WSh 21"- (e)s" ending in plurals + 3rd person sg present tense
 

 

To practise the endings "-ed" and "-(e)s" you can try the following links. Just remember that fricatives /s,z/ are hard to hear clearly in most recordings.

http://quizlet.com/1368136/learn

http://quizlet.com/551170/phonetic-transcription-regular-past-flash-cards/
http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/pronunciation1/index.php
 

The following is the key to ex 2 (WSh with past endings; the story about Jane Bradbury):
wanted - walked - looked - stopped - started - jumped - missed - knocked - phoned - arrived - helped - carried - explained - arrested

pronunciation with /t/: walked, knocked, jumped, looked, stopped, helped, missed
pronunciation with /d/: explained, phoned, arrived, carried
pronunciation after final /t,d/: wanted, arrested, started

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extra practice

WSh 25-27

dental fricatives /θ / and /ð /

ex. "Sore throat"

4.1 dialogue about "Holiday"

Task 2 "Theo's birthday"

Most of the following sounds we'll cover in the next session.

 

WSh 28

velar /ŋ/

Tasks 5 & 6

HW - see KEY below

WSh 30 (to think about)

Decide which of the following words have the letter "h":

- pronounced as /h/

- not pronounced at all

- combined with another letter and is pronounced as a different sound

 

hallo     where     husband     the     whale     behind     hour

    hospital     how    thin     honest   thanks     ghost     whisky

honour     father     that     when     which     heir

 

recordings:

• phrases "How's Arthur" + words in contrast
• Task 3.3 (first there are 3 dialogues which aren't scripted in your WSh but then the dialogues about "ankle" and "headache" at the bottom of the page)

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