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ENGLISH PRONUNCIATION CLASS 21 LIC. FÉLIX GONZÁLEZ
A G E N D A • WELCOME • WARM-UP ACTIVITY • FEEDBACK • STS PARTICIPATION • CONSONANT SOUNDS AND THEIR COMBINATIONS
IMPORTANT FACTS /p/ is silent at the beginning of a few words. Example • PHYCHOLOGY /p/ is sometimes not pronounced in the middle of words. Example • CUPBOARD /b/ is silent at the end of a few words. Example • CLIMB, THUMB
IMPORTANT FACTS Sometimes you do not hear /p/ or /b/soundsclearly t the end of a word. • STOP • DON´T DROP THAT! • HEY, BOB! • THE WORLD WIDE WEB
IMPORTANT FACTS /t/ is silent at the beginning of a few words. Examples • LISTEN, CASTLE /t/ is pronounced in some regular verbs in past. Examples • WORKED, WASHED, STOPPED
/t/ tea, two, twenty, water, complete /tt/ better, bottle /th/ Thomas, Thailand /d/ day, deep, door, food, head, ready /dd/ add, address, ladder, middle
DOCTOR DIXON SAID TO HIS DAUGHTER DARIA, “DON´T GO DOWNTOWN AFTER DARK – IT´S DANGEROUS.” DARIA SAID, “DON´T WORRY, DAD. I WON´T. YOU KNOW I NEVER DO.” NEXT DAY WHEN HE CAME HOME FOR DINNER, HE SAID “DARIA, DEAR, YOU DIDN´T GO DOWNTOWN AFTER DARK, DID YOU?” AND SHE SAID, “NO, DAD. I DIDN´T” BUT SHE DID. I DON´T KNOW THE DETAILS BUT SHE DEFINITELY DID
IMPORTANT FACTS /k/ is silentin a few words. Examples • KNOW, KNEE, KNIFE /g/ is silent in some words. Examples • SIGN, HIGH, BOUGHT /g/ There is usually no soundin some words. Example • SING, SINGS Some words have a silent /u/ after /g/. Examples • GUESS, DIALOGUE
CAR, CLEAN, CLOSE, COLOR, FACT • KEEP, KIND, KITCHEN, DESK, LIKE, TALK, WALK • BACK, BLACK, CHECK, POCKET, TICK • SCHOOL, STOMACH, CHEMIST, ARCHITECT, • UNIQUE, PLAQUE, ANTIQUE, CRITIQUE, TECHNIQUE