AARON’S ENGLISH ON WA

Level: Basic
COMMON ENGLISH PRONUNCIATION
Topic : Basic English Conversation

In English, we have 3 categories of pronunciation. They are :

- Blended Sounds (a combination of consonant sounds)
- Diagraph Sounds (a combination of consonant sounds to create a completely new -
sound)
- Dipthongs (a combination of consonant & vowel sounds to create a completely new
sound)
* note : there are words that have exemptions to these rules, like ‘u’ in
‘busy’ (pronounced ‘i’) or ‘oe’ in ‘does’ (pronounced ‘a’)

PART 1 (BLENDED SOUNDS)

Listen to the example voice note to familiarize yourself with blended sounds, then listen to the
second voice note to match the word with the type of sound below.
Dengarkan contoh voice note untuk mengenal bunyi-bunyi blended, lalu dengarkan voice note yang
kedua untuk cocokkan kata yang disebut dengan jenis bunyinya di bawah.

Submit your answer in the ‘discussion group’ with this format:

Kirim jawabanmu ke ‘discussion group’ dengan format ini:

1. bl 6. br 11. pr 16. st
2. cl 7. cr 12. tr 17. sw
3. 8. dr 13. sk 18. spr
4. gl 9. fr 14. sl 19. str
5. pl 10. gr 15. sp
fl
PART 2 (DIAGRAPH SOUNDS)
Listen to the example voice note to familiarize yourself with diagraph sounds, then practice to
read the example words below by making your own voice note.
Dengarkan contoh voice note untuk mengenal bunyi-bunyi diagraph, lalu coba praktek dengan membaca
contoh kata-kata di bawah dengan rekam voice note-mu sendiri.

Submit your voice note in the ‘discussion group’ and NIBRA via personal chat.
Kirim voice note-mu ke ‘discussion group’ dan NIBRA melalui japri.

READ & RECORD THE ITALIC WORDS :

1. ch : reach, choice, chat 5. wh : what, whisper, whale

2. sh : shut, rush, push 6. ng : jungle, strong, bring
3. th (voiced) : that, though, then 7. nk : rank, chunk, drank
4. th (voiceless) : throw, thought, math

PART 3 (DIPTHONGS)
Listen to the example voice note to familiarize yourself with diphthong sounds, then practice
to read the example words below by making your own voice note.
Dengarkan contoh voice note untuk mengenal bunyi-bunyi diphthong, lalu coba praktek dengan
membaca contoh kata-kata di bawah dengan rekam voice note-mu sendiri.

Submit your voice note in the ‘discussion group’ and NIBRA via personal chat.
Kirim voice note-mu ke ‘discussion group’ dan NIBRA melalui japri

READ & RECORD THE ITALIC WORDS :

1. oi : destroy, employ, convoy 5. oo (short) : took, shook, look

2. ow : cow, house, sound 6. sh (voiced) : vision
3. ey : eight, straight, break 7. ai : chair, fair, pair
4. ou : slow, though, go