pronunciation 1

PRONUNCIATION PRACTICE 1

Pronunciation is the production of speech sounds produced by these organs for communication. It differs from language to language

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​What is pronunciation

1. Bit

2. Grit

3. Fit

4. Ship

5. Fill

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I ( i )

1. Beet

2. Greet

3. Feet

4. Sheep

5. Feel

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​Iy ( i: )

LESSON 1

​Sounds in sentences

1. He bit into the beet

2. Put the beens in the bins

3. How do you fell after fill the tub?

4. The sheep fell off the ship

5. She said she had seen too much sin

6. What time did you slip into sleep?

​Test time

I saw some sheep on a hill. Some were eating beets from a bin and some were asleep. I put my feet into the stream but got bit by a mean fish. I tried to hit and kick the fish but I slipped into the stream, I almost got killed

1. Raced

2. Age

3. Braid

4. Date

5. Slayed

​ey

1. Rest

2. Edge

3. Bread

4. Debt

5. Sled

​e

Lesson 2

Braid

​Bread

​Wreck

Rake

Test Time

Let me tell you the tale of the Great Dane who raced from Pennsylvania to west of Nebraska, but his master led him to Texas instead. He waded in a pond at the edge of a dell and got wet, finally he came in second in the race.

Lesson 3

1. Teen

2. Sleep

3. Beat

4. Steep

5. Feel

​i

1. Ten

2. Slept

3. Bet

4. Step

5. Fell

​e

​Read these sentences!

1. I read a book of Red Bull

2. She met her friends after the meeting

3. Anita bets me about the winner of the yesterday beating case

4. Marry sent me a message that someone has seen her purse

5. You and I eat meatballs at the mess

6. We really get a merchandise from the bookstore

1. Mat(tikar)

2. Dad

3. Rat(tikus)

4. Pap(ayah/bubur bayi)

5. And

​ǣ

1. Met

2. Dead(mati)

3. Ret(membasahi)

4. Pep(semangat)

5. End

​e

Lesson 4

Tan

Ten

Jam
(selai)

Gem
( permata)

Hem
(Pinggir baju,rok,dll)

​Ham
(daging paha babi)

Test Time

Jack is going to Japan to take Zen lessons. He has practiced Zen in his den since last Wednesday,but he still can't sit on his hands on a bench. He checked with a friend who lent him a mat. His friend sat with Jack until his feet felt dead. Jack's interest in Zen will probably pass. If not,he"ll have to amass a lot of yen to go to Japan.

1. Road

2. Soap

3. Won't

4. Cloak

5. Hope

​ow

1. Rod

2. Sop

3. Want

4. Clock

5. Hop

a

Lesson 4

​Repeat after your teacher

1. Don't blow smoke on my smock

2. How does that cop cope

3. I have got a goat

4. I hope you can hop

5. The mouse woke up in the wok

6. There's an ox under those oaks

​Test Time

Traveling down the road, Tom wanted to stop to soak his feet in some hot water, while soaking his feet, he dozed off. While dozing, he was robbed of his coat. When he awoke, he looked around, but all he saw was a goat on the road next to an oak tree. When Tom got close to the goat, he saw a note which had been in his coat. The goat had eaten his coat! Poor Tom just moped all the way home

Lesson 5

1. /ir/ Ear Here Deer Year Fear Beer

2. /er/ Air There Where Fair Chair Hair

3. /or/ Four Pour More Door For War

4. /ar/ Are Large Car Army Farm Sorry

5. /ər/ Were Her Person First Shirt Thirty

​Test Time

The police department has sent our a large force to search for the person who robbed the bank. He was wearing a red shirt and Bermuda shorts. He also had dark hair and a dark beard. His car was parked at the curb. Several persons wereshocked as he darted through the door. One clerk was hurt as the robber threw a sharp knife into the air. The robber caused quite a stir.