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This activity will help you learn to control your tongue as you practice your American Accent. A.

Amidst the mists and misty frost Ms. Ty thrusts her fists against the posts and still insists she sees the misty ghosts. B. Betty Botter bought some butter, but said she: This butters bitter. If I put it in my batter, that would make my batter bitter. But a bit of bitter butter- that would make my batter better. C. Jack Sprat could eat no fat; his wife could eat no lean. And so between them both you see they licked the platter clean. D. Whether the weather be good, or whether the weather be bad, well weather the weather, whether you like it or not. E. Marriott spoke of bouquet, wallet, ballet, and chalet. F. Moses supposes his toeses are roses but Moses supposes erroneously. For nobodys toeses are posies or roses as Moses supposes his toeses to be. G. Peter Prankle, the prickly prankster pear picker picked three packs of prickly pears from the pear trees. H. The tutor who tooted the flute tried to tutor two tooters to toot, but the two said to the tutor: Which is harder, to toot or to tutor two tooters to toot? I. Thomas Tattamus took two tall trees to tie tots to these two tall trees. To tighten the ties of these two tots, these two tots were tied to the two tall trees by the terrible Thomas Tattamus. J. Round and round the rugged rock ragged rascal ran. K. Knott the Scott were in a barber shop when a box lodged on top of the clock.

Note: The popular poem below best illustrates the difficulty of studying pronunciation rules. THE PROBLEM OF PRONUNCIATION When the English tongue we speak Why is break not rhymed with freak? Will you tell me why its true We say sew but likewise few? And the maker of a verse Cannot cap his horse with worse. Beard sounds not the same with heard; Cord is different from word. Cow is cow but low is low. Shoe is never rhymed with foe. Think of hose, and dose, and lose. And goose, and yet of choose. Think of comb, and tomb and bomb; Doll and roll, and home and some; And since pay is rhymed with say, Why not paid with said, I pray? We have blood and food and good, Bough is not pronounced like dough. Therefore, done, but gone and lone Is there any reason known? Well, in short, it seems to me Words and letters disagree.

Please practice the appropriate pronunciation of the following words.

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20.

Inventory Expiration Embossed Recipient Encompass Express Inquiry Consolidation Duplicate (noun) Purchase Consumer Balance Transaction Authorization Dispute Percentage Hour Content Culture Record (verb)

BEGINNING EX RULE 1: RULE 2: A. pronounced \egz or igz\ when followed by a vowel sound or silent h pronounced \eks or iks\ when followed by a consonant sound Drill on ex as \eks or iks\ Expect Excitement Excuse Except expedite excel excellence exclusion expand exceed excess excavate

B.

Drill on ex as \egz or igz\ Exert Exist Exemplify Exalt exertion existence exasperate exile example exhibit exotic examine

C. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

Sentence Drill We must exert more for the excellent results. The exercises were very exhilarating. My cards expiration date is 2/30/09. The exhibitors will join the excursion. You may use either Word or Excel in your report.

ENDING S as \s\ or \z\ RULE 1: RULE 2: A. pronounced \s\ after the sound of \f,p,t,k, or th\ pronounced \z\ after a vowel sound and any of the remaining consonant sounds \s\ after sounds of \f,p,t,k, or th\ laughs tops skates sticks paths B. puffs keeps parts packs piths cuffs peeps hats lakes myths

\z\ after the sounds of any vowel or consonants does warms is loves tags his Note: this (s) bars dads hens was badges these rubs bays washes masses lulls as

C. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

Sentence Drill The snakes hiss and cross the streets. She skates and usually wins in the matches. Some of his hobbies include collecting CDs and surfing the net. He washes the pans, rubs the lamps, and gags the gulls. It pops and it crackles-popcorn, anyone?

THE ARTICLE THE

RULE 1:

the is pronounced \th\ when the next word begins in a vowel sound or silent h.

RULE 2: the is pronounced \th\ when followed by a word beginning in a consonant sound

A.

Drill on the the as \th\ the aura the elegance the intuition the opulence the understanding the announcement the engineer the intelligence the opportunity the umpire

B.

Drill on the the \th\ the baptism the mediocrity the dawning the harnessing the development the supervisor the trainee the manager the secretary the director

PRACTICE ON SCHWA \ \ TION/ SION/ CION/ COMMUNICATION TRANSITION TRANSPORTATION CORPORATION ADMIRATION REVELATION AR/ER/IR/OR/URE POPULAR GRAMMAR PAPER STIR ODOR OCCUR OCULAR PASSENGER ARDOR SUCCOR COLLAR COLOR RAPTURE CAPTURE AMATEUR PROCURE PROCEDURE BEHAVIOR ADMISSION TRANSLATION COMPUTATION SUBMISSION ACTUATION ACTION ORGANIZATION ASSOCIATION DISTRIBUTION CONTRIBUTION LITIGATION LOCATION

TAIN/ TEN/ TON/ IN/ EN/ TAN MOUNTAIN FOUNTAIN STATEN IS. PATTON SATIN COTTON DROPPING THE T In most cases, when a word starts with the letters INT, the letter T is dropped. So that the transcript may look like this: in (t) vy interview intersection interaction international interfere interlace internet interplay interchange intercede intertwine interweave intersect interrupt interlude intercom WANTON CAPTAIN CHIEFTAIN DAMON WILKINS ROTTEN GOTTEN TAKEN RAVEN AWAKEN PATENT SUNKEN

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