PRONUNCIATION

How many
consonants
are there in
English?
1 How to pronounce sounds
2 Common spelling patterns
3 Practice
4 Exercises
 How to pronounce consonannts

Air Vocal
Tongue cords
 /ʃ/ /ʒ/
Place of touch blade lightly on the upper
tongue jaw
Air Go out through the mouth

Vibration  unvoiced  voiced

same
different
 mushroom shoes
/ˈmʌʃru:m/ /ʃu:s/
 treasure television
/’treʒər/ /’televiʒn/
Common spelling patterns of /ʃ/
ship
ship, shoes, shampoo, station
sh …

ti
station, patient, mission
/ʃ/ information, …
ss mission, Russia, … Russia
social, ancient, special,
ci
social
Common spelling patterns of /ʒ/ Asian
si
Asian, version, revision, version
…

/ʒ/ s
casually, closure, leisure
leisure, …

g genre, garage casually

garage
 Let’s practise
/t/ and /d/ in sentences

I wish I could go fishing in the ocean.

/ʃ/ /ʃ/ /ʃ/
I like usual film genres.
/ʒ/ /ʒ/
EXERCISE
Exercise 1: Choose the different sounds

a. decision b. occasion c. special d. usually

a. Asia b. Version c. revision d. ensure

a. fishing b. vision c. friendship d. cash

a. explosion b. Foolish c. initial d. potential

 Exercise 2: Listen and match

ship Russia explosion garage

Exercise 3: Speak and circle
1. massage a. /ʒ/ b. /ʃ/
2. musician a. /ʃ/ b. /ʒ/
3. genre a. /ʃ/ b. /ʒ/

4. shampoo a. /ʒ/ b /ʃ/

 Exercise 4: Listen and fill /ʃ/ or /ʒ/

1. Chicago isn’t in Russia.

/ʃ/ /ʃ/

2. I usually watch Asian films in my leisure time.

/ʒ/ /ʒ/ /ʒ/