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Pronunciation

Clinic

Business Bootcamp May/June


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Week 2: Stress In Sentences

/ey/ day

Practice the Sound //. Close your mouth a little for /ey/.

/ey/ is a long sound. Spread your lips and move your

tongue up a little as you say it. Listen and repeat:/ey/.

A. Word Pairs

1. Listen to these word pairs.

Sound 1: // Sound 2:/ey/

PenPain

Wet Wait

Test Taste

Pepper Paper

Shedshade


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B. Listen again and repeat.

1. Test Yourself

1. Listen and circle the word you hear.

2. Listen to each sentence and circle the word you hear.

3. Practice step 2 with a partner. Say each sentence, choosing a word from the

word pair. Your partner should point to the word you say.

1. Pen / pain 4. Pepper / Paper

2.

Shed/ Shade 5. Test/ Taste

3. Wet / Wait 6. Sell / Sail

1. Can I have some more (Pepper / Paper)?

2. Put it in the (Shed / Shade).

3. This (Pen / Pain) is terrible.

4. Did you see her (Letter / Later)?

5. I want to (Sell / Sail) the boat.

6. (Test / Taste) the cake and see if its done.


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C. Vocabulary

Listen and repeat these words with the sound /ey/.

D. Dialog: At the train station

1. Work with a partner. Fill in the blanks with words from task C.

Jay Davis is waiting for a train.

2. Listen to the dialog and check your answers.

E. Stress in Sentences

1. Listen and repeat

Today Ages Mistake Vacation

Away Train 8:08 Changed

May Late Eighth April

Waiting Station

Jay Davis:Hey! This train is late! Ive been waiting here for ages.

Conductor:Which Train are you _______________________ for?

Jay Davis:The 8:18 to Great Plains.

Conductor:The 8:18? Im afraid youve made a ______________________, sir.

Jay Davis:A mistake? I take this ____________________ every day!

Conductor:The train to Great Plains leaves at _________________________

Jay Davis:At 8:08? Where does it say that?

Conductor:Right here. Train to Great Plains 8:08. They _____________________ the schedule.

Jay Davis:They changed it? I guess they changed it while I was _________________ on

vacation.

Conductor:They changed the schedule at the end of April, sir. _____________________ is the

eighth of May.


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E. Stress in Sentences

1. Listen and Repeat

Ive been waiting for ages.

Im afraidyouve made a mistake.

They changedthe schedule at the endof April.

2. Listen to the sentences. Underline the stressed syllables.

In a sentence, some words are stressed more than others.

Stressed words sound louder and slower.

If a stressed word has more than one syllable, only one syllable is stressed.

The words that are stressed are words that are important for the meaning of the sentence

usually words such as nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, and wh- words.

Structure words such as a, the, and, but, to, of, it, and you are usually unstressed. They

sound quieter and quicker.

Stress in words does not usually change. But sentence stress can change with the speakers

meaning.

1. Today is the eighth of May. 5. Shes going to Spain

2. Its my neighbors birthday. 6. Her plane leaves at eight

3. I baked her a cake 7. Can you take her to the airport?


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F. Conversation Practice

1. Work with a partner. Underline the stressed syllables in each of Bs sentences in the

conversation.

2. Practice the conversation with a partner.

A:Today is the eighth of May.

B:The eighth?

A:Yes. Its my neighbors birthday

B:your neighbor Kate?

A:Yes. I baked her a cake

B:A cake?

A:But shes going away on vacation.

B:Shes going away?

A:Yes. Shes going to Spain

B:To Spain?

A:Yes Her plane leaves at eight.

B:At eight today?

A:Yes. Can you take her to the airport?

B:Me? Maybe

A:Ill give you the cake.

B:But you made it for Kate.

A:Yes, but shes going away.

B:Is it a lemon cake?

A:Yes

B:Mm, my favorite! OK, Ill take her!


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G. Spelling

The sound /ey/ is usually spelled with the letter a. Add more examples below.

