m, n, l,
r , th

8. Ready for some
practice?
Repeat after each
sentence.

9. 1.
He’s a real big guy!

10. 1.
He’s a real biguy!

11. 2.
Wow! This city is
beautiful!

12. 2.
Wow! Thiscity is
beautiful!

13. 3.
I saw some monkies
at the zoo.

14. 3.
I saw somemonkies
at the zoo.

15. 4.
I don’t like this movie;
it’s silly.

16. 4.
I don’t like this
movie;it’ssilly.

17. 5.
That never happens in
real life

18. 5.
That never happens in
reallife

19. 6.
I think you can put both
things on the table.

20. 6.
I think you can put
boththings on the
table.

21. 7.
The children
bought ten of those.

22. 7.
The children
boughten of those.

23. 8.
You are in for a tough
fight.

24. 8.
You are in for a
toughfight.

25. 9.
She had a very
bad day.

26. 9.
She had a very
baday.

27. 10.
Did you see that black
cat?

28. 10.
Did you see that
blacat?

29. 11.
I think we need
more room.

30. 11.
I think we need
moreroom.

31. 13.
I saw them by the lamp
post.

32. 13.
I saw them by the
lampost.

33. 14.
I think we need a new
scrub brush.

34. 14.
I think we need a new
scrubrush.

35. Questions?
Iryna
@ yshuplyetsova@myenglishonline.ca
englishonlinemb10
Blaine
@ broberts@myenglishonline.ca
blaine_myenglishonline
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36. Thank you for attending!
See you next time!
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