Home > Lesson 8: Multiple Actions > Unit 8.3 Blends with a FCS – without ‘s’
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- Practice following and saying out loud the transition on slides 7-10. Say each stage out loud. Finally, rest on the friendly consonant sound l. Make sure you understand what is happening and why. Listen again to the recording if you have any doubts.
- Practice saying the phrases on slide 11 out loud, going from bad connection to good. Notice the actions and practice the interim stages. Practice resting on the friendly consonant sound l in each phrase. When do we move forward and when do we delete? Add the phrases to your own sentences; practice them out loud. Record them, slow them down, and listen to your sound connections – then get a partner or teacher to check your pronunciation.
- Practice following and saying out loud the transition on slides 13-16. Say each stage out loud. Finally, rest on the friendly consonant sound m. Make sure you understand what is happening and why. Listen again to the recording if you have any doubts.
- Practice saying the phrases on slide 17 out loud, going from bad connection to good. Notice the actions. Practice resting on the friendly consonant sounds m, n, and ng in each phrase. When do we move forward and when do we delete?
- Focus on the summary of actions on slide 18. Make sure you know what is happening and why. Learn the facts of connected speech so well that you remember them and implement them when you are speaking. For example, ‘If d is part of a blend in a CC connection, we delete it’ and ‘If t is at the end of the first syllable in a CC connection, we delete it and [usually] add a glottal stop’.