Lesson 12. Twenty Days.

/t/ and /d/
Lesson 12; Part A
![]() Look at the diagrams. Listen and say the sound. 1 Stop the air with your tongue behind your teeth. 2 Move your tongue down to release the air. If you hold a piece of paper in front of your mouth when you move your tongue down, the paper moves. Target sound: /t∂/ | ![]() |
Lesson 12; Part B
![]() /t/ is usually spelled t or tt. Listen and say these words. t tea till ten top two twenty water bit complete eat eight light suit tt better bottle | |
/t/ is sometimes spelled ed in past tenses. Listen and say these words. ed stopped washed | |
/t/ is spelled th in a few names. Listen and say these words. th Thailand Thames Thomas | |
![]() Note: /ti:/ is the name of the letter T in thealphabet. /ti:/ is also the word tea. |
Lesson 12; Part C
![]() Look at the diagrams. Listen and say the sound. 1 Stop the air with your tongue behind your teeth. 2 Move your tongue down to release the air. /d/ is different from /t/ in two ways: 1 If you hold a piece of paper in front of your mouth when you move your tongue down, the paper does not move. 2 There is voicing (vibration from the throat). Target sound: /d∂/ | |
Listen and say the two sounds, /t∂/ /d∂/ |
Lesson 12; Part D
![]() /d/ is spelled d or dd. Listen and say these words. d day deep do door did food good head ready dd аdd address ladder middle ![]() | |
2. Turn on the ligh(t) 4. Writingon the boar(d) The vowel sound is longer before /d/ than before /t/. Listen roa(d) wro(te) boar(d) bough(t)
A: Tell me all the fac(t)s. B: I'll tell you nex(t) week. |
Exercises
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