Tongue twisters

[∫]

I saw Susie sitting in a shoe shine shop.

Where she sits she shines, and where she shines she sits.

[ʒ]

An illusory vision is a visionary illusion. Is it?

They took usual measures.

The vision was a real pleasure.

Sound [h]

[h]is a consonant, constrictive, fricative, glottal, 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 consonant [h] is articulated with the strong air-stream pass­ing through the open glottis.

Task 1 Listen and say the sound(B50).

[h] is usually spelled:

h hat here help hot how behind

wh who whose whole

Note: A few words begin with a silent letter h: hour honest

Task 2 Listen and say these sentences:

1. Hi, hello, how are you?

2. Whose hat is this?

3. It's hot in here.

4. We had a whole month's holiday.

5. Can you help me for half an hour?

6. Who's who?

Note: Sometimes you don't hear an [h] sound at the beginning of he, him, her, hers, his, had, have, has.

Task 3 Listen and say these sentences:

1. Is he there?

2. Have you seen him?

3. Has he got time?

4. Do you know her?

5. He went to visit his family.

Tongue twisters

[h]

Hulk Hawk is hulking the hawk,

Hawk Hulk is hawking Hulk...

Hawk hugs the hedgehog

Unit 4. Occlusive-constrictive noise consonants Sounds [t∫]-[dʒ]

[t∫] is a consonant, occlusive-constrictive, forelingual, palato-alveolar, voiceless, oral.

A rticulation: Look at the diagram. The vocal cords are kept apart and do not vibrate. The soft palate is raised so that the breath is trapped for a short time then the obstruction is released slowly and the friction is heard. The tip of the tongue touches the back part of the teeth ridge. The front part of the tongue is raised towards the hard palate. The lips are neutral or slightly rounded.

Task 1 Listen and say the sound (B34).

[t∫] is usually spelled:

ch chips choose March which

t future question

tch catch watch kitchen

Note: In the word Czech, cz is pronounced [t∫], and ch is pronounced [k].

The words check, cheque and Czech all sound the same: [t∫ek].

Task 2 Listen and say these sentences:

1. Which questions did you choose in the exam?

2. The picture in the kitchen is by a Czech artist.

[dʒ] is a consonant, occlusive-constrictive, forelingual, alate-alveolar, voiced, oral.

Articulation: Look at the diagram. The vocal cords are brought together and vibrate. The soft palate is raised so that the breath is trapped for a short time then the obstruction is released slowly and the friction is heard. The tip of the tongue touches the back part of the teeth ridge. The front part of the tongue is raised towards the hard palate. The lips are neutral or slightly rounded.

Task 3 Listen and say the sound (B35).

• Listen and say the sounds [t∫] and [dʒ].

[dʒ] is usually spelled:

j jam jacket jeans job jet

g general

ge age large

dge fridge

Task 4 Listen and say these sentences:

1. Who’s that wearing a large orange jacket?

2. There’s some juice in the fridge.

3. Languages are a bridge between people.