English 112 Prof Myrna Monllor Presented by Harry

English 112 Prof. Myrna Monllor Presented by: Harry W. Martinez English 112 copyright. August 2013©Myrna. Monllor All images used in this presentation were taken from google. com for educational purposes.

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Why is correct pronunciation important? • Increases your self-confidence • Makes what you say understandable. • Makes you sound more natural, like a ntative speaker. • In English words are stressed. • Listening

Rhythm • Words in English have stressed and unstressed syllables. Improve Mistakes • Sentences in English also have stressed and unstressed words.

Strong Words (Stressed) • Nouns • Main Verbs • Adjectives • Adverbs • Negatives (don’t, didn’t…) When you speak English, emphasize the strong words.

Weak Words (Unstressed) • • • Pronouns Forms of the verb TO BE Prepositions/Articles Auxiliary verbs Conjunctions

100 Most Basic English Words http: //en. wikipedia. org/wiki/Most_common_words_in_English

• The 26 letters of the alphabet do not represent all the sounds in English. The letter a for example has 5 sounds. • View the following video to listen to the pronunciation of the sounds of English http: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=MPsz 6 QVZe. VE

1 Pronouncing Regular Verbs in the Past Tense

Words with /ed/ sound Base Form ends in t or d sound • • Accepted Attended Stated Communicated Divided Credited Investigated Shouted • • • Greeted Added Defeated Subtracted Quoted Suggested

Words with /t/ sound Base form ends in gh. f, c, k, g, s, ch, sh, p • • • Thanked Accomplished Changed Cooked Matched • • • Laughed Exchanged Washed Talked Mopped Worked

Words with /d/ sound Any other sound • • Achieved Learned Sponsored Dined Answered Argued Listened • • • Agreed Studied Earned Called Arrived Cried

Sentences in the Past She accepted his invitation. We looked for the book. They argued all the time. We exchanged the airplane tickets. We divided the cake into equal parts. We thanked him for the gift. Universidad del Sagrado Corazón sponsored the T. V. program. • The nurses assisted the doctor. • •

Sentences in the Past • • • The businessman attended the meeting. We danced all night. She answered the phone. They communicated through their cell phones. We apologized for our lateness. She cooked for her family. He shaved every morning. The couple dined at a nice restaurant. We listened to the radi 0 program.

Sentences in the Past • • • She sneezed loudly. She agreed to visit me. Yesterday he washed the car. Their clothes matched. They studied a lot. He earned a lot of money this year. We called him this morning. We talked to our friends. We changed our clothes.

Th sound

/Th/ initial position • • think thing thief thigh Thought three throughout • • threaten thriller thrilling throw throne thirty thin thirsty thoroughly theology theory therapist

Final/central Position • • tooth teeth truth south north fifth sixth seventh • • ethical synthesis synthetic eleventh philanthropist philanthropy photosynthesis enthusiasm enthusiastic birth monthly

/f/ gh final position • • tough rough laughing laughed cough enough Exception though, even though, although

/t/ ght • • Taught Thought Brought Caught Fought Fight tight

Pronunciation Exercise Was the thief caught by the police? Did therapist laugh at you? Life in a violent environment is tough. Experts believe access to pornography affects people’s behavior. • Even though he got a good grade, he didn’t study much. • •

Pronunciation Exercise • The therapist taught us how to exercise correctly. • I studied philosophy in the eleventh grade. • Ricky Martin is a philanthropist. • Different ethnic groups live in Brazil. • The philosopher explained the ethical issues related to abortion.

Pronunciation Exercise • • My birthday is in July, a summer month. I lost my first tooth in the fourth grade. His enthusiasm surprised me. The thief was brought to the police station in the South Bronx.

Troublesome Words island 3 Which where 2 1 Think Thought

Online Sources for Pronunciation • http: //howjsay. com