GIVE 3
Give 3 examples of English vowel sounds
Long A, E, I, O, U
Short A, E, I, O, U
Say the following word with correct stress:
Election
"ee-LEK-shin"
Where should we jump? “Where is the book?”
“Where is the book?”
What’s the difference between Luke & luck?
Luke = Long U
Luck = Short U
Give 3 examples of Stop Consonants
T, D, P, B, K, G
Say the following phrase with correct stress:
Handsome sandwich
"HAN(D)-some SAN(D)-wich"
Create a shopping list with 4 items and say it with correct intonation.
First three items go up, the last item goes down.
Is there a difference between rabble and rubble? If so, what?
The vowel sounds are different.
Rabble = Short A
Rubble = Short U
Give 3 words that have BOTH an L and an R sound (e.g. real)
There's many examples. Really, leer, relief, learn, roll, etc.
Say the following phrase with correct stress:
The uncomfortable cough
"the un-KOMF-ter-bul KOFF"
Where should we jump? “Should I buy the red one or the blue one?”
“Should I buy the red one or the blue one?”
Name two fruits that have a Short A sound. You cannot use 'apple'.
Banana, mango, raspberry, cranberry, pineapple
Give 3 examples of Schwa Elision
Chocolate, family, diamond, camera, history, vegetable, etc.
Say the following sentence with correct stress:
I wish I was walking to work.
"I WISH I was WALking to WORK."
Create a tag question where you are unsure of the answer.
Tag Questions are sentences with a short negative question at the end. To sound unsure, we use Rising Intonation.
Is there a difference between bath and bathe? If so, what?
There are actually two differences!
Bath = Short A, Voiceless TH
Bathe = Long A, Voiced TH
Give 3 words that have the same pronunciation but different spelling. Not 3 pairs, but one group of 3 words. (e.g. wrote, rote, roat)
Too, to, two
There, they're, their
By, bye, buy
Say the following sentence with correct stress:
The thoughtful mouse's mouth is something else.
"the THOUGHT-ful mouse's MOUTH is something ELSE."
Where should we jump? “I don’t know. I’m sure he does, though.”
"I don’t know. I’m sure he does, though."
The sentence focuses on the people, so we would likely emphasize the pronouns.
Name one fruit with both a Long O and Short O sound.
In some cases, tomato as well. "toh-MAH-toh"