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How to pronounce The STOP consonant [m]

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

marble

manual

mammoth

manometer

mummy

marathon

Other word examples

Directions: Read the following words, phrases, sentences and tongue twisters correctly

saying the / m / accurately and distinctly.

Initial

made, magazine, make, manual, map, money, master, maybe, mail, meal

Medial

permit, salmon, remind, human, champion, terminal, remove, simple, sample

Final

seem, theme, team, game, dream, aim, ham, alarm, poem, drum, blame, room

Phrases

many a little makes a mickle milk of human kindness

mad as a hatter morbid mouth

magical realism my old molded china

Sentences

1. They were reminded of the permits for the exam.

2. Modern methods in Mathematics are very easy.

3. A major announcement was made during the ceremonies.

4. There was a rumble inside the bus terminal.

5. A dormitory may be a home away from home.

Tongue Twisters

1. My Swiss Miss misses me.

2. Moses supposes his toeses are roses.

But Moses supposes erroneously.

For Moses, he knowses his toeses aren’t roses.

As Moses supposes his toeses to be.

3. A missing mixture measure.

Exercise 1: Pictures

Instructions: Identify the following pictures with the / m / sound.

Exercise 2: Vocabulary Test

Test I

Instructions: Underline the correct word that corresponds to the sentence.

1. _______(Mass, Mask) have been adopted as the universal symbol for theatre.

2. _______(Mugginess, Magazine) is one way to be updated in fashion and latest buzz.

3. _______(Mining, Mind) is the extraction of valuable minerals or other geological materials from the earth.

4. I wanted to stay in a _____( rom, room) that is clean and colorful to look at.

5. Our school won the soccer _______(game, gym) last week.

Test II

Match the words in column A with the meanings in column B.

A B

1. salmon a. Magnifier of the image of small objects

2. manual b. Excavation in the earth from which ores and minerals are extracted

3. marathon c. A contest with rules to determine a winner

4. microscope d. A small handbook

5. mines e. A footrace of 26 miles 385 yards

f. Any of various large food and game fishes of northern waters; usually migrate from salt to fresh water to spawn

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. You can find the highest number of _________ children in Nigeria.

2. We used _________ to heat our cold foods.

3. Janna forgot to eat her ______ because she is in a hurry.

4. We really need _______ to survive in our every day living.

5. We played tennis and afterwards we went for a ______.

Exercise 3: Article reading

Instructions: Read the article correctly saying the / m / sound accurately and underline

the words with the / m / sound. Then answer the following questions.

You Never Know When It's Over

A girl and a boy were on a motorcycle, speeding through the night. They loved each other a lot..

Girl: ”Slow down a little.. I’m scared..”

Boy: “No, it’s so fun..”

Girl: “Please, it’s so scary..”

Boy: “Then say that you love me..”

Girl: “Fine..I love you..can you slow down now?”

Boy: “Give me a big hug..”

The girl gave him a big hug.

Girl: “Now can you slow down?”

Boy: “Can you take off my helmet and put it on? It’s uncomfortable and it’s bothering me while I drive.”

The next day, there was a story in the newspaper. A motorcycle had crashed into a building because its brakes were broken. There were two people on the motorcycle, of which one died, and the other had survived..

The guy knew that the brakes were broken. He didn’t want to let the girl know because he knew that the girl would have gotten scared. Instead, he was told the last time that she loved him, got a hug from her, put his helmet on her so that she can live, and die himself…

Questions:

1. What do you think of what the guy did for his girlfriend?

2. If you were the girl, how would you feel?

Exercise 4: Role Play (Picture Descriptions)

Instruction: Describe the picture below in as many words as you can.