2018-02-13 Pronunciation: 'th' sounds

Greg Malivuk
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Handout p. 23 exercise 7A - Which column has voiced sounds? Which are voiceless?
1 neat
2 believe
3 wide
4 leaf
5 feed
6 lab
7 half
8 leak
9 price
10 block
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exercise 8A - What ending should the words have in each sentence? Use a dictionary if you don’t already know. (http://www.learnersdictionary.com)
Do you notice a pattern?
Verbs have /z/.
Nouns and adjectives have /s/.
We need to feed and house the population. / I just bought a new house.
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/s/ and /z/ are often both spelled with ‘s’. Other verb/noun pairs also change between voiced and voiceless, but they also change spelling.
Please advise me on what to do. / I need some advice on what to do.

believe/belief, relieve/relief, live/life (The vowel changes as well in many pairs.)
bathe/bath, clothe/cloth
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p. 24 - Titles for women.
Miss - unmarried (and probably young)
Mrs. (“missus”) - married
Ms. (“miz”) - either
(Sometimes “Mx.” is used if you don’t know if it’s a man or a woman, pronounced “mix” or “mex”.)
exercise 9A - Is the person married, unmarried, or you don’t know?
1 Ms.
2 Miss
3 Mrs.
4 Ms.
5 Miss
6 Mrs.
7 Ms.
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/θ/ (voiceless ‘th’)
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thin sin tin fin - All four of these should sound different.
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p. 153 exercise 2A - Repeat the sounds.
exercise 2B - Listen to the pairs. Are they the same or different?
With your partner, make a short sentence using both words for one of the first five pairs.
Use an English-English dictionary if you don’t know one of the words.
1 I think there are a lot of dishes in the sink.
2 Sometimes we put up our thumbs to express feeling good.
3 The theme of this movie seems interesting.
4 The mouse’s mouth is filled with cheese.
5 This is the tenth tense event in my life.