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English pronunciation made simple part 21

The lessons in Part 2 expose students to the stress, rhythm, and intonation of American English and focus on helping students hear and produce natural-sounding language beyond the word level- Students work on common . phrases, sentences, and pieces of more extended discourse. | t as in top return and cat PRONOUNCING t Tongue tip Firmly pressed against gum ridge behind upper front teeth Airstream Stopped and then exploded Vocal cords Not vibrating Possible Pronunciation Problems The consonant t is a common sound and for many learners it does not cause much difficulty When pronouncing t your tongue tip should touch the upper gum ridge NOT the back of your upper front teeth t must be said with strong aspiration and a puff of air or it might sound like d . Some speakers tend to say ts instead of t before u or tJ in place of ft before i and i . If you say d instead of t If you say ts instead of t If you say t J instead of t tease will sound like cheese. Practice saying t while loosely holding a tissue in front of your mouth. If you aspirate t correctly and say it with a puff of air your tissue will flutter. EXAMPLES two will sound like do. tune will sound like tsune. So be sure to practice all the time you ll make a terrific t . Practice EXERCISE A SI Listen and repeat. t In the Middle of Words t At the End of Words t At the Beginning of Words to talk time until attend between it went state ten tell table after return contain but late fruit try tree terrible empty winter printing ate light apart top wanted boat 1 Z8 The letter t Is usually pronounced t . The letters ed in past tense verbs are pronounced t when they follow a voiceless consonant stopped looked kissed washed When t is between two vowels and follows a stressed syllable as in water butter and city When t follows s as in stop stay stick it is NOT aspirated with a puff of air. Some speakers of various Asian languages tend to add the sound o to words ending in t in English the word cat becomes cato the word sit becomes sitp . Be sure you avoid this extra vowel when practicing words with final t . EXERCISE B SI Listen and repeat.The letter t in the following words occurs between vowels so it is not aspirated. city water pretty better notice butter writing sitting pattern cutting .