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#1. r is added when ar meets a vowel sound in a VV connection, for example: ________ and ________. (Choose two.)
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#2. r is added when er meets a vowel sound in a VV connection, for example: ________ and ________. (Choose two.)
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#3. Which one of these diphthong sounds does not end with a schwa sound?
#4. Which phrases show examples of a schwa sound meeting r? (Choose up to four.)
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#5. Which words will not connect with r in a VV connection? (Choose two.)
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- Practice saying the phrases on slides 6-8 out loud. Focus on adding r to create a good VC connection. Try to imagine longer sentences based around these phrases, e.g. ‘I had four eggs.’ Say them out loud. Make up your own similar phrases and repeat the exercises.
- Read slide 9. Make lists of words that end with the sounds aiy, auw, iy, and uuw (e.g., fire, power, here, and you’re). Add a following word that begins with a vowel sound to create a VV connection. Practice them out loud, correcting the bad connection by adding r each time.
- Practice saying the phrases on slides 10-14 out loud. Focus on adding r to create a good VC connection. Try to imagine longer sentences based around these phrases, e.g. ‘Jeff received a higher income than his brother.’ Say them out loud. Record yourself, then slow it down and check your pronunciation – in particular the insertion of r. How did you do? Make up your own similar phrases and repeat the exercises.
- Practice saying the phrases on slide 15 out loud. Focus on adding r after the schwa sound in each phrase to create a good VC connection. Try to imagine longer sentences based around these phrases, e.g. ‘They lived happily ever after.’ = EVER RAFTER. Say them out loud.
- Learn the common words that connect with r after a schwa sound on slide 16. Practice the phrases out loud. Think up your own similar phrases.
- Look at the words with schwa sound suffixes, connecting with r on slides 17-18. Choose some of the words and create phrases with VV connections, e.g., ‘The gorilla entered.’ = THE GORILLA RENTED. Make up similar phrases using these suffixes and repeat the exercises.