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How to pronounce The STOP consonant [t]
Links to Phonetics: the sound of American English (発音の仕方をこちらのリンクから確認)
Pink: relatively lower priorities
Red: High priorities
Let's practice
Words
tomb
tinsel
tumbler
tortoise
traffic light
Other word examples
Directions: Read the following words, phrases, sentences and tongue twisters correctly
saying the / t / sound accurately and distinctly.
Initial
tab, tail, train, task, taste, tea, tax, taxi, touch, top, ten, tell, team, tease, teach, tube, test, tie
Medial
attic, attire, attempt, button, enter, return, retail, eternal, fatigue, dirty, detach, detain, intake
Final
bat, cat, hat, fat, fast, boat, sit, gate, great, night, heart, light, bright, hurt, sweet, meat, suite, but, cut
Phrases
talk to the hand
tail wagging the dog three strikes and you are out
talk through one's hat ticked off
test your mettle tie the knot
Sentences
1. He detached the pictures and attached the entire text.
2. As they searched for their prey in the forest,the hunters stepped on a trap with a bait.
3. They rushed,skipped,hopped,and jumped amid squeals of delight.
4. As soon as they were dismissed,the children noisily trooped to the playground.
5. The woman packed the cooked food.
Tongue Twisters
1. Mr. Tongue Twister tried to train his tongue to twist and turn, and twit an twat, to learn the letter ""T"".
2. A twister of twists once twisted a twist;
A twist that he twisted was a three-twisted twist;
If in twisting a twist one twist should untwist,
The untwisted twist would untwist the twist.
3. Theopholus Thistle, the successful thistle sifter,
successfully sifted some thistles.
4. A tutor who tooted the flute
Tried to tutor two tooters to toot.
Said the two to the tutor,
“Is it harder to toot, or
to tutor two tooters to toot?”
Exercise 1: Pictures
Instructions: Identify the following pictures with the / t / sound.
Exercise 2: Vocabulary Test
Test I
Instructions: Underline the correct word that corresponds to the sentence.
1. I wanted to _______ (take, tick, tuck) a bath but the water got turned off.
2. The _______ (tray, trey, troy) fell to the floor when the cart got accidentally got pushed.
3. Right _______ (torn, turn, tarn) before the big old oak tree and you'll see the fresh water sea.
4. Clowns gathered to show their different magic _______ (tricks, trucks, tracks).
5. The _______ (tosk, tusk, task) given to me was pretty easier than what was given to others.
Test II
Match the words in column A with the meanings in column B.
A B
1. tarnish a. discoloration of metal surface caused by oxidation
2. taciturn b. an abnormal new mass of tissue that serves no purpose
3. tourist c. a three-sided polygon
4. triangle d. someone who travels for pleasure
5. tumor e. repeat aloud from memory
f. causing or able to cause nausea
g. habitually reserved and uncommunicative
Test III
Listening Test
Instructions: Listen carefully` as the teacher reads series of sentences.
Fill in the blanks the appropriate word to complete the sentence.
1. Obviously he needs to learn proper _______ (tuck, tact) if he wants _______ (too, to) graduate.
2. My _______ (teem, team) lost the match _______ (twist, twice) today.
3. _______ (True, Through) friends would never bail out on you specially in _______ (times, teams) of trouble.
4. In my opinion, the _______ (test, tease) was very hard, I think it made some of the students _______ (tamper, temper) rise.
5. The whole family is going on a _______ (tour, tore) next month, I'm looking forward for a new _______ (tanned, tinned) skin.
Exercise 3: Article reading
Instructions: Read the article correctly saying the / t / sound accurately and underline
the words with the / t / sound. Then answer the following questions.
PRAYER OF LITTLE GIRL'S
A father put his three year old daughter to bed, told her a story and
listened to her prayers which she ended by saying
"God bless Mommy,
God bless daddy,
God bless grandma
and good-bye grandpa."
The father asked, "Why did you say good-bye grandpa?"
The little girl said, "I don't know daddy, it just seemed like the thing to do."
The next day grandpa died.
The father thought it was a strange coincidence.
A few months later the father put the girl to bed and listened to her
prayers, which went like this:
"God bless Mommy,
God Bless daddy
and good-bye grandma."
The next day the grandmother died.
Oh my gosh, thought the father, this kid is in contact with the otherside.
Several weeks later when the girl was going to bed the dad heard her say
"God bless Mommy
and good-bye daddy."
He practically went into shock. He couldn't sleep all night and got up at
the crack of dawn to go to his office. He was nervous as a cat all day, had lunch sent in and watched the clock. He figured if he could get by until midnight he would be okay. He felt safe in the office, so instead of going home at the end of the day he
stayed there, drinking coffee, looking at his watch and jumping at every sound.
Finally midnight arrived, he breathed a sigh of relief and went home. When he got home his wife said "I've never seen you work so late, what's
the matter?
"He said "I don't want to talk about it, I've just spent the worst day of my life."
She said "You think you had a bad day, you'll never believe what happened
to me. This morning the milkman dropped dead on our porch."
Questions:
1. Do you think the story is realistic?
2. What is the lesson in the story?
Exercise 4: Role Play (Picture Descriptions)
Be my tourist guide!
Tokyo Tower
