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Phonology

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buy pie tip dip

bark park tie die

big pig train drain

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 /p/(p) /b/ (b)
• lips: pressed together
• lips: pressed together
• Airstream: stopped and exploded
• Airstream: stopped and exploded
• Vocal chords: voiced
• Vocal chords: voiceless

Pay Open Top Be Obey Cab

Pen Happy Map But Baby Rib
Pig Pepper Stop Bat Habit Knob
Past Supper Pipe Begin Lobby Bulb
Person People Jump Borrow Rubber Crib

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 /t/ (t, ed) /d/ (d, ed)
• Tongue tip: firmly pressed against gum ridge behind • Tongue tip: firmly pressed against gum ridge
upper front teeth behind upper front teeth
• Airstream: stopped and exploded • Airstream: stopped and exploded
• Vocal chords: voiceless • Vocal chords: voiced

Talk Until It Do Body Bad

Time After But Door Soda Food
Table Empty Ate Dime Under Card
Terrible Between Boat Down Order Cold
Tree Return Went Different Pudding Build

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 Confusing sounds for Chinese students
Why Chinese students
• sp vs sb (speak) hear them differently

• st vs sd (star) • aspiration vs non-aspiration

• sc vs sg (school) 1. To save energy

2. It is unnecessary

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 /s/ (c, x, ss) /z/ (z, s)
• Tongue tip: near but not touching the gum ridge behind • Tongue tip: in the same position as for /s/
the upper front teeth
• Airstream: continuous without interruption
• Airstream: continuous without interruption
• Vocal chords: voiced
• Vocal chords: voiceless

Skip Lesson Bus Zinc Lazy As

Spell Custom Face Zero Busy Is
Study Basket Ice Zone Easy Was
Snake Answer Box Zebra Dizzy Eyes
School Fast Miss Zipper Cousin Raise

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 /θ/ (th) /ð/ (th, the)
• Tongue tip: between the teeth • Tongue tip: between the teeth
• Airstream: continuous without interruption • Airstream: continuous without interruption
• Vocal chords: voiceless • Vocal chords: voiced

Thaw Wealthy Bath The Other Bathe

Think Nothing Both These Father Breathe
Thank Method Cloth This Either Smooth
Thorn Healthy Teeth Though Together Clothe
Thought Author south Those Whether Soothe

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 /f/(f, ff, gh, ph) /v/ (v)
• Upper teeth: touching lower lip • Upper teeth: touching lower lip
• Airstream: continuous without interruption • Airstream: continuous without interruption
• Vocal chords: voiceless • Vocal chords: voiced

For Sofa If Vine Even Of

Far Awful Off Vase Over Love
Phone Telephone Safe Vote Cover Move
Phrase Nephew Laugh Vest River Drive
Funny Afraid Graph Visit Eleven Carve

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 /k/(k, c, qu, x) /g/ (g, x)
• Back of the tongue: touching the soft palate • Back of the tongue: touching the soft palate

• Airstream: stopped and exploded • Airstream: stopped and exploded

• Vocal chords: voiceless • Vocal chords: voiced

Can Cookie Like Go Cigar Beg

Car Record Sick Get Agree Dog
Key Inquire Black Girl Exert Pig
Quit Box Week Glass Exam Drug
Cone Mixture Look Gather Hungry Flag

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Let’s Practice!
page pet people put on paper

picture plant pen parrot pilot

part pack pan pick up pumpkin

P.E. peacock prepare pants place

park person party point puppy

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teapot topic detective physical flower

time text talk fly friend

toy turn title first verb

to/two/too tick photo french fries vet

touch test phrase five very

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math mouth healthy train/trainer draw

three month third country drink

through strength think try drive

throw/threw both thank travel dress

throat truth thin trip dragon

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thumbs-up sentence pattern

phrasal verb sentence structure

look at my mouth listen to

third picture past tense

thank you future tense

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in the country three times

the word in pink talk about

next page tick the picture

put on answer the question

pass by healthy food

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good job page two

51Talk fruit tree

turn to a puppy

place on a period of time

next part test pilot

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 Let’s Practice!
1. What can you see in the picture?

2. How many people can you see?

3. Let’s prepare.

4. Let’s talk.

5. Let’s turn to page two/ three.

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6. I will give you three stars.

7. Please tick the correct picture.

8. Let’s match the sentences with the pictures.

9. Can you draw a circle?

10.Can you circle the picture?

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11.What’s the title of our lesson?

12.Today our topic is…

13.Can you read the text?

14.Are you OK?

15.Let’s go to our next page.

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16.That’s correct.

17.What were you doing at 8 o’clock last night?

18.Excellent! /Perfect!

19.Are you excited?

20.Let’s go to our next page, Vocabulary.

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 Face Pace Suffer Supper Cuff Cup
Fill Pill Differ Dipper Chief Cheap
Fan Pan Laughable Lapable Cough Cop

Full Pull Chiefest Cheapest Chaff Chap

Flop Plop Refs Reps Beef Beep

Fast Past Coffer Copper Laugh Lap
Fail Pail Coughs Cops Rife Ripe
File Pile Left Leapt Strife Stripe

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A cup of coffee, please
Offer him an apple
The cup’s half empty
Keep a fast pace
Please pass the fruit
The first place prize
Fair play or foul play
Pay the piper/pay the fifer
Stand up and face the press, Mr. President.
In Faye’s days, the phrase was “Flower Power.”
The fish were fresh from the produce shelf.
Fools laugh now, but they will pay later.
Fran’s plan was referred to the higher-ups.
The party’s at a quarter past four.
“Get off the phone, Fred,” snapped Father.
Paul can’t help fumbling the football.
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trace tremendous treason travel
translate tractor trophy tray
tremble trapeze trash treat
track trail trick trouble
trap trip trim treasure

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drive drawer drummer dried
drab drum drink dream
drain drown dry dragon
drama dress draft dress
drag drip draw drift

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 Lunch Break

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