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How to pronounce The STOP consonant [d]
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
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Words
dance
adventure
card
land
radio
dive
red
toad
Other word examples
Directions: Read the following words, phrases, sentences and tongue twisters correctly
saying the _[d]_ accurately and distinctly.
Initial
dot,dip,do,duck,date,dance,dark,dog,dough,day,dozen,duty,dive,divide,down,dream
Medial
admit,adore,adorn,faded,random,needed,indoor,endure,adding,adventure,radio,odor
Final
bed,had,card,nod,load,heard,hand,land,band,showed,flowed,cloud,aloud,red,mad.,toad,said,lad
Phrases
dead cat bounce dish fit for the gods
dark horse doom and gloom
double cross drooping like flies
die hard
devil and the deep blue sea
Sentences
1. The sailing team,rowed their boats and plowed through the rocks until it was finally towed out of the rushing waters.
2. The college examination was standardized according to required criteria and likewise synchronized with the national test schedule.
3. The class was pleased at the grades they received.
4. He resolved that never will he return to the place where he lived.
5. The vulture clawed and swallowed the hapless bird as it crowed.
Tongue Twisters
1.Did Doug dig Dick's garden or did Dick dig Doug's garden?
2.Two dozen double damask dinner napkins
3.Dear mother,
give your other udder
to my other brother.
Exercise 1: Pictures
Instructions: Identify the following pictures with the _[d]_ sound.
Exercise 2: Vocabulary Test
Test I
Instructions: Underline the correct word that corresponds to the sentence.
1. I saw a _________(dagger, daguerre, bagger) in the pants of my brother.
2. A big _______(damage,bandage) was left after the storm.
3. People are ________ (dative, date, dating) every Valentine's Day.
4. It's our tradition to give a _______(dart, card, band) during Christmas.
5. My ________(bid, bead, bed) is very soft and comfortable.
Test II
Match the words in column A with the meanings in column B.
A B
1. random a. Love intensely
2. dip b. Become less clearly visible or distinguishable; disappear gradually or seemingly
3. adore c. Lacking any definite plan or order or purpose; governed by or depending on chance
4. endure d. Face and withstand with courage.
5. faded e. Take a risk in the hope of a favourable outcome
f. Immerse briefly into a liquid so as to wet, coat, or saturate
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. My brother loves to go to the highest mountain,he is an _________ person.
2. Coron Bay is one of the most popular _______ destination here in the Philippines.
3. I love to eat _________ becuase it is very sweet and you can put your fingers in the hole.
4. Gina is afraid of the _______ because she is afraid to see a ghost.
5. Zac and Van needs to practice on how to _________ for there play.
Exercise 3: Article reading
Instructions: Read the article correctly saying the _[d]_ sound accurately.
Then answer the following questions.
The Farmer and the Stork
A Farmer placed nets over the field he'd just planted, catching a bunch of Crows that came to eat his seed. Caught with them was a Stork that had broken his leg in the net.
The Stork didn't want to meet the same fate as the Crows and so begged the farmer for his freedom.
"Please take pity on me and my broken leg," said the Stork, "and let me go - just this once. I'm no Crow; I'm a Stork, a bird of excellent character."
The Stork continued. "I respect and work for my mother and father. And look: my feathers are nothing like that of a Crow."
The Farmer snickered.
"You may be as you say, but what I know is this: I caught you with thieves, and so I will treat you like a thief."
Comment: Like many of Aesop's Fables, the Farmer and the Stork can seem a little harsh today. In the original the Stork pleads for his life; I've softened the translation to leave him pleading for his freedom.
Exercise 4: Role Play (Picture Descriptions)
Instructions: Create a story out from the given pictures.
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