Reduction is when a vowel in an unstessed syllable is pronounced /ә,ɪ/ or disappears completely.
In this lesson, we practice vowels that disappear completely, as in the word…
vegetable
/ˈvɛt͡ʃ–tə–bəl/
vegetable
/ˈvɛt͡ʃ–tə–bəl/
We’re going to play
“Name that Vegetable.”
Look at each picture below.
What vegetable do you see?
Click on the chart to make the pictures bigger.
Answers at the end of the quiz.
vegetables
/ˈvɛt͡ʃ–tə–bəlz/
1. What are these giant orange vegetables?
For Halloween, Americans use them as decoration.
For Thanksgiving, we make pie from them.
vegetable
/ˈvɛt͡ʃ–tə–bəl/
2. This white vegetable is part of the cabbage family.
vegetables
/ˈvɛt͡ʃ–tə–bəlz/
3. What vegetables did the person just pick from the garden?
vegetables
/ˈvɛt͡ʃ–tə–bəlz/
4. These colorful vegetables get their name from their shape.
vegetable
/ˈvɛt͡ʃ–tə–bəl/
5. Rabbits like to eat this vegetable.
vegetable
/ˈvɛt͡ʃ–tə–bəl/
6. What is a common name for this vegetable?
People have several names for it throughout the U.S.
vegetable
/ˈvɛt͡ʃ–tə–bəl/
7. This vegetable is known to exist since 3000 B.C.
vegetable
/ˈvɛt͡ʃ–tə–bəl/
8. This green vegetable is in the cabbage family.
vegetable
/ˈvɛt͡ʃ–tə–bəl/
9. This vegetable is used mostly for salads.
vegetable
/ˈvɛt͡ʃ–tə–bəl/
10. These vegetables grow inside a pod.
From this, we have an idiom to describe people that are alike.
“The two brothers are like 2 ____________ in a pod.”
Fill in the blank.
And now let’s review the pronunciation
of all the vegetables on the chart.
Click on the chart to make the picture bigger.
Answers
1-pumpkin
2-cauliflower
3-radishes
4-bell pepper
5-carrot
6-green bean
7-asparagus
8-broccoli
9-lettuce
10-peas…They’re like 2 peas in a pod.
Now it’s your turn.
Here is your audio pronunciation quiz.
Which written vowel is not pronounced?
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