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Silent R: comfortable

Saturday, October 31, 2020 by Eva Easton 2 Comments

Reduction is when a vowel in an unstressed syllable is
pronounced /ə, ɪ/ or disappears completely.

In this video, we practice reduction in the word comfortable


Now it’s your turn.
Each word has a disappearing vowel.
Which vowel is not pronounced?

1. 

https://www.evaeaston.com/wp-content/uploads/silent-vwl-aspirin.mp3 aspirin

2. 

https://www.evaeaston.com/wp-content/uploads/silent-vwl-interested-in.mp3interested in

3. 

https://www.evaeaston.com/wp-content/uploads/silent-vwl-different.mp3different

4. 

https://www.evaeaston.com/wp-content/uploads/silent-vwl-average.mp3average

5. 

https://www.evaeaston.com/wp-content/uploads/silent-vwl-opera.mp3opera

6. 

https://www.evaeaston.com/wp-content/uploads/silent-vwl-colonel.mp3colonel

7. 

https://www.evaeaston.com/wp-content/uploads/silent-vwl-catholic.mp3Catholic

8. 

https://www.evaeaston.com/wp-content/uploads/silent-vwl-several.mp3several

9. 

https://www.evaeaston.com/wp-content/uploads/silent-vwl-every.mp3every

10. 

https://www.evaeaston.com/wp-content/uploads/silent-vwl-chocolate.mp3chocolate

11. 

https://www.evaeaston.com/wp-content/uploads/silent-vwl-extraordinary.mp3extraordinary

12. 

https://www.evaeaston.com/wp-content/uploads/silent-vwl-niagara.mp3Niagara Falls

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Time's up


The Secret of R:

  1. 1-syllable words
  2. unstressed r = /ɚ/ (part 1)
  3. unstressed r = /ɚ/ (part 2)
  4. consonant clusters
  5. disappearing vowels
  6. my classroom worksheets at the bottom of this page
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  1. Fatima says

    Monday, November 2, 2020 at 12:14 pm

    thanks for the activities

    Reply
  2. Eva Easton says

    Monday, November 2, 2020 at 12:27 pm

    Hello Fatima,

    Next week’s word is going to be “vegetable.”

    Thank you.

    Eva

    Reply

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