2017-07-19 Vocab: flapped-t, at the movies

Greg Malivuk
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http://www.pastebin.com/u/gmalivuk - Notes from all my classes
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Homework: p. 18 part A - Underline the places where a ‘t’ will be flapped in normal American speech.
Check with a partner. Did you find the same things?
1 What a beautiful sweater. Did you get it when you went shopping last Saturday?
2 My parents ordered a bottle of champagne for their anniversary.
3 My laptop computer is battery-operated.
4 What a great car! Is it an automatic?
5 Let’s go to the party later. Betty said there’s going to be a lot of good food there.
6 What city do you live in?
7 Would you like a soft drink or a bottle of water?
8 Did you invite that pretty girl to your house for a little dinner?
9 I just bought a potted plant. It’s a beautiful bonsai tree.
10 What a pity about your little sister’s babysitter. I heard she got into a car accident!
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Is it an automatic? - /t/ or /d/ + vowel + /n/, sometimes the vowel disappears and we pronounce /n/ like a syllable
Norton, wooden, shouldn’t, Peyton, etc.
	(This is especially noticeable in irregular past participles with -en, like “eaten”.)
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Tongue-Twister:
Betty bought a bit of butter,
But her butter made her batter bitter,
So Betty bought a bit of better butter
To make her bitter batter better.
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p. 23 exercise C - Is each of these statements true or false? (Try from memory, but check if you need to.)
1 false
2 true
3 false
4 true
5 false
6 false
7 true
8 false
9 false
10 true
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How often do you go to the movies?
p. 25-26 - With your partner, decide if each definition is true or false.
1 false
2 false
3 false
4 false
5 true
6 true
7 true
8 true
9 true
10 true
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p. 27 - Listen to the “real speak” version of the conversation and underline sounds that are reduced or combined.
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Pronunciation: Reduction of “have” after modals:
must have been -> musta been
should have been -> shoulda been
would have been -> woulda been
could have been  -> coulda been
might have been  -> mighta been
shouldn’t have -> shouldna
wouldn’t have -> wouldna
couldn’t have -> couldna
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Homework: p. 30 part A - Complete the sentences with words from the box below.