Presentation: De-emphasizing Structure Words

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nouns

main verbs

adverbs

adjectives

Question words

helping verbs

prepositions

pronouns

articles (a, an, the)

"be" verb (is, was, were)

Which type of word are these?

Content Word

Structure Word

De-emphasizing Structure Words

Multiple Select

How can we de-emphasize structure words?

• contractions

• reductions

• silent letters

• speaking clearly

They've already gone.
Where'll you put that?
We'd shut down completely.
They've cut the bread.
What'll you put in the soup?

Contractions

​He takes a bus to work.
She runs or swims every day.
I like rock and roll.
There are many tables and chairs in here.

Reductions

What's her name?
Call him.
I can't reach her.
Matt lost his jacket.
Has anyone seen him?

Silent Letters

​Listen:

Match

Match the full form with its contraction:

• she is

• can not

• I have

• why have

• he has

she's

can't

I've

why've

he's

• she's

• can't

• I've

• why've

• he's

Match

Match the full form with its contraction:

• who is

• where did

• we are

• they are

• he had

who's

where'd

we're

they're

he'd

• who's

• where'd

• we're

• they're

• he'd

Match

Match the full form with its contraction:

• They've already gone.

• What's new?

• It's great to see you!

• Where'll everybody go?

• How's it going?

They have

What is

It is

Where will

How is?

• They have

• What is

• It is

• Where will

• How is?

Audio Response

Listen and record these common sayings:

1. How's it going?

2. What's up?

3. I don't believe it!

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Multiple Choice

Which word is reduced in this sentence?

• She runs or swims every day.

• she

• runs

• or

• swims

Multiple Choice

In this sentence, what vowel sound is "or"?

• She runs or swims every day.

• schwa

• rose coat

• auburn dog

• brown cow

Reduced words --> schwa

Just like reduced syllables, reduced words have the vowel sound of schwa. Listen to these sentences again:

He takes a bus to work.
She runs or swims every day.
I like rock and roll.
There are many tables and chairs in here.

Multiple Choice

Which word is reduced in this sentence?

• Tommy has many cats and dogs.

• Tommy

• many

• and

• dogs

Multiple Choice

In this sentence, what vowel sound is "and"?

• Tommy has many cats and dogs.

• black cat

• red pepper

• schwa

• silver pin

Audio Response

Listen and record this sentence with reductions:

• He takes a bus to work.

Open Audio Recorder

Multiple Choice

In this sentence, which letter is silent?

• Call him.

• C

• L

• H

• M

ex. he, her, him

We usually reduce these structure words by making the "h" silent.

We also link the word with the previous word.

Structure words that start with "h"

Listen:

What's her name?
Call him.
I can't reach her.
Matt lost his jacket.
Will he be there?
Has anyone seen him?

Audio Response

Listen and record this sentence:

• What's her name?

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Multiple Select

How can we de-emphasize structure words?

• contractions

• reductions

• silent letters

• speaking clearly