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What is Pronunciation?

Quizzes are provided for each section. Feel free to take them as many times as needed.

Word Stress - Emphasizing one syllable more than others in a word. Use bold or underline to show stress in multi-syllable words (e.g., TAble, beAUtiful).

  • One part of the word is said louder, longer, and clearer.

    • Example: TAble, DOCtor, eLEphant

Sentence Stress - Emphasizing key words in a sentence (usually content words).Show how stressing different words can change meaning.

  • Important words in a sentence are said louder. Usually nouns, verbs, adjectives, and adverbs.

    • Example:

      • I WANT a NEW phone.

      • I didn’t say HE stole it — I said SHE did.

Intonation - The rise and fall of voice to show meaning or emotion. Use arrows or underline words to show rising/falling tone.

  • The rise and fall of your voice when you speak.

    • Example:

      • Rising: "Are you coming?" ↗️

      • Falling: "I'm tired." ↘️

      • Rising-falling: "Really?"

Ending Sounds - Practice hard-to-hear final consonants. Focus on -s, -ed, -t, -k, etc. with word pairs.

  • The last sound in a word — it must be said clearly to avoid confusion.

    • Example:

      • “cat” vs. “cap” vs. “cab”

      • “walked” vs. “walk”

Voiced/Voiceless Sounds - Sounds made with/without vocal cord vibration. Pair similar words (e.g., “fan/van,” “sip/zip”) for contrast.

  • Voiced = vocal cords vibrate. Voiceless = no vibration.

    • Example pairs:

      • fan / van

      • sip / zip

      • tick / dig

Problem Sounds - Sounds that learners confuse or avoid. Focus by sound (e.g., TH, R/L, V/W, G/J, short vowels).

  • Sounds English learners often mix up or avoid.

    • Common ones:

      • TH → think / this

      • R/L → rice / lice

      • V/W → vet / wet

      • G/J → gum / jump

      • Short vowels → ship / sheep

Linking & Connected Speech - Sounds that blend together in fast speech. Use real phrases: "Did you eat?" → "Didja eat?"

  • In fast speech, words connect or blend together.

    • Example:

      • “Did you eat?” → “Didja eat?”

      • “I want to go” → “I wanna go”

Silent Letters - Letters that are written but not pronounced. Highlight the silent letter (e.g., knee, write, hour) and drill pronunciation without it.

  • Letters that are written but not pronounced.

    • Example:

      • “knee” → /ni/

      • “write” → /rait/

      • “honest” → /onest/