1 Transcribe the following words phonemically and pronounce them correctly:

sofa            verse          steering             breadcrumb


square         anger          bought              nineteen


cold                  shoulder                  older


2 Transcribe the following words and pronounce them correctly:

a) Silent “l”

half         calm         walk         talk



b) Clear “l”

look    listen    laugh    allow    language    unless


long      lemon          learn           follow      tallest



c) Dark “l”

tall       email     school         call       real       email


fell       always         help      fall       full       pool


d) Practice pronouncing these phrases and transcribe them:

“email address”              “I fell over yesterday”


“I love language lessons” said the tall girl at school.


You can check and practice your pronunciation here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zf5laPOZuos

3 Transcribe the following examples and pronounce them fluently and naturally:

a) Non-rhotic “r”

father           hare              there


for      her          clear             tower


b) Linking /r/

father-in-law            hare and the tortoise


clear as water          Tower of London


There are four owls in her old barn.


c) Intrusive /r/

The United States of America [r] is a big country.


Donna [r] and her mother.


Donna [r] is her daughter.


A banana [r] is a yellow fruit.


Pamela [r] Anderson is an American actress.


I want to visit China [r] and Vietnam.


You can check your pronunciation here:

https://www.onlinelanguageacademy.com/en/blog/connected-speech-english.htm


4 Transcribe the following examples and pronounce them fluently and naturally:

buy     tea     today       boy

a) Approximant “j”

I /j/ always have a cup of tea in the morning.


I /j/ ate pizza last night.


I /j/ own a camera.


He /j/ always says that.


He /j/ always has his classes on Tuesdays.


Day/j/ after day/j/ after day.


Monday /j/ and Thursdays.     Boy/j/ and girl.

A toy /j/ on the floor.     The /j/ umbrella.


The /j/ animal.              The /j/ elephant.


The /j/ Owl and the Pussycat. (a famous poem!)


You can check and practice your pronunciation here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=251&v=VKpHXzrouVE


b) Approximant “w”

what           work           quick     where    question

one       we        world          weather       wait


away     towards      someone      require


saw       rainbow       now

You can check and practice your pronunciation here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4MpDb-gTipY