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LESSON

TWELVE

Dominando Sons Estrangeiros

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

Verbo

rebel
impact
insult
insert
contest
protest
convert
project

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

/ch/
cheap
cheat
chip
chew
chop
chair
chin
catch
latch
witch

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

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]

COMPARE OS SONS

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/shj/ (Joo)

/dj/

version

virgin

pleasure

pledger

lesion

legion

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]

PARA PENSAR Toda lngua segue suas prprias leis.

Estamos estudando o que o idioma faz, no o por qu.
PRONUNCIATION EXERCISES
g= dj

j = dj

magician mgico

Jack Jack

pigeon pombo

Joseph Jos

bridge ponte

jam gelia

large grande

Japan Japo

gentle pacfico

jar pote

general general

jail priso

German alemo

jazz jazz

engine mquina

jeans jeans

engineer engenheiro

job emprego

range extenso

just s, apenas

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i = ai

i = ur

i= e

like gostar

bird

big

light luz, leve, clara

birth nascimento

sick

right certo

dirty

brick tijolo

mind mente

first

fish

five

firm firme

dish prato

child criana, filho

sir senhor

milk

bicycle

third

English

bike

skirt saia

with

blind cego

shirt

It

side lado

flirt coquetear,

give

kind bondoso
pilot
mile milha
fine bem
ripe maduro
China
kite pipa

flertar

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:

She CANT read English.

I CAN go with you.

He CAN study in the evening.
3)

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

numeros

A LITTLE um pouco [de] quantidade

any more

a lot more

many less

some more

a little more

a little less

much more

a few more

much less

many more

any less

a few less
lot less

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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 GOOD

VERY CHEAP

VERY BAD

VERY EXPENSIVE (ekspnsev)

VERY STRONG

VERY MUCH

VERY WEAK

VERY MANY

VERY OLD

VERY LITTLE

VERY YOUNG

VERY FEW

VERY PRETTY