ESL Pronunciation- Clear Speech

Syllables

100

Clao and count the syllables in the word: apple. 

2

200

Clap and count the syllables in the word: computer

3

300

Clap and count the syllables in the word: umbrella 

3

400

Clap and count the syllables in the word:electricity

5

500

Which words do not have more syllables after changed to the past tense? 

a. work- worked

b. land- landed 

c. laugh- laughed 

d. load -loaded

e. wash- washed

work, laugh, wash 

Vowels and Silent Letters

100

What letter is silent in closed? 

letter e 

200

What letter is silent in business? 

the letter i 

300

Which word has the short vowel sound: add or aid 

add

400

Which word has the long vowel sound? chest or check 

none of them do 

500

Tell me at least 3 vowel pairs or patterns that make the long a sound. 

ay, ai, ey, ei, eigh, and a_e

More on Vowel sounds

100

Contrasting pairs are when a word can change from short to long OR from long to short sound. For example: SIT to SIGHT. If I have hat, what would be the contrasting pair?  

Hat has a short a sound, so it would change to hate. 

200

Contrasting pairs are when a word can change from short to long OR from long to short sound. For example: SIT to SIGHT. If I have cub, what would be the contrasting pair?  

Cub has a short u sound, so it would change to cube. 

300

Which words have a long vowel sound? 

a. pan

b. pain

c. ten

d. team

e. all of them 

pain and team

400

Tell me at least 2 vowel pairs or patterns that make the long u sound.

u_e, oo, ew, ue, and ui. 

500

What are relative vowel sounds? 

They are words with short vowel sounds. For example: has, man, fish, Tom, luck, red, bed, and many more. 

Blends, digraphs and Schwa

100

What is a blend? 

Common consonants with l, r and s blends. Usually two or more consonants together like bl, tr, sm, and str. 

200

What is a digraph? 

a combination of two letters representing one sound, like sh, th, wh, and ck plus other ones. 

300

Schwa is an unclear vowel. Which is unclear in the word: ticket? 

the letter e 

400

Name 2 words that have schwa. 

Many examples: 

woman, travel, pilot, ticket, pencil, Kansas, Alaska, Canada, America 

500

Where is the schwa in each of these words?

a. listen 

b. reason

c. attend

d. announce

e. record

a. listen- e

b. reason- o

c. attend- a

d. announce -a

e. record- o 

Random

100

Reduce these phrases: going to and want to 

gonna and wanna

200

Stressed vowels are long and clear. Unstressed Vowels are short and clear. What about reduced vowels? 

They are very short and unclear. They are hard to hear. (ex: reconsidER, secondARY) 

300

Name and write 3 words that end with tion, sion and cian. 

Some examples: 

reduction, musician, permission 

400

Stress in two syllables nouns and verbs can change the word. For example, OBject and obJECT. What is the difference between permit and permit? Use your example in a sentence. 

Say the difference then two sentences. 

500

Read this: On Saturday, my friend and I quickly visited a large museum. We watched an exciting movie about space and learned interesting things about the planets.

How many nouns do you see? 

7 

Saturday

friend

museum

movie

space 

things

planets