(CE1) IN CLASS WEEK 1.
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Consonants
/p/ vs. / b/
/p/ – Paris, plastic, help, Poppy, prom
/b/ – Bobby, bird, Ruby, blue, job, Brian
• Ben, please! >< Pen, please!
• It’s a pin. >< It’s a bin.
/t/ vs. /d/
/t/ – city, twenty, Thomas, button, restaurant, trap
/d/ – Daisy, decide, cold, garden, draw, dwell
• Can he write well? >< Can he ride well?
• You do? >< You too?
/tʃ/ vs. /dʒ/
/tʃ/ – church, question, Charlie, match, butcher
/dʒ/ – bridge, Gemma, message, Japan, judge
• A land full of riches. >< A land full of ridges.
• It’s a Jeep car. >< It’s a cheap car.
/k/ vs. /ɡ/
/k/ – Kate, cake, coffee, cricket, quality, clue
/ɡ/ – Gill, rugby, glow, jog, green, Portugal,
• It’s a coat. >< It’s a goat.
• She has a big bag. >< She has a big back.
/f/ vs. /v/
/f/ – GIF, Finn, office, free, fold, fly, enough
/v/ – Vince, of, arrive, valley, halve, Chevrolet
• They need a vast boat. >< They need a fast boat.
• Safe here? >< Save here?
/θ/ vs. /ð/
/θ/ – thumb, author, thwart, Roth, through, cathedral
/ð/ – smooth, leather, than, clothe, either, bathe
• He’s got a first. >< He’s got a thirst.
• It’s a big tree. >< It’s a big three.
• Day arrived. >< They arrived.
• The sign said ‘Closing’. >< The sign said ‘Clothing’.
/s/ vs. /z/
/s/ – Sue, six, outside, small, sky, stay, snap, sweet, slow,
spouse, atmosphere, splash, spray, straw, squid, scream
/z/ – Zack, easy, amazing, those, zucchini
• I heard a bus. >< I heard a buzz.
• I want the big piece. >< I want the big peas.
/ʃ/ vs. /ʒ/
/ʃ/ – shave, Cheryl, special, shred, Swedish
/ʒ/ – casual, massage, precision, Asia
• He won’t sew it. >< He won’t show it.
Nasal sounds /m/, /n/, /ŋ/
/m/ – Malcolm, summer, tomb, maybe, time
/n/ – noise, manner, fifteen, Nike, cone, certain
/ŋ/ – Lang, morning, Angus, Duncan, putting
• The mile is very old. >< The Nile is very old.
• Bang the book. >< Ban the book.
• He’s sinking. >< He’s singing.
/h/, /w/, /j/
/h/ – hope, Holly, unhappy, Helena, perhaps
/w/ – Wyoming, wet, wood, William, railway
/j/ – huge, yellow, yesterday, onion, new
• That’s the vest. >< That’s the west.
• Would you like jam? >< Would you like yam?
• I love the islands. >< I love the highlands.
/l/ vs. /r/
/l/ – lunch, hill, Lily, able, lollipop, real
/r/ – Europe, player, Roland, air, Geri, square
• I love Jenny. >< I love jelly.
• Is it grass? >< Is it glass?
• We need no tables. >< We need low tables.
• It’s the long road. >< It’s the wrong road.
What’s my phone number?
0 pin 4 dough
1 bin 5 though
2 save 6 write
3 safe 7 ride
Phone number: ________________________________________
Tongue twisters
1. I thought I thought of thinking of thanking you.
2. I saw Susie sitting in a shoeshine shop.
3. She sells seashells by the seashore.
4. Four fine fresh fish for you.
5. I saw a kitten eating chicken in the kitchen.
6. A big black bear sat on a big black rug.
