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Consonant Clusters at the Beginning of Words.
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1.
Repeat these words. Pay attention to the pronunciation
of the sounds that are
underlined. Write them down. Practise reading.
1. blue
2. bring
3. cloudy
4. cross
5. quite
black
bread
clearly
cry
quietly
blood
Britain clean
crash
quickly
blanket
bridge
clock
crack
quarter
blouse
brother clothes
crisps question
6. played
7. practice
please
pronunciation
plenty
press
plate
pretty
plug
program
2.
Repeat these words. Pay attention to the pronunciation of the sounds that are
underlined. Write them down. Practise reading.
1.
sleepy
2. start
3. try
4. spill
5. three
slowly
stamps trouble
speaking
through
slim
still
tree
sports
throw
slippery
stand train
spade
thrillers
slippers
station trousers
spelling
throat
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3
Many English words end in the sound “n” followed by another consonant. Listen to
these words. Some of them end either in the sounds [n]+[s], [n]+[t] or [n]+[d]. If they
do, write them in the table. If they don’t, miss them out. The first three are done for
you.
[n]+[s]
[n]+[t]
[n]+[d]
since
want
Friend
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4.
Repeat the words in the box. Write down the transcription of the words.
April library
wardrobe
Oslo apple – pie chocolate
biscuits toaster December tape recorder hospital
post office Bombay
computer
cornflakes
bookshop
October
armchair
bookshelf
London
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5.
In this unit you will practise some of the consonant clusters that are found when a word
beginning with a consonant follows a word ending with a consonant. For example, in
“breakfast cereal”
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Match each word on the left with one of the words on the right. One is done for you.
orange
time
film
handed
arrival
music girl
friend
capital
juice left
television
classical
·
city portable
star
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6.
Sometimes, when two or more consonant sounds occur together across words, one of
the sounds changes its pronunciation or may even be nearly missed out. This happenes
especially to [t] and [d]. Listen to these examples. Notice how the final [t] and [d]
change.
last
– last Saturday
just – just look
next
– next February and – and this
7.
Repeat the rows of words and sentences after your teacher.
[s ]
[
∫
]
[t]
[
ʧ
]
1.
S
ue
sh
oe
t
oo
ch
ew
2.
s
ear
sh
eer
t
ear
ch
eer
3.
s
ip
sh
ip
t
ip
ch
ip
4.
s
in
sh
in
t
in
ch
in
5. ma
ss
ma
sh
ma
t
mat
ch
6. Did
Sue
choose
her new
shoes
?
[s] [
ʧ
] [
∫
]
7. There’s a
chip
on the
tip
of the
ship
.
[
ʧ
] [t] [
∫
]
8.
Cass
paid
cash
for the
catch
of the day.
[s] [
∫
] [
ʧ
]
9.
Terry
made a
cherry
pie for
Sherry
.
[t] [
ʧ
] [
∫
]
10.
She’s
eating a
cheese
sandwich
.
[∫] [
ʧ
] [s] [
ʧ
]
11.
It’s a good
faith
. It’s a good
fate
. It’s a good
face
. It’s a good
phase
.
[
] [t]
[s]
[z]
12.
I went to
Beth
. I went to
bet.
I went to
Bess.
I went to
bed.
[
] [t]
[s] [d]
13.
The
raid
is set. The
rate
is set. The
race
is set. The
raise
is set.
[d]
[t]
[s]
[z]
14.
She began to
ride.
She began to
write.
She began to
writhe.
She began to
rise.
[d]
[t]
[
ð
]
[z]
25
15.
Don’t
dip
it. Don’t
tip
it. Don’t
sip
it. Don’t
zip
it.
[d]
[t]
[s]
[z]
16.
I
think
there is
zinc
in the
sink
.
[
]
[z]
[s]
17.
Did you
pass Pat
on
the
path.
[s] [t] [
]
18.
Seth said
to
set
the table.
[
] [d] [t]
19.
Dan
is older
than Stan.
[d]
[
ð
] [s]
20.
Sue
is
due
at the
zoo
at
two.
[s] [d] [z] [t]
Questions for Discussion
1.
Classify the consonants.
2.
What are occlusive consonants?
3.
What are constrictive consonants?
4.
Classify the consonants according to the point of articulation.
5.
What is the distinction between a vowel and a consonant sound?
6.
Explain the general principles of classification of consonants.
SELF – TEST
There are three answers after each question. Only one is correct. Choose the correct
answer.
1.
How many consonant phonemes are there in English?
a) 24
b) 22
c) 26
2.
Find the nasal consonants:
a)
[m], [n], [ŋ]
b) [m], [n], [l]
c) [m], [p], [s]
3. Find the line with plosive consonants:
a)
bomb, tomb, nose
b)
pot, plot, bottom
c)
wind, kind, wise
4. Find the line with fricative consonants:
a)
press, cream, garden
b)
life, bush, dress
c)
black, bag, vast
5. Find the line with alveolar consonants:
a)
daddy, lily, tent
b)
camp, letter, brick
c)
bridge, lamp, deaf
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Chapter II
The Articulatory Processes
Unit 4. Assimilation. Aspiration
Assimilation.
Two adjacent consonants within a word or at word boundaries
often influence each
other in such a way that the articulation of one sound becomes similar to or even identical
with the articulation of the other one. This phenomenon is called
assimilation.
In assimilation the consonant whose articulation is modified under the influence of a
neighbouring consonant is called the
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