Tongue twisters

[k]

How many cookies could a good cook cook?

If a good cook could cook cookies?

A good cook could cook as much cookies

As a good cook who could cook cookies.

[g]

Grandma Gabby Grammer grabbed a gram of gummy goulash.

If Grandma Gabby Grammer grabbed a gram of gummy goulash,

How many grams of gummy goulash did Grandma Gabby Grammer grab?

Unit 3. Constrictive noise consonants Sounds [f]-[V]

[f] is a consonant, constrictive, fricative, labio-dental, voiceless, oral.

Articulation: Look at the diagram. The vocal cords are kept apart and do not vibrate. The soft palate is raised. The lower lip is very close to the edge of the upper teeth, thus forming an incomplete obstruction. When the air goes through the narrowing it causes slight friction.

Task 1 Listen and then say the sound (B8).

[f] is usually spelled:

f feel first cafe after leaf

ff off coffee

ph phone autograph

gh laugh

Task 2 Listen and say these phrases and sentences:

1 forty-five

2 a family photo

3 I'm feeling fine.

4 the fourteenth of February

5 When I asked for her autograph she just laughed.

[v] is a consonant, constrictive, fricative, labio-dental, voiced, oral.

Articulation: Look at the diagram. The vocal cords are brought together and vibrate. The soft palate is raised. The lower lip is very close to the edge of the upper teeth, thus forming an incomplete obstruction. When the air goes through the narrowing it causes slight friction.

Task 3 Listen and then say the sound (B8).

• Listen and say the sounds [f] and [v].

[v] is usually spelled:

v very travel every have leave

Note: In the name Stephen, ph is pronounced [v].

Task 4 Listen and say these phrases and sentences:

1 We're leaving at five past seven.

2 a visa for a seven-day visit

3 Stephen lives in a village.

Tongue twister

[f]

A fly and flea flew into a flue,

Said the fly to the flea 'what shall we do?'

'Let us fly' said the flea

Said the fly 'shall we flee'

So they flew through a flaw in the flue.

[v]

Velvet Revolver

Velvet Revolver

Velvet Revolver...

LESSON 9 Sounds [s]-[z]

[s] is a consonant, constrictive, fricative, forelingual, alveolar, voiceless, oral.

A rticulation: Look at the diagram. The vocal cords are kept apart and do not vibrate. The soft palate is raised and the air comes to the mouth cavity. The teeth are closely together. The tip of the tongue touches the alveolar ridge. The air escapes through the mouth cavity with a friction.

Task 1 Listen and say the sound (B20):

[s]is usually spelled:

s sit sister bus

ss class glasses

c city circle pencil place police pronounce

sc science scissors

Task 2 Listen and say these phrases and sentences:

1. summer in the city

2. Have you seen my glasses?

3. So, I’ll see you in the same place next Saturday.

4. I saw your sister on the bus yesterday.

5. My science lessons were the most interesting.

[z] is a consonant, constrictive, fricative, forelingual, alveolar, voiced, oral.

Articulation: Look at the diagram. The vocal cords are brought together and vibrate. The soft palate is raised and the air comes to the mouth cavity. The teeth are closely together. The tip of the tongue touches the alveolar ridge. The air escapes through the mouth cavity with a friction.

Task 3 Listen and say the sound (B21).

• Listen and say the sounds [s] and [z].

[z] is usually spelled:

s gives sisters easy husband roses

z zoo zero size

ss scissors

zz jazz

Task 4 Listen and say these sentences:

1. What time does the zoo close?

2. A: My favourite music is jazz.

B: Really? Well, it’s always interesting, but it isn’t always easy to listen to.

3. Roses are my favourite flowers.