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Welcome to our pronunciation section, where you'll discover a range of practical exercises designed to enhance your listening and pronunciation skills across all levels of English proficiency.
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Level A
Level A
ajk bcdegptvz mn quw
/eɪ/ ajk
/ee/ bcdegptvz /ɪ/
mn
/ɪu/ quw
Vowels A E I O U
Consonants BCDFGHKLMNPQRSTVWXYZ
SPELLING
A: How do you spell your name, please?
B: - - - - - -
A as in alpha
B as in bravo
C as in Charlie
D as in Douglas
E as in . . .
🔘RuiEnglish Lec: L0AU01E10
1 Linked sounds
1 Linked sounds
Learn to sound natural when linking sounds
Listen and practice.
I'm Isabella.
She's over there.
You're in my class.
I'm Antonio.
She's over there.
You're in my class.
There are five vowels in English: a e i o u
Vowel sounds
Practice
He’s over there. . . .
This is your book. . . .
You’re in my class, right? . . .
Yes, I am. I’m Jennifer Miller. . . .
Hey, David, this is Jennifer. She’s in our math class.
My wife words in an elementary school.
Numbers
Numbers
TEEN TY
0
1
2
3 13 30 33
4
5
6
7
8
9
Listen and practice.
0 zero (oh)
1 one
2 two
3 three
4 four
5 five
6 six
7 seven
8 eight
9 nine
10 ten
Ordinal numbers
Ordinal numbers
1st first
2nd second
3rd third
4th fourth
5th fifth
6th sixth
7th seventh
8th eight
9th ninth
10th tenth
11th eleventh
12th twelfth
13th thirteenth
14th fourteenth
15th fifteenth
16th sixteenth
17th seventeenth
18th eighteenth
19th nineteenth
20th twentieth
21st twenty-first
22nd twenty-second
23rd twenty-third
24th twenty-fourth
25th twenty-fifth
26th twenty-sixth
27th twenty-seventh
28th twenty-eighth
29th twenty-ninth
30th thirtieth
31st thirty-first
2 Plural -s endings
2 Plural -s endings
Learn and practice to sound natural when saying plural nouns.
Notice the different pronunciations of plural -s endings.
/z/ /s/ /Iz/
pens books sunglasses
A 🔊Listen and practice. Notice the pronunciation of the plural -s endings.
/z/
earring earrings
phone phones
book bag book bags
/s/
desk desks
laptop laptops
wastebasket wastebaskets
/Iz/
pencil case pencil cases
class classes
box boxes
B Say the plural form of these nouns. Then complete the chart.
/z/
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/s/
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/Iz/
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Pronunciation rules
1. When nouns end in vowel sounds or voiced consonant sound (e.g., /n/ or /r/), we pronounce the plural -s as /z/ (e.g., cameras, televisions).
2. When nouns end in voiceless consonant sounds (e.g., /p/, /t/, or /k/), we pronounce the plural -s as /s/ (e.g., maps).
3. When nouns end in sibilant consonant sounds (e.g., /s/, or /tʃ/, we pronounce the plural -s as /IZ/ (e.g., watches).
Shoes
Cameras
Wallets
Pens
Belts
Ties
Perfumes
Dollars
/z/ /s/ /IZ/
IDs maps briefcases
newspapers stamps purses
televisions tickets watches
3 Syllable stress
3 Syllable stress
Notice syllable stress.
Learn to sound natural when pronouncing countries, nationalities, and languages.
🔴 🔴
China
Turkey
__________
__________
🔴🔴
Japan
Brazil
__________
__________
🔴 🔴 🔴
Canada
Mexico
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__________
🔴🔴 🔴
Morocco
Malaysia
__________
__________
What is the syllable stress in these words? Add the words to the chart. Then listen and check.
English
Mexican
Spanish
Honduras
Arabic
Chinese
Korean
Peru
Numbers
Numbers
Learn and practice the numbers from 11 to 103
Talk about people's ages
Differences in word stress
In words that end -teen, the last syllable has more stress.
In words that end -ty, the first syllable has more stress
-TEEN -TY
12 - 20 14 - 40 16 - 60 18 - 80
13 - 30 15 - 50 17 - 70 19 - 90
4 The letters S and SH
4 The letters S and SH
Notice the difference between the pronunciation of s and sh.
Learn to sound natural when saying words with s and sh.
Colors
Colors
Learn and practice the names of colors.
PRACTICE these tongue twisters
She sells seashells by the seashore.
I saw Susie sitting in a shoe shine shop.
Where she sits she shines, and where she shines she sits.
Send toast to ten tense stout saints' ten tall tents.
Sheena leads, Sheila needs.
Seth at Sainsbury's sells thick socks.
Six sick hicks nick six slick bricks with picks and sticks.