H. Common Expressions

Listen and repeat these common expressions with the sound /ey/.

a . e late, name, change, mistake, ________________________________________________

a April, later, station, vacation, ________________________________________________

ay day, say, away, _______________________________________________________________

ai train, wait, afraid, ____________________________________________________________

Other spellings

Eigh eight, eighteen, weigh, neighbor

Ea great, break, steak

Ey they, hey!, obey

Ok. Whats your name?

Wait! Whats todays date?

Im late. Have a great day!


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Week 4: Using Stress and Intonation to Show

a Contrast

// ball

Practice the Sound /a/. Pull your tongue back a little for

//. Push your lips forward a little and make them round.

Listen and repeat: //.

A. Word Pairs


Sound 1: // Sound 2: //

Cut Caught

Dug Dog

Bus Boss

Done Dawn

Color Caller

In words without r after the vowel, many people in the U.S. and Canada use the

sound /a/ instead of //.


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B. Word Pairs 2


1. Listen to the word pairs. Write S if the two words are the same or D if the two

words are different.

Sound 1: /ar/ Sound 2: /r/

Far Four

Star Store

Card Cord

Part Port

2. Listen again and repeat. Curl the tip of your tongue up to make the sound /r/ in

these words.


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C. Test Yourself

1. Listen and circle the word you hear.


3. Practice step 2 with a partner. Say each sentence, choosing a word from the word

pair. Your partner should point to the word you say.

D. Vocabulary

Listen and repeat these words with the sound//.

1. Cut / Caught 2. Bus/ Boss

3. Color / Caller 4. Far / Four

5. Card / Cord 6. Star / Store

1. Im waiting for the (Bus / Boss)

2. He (Cut / Caught) the paper.

3. Is it (Far / Four)?

4. This needs a new (Card / Cord)

5. Did you get the name of the (Color / Caller?)

6. Isnt it (Done / Dawn) yet?

Lost Falling Airport Sports Awful Fault

Small walking Reporter Toward Thought Always


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E. Dialog: Sports report on Channel 4

Laura is a sports reporter. She is talking to a football player after a game.

1. Read the dialog as you listen to the sports report. If you hear a word that is different from

the word in you book, correct the word. Use the words in task D. There are 13 words to correct.

The first one has been done for you.

2. Listen again and check your answers.

Announcer: This morning the Hawks returned from their game in Boston. Laura Morgan,

our sports reporter, was at the store to meet them.

Laura: Good morning. Im Laura Morgan. All the baseball players are running toward me.

Heres George Tall, the halfback. Good morning, George.

George: Good morning. Are you a reporter?

Laura: Yes, Im from Channel 1. Can you tell our audience what you thought about the game

in Boston?

George: It was fun! We won. The score was 4 to 40.

Laura: Really? I thought the score was 4 to 34

George: No, 4 to 40. But It wasnt my fault.

Laura: Whose fault was it?

George: The quarterbacks

Laura: The quarterbacks?

George:Yes, the quarterbacks He was always talking or dropping the ball.


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F. Using Stress and Intonation to Show a Contrast

1. Listen. In these three conversations, Speaker B makes the information that is different stand

out.

A. George played baseball in Boston.

B. I thought George played football in Boston

A. George played football in New York.

B. I thought George played football in Boston

A. Paul played football in Boston

B. I thought Georgeplayed football in Boston.

2. Listen again and repeat

When speaking, people make the information or word that is new or differentstand out.

The stressed syllable of this word sounds extra loudand s l o w.

The intonation changes on this word. In a sentence with falling intonation, the voice

jumps up on the stressed syllable of the word and then falls.


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G. Conversation Practice

1. Work with a partner. Circle the word that should stand out in Speaker Bs sentences.

2. Practice the conversations in step 1.

1. A: The reporters name was George.

B: I thought the football players name was George.

2. A: New York lost the game.

B: I thought Boston lost the game.

3. A: The score was 8 to 44.

B: I thought the score was 4 to 44.

4. A: George played football in the evening.

B: I thought he played football in the morning.

5. A: George talked to Corey at the airport.

B: I thought he talked to Laura at the airport

6. A: It wasnt Georges fault.

B: I thought it was Georges fault.


