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#1. True or false: more high-frequency words end in m than the other friendly consonant sounds.
More high-frequency words end in n.
#2. When we delete a consonant sound, e.g. d and t, we often get a ________ sound, e.g. ‘and’, ‘want’, and ‘went’.
#3. We usually ________ the d of ‘and’ in a phrase, e.g., ‘fish an’ chips.’
#4. ________ of the first twenty numbers in English end with n.
#5. Many common ________ end with friendly consonant sounds, which helps us to make ________ connections.
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Discussion
- Do you find friendly connections easy to pronounce? Why? / Why not?
- Do you find friendly connections easier to pronounce than VC connections – or vice versa? Why? / Why not?
Practice
- In each exercise below, when saying friendly connections out loud, notice how easy they are to pronounce compared to bad sound connections: CV, CC, and VV.
- Read the list of high-frequency words on slide 8 out loud. Make up short phrases by adding following words that start with a consonant sound, e.g., ‘in the hall’ and ‘on holiday’. Say them out loud.
- Make a note of the syllable shape of each high-frequency word, e.g., ‘in’ is V-C and ‘from’ is C-C. Learn which words will cause bad connections due to their shape. Hint: any words which do not have a C-V shape, like ‘go’.
- Practice saying the phrases on slide 9. Think of five more phrases with ‘____ and ____’, like ‘fish and chips’. We always delete the d in ‘and’ in CC connections, because it is in a blend. (See Lesson 6.)
- Practice reading the numbers on slide 10 out loud. Make up short phrases by adding following words that start with a consonant sound, e.g., ‘one time’ and ‘ten people’. Say them out loud.
- Choose a few of the suffixes on slide 11. Write down five words with each suffix and make up short phrases by adding following words that start with a consonant sound, e.g., ‘the intercom works’. Say them out loud.
- Learn the list of suffixes on slide 11, in relation to friendly consonant sounds. Note how many there are and how helpful this is for us as we use connected speech. Note that ‘ing’, which is common in English as the continuous verb form and in gerunds, ends with a friendly consonant sound.
- Look at the suffixes with ‘-nt’ on slide 12. Make up phrases with words ending in these suffixes meeting consonant sounds, e.g., ‘vibrant colour’ = vibran_ colour. Practice saying them, deleting the t, adding a glottal stop, and resting on the n.
- Choose a few of the prefixes on slide 13. Create words by adding following syllables that start with a consonant sound, e.g., ‘com-petition’. Say them out loud.
- Write down twenty common content words that end with a friendly consonant sound, e.g. ‘time’.