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L E S S O N

T W E N T Y

SOUND STUDY
Fonemas Consonantais de SONS ESTRANHOS

Nessa distribuio dos fonemas sendo a no-ocorrncia de certos fonemas

em posio final, no portugus, cria dificuldades de pronncia, pois a tendncia a se
acrescentar uma vogal de apoio d origem a uma outra palavra de significado
diferente:
brandy (brandi) conhaque

brand marca

cookie

cook cozinheiro, a

county (cunti) condado

count contar

dirty sujo

dirt terra, sujeira

dusty empoeirado

dust poeira

monkey macaco

monk - monge

patty (pti) bolinho achatado

pat tapinha de leve

ready (rdi) pronto

red vermelho

roomy (rumi)

room quarto, sala, espao

study (stdi)

stud tacha, prego, reprodutor

sunny (sni) enrolado

sun sol

tidy (taide) arrumado

tide mar

coffee

cough those

forty (frti)

fort forte

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SOUND EXERCISES -

Sons Semelhantes
/r/

/t/

parry (puri)

patty

berry

Betty

bearer (brer)

better

2) We can see CAROL. (nome pro.)

perish

pettish

We can see CATTLE. (gado)

Harry

Hattie

Erick

attic

perry

petty

barrel

battle

Carol

cattle

1) Do you know HARRY? (nome prop.)

Do you know HATTIE? (nome prop.)

3) They didnt finish the BARREL. (barril)

They didnt finish the BATTLE. (batalha)

4) We started the PARRY. (defesa, em esgrima) Jerry

jetty

We started the PATTY. (bolinho)

/ou/

/al/

go

goal

Did he give you the same ROLE?

foe

foal

(papel, desempenho no teatro)

bow

bowl (boal)

mow

mole (moal)

row

roll (roal)

show

shoal

1) Did he give you the same ROW? (fileira)

2) She wants to buy a new BOW. (arco)

She wants to buy a new BOWL.

3) My FOE cant walk. (inimigo)

My FOAL cant walk. (potrinho)

4) I was near the HOE. (enxada)

I was near the HOLE. (buraco)

tow

toll

sew (sou)

soul (soal)

hoe

hole (hoal)

dough

dole (doal)

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/iu/

/il/

cue (ku)

kill

chew (tiu)

chill

few

fill

hew

hill

mew

mill

ewe (u)

ill

1) You have to CUE the speaker. (dar sinal)

2) She needs to CHEW it. (mastigar)

You have to KILL the speaker. (matar)

She needs to CHILL it. (esfriar)

/L seguido de consoante/
boat (bout)

bolt (blt)

coat

colt

code (cude)

cold

goad (gud)

gold

hoed (rude)

hold

mode (mud)

mold

ode (ud)

old

road

rolled (ruled)

1) Thats a very old BOAT. (barco)

Thats a very old BOLT. (ferrolho)

2) He wants to buy a new COAT. (casaco)

He wants to buy a new COLT. (potro)

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PRONUNCIATION EXERCISES
ou / au / aw = o

ou = au

brought trouxe

bound limite

bought comprou

boundary fronteira

sought procurou

count contar

fought lutou

counsel conselho

thought pensou

doubt dvida

caught pegou

fountain fonte

taught ensinou

ground cho

haunted assombrado

grouch resmungar

sausage salsicha

hour hora

cause causa

house

daughter

loud alto-som

laundry lavanderia

lounge sala de estar

naughty travesso

lousy sem voltar

nought zero

mountain montanha

August agosto

mouse camundongo

Austrlia

mouth boca

Austrian austraco

out fora

automatic

outlaw a fora-da-lei

automobile automvel

outside exterior

auxiliary auxiliar

round redondo

saw viu, serra

south sul

law lei

couch sof

raw cru

ouch! ai!

brawn fora bruta

about
gout artrite

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ow = au

ou

now

would condicional

low baixo

cow vaca

should devia

below abaixo

how

could podia

ow = ou

blow soprar

wow! - oba

bow arco

owl coruja

bowl tijela

tower torre

bowling boliche

power poder

grow crescer

towel toalha

mow cortar grama

town vilarejo

own possuir

flower flor

row fileira

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REVIEW

1) No passado verbos regulares + ed, mas faz 3 sons (d) (t) (d)
NEEDED (nided)

PLAYED (plid)

LIKED (likt)

2) No passado verbos irregulares tem sua forma prpria:

SPOKE

ATE (it)

DRANK (draink)

SAW

3) O passado negativo e interrogativo troca DO por DID:

We DIDNT want to stay.

DID you speak to her?

She DIDNT like the food.

DID she say anything?

4) ALL todo, toda

5) EVERY todo, cada
6) EACH cada
7) Usamos GRAND para palavras como neto, av, av, neta etc...:
GRANDMOTHER

GRANDSON

GRANDFATHER

GRANDDAUGHTER

GRANDPARENTS

GRANDKIDS / GRANDCHILDREN

8) Para pessoas da famlia j temos:

COUSIN

NIECE

FATHER

BROTHER

UNCLE

NEPHEW

SON

SISTER

AUNT

MOTHER

DAUGHTER

KIDS

9) ANIVERSARY aniversrio de casamento ou empresas etc., passagem de ano.

10)BIRTHDAY dia de nascimento s usado para celebrar o dia em que naceu.
11) O qualificador AGAIN importante e frequentemente usado.
12) ALL DAY o dia todo

EVERYDAY todo dia

13) THERE IS There is a dog at the door.

THERE ARE There are two boys at the door.
IS THERE?
ARE THERE?
14) CAN (kn) CANT (knt) poder [presente]