I wish to wish the wish you wish to wish,
but if you wish the wish the witch wishes,
I won't wish the wish you wish to wish.
Stupid superstition!
There was a fisherman named Fisher
who fished for some fish in a fissure.
Till a fish with a grin,
pulled the fisherman in.
Now they're fishing the fissure for Fisher.
Six sleek swans swam swiftly southwards.
She saw Sherif's shoes on the sofa. But was she so sure she saw Sherif's shoes on the sofa?
5 Rising and falling intonation
5 Rising and falling intonation
Notice rising and falling intonation in yes/no and Wh-questions.
Yes/No-questions have rising intonation.
Wh-questions have falling intonation.
Is she getting up?
Are they sleeping?
What's she doing?
What are they doing?
Listen to the questions. Check if they have a rising or falling intonation.
6 Third-person singular -s endings
6 Third-person singular -s endings
Notice and practice the PRONUNCIATION of third-person. Singular -s endings.
Notice of the pronunciation of the -s endings.
/S/ take takes
sleep sleeps
/Z/ drive drives
study studies
/IZ/ dance dances
watch watches
IRREGULAR do does
have has
7 Words with th
7 Words with th
Practice the sounds /θ/ and /ð/
three there
th has two different sounds in these words.
There are three trees in the theater.
8 Reduction of do
8 Reduction of do
Notice the reduction of do.
Learn to sound natural when asking simple present Wh-questions.
We usually reduce do/does + pronoun in conversation.
🎧Listen and read silently.
🔊 Listen again and repeat. 🎤
We also reduce does with she.
Practice🎤
Where does she work?
What does she do?
Underline all the examples of do/does + pronoun.
Rachel: Where does your brother work?
Angela: In a hotel.
Rachel: Oh, really? My brother works in a hotel, too.
He's a front desk clerk.
Angela: How does he like it?
Rachel: He hates it. He doesn't like the manager.
Angela: That's too bad. What hotel does he work for?
Rachel: The Plaza.
Angela: That's funny. My brother works there, too.
Rachel: Oh, that's interesting. What does he do?
Angela: Actually, he's the manager!
2. 🔊 Listen and pay attention to the reductions.
3.🎤 Practice the conversation again.
9 Sentence stress
9 Sentence stress
Notice sentence stress.
Learn to sound natural when stressing words in conversations.
A: Do we need any eggs?
B: Yes. We need some eggs.
A: Do we need any lettuce?
B: No. We don't need any lettuce.
10 CAN and CAN'T
10 CAN and CAN'T
Learn to sound natural when using can and can't.
A Listen and practice. Notice the pronunciation of can and can’t.
/kɘn/ /kænt/
I can play the piano. I can’t sing at all.
B PAIR WORK Your partner reads a sentence for each number. Check ✅the sentence you hear.
1. ⬜I can cook. 2. ⬜I can drive.
⬜I can't cook. ⬜I can’t drive.
3. ⬜I can swim. 4. ⬜I can dance.
⬜I can’t swim. ⬜I can’t dance.
Homophones
Practice. 🔊 Listen and repeat. 🎤
hear here 🧏📍
which witch 🧙♀️
dear deer 🦌
fair fare 🎫
flour flower 🌷
Learn and practice using the months and dates.
Talk about friends' birthdays.
11 Reduction of going to
11 Reduction of going to
12 Sentence intonation
12 Sentence intonation
Develop skills in listening for specific information.
13 Compound nouns
13 Compound nouns
Notice the stress in compound nouns.
Learn and practice to sound natural saying compound nouns.
Compound nouns
post office
gas station
restroom
coffee shop
drugstore
bookstore
supermarket
department store
14 Simple past -ed endings
14 Simple past -ed endings
Notice the pronunciation of -ed.
Learn and practice to sound natural when using regular simple past verbs.
/t/ /d/ /Id/
/t/ worked
watched
/d/ cleaned
stayed
/Id/ invited
visited
AMERICAN
-ed
dreamed
learned
leaped
burned
BRITISH
-t
dreamt
learnt
leapt
burnt
1 -ed sounds like /t/ when the verb ends with voiceless consonant sounds such as /k/ and /t∫/.
→ worked watched
2 -ed sounds like /d/ when the verb ends with vowel sounds or voiced consonant sounds such as /n/.
→ stayed cleaned
3 -ed sounds like /Id/ when the verb ends with the sound /t/ or /d/.
→ invited visited
15 Negative contractions
15 Negative contractions
Learn to sound natural when using negative contractions.
PRONUNCIATION Connected speech
Sounds disappear
When the sounds /t/ or /d/ occur between two consonant sounds, they will often disappear completely from the pronunciation.
16 Reduction of WANT TO and HAVE TO
16 Reduction of WANT TO and HAVE TO
Notice and practice the reductions of want to and have to.
Learn to sound natural when making, accepting, and declining invitations.
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