2- Difficult Phonemes

Question 1

Exceptions when <h> isn't pronounced</h>

Answer 1

heir, hour, honest
honesty, honour
honourable

exhausted, vehicle

Question 2

2 problems with /h/

Answer 2

/h/ is forgotten when it’s word-initial = at the beginning of words (hear, hidden, alcohol…)
/h/ is present when it shouldn’t be in particular at the beginning of words that start with a vowel (author, opera, easy…)

Question 3

TH

Answer 3

Deux th : think et this
Peut être prononcé : /f/ /v/ /t/ /d/ ou encore /s/ et /z/

Question 4

/i:/ vs /i/

Answer 4

/i/ est proche du /e/ français : voyelle courte, relâchée
/i:/ poche du <cheese> : voyelle longue, tendue</cheese>