Pronunciation Course

1. Pronunciation Course Class 11

2. Compound Nouns What is the difference between a set and a descriptive phrase?

3. Set Phrase Descriptive Phrase An Englishteacher... An English teacher... ...teaches English. ... is from England. An Englishbook... An English book... ...teaches the English is on any language subject, but it came from England. An Englishtest... An English test... ...tests a student on the is on any subject, English language . but it deals with or came from England. Englishfood... An English restaurant... • . . .is kippers for breakfast. ...serves kippers for breakfast.

4. Review - Stress 1. He's anice guy. 2. He's an Americanguyfrom San Francisco. 3. The cheerleaderneeds a rubber bandto hold her ponytail. 4. The executive assistantneeds a paper clipfor the final report. 5. The policemansaw a red caron the freewayin Los Angeles. 7. My old doghas long ears. 8. The new teacherbroke his coffee cupon the first day. 9. His best friendhas a broken cupin his other office. 10. Let's play footballon the weekendin New York. 12. Where are my new shoes? 13. Where are my tennis shoes? 14. I have a headachefrom the heat wavein South Carolina. 15. The newlywedstook a long walkin Long Beach.

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7. Pink Panther – French Accent

8. Rhythm and Intonation • Rhythm= the pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables. • Content words= nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, question words. • Function words = articles, helping verbs, short prepositions, personal pronouns, conjunctions.

9. The rhythm rule The speaker alternates between stressed and unstressed syllables in regular intervals with the stress following in content words. e.g. I atean apple. I ate an apple on Monday. I ate an apple and dranksome soda.

10. How to stress syllables There are three ways of emphasizing the stressed syllable: By changing the pitch of the stressed syllable. By pronouncing the stressed syllable louder. By pronouncing the stressed syllable longer.

11. Observe the two sentences I sawa caton the floor. I sawa big caton the floor.

12. I sawa big caton the floor. (In order to keep regular intervals, in this sentence, catis stressed and bigis said very quickly) I sawa big cat on the floor. (In order to keep regular intervals, in this sentence, bigis stressed and catis said very quickly) I sawa big caton the floor. (In order to keep regular intervals, in this sentence, big and catare stressed, but big is pronounced longer than cat)

13. Different stress patterns - rhythm

14. Weak or Reduced Words • Sometimes, vowels or consonants of some function words are reduced in normal conversation.

15. Prepositions

16. Conjunctions

17. Pronouns

18. Pronouns

19. Auxiliary Verbs

20. Auxiliary Verbs

21. Articles

22. Extra Practice • I’ve already talked with him about the new project. • I should have contacted her earlier. • Would you mind if I ask them to close the door? • The orange is for you. • Julia is prettier than Susan. • Are you from around here? • I know fat is not healthy, but I love it. • Give us a hand, would you? • They have had to pay a lot of money. • What was he doing?

23. Exercise: What are they saying? • What dya want? • What zi do? • Wherve ya bin? • Where di go? • Weev seen im • Allseeya • Hauzigoing?

24. Practicing syllable stress patterns A B C 1 Syllable Pattern 1a la! get stop cat quick which jump choice bit box loss hit Pattern 1b la-a law bid dog goes bead see choose car plan lose know

25. 2 Syllables Pattern 2a la-laBob Smithfor you a dogmy carWho knows? a catsome morecassette destroyred tapeballet a penenclosevalet pretendconsume to do your jobmy choice today pea soupHow's work? tonight Pattern 2b la-la wristwatch phonebook hotdog textbook doorknob icy bookshelf notebook suitcase sunshine housekey project placemat ballot sunset stapler valid Get one! modern dogshow Doit! modem wantad

26. 3 Syllables A B C Pattern 3a la-la-laWormseat dirt. Joehas three. Bob'shotdogInchworms inch. Bobhas eight. Bobwon't know. Petsneed care. Aljumped up. Sam'sthe boss. Ed'stoo late. Glensat down. Susie's nice. Paulthrew up. Tommade lunch. Billwent home. Woolcan itch. Kidsshould play. Catsdon't care. Birdssing songs. Momsaid, "No!" Stockscan fall. Spothas fleas. Marsis red. Schoolis fun. Nick'sa punk. Nedsells cars. Pattern 3b la-la-laMake a cake. IBM a hot dogHe forgot. a good time I don't know. Take a bath. Use your head! He's the boss. We're too late. How are you? We cleaned up. I love you. We came home. in the bagover hereon the bus for a whileWhat a jerk! Engineer I went home. How's your job? She fell down. We don't care. How'd it go? They called back. It's in March. Who'd you meet? You goofed up.

