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1
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english letters and sounds

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26 letters
44 sounds

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silent letters

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“C”, “G” & “B”

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silente “c” examples:

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muscle
scissors

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silente “g” examples:

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design
sign

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silente “b” examples:

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comb
womb

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6
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Six different pronunciations:

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though
through
rough
cough
thought
bough

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7
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phonetic spelling

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  • Use a dictionary to learn meaning and correct pronunciation
  • A sound map to learn on your own
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Phonetic “eI”

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A, J, H, K

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Phonetic “i”

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B,C,D,E,G,P,T,V

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10
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Phonetic “Ar”

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R

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11
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Phonetic “aI”

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I, Y

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12
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Phonetic “oU”

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O

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13
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Phonetic “u”

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Q, U, W

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14
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Phonetic “zi”

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Z

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15
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Long Vowel A /eI/

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ape
date
day
gate

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16
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Long Vowel E /i/

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beat
cheese
easy
feet

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17
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Long Vowel I /aI/

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ipad
iphone
ice cream
bye

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18
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Long Vowel O /ou/

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row
go
Joe
blow

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19
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Long Vowel U /u/

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you
do
blue
two

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20
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Short Vowel A /ae/

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appe
alligator
and
bad

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21
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Short Vowel E /e/

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bed
dead
get
yes

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22
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Short Vowel O /ɑ:/

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sorry
off
stop
start

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23
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Short Vowel U /ʌ/

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sun
son
cup
up

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24
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Short Vowel I /I/

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it
hit
sit
fit

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25
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“Th” sounds

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voiced /ð/ and unvoiced /θ/

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26
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voiced /ð/ “th” sound

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the /ðə/
they /ðəI/
this /ðIs/
there /ðɛr/
mother /’mʌðər/

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27
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unvoiced /θ/ “th” sound

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thank you /θænk/
think /θink/
thongs /θɔnz/
three /θri/
thursday /θərz,dei/

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28
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To pronounce the Unvoiced “th”

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Tongue between teeths and blow (sound of the air)

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29
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To pronounce the voiced “th”

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Tongue between teeths and buzz with throat (sound of vocal cords)

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30
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To pronounce the “V”

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like a little rabbit (mostrando brevemente los dientes y soplando un poco al mismo tiempo)
Ejemplo: “vine”,verse,viper, visor, vet,vase

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31
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To pronounce the “w”

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like a little fish (una especie de “u” que fricciona la garganta breve y ligeramente)
ejemplo: “Wednesday”,worse , wiper,wine, wiser,wet,waste

32
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To pronounce the “r”

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encorvar la lengua hacia la parte central superior de la boca (sin tocar) y sonar la vocal en la garganta
example: rain, ramp, ride, rock, really, rim

33
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To pronounce the “l”

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encorvar la lengua hacia la parte frontal superior de la boca (detras de lo dientes) y sonar la vocal en la garganta
example: lamp, light, lane, lock, leary, limb

34
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To pronounce the “ae”

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open the mouth, as much as you can, like if you were about to say “a” and “e” in spanish
example: “bat”,”dad”, bad, had,mad,sad

35
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To pronounce the “e”

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open a your mouth a bit, like if you were to pronounce “e” vowel in spanish
example: “bed”,head, met, bed, dead, said

36
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To pronounce the: “i” (long one )

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put your lips and show your teethes like if you were smiling
examples:heat,beach,seat,beat,feet,meet

37
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To pronounce the: “ɪ” (short one )

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to barely open the mouth to make the sound
examples: hit, bitch,sit,bit,fit,mitt

38
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b is silent

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after M at the end of a word. Example: thumb, crumb, comb
before T at the end of a word. Example: doubt, debt

39
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c is silent

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after “s”. Examples: scissors, muscle, fascinating, scent,ascend

40
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d is silent

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in DG combinations and in some common words
Examples: edge, badge, bridge,
Examples: handsome, wednesday,handkerchief

41
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the E at the end of a word makes the vowel sound long. The E makes the ‘g’ soft

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kite, gate,bone,wage,stage,rage