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H. Spelling

The sound // is usually spelled with the letters o, au, aw, or a. Add more examples below.

I. Common Expressions

Listen and repeat these common expressions with the sound //.

O long, across, lost, dog, ____________________________________________

Before the letter r: sports, morning, more, before, ______________________

au fault, because, August, caught, ___________________________________

aw saw, awful, draw, dawn

a before the letter l: ball, also, walk*, talk*, ___________________________

before the letter r: warm, war, quarter

Other spellings:

ough thought, bought, fought

ou before the letter r: four, your, of course

Unusual spellings: toward, broad, door, floor

*The letter l in these words is silent.

Whats wrong? Good morning.

Whos calling? Of course!

You have the wrong number. Have some more coffee.


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Week 6: Negative Contractions

// book

Practice the Sound /uw/. Open your mouth a little more

for //. Your lips should be less round. Do not push them

into a tight circle. // is a shorter, more relaxed sound

than /uw/. Listen and repeat: //.

A. Word Pairs


Sound 1: /uw/ Sound 2: //

Luke look

Pool Pull

Fool Full

Suir Soot

Stewed Stood



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B. Test yourself




C. Vocabulary

1. One word in each column does not have the sound //. Work with a partner. Circle

the words that do not have the sound //.

2. Listen. Repeat the words and check your answers.

1. The sign on the door says (Pool / Pull).

2. (Luke / Look), I want you to come here.

3. Where did that black (Suit / Soot) come from?

4. I think hes (a fool/ full).

5. I (Stewed / Stood) the vegetables in the pot.

6. She stepped on my (Food/ Foot).

Look Sugar Food Wouldnt

Put Shouldnt Good Cookies

Enough Cookbook Full Under

Could Use Took Cushion


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D. Dialog: Looking for a book

1. Listen to the dialog. Fill in the blanks with: should, shouldnt could, couldnt, would, or wouldnt.

Julia cant find her cookbook. She asks Luke to help her look for it.


Julia: Luke, could you help me look for my book? Im not sure where I put it

Luke: Which book?

Julia: My new cookbook Good Cooking

Luke: ___________________ I look in the bookcase?

Julia: No, the bookcase is full. It ______________________ be there.

Luke: Maybe you _____________________ look in the living room.

Julia: I looked everywhere, even under the cushions.

Luke: ______________________ you use another cookbook?

Julia: No, the cookbook Im looking for is a sugar- free, fat free-

Luke: (interrupting) food free cookbook?

Julia: Very funny. You eat too much junk food. It isnt good for you.

Luke: But It tastes good!

Julia: Well you _________________ eat so much sugar. Hmm I think you took that book and

put it somewhere so I ___________________ use it.

Luke: I didnt put it anywhere! (pause) I think you ___________________ look under that box of

cookies.

Julia (picking up the cookies) Oops.


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E. Negative Contractions

1. Listen to the difference these pairs of sentences.


1. I (Could / Couldnt) get a job as a cook

2. I (Would/ Wouldnt) wear a suit to school.

3. You (Could/ Couldnt) learn to cook from a book.

4. You (Should/ Shouldnt) eat a lot of fruit.

5. You (Should/ Shouldnt) drink a lot of juice.

6. You (Could/ Couldnt) make good cookies without sugar.

3. Listen. Repeat the sentences and check your answers.

In English, people usually use contractions (like its or couldnt) rather than long forms

(like it is or could not) when they speak.

Contractions with not always have a strong pronunciation, even if the main word inthe contraction usually has a week pronunciation.

I couldnt use it. I could useit.

It wouldnt fitthere. It would fitthere.

You shouldnt eatthe cookies. You should eatthe cookies.


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F. Conversation Practice

1. Practice with a partner. Say the sentences in step 2 of task E to your partner. Choose

the word that you think makes the sentence true.

2. Practice the sentences in a group of three or four people. Complete the sentences with

your own ideas.

G. Rhythm Chant

1. The pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables helps give English its rhythm.

Listen.

