Dangerous pronunciations
B vs V
TH sounds
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Silent Letters
100

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Beach

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Its phonetic transcription is: 

biʧ

100

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Berry ------ Very

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The phonetic transcription of these two is

ˈbɛri ----- ˈvɛri

100

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Thumb

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Its phonetic transcription is

θʌm

100

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Accept --- Accepted

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Its phonetic transcription is

ækˈsɛpt --- ækˈsɛptɪd

100

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Logically

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Its phonetic transcription is

ˈlɑʤɪkli

200

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Teeth

Be careful! Mispronouncing this may be a bit embarrasing!

its phonetic transcription is:

tiθ

200

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I love to rove the Balkans. 

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The phonetic transcription for this sentence is 

aɪ lʌv tu roʊv ðə ˈbɔlkənz

200

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It is either together or nothing

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The phonetic transcription is:

ɪt ɪz ˈiðər təˈɡɛðər ɔr ˈnʌθɪŋ

200

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We agreed to do this.


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Its phonetic transcription is

wi əˈɡrid tu du ðɪs.

200

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Your knowledge definitely aligns to our project.

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Its phonetic transcription is

jɔr ˈnɑləʤ ˈdɛfənətli əˈlaɪnz tu aʊr ˈprɑʤɛkt.

300

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I like your voice

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Its phonetic transcription is:

aɪ laɪk jʊər vɔɪs

300

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A very bold boy is a backup vocalist for the Beatles

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The phonetic transcription for this tongue twister is:

ə ˈvɛri boʊld bɔɪ ɪz ə ˈbæˌkʌp ˈvoʊkəlɪst fɔr ðə ˈbitəlz

300

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I thought a thought. But the thought I thought wasn’t the thought I thought I thought.

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Its phonetic transcription is

aɪ θɔt ə θɔt. bʌt ðə θɔt aɪ θɔt ˈwɑzənt ðə θɔt aɪ θɔt aɪ θɔt.

300

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I loved the cookies your Grandma baked.


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Its phonetic transcription is

aɪ lʌvd ðə ˈkʊkiz jɔr ˈɡræmɑ beɪkt.

300

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I left the kids at school, we were late so I almost ran a stop sign. 


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Its phonetic transcription is

aɪ lɛft ðə kɪdz æt skul, wi wɜr leɪt soʊ aɪ ˈɔlˌmoʊst ræn ə stɑp saɪn.

400

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Pass me a paper sheet!

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pæs mi ə ˈpeɪpər ʃit

400

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Vivid, violet-colored blueberries balance on brilliant beams

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The phonetic transcription for this tongue twister is:

ˈvɪvɪd, ˈvaɪəlɪt-ˈkʌlərd ˈbluˌbɛriz ˈbæləns ɑn ˈbrɪljənt bimz

400

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Thirty-three thousand people think that Thursday is their thirtieth birthday.

 

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Its phonetic transcription is

ˈθɜrdi-θri ˈθaʊzənd ˈpipəl θɪŋk ðæt ˈθɜrzˌdeɪ ɪz ðɛr ˈθɜrtiəθ ˈbɜrθˌdeɪ.

400

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I watered the plants as you asked, but it died anyway 😢.

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Its phonetic transcription is

aɪ ˈwɔtərd ðə plænts æz ju æskt, bʌt ɪt daɪd ˈɛniˌweɪ

400

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How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?

 

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Its phonetic transcription is

haʊ mʌʧ wʊd wʊd ə ˈwʊdˌʧʌk ʧʌk ɪf ə ˈwʊdˌʧʌk kʊd ʧʌk wʊd?

500

For this one we need two participants! Read the dialogue with good pronunciation and get the points

Speaker 1: Can you help me with this?

Speaker 2: Sorry, can't


Be extremely careful with this one. if you mispronounce this one you could be insulting the other person very hard.

Speaker 1: kæn ju hɛlp mi wɪð ðɪs? 

Speaker 2: ˈsɑri, kænt 

500

This is a difficult tongue twister so you'll have two tries on this one to get the points!

Bobby Vincent Barnes bought a violet colored van

Then Bobby's brother Sam bought a silver colored tram

Then Bobby bought the tram from his baby brother Sam

And Bobby Vincent Barnes became A very happy van tram man


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these are the phonetic transcriptions for each line

ˈbɑbi ˈvɪnsənt bɑrnz bɔt ə ˈvaɪəlɪt ˈkʌlərd væn

ðɛn ˈbɑbiz ˈbrʌðər sæm bɔt ə ˈsɪlvər ˈkʌlərd træm

ðɛn ˈbɑbi bɔt ðə træm frʌm hɪz ˈbeɪbi ˈbrʌðər sæm

ænd ˈbɑbi ˈvɪnsənt bɑrnz bɪˈkeɪm ə ˈvɛri ˈhæpi væn træm mæn

500

This is a difficult tongue twister, so you'll have two tries on this one. Read the following tongue twister with correct pronunciation to get the points

Whether the weather is fine or whether the weather is not. Whether the weather is cold or whether the weather is hot. We’ll weather the weather whether we like it or not.

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Its phonetic transcription is:

ˈwɛðər ðə ˈwɛðər ɪz faɪn ɔr ˈwɛðər ðə ˈwɛðər ɪz nɑt. ˈwɛðər ðə ˈwɛðər ɪz koʊld ɔr ˈwɛðər ðə ˈwɛðər ɪz hɑt. wil ˈwɛðər ðə ˈwɛðər ˈwɛðər wi laɪk ɪt ɔr nɑt.

500

Take a look at these verbs. Choose some of them to create a very short story, be careful with the pronunciation. 

arrived --- asked --- created --- enjoyed --- laughed --- painted --- travelled --- walked.

You have 30 seconds to choose some words and think of the story.

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Its phonetic transcription for each word is

əˈraɪvd --- æskt --- kriˈeɪtəd --- ɛnˈʤɔɪd --- læft --- ˈpeɪntəd --- ˈtrævəld --- wɔkt

500

Most people struggle with this one, you got 3 tries to get the points!


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Its phonetic transcription is:

ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ ɪz wɪrd. ɪt kæn bi ˌʌndərˈstʊd θru tʌf, ˈθɔroʊ θɔt, ðoʊ.