ADVANCED

PRONUNCIATION ONE

/æ/ , /ɛ/ and /ey/

 REVIEW TASK
How do you pronounce these words?
Break – breakfast – debt – milk – pleasant – secretive – again - says

*/ˈsiː.krə.t̬ ɪv/ / Get them into 2 groups. Have them come to the board and use the fly swatters to have them identify the words you spell. Next, have them pronounce
them and give points if they say them correctly.
 men /ɛ/
Lips are slightly open
Lips are mostly relaxed
The tongue rests at the
bottom of your mouth
 man /æ/
Open your mouth
Spread you lips
The tip of the tongue is behind
the lower teeth, pushing down
forward.
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 SPELLING PATTERNS /æ/ :
1 bad example 6 practical plan
2 national anthem 7 annual gathering
3 back at the ranch 8 last chance
4 accurate answer 9 laugh at that
5 bad habit 10 angry man
* /ɪɡˈzæm.pəl/, /ˈnæʃ.ən.əl/ , /ˈæk.jɚ.ət/, /ˈæn.ju.əl/, /læf/
ACTIVITY 1
*Onion ring / /ˈsæn.wɪtʃ/ ,/ˈnætʃ.ɚ.əl/, /riˈæk.ʃən/. /ˈpreʃ.əs/
*/ˈhæmˌbɝː.ɡɚ/, calorie=/ˈkæl.ɚ.i/
 SENTENCES FULL OF SOUNDS: /ɛ/ - /æ/
1.- Ten tan tennis players attempted to take the
champion’s racket.
2.- The cook blended a breakfast drink of bananas
and bran in the black blender, but it was too bland
to drink.
3.- The experts expended a lot of energy creating a
plan for the bridge expansion.
 ALTERNATING VOWELS
/ey/ /æ/ /ey/ /æ/

1 sane sanity 5 nature natural

2 shade shadow 6 nation national

3 grateful gratitude 7 grain granular

4 depraved depravity 8 exclaim exclamatory

*Just ask for volunteers and ask them to touch their noses to say if what they hear is correct. / /ˈɡræt̬ .ə.tuːd/, /dɪˈpreɪvd/, /ˈɡræn.jə.lɚ/, /eksˈklæm.ə.tɔːr.i/
ACTIVITY 4B
*/ˈfeɪ.məs/, /ˈbreɪ.vɚ.i/, /ˈɡrædʒ.u.əl/, /ˈsteɪ.ʃə.ner.i/,
How do you stay
healthy?
 Health organizations are increasingly concerned about the
growing number of overweight people in he world. The causes
for this are complex, involving lifestyle, diet, education, standard
of living, and genetics.