Practice

Perfect Pronunciation Exercises

SESSION 1:

Exercise 1: [f] vs. [v] (fear vs. veer)
Exercise 2: syllable stress
Exercise 3: forth/fourth, ascent/assent
Exercise 4: [oʊ] vs. [ɑ] (bold vs. bald)
Exercise 5: sentence practice

SESSION 3:

Exercise 1: [b] vs. [p]  (back vs. pack)
Exercise 2: [i:t] vs. [ɛt]  (sweet vs. sweat)
Exercise 3: [ʤ] vs. [ʧ]  (fudge vs. much)
Exercise 4: won/one, whine/wine
Exercise 5: sentence practice

SESSION 5:

Exercise 1: syllable stress
Exercise 2: [ʌ] vs. [u:] (suffer vs. super)
Exercise 3: see/sea, not/knot
Exercise 4: [r] vs. [l] (arrow vs. follow)
Exercise 5: sentence practice

SESSION 7:

Exercise 1: [oʊ] vs. [aʊ] (grown vs. town)
Exercise 2: blue/blew, alter/altar
Exercise 3: syllable stress
Exercise 4: sentence practice

SESSION 9:

Exercise 1: [r] vs. [l] (royal vs. loyal)
Exercise 2: syllable stress
Exercise 3: [d] vs. [t] (spend vs. spent)
Exercise 4: horse/hoarse, heard/herd
Exercise 5: sentence practice

SESSION 11:

Exercise 1: [ajɚ] as in fire
Exercise 2: loan/lone, higher/hire
Exercise 3: syllable stress
Exercise 4: rhymes with -ought
Exercise 5: sentence practice

SESSION 13:

Exercise 1: rhymes with -ine
Exercise 2: syllable stress
Exercise 3: silent h (hour vs. heat)
Exercise 4: tale/tail, hear/here
Exercise 5: sentence practice

SESSION 15:

Exercise 1: [u:] as in true
Exercise 2: syllable stress
Exercise 3: [gr] vs. [kr] (great vs. crate)
Exercise 4: son/sun, been/bin
Exercise 5: sentence practice

SESSION 2:

Exercise 1: [ʌ] vs. [ʊ] (luck vs. look)
Exercise 2: syllable stress
Exercise 3: [i:z] vs. [i:s] (please, piece)
Exercise 4: metal/mettle, pedal/peddle
Exercise 5: sentence practice

SESSION 4:

Exercise 1: [ɚ] as in "word"
Exercise 2: kernel/colonel, principle/-pal
Exercise 3: syllable stress
Exercise 4: [n̩] as in "kitten"
Exercise 5: sentence practice

SESSION 6:

Exercise 1: [ʃ] vs. [tʃ] (ship vs. chip )
Exercise 2: sundae/Sunday, meat/meet
Exercise 3: syllable stress
Exercise 4: [ɪ] vs. [i] (chip vs. cheap)
Exercise 5: sentence practice

SESSION 8:

Exercise 1: [ʌ] vs. [u:] (discuss vs. accuse)
Exercise 2: syllable stress
Exercise 3: ad/add, warn/worn
Exercise 4: [i:] as in "please"
Exercise 5: sentence practice

SESSION 10:

Exercise 1: [ʃ] vs. [ʒ] (fashion vs. vision)
Exercise 2: week/weak, sale/sail
Exercise 3: [oɪ] as in "coin"
Exercise 4: syllable stress
Exercise 5: sentence practice

SESSION 12:

Exercise 1: [v] vs. [w] (vine vs. wine)
Exercise 2: piece/peace, role/roll
Exercise 3: [s] vs. [k] (city vs. country)
Exercise 4: syllable stress
Exercise 5: sentence practice

SESSION 14:

Exercise 1: [g] vs. [k] (log vs. lock)
Exercise 2: syllable stress
Exercise 3: rhymes with -ear
Exercise 4: steel/steal vs. would/wood
Exercise 5: sentence practice

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