Pronunciation:

Practice makes perfect.

1/ Stops and no stop words.

Words ending in s and ce usually continue the sound for a short time.

Feel the difference in air flow between bus and but. Bus has air flowing at the end. But does not.

Bus but, bus but, bus but. Rice right, rice right, rice right. Nice night, nice night, nice night.

Mice might, mice might, mice might. Race rate, race rate, race rate. Boss bought, boss bought, Boss.

2/ The T and TH sound.

For TH the tongue just touches the back of the teeth. For T the tongue touches a little above the teeth.

Bath bat, bath bat, bath bat. Boat both, boat both, boat both. Boot booth, boot booth, boot booth.

3/ The TH sound.

There were thousands and thousands of things they thought. Think, sink, think, sink, think, sink.

Thick, sick, thick, sick, thick, sick. Mouth, mouse, mouth, mouse, mouth, mouse.

This, those, and these were easy for them to say.

Student practice for TH and T.

1. a. What does “path” mean? A place to walk.

b. What does “pat” mean? To tap, like to tap you finger on the desk.

2. a. What is a bath for? To wash and get clean.

b. What is a bat for? To hit a ball with like in American baseball.

3. a. How do you spell “both”? B O T H.

b. How do you spell “boat”? B O A T

4. a. What does “faith” mean? To believe in something.

b. What is “fat”? A substance in the body for storing energy.

5. a. What is a “mat”? A small piece of strong material used to protect a floor.

b. What is “math”? The study of numbers and shapes.

6. a. What does “wrath” mean? Anger, like when you are mad at someone.

b. What does “rat” mean? Like a mouse but bigger.

7. a. What is the booth? Like a very small shop in the city.

b. Where is the boot? On my foot.

8. a. How do you spell “Ruth”? R U T H

b. Where is the tree “root”? In the ground under the tree. A tree has roots.

4/ The L sound.

Make an L by touching the tongue to the top part of the back teeth or the ridge of the teeth.

Touch the back of the front teeth for:

Lip, lock, like and love. Lip, lock, like and love. Lip, lock, like and love.

It is the same for:

Fall, small, tall and all. Fall, small, tall and all. Fall, small, tall and all.

Like love, Like love, like love, Tall all, tall all, tall all. Like lip, like lip, like lip.

I know, I know, I know. No no no. Low low low

No, no, no…..low, low, low, No, no, no…..low, low, low.

Ask your partner these sentences. The partner says “past” or “present” about the verb.

1. a. They save old bottles.

b. They saved old bottles.

2. a. They believe everything.

b. They believed everything.

3. a. We live in an apartment.

3. b. We lived in an apartment.

4. a. We like having a big car.

b. We liked having a big car.

5. a. They love animals.

b. They loved animals.

6. a. They look at the book.

b. They looked at the book.

7. a. Highway workers are making our roads.

b. Highway workers made our roads.

8. a. The city likes to make roads.

b. The city liked to make roads.

9. a. Some dogs retrieve all balls.

b. Some dogs retrieved all balls.

10 a. We approve all her work.

b. We approved all her work.

With your partner ask:

1. What are you having for lunch?
2. Cooked beef on a roll, a bag of chips, a large cake, and a small Coke.

1. Would you be willing to share any of your sandwich?
2. No, it’s all for me.

1. What kind of attitude is that?
2. A selfish attitude!

Fell feel, fell feel, fell feel. Mail meal, mail meal, mail. Load walk, load walk, load walk.

Plan peal, plan peal, plan peal. Call close, call close, call close. Know low, know low, Know low.

Let late, let late, let late. Lake rake, lake rake, lake rake. Not lot, not lot, not lot.

Shell smell, shell smell, shell smell. Wall well, Wall well, wall well.

Clean close, clean close, clean close. Clean cleaned, clean cleaned, clean cleaned.

Close closed, close closed, close closed, Call called, call called, call called.

There were thousands and thousands of things they thought. Think, sink, think, sink, think, sink.

Thick, sick, thick, sick, thick, sick. Mouth, mouse, mouth, mouse, mouth, mouse.

This, those, and these were easy for them to say.

There were thousands and thousands of things they thought.

There were thousands and thousands of things they thought.

There were thousands and thousands of things they thought.

There were thousands and thousands of things they thought.

There were thousands and thousands of things they thought.

Think, sink, think, sink, think, sink. Thick, sick, thick, sick, thick, sick.

Think, sink, think, sink, think, sink. Thick, sick, thick, sick, thick, sick.

Mouth, mouse, mouth, mouse, mouth, mouse.

This, those, and these were easy for them to say.

Mouth, mouse, mouth, mouse, mouth, mouse.

This, those, and these were easy for them to say.