Lesson 12. Twenty Days.

/t/ and /d/

Lesson 12; Part A

How to make the sound /t/
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

Sound and spelling /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: The letter t is silent in a few words. Listen and say thesewords. listen castle Note: /ti:/ is the name of the letter T in thealphabet. /ti:/ is also the word *tea*.

Lesson 12; Part C

How to make the sound /d/
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

Sound and spelling
/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

Note: /di:/ is the name of the letter D in the alphabet.

Sometimes you don't hear the /t/ or /d/ clearly at the end of a word. Listen to the difference.

1. Something to ea(t)       3. The end of the roa(d)
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)

You often dont' hear a /t/ or /d/ when it's between other consonants, so facts sounds like fax and next week sounds like necks week. Listen

A: Tell me all the fac(t)s. B: I'll tell you nex(t) week.

Exercises

1 Listen and complete the sentences.

Listen and complete the sentences.
Example: What shall we do next week?

1   2001 was the time I went to Britain.
2   I some money in the street.
3   I worked hard week.
4   Do you know a place to eat near here?

5   I live in Road.
6   Is this the house?
7   Do you want some ?
8    Do you like my new ?

Check with the Key. Then listen again and repeat.

2 Listen and write the numbers of the words.

Listen and write the numbers of the words. KEY1. wide   2. wrote
3. set     4. said
5. white 6. sent
7. road   8. sent

send    sent    wide 1       white    said     set     road    wrote

Check with the Key. Then listen again and repeat.

3 Listen and complete the sentences.

Listen and complete the sentences.

1   They us emails every day.
2   I all my money on CDs.
3   When it stopped snowing we went for a walk across the fields.
4   People houses next to the beach.

Check with the Key. Then listen again and repeat.

4 Listen and repeat the poems.

Listen and repeat these poems.

Too many twos Tom and Tim were twins. Tom said to Tim, "Can I talk to you?" Tim said to Tom, "Ssh, wait a minute ... One two is two Two twos are four Three twos are six Four twos are eight Five twos are ten..." Tom said to Tim, "And what are two fives?" Tim said to Tom, "Two fives? Don't ask me!"	A difficult daughter Doctor Dixon said to his daughter Daria, "Don't go down town after dark - if s dangerous." Daria said, "Don't worry, Dad, I won't You know I never do." Next day when he came home for dinner, he said, "Daria, dear, you didn't go down town after dark, did you?" and she said, "No, Dad, I didn't" But she did. I don't know the details, but she definitely did.

5 Listen and circle the word you hear.

Listen and circle the word you hear.
Check with the Key1. watch
2. wide
3. dry
4. writing
5. taught.
1   what / watch
2   wide / white
3   dry / try
4   riding / writing
5   taught / thought

Check with the Key. Then listen and repeat.

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