Exercise 5-5: Liaise the Ls As you work with the following exercise, here are two points you should keep in mind. When a word ends with an L sound, either (a) connect it to the next word if you can, or (b) add a slight schwa for an exaggerated [l崂...
Exercise 5-4: Many Final Els This time, simply hold the L sound extra long. Repeat after me. 1.fill 2.full 3.fool 4.fail 5.fell 6.feel 7.fuel 8.furl...
Exercise 5-2: Sounds Comparing L with T, D, and N Repeat after me, first down and then across. 1. At the beginning of a word law low lee gnaw know knee taw toe tea daw dough D law gnaw taw daw low know toe dough lee knee tea D 2. In the middle of a w...
Exercise 5-1: Sounds Comparing L with T, D, and N For this exercise, concentrate on the different ways in which the air comes out of the mouth when producing each sound of L, T, D, and N. Look at the drawings included here, to see the correct positio...
Chapter 5 The El This chapter discusses the sound of L (not to be confused with that of the American R, which is covered in the next chapter). We'll approach this sound first, by touching on the difficulties it presents to foreign speakers of English...
Exercise 4-12: Finding American T Sounds Once again, go over the following familiar paragraph. First, find all the T's that are pronounced D (there are nine to thirteen here). Second, find all the held Ts (there are seven). The first one of each is m...
Exercise 4-11 : Voiced and Unvoiced Sounds with T This exercise is for the practice of the difference between words that end in either a vowel or a voiced consonant, which means that the vowel is lengthened or doubled. Therefore, these words are on a...
Exercise 4-9: Karina's T Connections Here are some extremely common middle T combinations. Repeat after me: What But That What I But I That I Exercise 4-10: Combinations in Context Repeat the following sentences. 1. I don't know what it means. 2. But...
Exercise 4-8: Rule 5 The Silent T Read the following sentences out loud. Make sure that the underlined Ts are silent. 1.He had a great interview. 2.Try to enter the information. 3.Turn the printer on. 4.Finish the printing. 5.She's at the internation...
Exercise 4-7: Rule 5 The Silent T t and n are so close in the mouth that the t can simply disappear. Repeat.1. interview 2. interface 3. Internet 4. interstate 5. interrupt 6. interfere 7. interactive 8. international 9. advantage 10. percentage 11....
