My answer and

reason.

5. Although many people believe / that J.S. Bach /was a classical composer, // he was /in fact, / a Baroque master.

The first thought group in this sentence begins with a subordinator as it's the beginning of a dependent clause, plus it's a short subject/verb phrase. The second is a relative clause. The third is a predicate verb phrase. The independent clause in this sentence is broken up by a parenthetical remark, "in fact," which necessitates pauses surrounding it and is pronounced in a lower tone to show it's a different part of the sentence. There is a longer pause here between the dependent and independent clauses (where the comma would be).

Sounds of English

The purpose of this section is to help learners of English with the pronunciation of specific sounds. On these pages you will find:

oPictures of how your mouth looks when you say sounds.

oA description of how to make the sound.

oAudio recordings of some words with that sound (real media).

The sounds in "heed" and "hid"

We make the sound in "heed" (/i/) with our tongue very close to the top of our mouth. We also spread our lips so it looks like we are smiling.

You can see how Laurie looks like she is when she says /i/ in the picture.

When we make the sound in "hid" (/I/), we don't look as much like we are smiling, and our tongues are lower in our mouths. Here is a picture of our mouths so that you can compare where the tongue is for these two sounds.

Here is a video clip of this same vowel sound. Notice how the speaker looks like she is smiling when she says 'read.'

Now let's listen to some sounds!

The sounds in "head" and "hate"

We make the sound in "head" with our mouth open wider than for /i/ or /I/ and our tongues not as close to the top of our mouths.

The sound in "hate" is actually a dipthong, which means it is a combination of the sounds /e/ and /I/. You can feel your tongue moving closer to the roof of your mouth when you say it.

The sounds in "hot" and "hat"

We make the sound in "hot" (/a/) with our mouth open the widest. Pretend you are going to the doctor and saying "ahhhhhhhh".

See how open your mouth is and how

far back your tongue is.

These two video clips also show the /a/ sound.

mom

Bob

The sound in "hat" is made with your mouth open not as wide and the sound is not as far back in your throat. Pretend someone is choking you. The sound you will make is this "hat" vowel.

Now let's listen to some sounds!

The sounds of in "hoot" and "hood"

We make the sound in "hoot" (/u/) with our really rounded. Sing "ooh, baby, baby" or pretend you are going to kiss someone.