42
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G is silent before an N

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foreign, champagne, cognac, sign, align, campaign

43
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“gh” is silent after a vowel and after “au” combinations
“gh” has an “f” sound in some common words

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weight (“silent”), light (“silent”), right (“silent”), daughter (“au”), laugh (“f”), rough (“f”)

44
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Words with no rules

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chemistry
school
exhaust
choir
hour
vehicle

45
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“k” is silent when is placed before “n”

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knob
knowledge
knife
knead
knee
knock

46
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“L” is silent after the vowels “A”, “O” & “U”

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talk, salmon, shouldn’t, yolk, calf, folk

47
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“N” is not pronounced after “m” at the end of a word

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autumn, lymn, column, hymn, solemn, condemn

48
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“P” is silent when a word begins with “ps” or “pn”

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psychic, pneumonia, psychedelic, psychology

49
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“P” is sometimes silent in the middle of a word

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cupboard, raspberry

50
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“S” is silent before “L” in some common words
“S” is silent in some common words

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examples: island, aisle, Ilinois, Arkansas, debris, bourgeois

51
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“T” is silent in some common words

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castle, gourmet, listen, ballet, rapport, whistle

52
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“U” is silent when it comes after “G”
“U” is silent when it comes before a vowel

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baguette, guard, tongue, colleague, circuit, guide

53
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“W” is silent before “R” at the beginning of a word
“W” is silent in the following words “who”, “answer”, “sword”, “two”

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write, wrestle

54
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pronounce a date, like “03/26/1961”

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1) the twenty-sixth of March, nineteen sixty
2) March (the) twenty-sixth, nineteen sixty-one

55
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pronounce a year, like 2004

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a) two thousand four
b) two thousand and four
c) twenty four

56
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noon

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it is 12:00 o clock p.m.

57
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midnight

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it is 12:00 o clock a.m. midnight

58
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formal way to say the hour

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it is nine forty (hour first and then the minutes)

59
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popular way to say the hour

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it is twenty after two (minutes first and then the hour)

60
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to say that nine or less minutes have passed after the hour

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4:05 - It is four “oh” five

61
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to say

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62
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to say that exactly 30 minutes have passed after the hour

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“thirty” / “half past” like: it is one thirty

63
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to say that it is 15 minutes before or after the hour

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It is a quarter after four
it is four fifteen

It is a quarter to seven
It is six forty five

64
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To speak about decimals

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12.35 = twelve point three five

65
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fractions

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2 (numerator) / 8 (denominator)
“two eights” (+”S”)

4/7 = four-sevenths

1/2 = one half

1/4 = one fourth

66
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percent

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“0.83%” = “zero point eight three percent”

67
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tongue twister “th”

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three things on this side and six things on that side
they throw the thin theo through the air
six thick thistle sticks

68
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tongue twister “R” & “L”

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red lorry, yellow lorry
a lump of red leather a red leather lump

69
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tongue twister “V” “W”

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wild vines make fine vintage wines
willys really weary

70
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tongue twister “æ” & “ɛ”

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put the bad bat back in the bag
the man in the cap had a hat and a cap
he let himself be led to the place for the plays

71
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three different pronunciations of the “ed” endings

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helped (t) = all verbs that have a voiceless sound at the end of the verb
cleaned (d) = All verbs ending with a voiced sound
painted (id) = all regular verbs ending with “t” or “d”

72
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listen english

A

english songs
audio books
radio / podcasts
short videos
ted talks

73
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read out loud

A

tongue twisters
nursery rhymes
childrens stories
short stories
song lyrics

(do this everyday!)

74
Q

Record yourself

A

use your smartphone
tongue twisters
nursery rhymes
vowel sounds
commonly mispronounced words

75
Q

use a mirror

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look at yourself
watch four face muscles
position of tongue
position of mouth
position of lips

(practice this everyday)

76
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links

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wordreference.com = pronunciation and phonetic spelling
esl-bits.net = songs and stories to read and listen to
manythings.org = lots of things to listen to
ted.com = short videos with subtitles
americanliterature.com = lots of things to read

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