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english letters and sounds
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26 letters
44 sounds
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silent letters
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“C”, “G” & “B”
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silente “c” examples:
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muscle
scissors
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silente “g” examples:
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design
sign
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silente “b” examples:
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comb
womb
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Six different pronunciations:
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though
through
rough
cough
thought
bough
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phonetic spelling
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- Use a dictionary to learn meaning and correct pronunciation
- A sound map to learn on your own
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Phonetic “eI”
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A, J, H, K
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Phonetic “i”
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B,C,D,E,G,P,T,V
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Phonetic “Ar”
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R
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Phonetic “aI”
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I, Y
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Phonetic “oU”
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O
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Phonetic “u”
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Q, U, W
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Phonetic “zi”
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Z
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Long Vowel A /eI/
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ape
date
day
gate
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Long Vowel E /i/
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beat
cheese
easy
feet
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Long Vowel I /aI/
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ipad
iphone
ice cream
bye
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Long Vowel O /ou/
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row
go
Joe
blow
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Long Vowel U /u/
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you
do
blue
two
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Short Vowel A /ae/
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appe
alligator
and
bad
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Short Vowel E /e/
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bed
dead
get
yes
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Short Vowel O /ɑ:/
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sorry
off
stop
start
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Short Vowel U /ʌ/
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sun
son
cup
up
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Short Vowel I /I/
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it
hit
sit
fit
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"Th" sounds
voiced /ð/ and unvoiced /θ/
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voiced /ð/ "th" sound
the /ðə/
they /ðəI/
this /ðIs/
there /ðɛr/
mother /'mʌðər/
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unvoiced /θ/ "th" sound
thank you /θænk/
think /θink/
thongs /θɔnz/
three /θri/
thursday /θərz,dei/
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To pronounce the Unvoiced "th"
Tongue between teeths and blow (sound of the air)
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To pronounce the voiced "th"
Tongue between teeths and buzz with throat (sound of vocal cords)
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To pronounce the “V”
like a little rabbit (mostrando brevemente los dientes y soplando un poco al mismo tiempo)
Ejemplo: "vine",verse,viper, visor, vet,vase
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To pronounce the “w”
like a little fish (una especie de "u" que fricciona la garganta breve y ligeramente)
ejemplo: “Wednesday”,worse , wiper,wine, wiser,wet,waste
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To pronounce the "r"
encorvar la lengua hacia la parte central superior de la boca (sin tocar) y sonar la vocal en la garganta
example: rain, ramp, ride, rock, really, rim
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To pronounce the "l"
encorvar la lengua hacia la parte frontal superior de la boca (detras de lo dientes) y sonar la vocal en la garganta
example: lamp, light, lane, lock, leary, limb
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To pronounce the “ae”
open the mouth, as much as you can, like if you were about to say "a" and "e" in spanish
example: "bat","dad", bad, had,mad,sad
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To pronounce the “e”
open a your mouth a bit, like if you were to pronounce "e" vowel in spanish
example: "bed",head, met, bed, dead, said
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To pronounce the: “i” (long one )
put your lips and show your teethes like if you were smiling
examples:heat,beach,seat,beat,feet,meet
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To pronounce the: “ɪ” (short one )
to barely open the mouth to make the sound
examples: hit, bitch,sit,bit,fit,mitt
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b is silent
after M at the end of a word. Example: thumb, crumb, comb
before T at the end of a word. Example: doubt, debt
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c is silent
after "s". Examples: scissors, muscle, fascinating, scent,ascend
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d is silent
in DG combinations and in some common words
Examples: edge, badge, bridge,
Examples: handsome, wednesday,handkerchief
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the E at the end of a word makes the vowel sound long. The E makes the 'g' soft
kite, gate,bone,wage,stage,rage
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G is silent before an N
foreign, champagne, cognac, sign, align, campaign
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"gh" is silent after a vowel and after "au" combinations
"gh" has an "f" sound in some common words
weight ("silent"), light ("silent"), right ("silent"), daughter ("au"), laugh ("f"), rough ("f")
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Words with no rules
chemistry
school
exhaust
choir
hour
vehicle
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"k" is silent when is placed before "n"
knob
knowledge
knife
knead
knee
knock
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"L" is silent after the vowels "A", "O" & "U"
talk, salmon, shouldn't, yolk, calf, folk
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"N" is not pronounced after "m" at the end of a word
autumn, lymn, column, hymn, solemn, condemn
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"P" is silent when a word begins with "ps" or "pn"
psychic, pneumonia, psychedelic, psychology
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"P" is sometimes silent in the middle of a word
cupboard, raspberry
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"S" is silent before "L" in some common words
"S" is silent in some common words
examples: island, aisle, Ilinois, Arkansas, debris, bourgeois
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"T" is silent in some common words
castle, gourmet, listen, ballet, rapport, whistle
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"U" is silent when it comes after "G"
"U" is silent when it comes before a vowel
baguette, guard, tongue, colleague, circuit, guide
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"W" is silent before "R" at the beginning of a word
"W" is silent in the following words "who", "answer", "sword", "two"
write, wrestle
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pronounce a date, like "03/26/1961"
1) the twenty-sixth of March, nineteen sixty
2) March (the) twenty-sixth, nineteen sixty-one
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pronounce a year, like 2004
a) two thousand four
b) two thousand and four
c) twenty four
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noon
it is 12:00 o clock p.m.
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midnight
it is 12:00 o clock a.m. midnight
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formal way to say the hour
it is nine forty (hour first and then the minutes)
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popular way to say the hour
it is twenty after two (minutes first and then the hour)
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to say that nine or less minutes have passed after the hour
4:05 - It is four "oh" five
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to say
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to say that exactly 30 minutes have passed after the hour
"thirty" / "half past" like: it is one thirty
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to say that it is 15 minutes before or after the hour
It is a quarter after four
it is four fifteen
It is a quarter to seven
It is six forty five
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To speak about decimals
12.35 = twelve point three five
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fractions
2 (numerator) / 8 (denominator)
"two eights" (+"S")
4/7 = four-sevenths
1/2 = one half
1/4 = one fourth
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percent
"0.83%" = "zero point eight three percent"
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tongue twister "th"
three things on this side and six things on that side
they throw the thin theo through the air
six thick thistle sticks
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tongue twister "R" & "L"
red lorry, yellow lorry
a lump of red leather a red leather lump
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tongue twister "V" "W"
wild vines make fine vintage wines
willys really weary
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tongue twister "æ" & "ɛ"
put the bad bat back in the bag
the man in the cap had a hat and a cap
he let himself be led to the place for the plays
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three different pronunciations of the "ed" endings
helped (t) = all verbs that have a voiceless sound at the end of the verb
cleaned (d) = All verbs ending with a voiced sound
painted (id) = all regular verbs ending with "t" or "d"
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listen english
english songs
audio books
radio / podcasts
short videos
ted talks
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read out loud
tongue twisters
nursery rhymes
childrens stories
short stories
song lyrics
(do this everyday!)
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Record yourself
use your smartphone
tongue twisters
nursery rhymes
vowel sounds
commonly mispronounced words
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use a mirror
look at yourself
watch four face muscles
position of tongue
position of mouth
position of lips
(practice this everyday)
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links
wordreference.com = pronunciation and phonetic spelling
esl-bits.net = songs and stories to read and listen to
manythings.org = lots of things to listen to
ted.com = short videos with subtitles
americanliterature.com = lots of things to read
