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- Greg Malivuk
- http://www.pastebin.com/u/gmalivuk - notes from all classes
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- p. 23 exercise 8A - Which sounds do the underlined words have?
- All the words in the first column have the voiced /z/ ending, the words in the second column have the voiceless /s/.
- The voiced ending is on verbs, the voiceless ending is on nouns (and adjectives).
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- There are other pairs of words like this:
- We need to feed and house our population. - This verb is pronounced with /z/.
- I just moved to a new house. - This noun is pronounced with /s/.
- Sometimes the spelling changes:
- believe / belief, relieve / relief, advise / advice
- Sometimes the vowel sound changes in addition to the consonant:
- bathe / bath, clothe / cloth, breathe / breath
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- exercise 7A - Do you hear the voiced or voiceless sounds in these words?
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- Titles for addressing people:
- Mr. - “mister” = married or unmarried man
- Miss = unmarried (young) woman
- Mrs. - “misses” = married woman
- Ms. - “miz” = married or unmarried woman
- (Mx. - “mix” or “mex” = someone whose gender you don’t know)
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- ‘th’ sounds: /θ/ and /ð/
- thin, fin, tin, sin - These four words all need to sound different.
- Three free trees fell on the thin-finned fish.
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- voiceless /θ/
- /θ/ is made with the tongue and the top teeth
- /f/ is made with the bottom lip and the top teeth
- /s/ is made with the tongue and the ridge behind the top teeth
- /t/ is made where the /s/ is made, but the air stops completely (in the other sounds, the air continues)
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- voiced /ð/ is the same but with your voice
- It can be confused with /v/, /z/, or /d/.
- breathe, breeze, breed
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- p. 153 exercise 2A - Repeat the pairs of words. Can you make sentences that use both?
- 1 I think the sink is broken. / I think the ship will sink.
- 2 My thumb has some problems.
- 3 This party theme seems fantastic.
- 4 Mickey Mouse’s mouth is big.
- 5 This is the tenth tense we’ve learned in grammar class.
- The tenth tent’s broken. (“tents” and “tense” have the same pronunciation)
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- Homework: make similar sentences for the other three pairs.
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