27. Pattern 3c la-la-la percentage (%) Ohio a hotdog advantage his football I don'tknow! It's starting. They're leaving. Jim killedit. Let's tryit. How areyou? tomorrow financial emphatic a fruitcake I thoughtso. Dale plannedit. the engine on Wednesday You tookit. a wineglass in April external potato I loveyou. a bargain whatever Let's tellhim. Don't touchit. Pattern 3d la-la-la alphabet phonenumber hotdog stand possible thinkabout Idon't know. Showme one. comfortable analyze area waiting for article punctuate pitiful dinnertime emphasis everything digital syllable orchestra analog PostIt note ignorant cellstructure Rolodex Rubbermaid

28. 4 Syllables A B C Pattern 4a la-la-la-laNateneeds a break. Maxwants to know. Spot'sa hot dog. Edtook my car. Al'skitchen floor Jimkilled a snake. Jillate a steak. Bill'shalfway there. Joedoesn't know. Spain'sreally far. Rosesare red, Natebought a book. Jake'sin the lake. Violetsare blue. Pattern 4b la-la-la-laShe asked for help. I want to know. It's a hot dog. We took my car. The kitchen floor He killed a snake. We need a break. We watched TV. He doesn't know. It's really far. She's halfway there. We came back in. I love you, too. We played all day. He bought a book. They got away. Please show me how.

29. Pattern 4c la-la-la-la Boysring doorbells. Philknows mailmen. Boblikes hotdogs. Billate breakfast. Joegrew eggplants. Anneats pancakes. Gunsare lethal. Humpty Dumpty Catseat fishbones. Inchworms bugme. Hawksare vicious. Bearsare fuzzy. Ragtops costmore. Homework boresthem. Planets rotate. Salesmen sellthings. Mikecan hearyou. Pattern 4d la-la-la-la an alarmclock He said "lightbulb." It's my hotdog. I don't needone. What does 'box' mean? imitation Ring the doorbell. Put your handsup. analytic What's the matter? Where's the mailman? We like science. introduction an assembly my to-dolist my reportcard definition

30. Pattern 4e la-la-la-la potato chip What timeis it? a hotdog stand Whose turnis it? my phonenumber Jim killeda man. We workedon it. Let's eatsomething. analysis How tallare you? How oldare you? Invisible insanity untouchable a platypus ability a maniac Pattern 4f la-la-la-la supervisor lighthouse keeper permanently window cleaner coughmedicine demonstrated racecar driver business meeting category January February office supplies progress report baby-sitter

31. Practice Different Patterns using Nonsense Syllables Read first across, then down: A B C D 1. duh duh duh 1. la la la 1. mee mee mee 1. ho ho ho 2. duh duh duh 2. la la la 2. mee mee mee 2. ho ho ho 3. duh duh duh 3. la la la 3. mee mee mee 3. ho ho ho 4. duh duh duh 4. la la la 4. mee mee mee 4. ho ho ho

32. Practice Different Patterns using Nonsense Syllables 1. duh duh duh 1. duh duh duh 1. duh duh duh 1. duh duh duh 2. ABC 2. imprecise 2. condition 2. alphabet 3. 123 3. a hot dog 3. a hot dog 3. hot dog stand 4. Dogs eat bones. 4. They eat bones. 4. They eat them. 4. Give me one.

33. 1. Dogs eat bones. 2. Mike likes bikes. 3. Elsa wants a book. 4. Adam plays pool. 5. Bobby needs some money.

34. Bob sees Betty. He sees her. Betty knows Bob. She knows him. Ann and Ed call the kids. They call them. Jan sells some apples. She sells some. Jean sells cars. She sells them. Bill and I fix the bikes. We fix them.