Unit_c20_[r]_red

How to pronounce The STOP consonant [r]

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

radioactive material

garage

rainbow

railway

radish

radiation

Other word examples

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

saying the _[r]_ accurately and distinctly.

Initial

rag,rage,race,reach,real,ride,rice,read,radiation,radish,raccoon,racket,rabbi,rabbit,robber

Medial

material,garage,hyrax,dragon,umbrella,zero,parrot,party,farm,burst,enormous

Final

car,computer,pear,bar,parlor,partner,passenger,passport,robber,rubber

Phrases

rabbit and pork run out of steam

raining stair-rods rule of thumb

raze to the ground rough diamond

rhyme nor reason

rise and shine

rabbit and pork -----talk

run out of steam----Run out of energy.

raining stair-rods---Raining very heavily

rule of thumb--------A means of estimation made according to a rough and ready practical rule, not based on science or exact measurement.

raze to the ground-To destroy and sweep completely away.

rough diamond------Someone who is basically good hearted but lacking social graces and respect for the law.

rhyme nor reason--A thing which has neither rhyme nor reason makes no sense, from either a poetic or logical standpoint.

rise and shine-------Get out of bed and prepare for work.

Sentences

1. The birth of the girl in the family was a source of great mirth.

2. Tired,weary and forlorn,the hikers took a much needed break.

3. The itinerary for the tour included Eiffel Tower.

4. They heard the danger of going near the whirlpool.

5. The labor day wage increase is written in the papers.

Tongue Twisters

1. Round and round the rugged rocks the ragged rascal ran.

2. Rubber baby-buggy bumpers

3. Rush the washing, Russel!

Exercise 1: Pictures

Instructions: Identify the following pictures with the _[r]_ sound.

Exercise 2: Vocabulary Test

Test I

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

1. Shane saw a big and huge _______(rabbi,rabbit)in the _______(form,farm,ferm).

2. Mike suffer from a ________(radiation,radiating) due to ________(exposing,exposure,expose) of radioactive chemicals.

3. The ______(burst,purse) of an atom bomb creates enormous _______(radiation,radiating) aloft.

4. We had the most difficult climbing _____(rate,race,trace) in Japan, we begin the _____(race,rate,trace) in Fujiyoshida City Hall.

5. A ______(prisoner,prison) who escaped in _______(prisoner,prison) is called _______( prison cell,prisonbreak).

Test II

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

A B

1. aloft a. Any of several small ungulate mammals of Africa and Asia with rodent-like incisors and feet with hooflike toes

2. burst b. Energy that is radiated or transmitted in the form of rays or waves or particles

3. radiation c. Extraordinarily large in size or extent or amount or power or degree

4. enormous d. At or to great height; high up in or into the air

5. hyrax e. Spiritual leader of a Jewish congregation; qualified to expound and apply Jewish law

f. The act of exploding or bursting

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. We are about to play badminton but my _________ was broken.

2. _______ is an animal who is good in mimicking sounds.

3. Jane's Father was in _________ for 2 _____ because he was accused he killed someone.

4. Before we ______ our class we have to prepare our ________.

5. Jason park his _______ in the ________ to be safe from a robber.

Exercise 3: Article reading

Instructions: Read the article correctly saying the _[r]_ sound accurately and underline

the words with the _[r]_ sound. Then answer the following questions.

Fleming Story

WHAT GOES AROUND COMES AROUND

His name was Fleming, and he was a poor Scottish farmer. One day, while trying to eke out a living for his family, he heard a cry for help coming from a nearby bog.

He dropped his tools and ran to the bog. There, mired to his waist in black muck, was a terrified boy, screaming and struggling to free himself. Farmer Fleming saved the lad from what could have been a slow and terrifying death.

The next day, a fancy carriage pulled up to the Scotsman's sparse surroundings. An elegantly dressed nobleman stepped out and introduced himself as the father of the boy Farmer Fleming had saved.

"I want to repay you," said the nobleman. "You saved my son's life."

"No, I can't accept payment for what I did," the Scottish farmer replied, waving off the offer.

At that moment, the farmer's own son came to the door of the family hovel.

"Is that your son?" the nobleman asked.

"Yes," the farmer replied proudly.

"I'll make you a deal. Let me take him and give him a good education. If the lad is anything like his father, he'll grow to a man you can be proud of."

And that he did. In time, Farmer Fleming's son graduated from St. Mary's Hospital Medical School in London, and went on to become known throughout the world as the noted Sir Alexander Fleming, the discoverer of Penicillin.

Years afterward, the nobleman's son was stricken with pneumonia. What saved him? Penicillin.

The name of the nobleman? Lord Randolph Churchill. His son's name? Sir Winston Churchill.

Exercise 4: Role Play (Picture Discriptions)

Instructions: Compare the two pictures.