Lesson 19. My Hungry Uncle

/m/, /n/ and /η/

Lesson 19; Part A

How to make the sound /m/
When you say /m/, the air comes through your nose, not your mouth.
Lookat the diagram.
Listen and say the sound.
Your lips are together, andthere is voicing.
Target sound: /mmmmm/

Lesson 19; Part B

Sound and spelling /m/ is usually spelled m or mm, but sometimes mb or mn. Listen and say these words. m me more lemon swim film some sometimes mm summer mb comb mn autumn
Listen and say these phrases. 1 sometimes in summer 2 more for you, most for me 3 in the middle of the film

Lesson 19; Part C

How to make the sound /n/
When you say /n/, the air comes through your nose, not your mouth.
Lookat the diagram.
Listen and say the sound.
Your tongue is pressedagainst the roof of your mouth behind the teeth, and there is voicing.
Target sound: /nnnnn/

Lesson 19; Part D

Sound and spelling /n/ is usually spelled n, but sometimes nn or kn. Listen and say these words. n new now sun one gone nn dinner sunny kn knew know knife
Listen and say these phrases. 1 a sunny afternoon 2 sun and moon 3 nine months

Lesson 19; Part E

How to make the sound /η/ When you say /η/, the air comes through your nose, not your mouth. Lookat the diagram. Listen and say the sound. The back of your tongue ispressed against the roof of your mouth, and there is voicing. Targetsound: /ηηηηηη/
Listen and say the three sounds. /mmmm/ /nnnnn/ /ηηηηηη/

Lesson 19; Part F

Sound and spelling /η/ is usually spelled ng. The letter n is pronounced /η/ if there is a /k/ or /g/ after it. ng is sometimes /η/ (e.g. singer) and sometimes /ng/ (e.g. finger). nk is always pronounced /nk/.
Listen and say these words. /η/ evening long sing singer thing /ηk/ bank thanks think uncle /ηg/ angry finger hungry longer single
Listen and say these phrases. 1 thinking about things 2 a long evening singing songs 3 a hungry man is in angry man

Exercises

1 Write the words.

Write these words.
Example:
/mo:/ more

1 /mu:n/
2   /roη/
3   /driηk/
4   /'aηkl/

5   /naivz/
6   /k∂um/
7    /θiη/
8 /'strong∂/

Listen to check your answers. Check with the Key. Then listen and repeat.

2 Write the words.

Write the words.
Two are with /n/ and three with /η/.

words with /n/
knee

words with /η/

Listen to check your answers. Check with the Key. Then listen and repeat.

3 Complete the titles of the pictures using the words.

Complete the titles of the pictures using these words. room nine wrong single ~~warm~~ uncle languages evening hungry answer

A warm _______evening A _______wrong _______answer. My _______hungry _______uncle. A _______single _______room. _______Nine _______languages. Listen to check your answers. Check with the Key. Then listen and repeat

4 Look at the picture and complete the sentences.

Look at the picture and complete the sentences.

1   The woman's listening to the radio and .
2   The phone's .
3   The cat's .
4   It's .

Listen to check your answers. Check with the Key. Then listen and repeat.

5 Listen and circle the word you hear.

Listen and circle the word you hear.
Check with the Key1. rang
2. think
3. night
4. sung
5. some.
1   ran / rang
2   thing / think
3   might / night
4   some / sung
5   some / sun

Listen to check your answers. Check with the Key. Then listen and repeat.

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