Consonant Pairs Practice

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Do curso por University of California, Irvine

Tricky American English Pronunciation

387 classificações

University of California, Irvine

Tricky American English Pronunciation

387 classificações

In this course, you’ll practice the sounds of American English that might sometimes be confusing. You'll practice both consonant and vowel sounds. You’ll also learn about the things that give English its special “music,” such as how to stress the right syllable in a word, how to make your voice go up and down in a natural-sounding melody, and how to naturally connect sounds and words. Learning these things will help you speak more clearly and make sure that others can understand what you're saying. This course is useful for English language learners who want to improve pronunciation of American English for better communication. Note that access to all of the lectures and handouts are free to anyone, but the graded assignments and quizzes are only available in the paid version of the course. You will need to submit recordings of your own pronunciation for graded assignments.

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Tricky Consonant Sounds

In this first week, you will practice the consonant sounds of American English. Consonants are the sounds where the air coming up from your lungs meets some obstacles on the way. The first sounds in the words time, sand, and moon are consonants. After a quick quiz to find out which consonant sounds are the most difficult for you, you’ll practice some pairs of sounds that might be confusing and learn some tricks for telling them apart, and you’ll start to understand how your mouth moves when you say these sounds.

Tricky Consonant Pairs Part 19:48

Tricky Consonant Pairs Part 210:02

Consonant Pairs Practice5:19

Conheça os instrutores

Tamy Chapman
Instructor, International Programs
University of California Irvine Division of Continuing Education
Marla Yoshida
Academic Coordinator
International Programs
Brad Gilpin

Practice Activity, Tricky Consonant Pairs.

Let's practice some consonant pairs in English that might be tricky.

Pairs like the first sounds in berry and very, shop and

chop, pat and bat, sing and thing.

Lock and rock, west and

vest, not and lot, yam and jam.

Let's practice.

First, say these two words, patter, batter.

Now, which word am I saying?

Patter.

Patter.

That's right.

I said patter.

The first sound was pa.

A voiceless sound.

Next, say these two words.

Best.

Vest.

Now which word am I saying?

Vest, vest.

Yes, I said vest.

The first sound was a hissing sound.

[SOUND] Next, say these two words.

Cheap, sheep.

Now, which word am I saying?

Cheap, cheap.

That's right, I said cheap.

The first sound was a popping sound, ch.

Now say these two words, thank, sank.

Now, which word am I saying?

Sank, sank, yes, I said sank.

The first sound was s.

Now say these two words, load, road.

Now which word am I saying?

Road, road That's right, I said road.

The first sound was err.

Next, say these two words wine, vine.

Now which word am I saying?

Wine.

Wine.

Yes, I said wine.

The first sound was a flowing sound, wuh.

Next, say these two words.

Never.

Lever.

Now, which word am I saying?

Lever.

Lever.

That's right, I said lever.

The first sound was "ellll." Now try these two words.

Yellow.

Jello.

Now which word am I saying?

Jello, jello.

Yes, I said jello.

The first sound was the popping sound, je.

Now let's practice some sentences with these sounds.

Would you rather be a pilot or a pirate?

Pat went to a bakery to buy a blueberry pie.

Brown bears will eat vegetables but they like berries best.

Does Thelma have thirteen sisters?

No, she only has three.

We went shopping, and chose some cheese, chicken, and shrimp.

William likes to watch Western movies, but not violent ones.

Linda and Norman never got to know a lot of people.

Yesterday Jane ate some yellow, lemon-flavored Jello.

Little children love to play in the park all day.

Keep practicing these tricky consonant sounds, so you can say them easily and

clearly.

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