The Consonant Sounds l0l and 16l: Spelling
The Consonant Sounds l0l and 16l: Spelling
The Consonant Sounds l0l and 16l: Spelling
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Theconsonant l0l and 16l
sounds
. Listen to the two sounds l0l and /ô/. Notice that in l0l,thete
is no voice from the throat. Instead, you can feel the air from
your mouth on your hand. In the sound lôl there is voice
from the throat. It is possibleto make both sounds long.
Look at the mouth diagram to seehow to make these t o n g u eb e t w e e n
consonant sounds. t o p a n d b o t t o mt e e t h
f p u s ha i r t h r o u g hg a p )
1 W 1àqq. Now listento the sound/0/ on its own.
ÂSS! . Listen to the rarger sound /0/ in the words below and compare it with the words on each side.
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À,,s1,:
. Listen and repeat these examples of the target
these though they
other weather clothes "My father and motherlive
breathe with sunbathe togetherwith my other brother."
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Spelling
always notes
tgt TH(three) of places
In a few names THis pronounced
andpeople, as/ti
(Thoilond,Thomos).
tôt TH(rhen)
42 EnglishPronunciationin Use(lntermediate)
Section A Lettersond sounds
Fxercrses
Fmoa wayfromStartto Finish.
Youmaypassa square onlyif the wordin it hasthe sound/0/.
(*) or ùertically
T,rucanmovehorizontally (0)only.
SÏAgT
7 northenr
tæ*h ei4he,r ,)La+rrLr breathe thosz
whichpeoplespeakintoandit writeswhattheysay.Thiscomputer
Thinkof a computer wrotethese
sentencesdownwrongly.
Correct
the underlined
mistakes.
Exeuprn It's free o'clock. ................thfçe.........
1 A bat is more relaxing than a shower. ............ 4 You need a sick coat in winter.
2 The train went true the tunnel. 5 I dont know; I haven't fought about it.
3 Don't walk on the ice: it's verv fin. ...................
6 It's a matter of life and deaf. ...................
Follow yourself
up:Record saying
thesentences
in 17.4,choosing
one
of the two words.Makea note of which wordsyou say.Thenlistento
your recordingin about two weeks.ls it clearwhich wordsyou said?
EnglishPronunciotion
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