Example: I wouldnt wear blue shoes.

I wouldnt wear ________________.

You should eat _________________

You shouldnt eat _______________.

You couldnt learn __________________ from a book.

1. You shouldnt eat too many cookies.

2. You shouldnt eat too much fruit.

3. You shouldnt eat too much sugar.

4. You shouldnt drink too much juice.

5. Its not good for you.

6. Itsnot good for me? Says who?

7. This book. Take a look.

Which words in bold have the sound //? ____________________________________


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2. Practice the chant. Put stress only on the words in bold.

H. Spelling

The sound // is usually spelled with the letters oo or u. Add more examples below.

I. Common Expressions

Listen and repeat these common expressions with the sound //.

1. oo* good, look, book, foot, __________________________________________

2. u pull, push, sugar, put, ____________________________________________

Unusual spellings: should, could, would, woman

*A few words spelled with oo can be pronounced either with the sound // or /uw/:

room, roof, root.

Look! I couldnt do it.

Whos that woman? Put some sugar in it.

Thats a good book. Those cookies look good.


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Week 8: Sentence Rhythm and Timing

/

/boy

/y/ has two sounds: // and /y/. Practice the sound //.

Make this sound long. Add /y/. Make this sound short.

Listen and repeat: /y/.

A. Word Pairs


Sound 1: /

/ Sound 2:/y/

Buy Boy

Ties Toys

Pint Point

Aisle Oil

File Foil


.


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B. Test yourself.




C. Vocabulary

1. Listen and repeat these words with the sound /y/.

1. I slipped and fell in the (Aisle / Oil)

2. I gave him a (Tie / Toy) for his birthday.

3. How many (Pints / Points) did they get?

4. What a good (Buy / Boy)!

5. I think hes a (Liar / Lawyer)

6. I put it in the (File / Foil).

Boys Voices Noisy Annoying

Toys Destroy Noisiest Enjoying

Noise Spoiled Annoyed


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D. Dialog: Noise

1. Work with a partner. Read the dialog and circle the correct words in parentheses.

Two boys are playing. Their parents are talking about them.


Joy: Well, maybe you shouldnt buy them such noisy (Toy / Toys).

Roy: Its not the toys that are (Noise / Noisy) its the boys!

Roy: Boys! Stop that noise!

Boys: What?

Roy: Keep your voices down! Youre making too much (Noise / Noisy).

Joy: Why are you so (Annoyed / annoying), Roy? Theyre just (Enjoyed / Enjoying) themselves.

Roy: But the noise is very (Annoyed / Annoying).

Joy: Theyre little (Boy / Boys) of course theyll make noise.

Roy: Im sure I wasnt that (Noisy / Noisiest) when I was a little boy. (Raising his voice) Boys!

Boys: (continue making noise)

Roy: They dont listen. Theyre spoiled. They (Destroy/ Destroying) all the toys I buy them.

And theyre the (Noisy/ Noisiest) boys Ive ever heard.


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E. Sentence Rhythm and Timing

1. Listen to the sentences on the left.

2. Listen and repeat. Try to say all the sentences in the same amount of time. Make the stressed

syllables longer and S l o w e r. Make the unstressed syllables shorter and quicker.

3. Now try the sentences on the right.

F. Spelling

The sound /y/ is spelled with the letters oi or oy. Add more examples below.

In English, stressed syllables are longer than unstressed syllables.

The time it takes to say a sentence depends on the number of stressed syllables, not

on the total number of syllables.

1. oi oil, point, voice, noise, ____________________________________________

2. oy toy, boy, enjoy, ____________________________________________________

Kids make noise. Buy new toys.

The kids make noise. Buyus new toys.

The kidswill make noise. Buyus some new toys.

The kidsare makingnoise. You should buyus some new toys.

The kidshave been making noise.


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G. Common Expressions

Listen and repeat these common expressions with the sound /y/.

* When /y/ comes before another vowel sound, use the /y/ sound in /y/ to link the two vowels

together.

Did you enjoy* it? How annoying!

Please lower your voice. Whats the point?

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