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How to pronounce The STOP consonant [j]
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
yacht
confused
Europe
yield
argue
new year
Other word examples
Directions: Read the following words, phrases, sentences and tongue twisters correctly
saying the / j / accurately and distinctly.
Initial
yellow, yard, yell, yet, yacht, euphemism, yield, ewe, year, Europe, yes, yawn, yestersday
Medial
beyond, loyal, pure, purity, accuse, cube, few, argue, debut, bureau, cube, curfew, future, confuse,
amuse, onion, union, genius, humid, companion, humane, humorous
Phrases
yada yada yucky yuck
yellow belly yearly yanky yuletide
your money or your life yes yes yo
Sentences
1. The huge mural in the museum added to the beauty of the foyer.
2. With his gold-tipped arrow,he makes human couples fall in love and the leaden arrow if he wished the
couple to refuse each other.
3. The loyal royal servant was given a huge raise in his yearly income.
4. To get its full health value,cucumber should be eaten raw before it becomes yellow.
5. The government bureau is looking into several dubious agreements with local and foreign entities.
Tongue Twisters
1. Yellow leather, yellow feather, yellow lemon.
2. Local yokel jokes.
Exercise 1: Pictures
Instructions: Identify the following pictures with the / j / sound.
Exercise 2: Vocabulary Test
Test I
Instructions: Underline the correct word that corresponds to the sentence.
1. I was _______(confucius,confused) on how to solved my problems.
2. Jake went to ______(euro,europe) to look for his girlfriend.
3. Daniella saw a _______(huge,hug,yogi) cat in her friends house.
4. I _______(yelled,yilled,ill) to her from the window but she couldn't hear me.
5. The child ________(yawned,yon) during the long performance.
Test II
Match the words in column A with the meanings in column B.
A B
1. huge a. A discussion in which reasons are advanced for and against some proposition or proposal
2. ewe b. The act of beginning something new
3. curfew c. An order that after a specific time certain activities (as being outside on the streets) are prohibited
4. debut d. A message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter
5. debate e. Unusually great in size or amount or degree or especially extent or scope
f. Female sheep
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. Mary ________ john about the question of having an abortion.
2. To be attractive to girls you have to have a sense of _______.
3. 18 years old and below has a ________ if they go out.
4. It's fun to tour in a ________ because you will have alot of knowledge when you go out.
5. Kim is very _______ to his friend because what ever happens he is ______ there beside him.
Exercise 3: Article reading
Instructions: Read the article correctly saying the / j / sound accurately and underline
the words with the / j / sound. Then answer the following questions.
Sand and Stone
A story tells that two friends, Futz and Babz, were walking through the desert. During some point of the journey they had an argument, and Futz slapped Babz without really meaning to. Babz was deeply hurt with what happened but without saying anything, she wrote in the sand: "TODAY MY BEST FRIEND SLAPPED ME IN THE FACE."
They kept on walking until they found an oasis where they decided to take a bath. While bathing, Babz suddenly got stuck in the mire and started drowning, but fortunately Futz saved her. After Babz recovered from the near drowning, she wrote on a stone: "TODAY MY BEST FRIEND SAVED MY LIFE."
Futz got curious of why Babz wrote on a stone and asked, "After I hurt you, you wrote in the sand and now, you write on a stone, why?"
Babz replied with a smile: "When someone hurts us, we should write it down in sand where winds of forgiveness can erase it away. But, when someone does something good for us, we must engrave it in stone where no wind can ever erase it."
LEARN TO WRITE YOUR HURTS IN THE SAND, AND TO CARVE YOUR BENEFITS IN STONE..
Questions:
1. Why do you think Futz slapped Babz?
2. What is a mire?
3. Expound on the statement, " LEARN TO WRITE YOUR HURTS IN THE SAND, AND TO CARVE YOUR BENEFITS IN STONE.."
Exercise 4: Role Play (Picture Descriptions)]
Instruction: Describe the picture below in as many words as you can.
