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 Index 41 Pronunciation Class no.1

English Pronunciation Exercises

42 different sounds of English vowels and consonants

Lesson One

 This contains the sounds that the letters make,rather than the sounds of the names of the letters that are taught in the English alphabets.This is because it is the sounds that are useful for reading and writing and not the names of the alphabets.

We will therefore indicate the difference between the sounds of the names of the alphabets and the sounds that the letters make.

 

sounds of the names of the 26 English alphabets

Name of Alphabet       Sound pronunciation example 

1. A                            1. Age

2. B                            2.Bee 

3.C                             3.See      

4.D                             4.Dii

5.E                             5.Eat 

6.F                             6.ef 

7.G                            7.Gi

8.H                            8.Hech

9.i                              9.eye  

10.J                          10.jey

11.K                          11.Key

12.L                          12.el

13.M                         13.em 

14.N                         14.en 

15.O                         15.OO 

16. P                        16.Pii

17.Q                         17.kyu 

18.R                         18.ar

19.S                         19.es

20.T                          20. Tee

21.U                          22. Yu

22.V                          22. Vii

23.W                         23.Dabliu

24.X                          24.ex

25.Y                          25.wai

26.Z                          26.Zed 

After going through the 26 alphabets of English and their sounds,we will now learn the 42 different sounds of English that the letters make.

These are the sounds that are useful for reading and writing in English.

42 sounds of English as shown below 

Note..

Copy the notes below in your books and practice them using the audio provided.We will use more examples to perfect these sounds.(Teacher's note)

it is the sounds that are useful for reading and writing and not the names of the alphabets.

 section one                                           section 2

    English Sounds                           Example of the sound used in words

1. S.                                                    1.Snake

2. a.                                                     2.ant

3. t.                                                      3.tennis

4. i                                                       4.ink

5. p.                                                     5.puff

6. n.                                                     6.net

7. CK.                                                  7.Cat

8. e.                                                     8.eggs

9. h.                                                     9.hop

10. r.                                                    10.rag

11. m.                                                  11.meal

12. d.                                                   12.drum

13.g.                                                    13.gurgle

14. o.                                                   14.on

15. u.                                                   15.umbrella

16. l.                                                    16.Lollipop

17. f.                                                    17.fish

18. b.                                                   18.bat

19. ai.                                                  19.pain

20. j.                                                    20.jam

21. oa.                                                 21.goat

22.   ie.                                                  22. tie

23. ee.                                                 23. bee

24. or                                                  24. fork

25. Z                                                   25. buzz

26. W.                                                 26. wind

27. ng.                                                27. strong

28. V                                                  28. van

29. OO.                                              29. moon 

30. OO.                                              30.book

31. y.                                                    31.yoghurt

32. X.                                                   32. fox

33. ch.                                                33. chicken

34. Sh.                                                34. hush

35. th.                                                 35.  this

36. th                                                  36. three

37. Qu                                                37.Quark

38. Ou                                                38. ouch

39. Oi.                                                39. oil

40. Ue.                                                40.cue

41. er                                                   41.mixer

42. ar.                                                  42. arm

 

     Exercise 1

1. Examples of words starting with  S  

sleep, spoon, soup, spider,small, soil, snow, salt, snowflakes, slide, slime, small,skip, skin,stew, shine, sting, shape and sun.

Assignment

1.Read them out loudly and copy them to your notebook (Notebook 1) for Consonants and vowels

2. write down their meaning using the English dictionary 

 

 

  Exercise 2

1. Examples of words starting with  a,

abandon,abstract,abroad,about,ability,able,absence,absence,absent,above and absolute.

Assignment

1.Read them out loudly and copy them to your notebook (Notebook 1) for Consonants and vowels

2. write down their meaning using the English dictionary 

 

R Consontant Blends 

We will first define what R Blends are.'R' blends are termed as consonant blends whereby the second letter is 'R'. 

How many types of R Blends do we have?

There are six different types of 'R' blends, and these are as follow;

• cr,blends
• fr,blends
• br,blends
•  gr,blends
• dr,blends
• pr,blends

cr blends

crunch,creep,crush,crater,crayon,crime,cracker,crazy,crawl,crab,cry,cricket,create,crisp,

crook,cream,cross,crane,crow,crash,cradle,crack,crew

fr blends

friend,fraction,freedom,from,fragment,freeze,front,frontier,fragrance,frequent,fresh,frame,

friction,fruit,fried,fry,frost,fragile,fragmented

br blends

brought,brave,bread,break,broke,brake,breakfast,brakeman,brother,brain,brief,bridge,brag,

brass,brand,bring,

gr blends

grammar,gravy,group,gradual,great,ground,grasp,green,graceful,grape,greed,graph,grain,

gradual,granite,grease 

dr blends

dry,drift,drill,drop,dream,dress,drum,drama,drastic,dried,drip,drink,drain,dress,drown

pr blends

pretend,promise,pray,print,president,precious,press,problem,product,prize,probably,prevent,

price,pretty,predicate,practice,proud

Combination of L and R blends

R at the beginning and L at the end Blends

rural,ratal,ramal,repel,regal,refel,renal,rival,rivel,riyal,rotal,royal,rural,rebel,recal,ravel,rowel

L at the beginning and R at the end blends

lader,lamer,laker,lahar,lager,laser,lacer   

Practice drills for R and L using vowels

Exercise 1

ra re ri ro ru x5
ra le ri lo ru
la re li ro lu

rere rari raro raru x5
rele rali ralo ralu
lera lari laro laru

rera rere reri rero reru x5
rela rele  reli  relo relu
lera lere leri lero leru

rira rire riri riro riru x5
rila rile rili rilo rilu
lira lire liri liro liru

rora rore rori roro roru x5
rola role roli rolo rolu
lora lore lori loro loru  

 

Exercise 2

1. Rent,lent,wrap,lap, write,light,

 rain,lane,rate,late,rain,lane,Frank,flank,

2.  sorrow,shallow,broke,blown,grass,

glass,brain,blame,creep,clip, press,please,

3. shovel,shudder,apple,level,later,

 battle,green,glean,correct,collect,glass,grass,

4.  crowd,cloud, pleasant, present,fries,flies,

Fright,flight,fright

5. Play,pray,play

6. Glow,grow,glow

7. Flame frame flame

8. Brush,blush,brush

9. Bright, blight, bright

 

10. I will pray and play tomorrow

11. It will glow and grow soon

12. They brushed and blushed in the morning

13. It was very bright and blight 

10. Read the whole sentence
I will pray and play tomorrow because It will glow and grow soon, 

They brushed and blushed in the morning because It was very bright and blight .

English Pronunciation Exercises

Blend: Definition

A blend is a word that is more louder in a group of words,for example L blend words are words that have Letter L

Exercise 1: L Blends 

What are L blends?

We will first define what L Blends are.'L' blends are termed as consonant blends whereby the second letter is 'l'. 

How many types of L Blends do we have?

There are six different types of 'l' blends, and these are as follow;

• bl blends 
•  cl blends
•  fl blends
•  pl blends
•  gl blends
•   sl blends

bl blends

 Black,blew,blade, blind, blue, blame,blink,blow,blow,blanket,blouse,blunder

cl blends

Clam, clap, cluster,Clam,clever,close,clarify

fl, blends

flat,flute,flip,flower,fluffy,flatter

gl, blends

glow,glad,glue,global,glitter,glamour,glad

pl, blends

Plan,plug,play,please,plenty,platter

Sl blends

Sled,slam,slop,sleigh,slipper, sleeve 

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