Pronunciation of short vowels /ʌ/
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How do you pronounce blood? In phonetic transcription it would be /blʌd/. The sound /ʌ/ is usually spelt:
But also:
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Module 1: Family and Personal Relations
Pronunciation
Pronunciation Activity
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Rhyming pairs. Fill in the chart below with the corresponding words: sun, glove, another, honey, flood, one |
Connected Speech
Understanding English is seen as a hard task for most learners. The main reason is that native speakers do not pronounce words separately. What they do is to connect them, which makes it more difficult to understand oral English if you are not used to it.
Now listen to and write down what you hear:
1. You need to stop it right now --> You needto stop it right now
2. I need it more than you do --> I needit more than you do
3. Play a song for us on your guitar --> Playa song foruson your guitar
4. Read a book for me, mommy --> Reada book for me, mommy.
5. I had the best time ever --> I had the bestime ever
6. That was a big grape I just ate --> That was a bigrape I just ate
7. Thanks for coming. Have a good day --> Thanks for coming. Have a gooday
8. Please sit down until I call you --> Please sitdownuntil I call you
9. A family is a group of people --> A family isa groupof people
10. Right or wrong ways --> Rightor wrong ways
11. To love and take care of each other --> To loveand take care of each other
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