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LESSON Dominando Sons Estrangeiros

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Apesar de no usarmos do acento agudo no ingls, mesmo assim temos que memorizar qual slaba tem batida. Este sistema arbitrria sobre a colocao da slaba tnica torna-se muito difcil para quem est aprendendo ler e escrever o ingls. Substantivo rebel impact insult insert contest protest convert project Verbo to rebel to impact to insult to insert to contest to protest to convert to project

SOUND STUDY Grupos consonantais de SONS ESTRANHOS Adicionando o sufixo [s, es] da terceira pessoa singular do presente, em ingls, isto cria vrios grupos consonantais. O s ou es tem o som /s/, /z/, ou /ez/ quando adicionado s palavras que terminam com um fonema surdo, sonoro, ou s,z,sh,ch,dge, respectivamente. coughs hopes fits lifts reacts engulfs milks helps melts thinks asks lisps toasts tempts works warps bursts robs begs falls comes lives rings holds films resolves disturbs boards curls harms burns starves

Falar um idioma e tocar o piano so habilidades, e como qualquer percia necessitam de treinamento, sabendo que a pessoa vai cometer erros. Em fato errar e depois corrigir os erros a parte integral do processo de aprender.

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SOUND EXERCISES Sons Semelhantes /sh/ sheep sheet ship shoe shop share shin cash lash wish 1) These are SHEEP. [carneiros] These are CHEAP. [barato] 2) Do you want my SHARE? [parte] Do you want my CHAIR? [cadeira] 3) This is my SHIN. [canela da perna] This is my CHIN. [queixo] /ch/ cheer choice chest choke chin char chunk choose rich /dj jeer Joyce jest joke gin jar junk jews ridge /ch/ cheap cheat chip chew chop chair chin catch latch witch

COMPARE OS SONS

1) The children CHEER. [aplaudir, torcer] The children JEER. [zombar, escarnecer] 2) We dont have a CHOICE here. [escolha] We dont have a JOYCE here. [Joyce] 3) She doesnt like it when I CHOKE. [engasgar] She doesnt like it when I JOKE . [fazer brincadeira]

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/shj/ (Joo) version pleasure lesion 1) I dont know this VERSION . [verso] I dont know this VIRGIN. [virgem] 2) We need to have PLEASURES. [prazeres] We need to have PLEDGERS. [promissrias]

/dj/ virgin pledger legion

PARA PENSAR Toda lngua segue suas prprias leis. Estamos estudando o que o idioma faz, no o por qu. PRONUNCIATION EXERCISES g= dj magician mgico pigeon pombo bridge ponte large grande gentle pacfico general general German alemo engine mquina engineer engenheiro range extenso j = dj Jack Jack Joseph Jos jam gelia Japan Japo jar pote jail priso jazz jazz jeans jeans job emprego just s, apenas

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i = ai like gostar light luz, leve, clara right certo mind mente five child criana, filho bicycle bike blind cego side lado kind bondoso pilot mile milha fine bem ripe maduro China kite pipa

i = ur bird birth nascimento dirty first firm firme sir senhor third skirt saia shirt flirt coquetear, flertar

i= e big sick brick tijolo fish dish prato milk English with It give live this

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REVIEW 1) Os dias da semana tem que ser memorizados. SUNDAY, MONDAY, TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY, FRIDAY, SATURDAY. *** usamos a preposio ON para no, na. 2) O verbo auxiliar CAN: I CAN go with you. He CAN study in the evening. 3) She CANT read English. CAN my sister have a glass of water?

Quantidade: SOME algum, alguma [s] afirmativo ANY - algum, alguma [s] interrogativo - nenhum, nenhuma negativo NO - nenhum, nenhuma negativo MORE mais LESS menos MUCH - muito [adj.] quantidade MANY muitos, vrios [adj.] numeros A LOT - muito, um monte A LOT OF - muito [de] quantidade e numeros FEW - poucos any more some more much more many more numeros a lot more a little more a few more any less many less a little less much less a few less lot less A LITTLE um pouco [de] quantidade

72 4) A palavra SOMETHING usado apenas em frases afirmativas: I want to eat SOMETHING. She needs SOMETHING. 5) A palavra ANYTHING usado em frases interrogativas: Do you want ANYTHING ? Does it need ANYTHING ? e tambm em frases negativas: I dont want ANYTHING. 6) YET sempre vem no final de frases: I need to eat YET. We need to say something YET. 7) STILL pode ser usado no incio ou no meio de frases: I STILL want to read your letter. She knows Portuguese and she STILL speaks English. 8) Qualidade: GOOD BAD STRONG forte WEAK (wik) fraco OLD YOUNG PRETTY (prti) CHEAP (tchip) EXPENSIVE 9) VERY + qualidade =

TURBO QUALIDADE
VERY CHEAP VERY EXPENSIVE (ekspnsev) VERY MUCH VERY MANY VERY LITTLE VERY FEW

VERY GOOD VERY BAD VERY STRONG VERY WEAK VERY OLD VERY YOUNG VERY PRETTY