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/ |
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
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