Eva Easton

Authentic American Pronunciation

GH Words: Silent

Now it’s your turn.
Vocabulary Quiz
Which word has silent gh?
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Vocabulary Quiz
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1. We lost _________ of him in the crowd.
2. How _________ is the World Trade Center?
3. How much does an elephant _________ .
4. Do you believe in love at first _________ ?
5. What is the _________ of the World Trade Center?
6. I'm going to the meeting _________ I don't really want to.
7. They _________ a lot about their problem.
8. The little boy likes it when the train goes _________ the tunnel and it gets dark.
9. When he was sick, he lost a lot of _________ .
10. The phone woke me up even _________ it wasn't very loud.
11. They did a _________ job.  They took care of everything.  They left nothing to chance.
12. The singer is at the _________ of her popularity.

Written CH = /tʃ-k-ʃ-h-silent/

written ch = /tʃ, k, ʃ, h, silent/

And now it’s your turn.
How do we pronounce each word?
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1. chaos
2. Chicago
3. challah
4. child ... children
5. choir
6. stomach
7. echo
8. chore
9. ache
10. chorus
11. yacht
12. such


T: stop t = /t|/

Poor written T…changing all the time.

 

And now it’s your turn.
Which word has a /t|/?

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1.  real t
2.  flap t = /d/
3.  stop t = /t|/ 
4.  stop /t|/ + /ṇ/
5.  t = /ʃ/
6.  t = /t͡ʃ/
7.  silent t

 

 

T: flap t = /d/

Poor written T…changing all the time.

 

And now it’s your turn.
Which word is pronounced flap t = /d/?

1. Learning English is pretty easy, right?
2. My recommendation is do a lot of reading, especially something interesting to you.
3. We don't have to look very far to find something to read...everything is on the computer now.
4. You can find articles, blogs, and books on the internet.
5. It's important to read at least a little every day.
6. Reading is one way of putting the language into our brains.
7. As you read an interesting book, notice how you see the same words and phrases over and over again.
8. When you see the same words repeated and repeated, your mind accepts them.  Just look them up quickly in an online dictionary and keep on reading.
9. Every time you read and can understand a story, it's exciting.
10. It's better not to concentrate on grammar while reading.
11. Schedule a time to read every day, a little every day, at the same time every day...and you'll see results.
12. Try it.  The more you read, the better.

1.  real t
2.  flap t = /d/
3.  stop t = /t|/ 
4.    stop /t|/ + /ṇ/
5.  t = /ʃ/
6.  t = /t͡ʃ/
7.  silent t

 

GH Words: /f, g, p/

 

And now it’s your turn.
Quiz #1:  Spelling /f, g, p/
1. That books costs $10 but I only have $8.  That's not_________.
2. I work hard; I don't _________.
3. Caspar is the name of a friendly _________.
4. The road wasn't smooth; it was _________.
5. What goes great with a hamburger?  a _________ pickle.
6. When something is funny, you usually _________.
7. She saw something horrible.  She was _________.
8. Farm animals drink from a water _________.
9. When you have a cold, sometimes you also have a _________.
10. Why are you blowing into a paper bag?  I have the _________ .
11. Who doesn't like to eat _________!
12. Kabul is the capital of _________.

Quiz #2:  Vocabulary
1. There's an old saying:  "When the going gets _________ , the _________ get going."  That means when things are difficult, we have to work even harder.
2. When we say that someone is "_________ around the edges," that means a person isn't as refined as we think that person should be.
3. He has a persistent _________, as well as a fever.
4. We traveled for miles and miles over _________ dirt roads.
5. The questions on that test were really _________.  I knew only three of them.
6. A farm has a watering _________ and a feeding _________ for its animals.
7. I've just started writing a research paper.   My _________ draft isn't very good, so I really need to do a lot more work.
8. The steak was overcooked and _________.
9. The lowest point of an economic cycle is called a _________.
10. She was as _________ as nails.

1.  gh words
2.  gh words:  secret 7 verbs
3.  gh words:  silent
4.  gh words:  f…g…p
5.  gh words:  dough – doughnut
6.  gh words:  rough – tough – enough – slough off
7.  gh words:  cough – trough – ought to – wrought
8.  gh words:  homophones

 

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