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APPENDIX A: Similar Sounds

DIRECTIONS: Practice pronouncing the words in the box and the u,ords in the
exercise. Then listen to each sentence on the recording (or as your teacher reads it
to vou) and circle the letter of the word or words that you hear.

CONSONANT SOUNDS: L AND R

L: lip, link, lock, loot, laid, lag, late

R: rip, rink, rock, root, raid, rag, rate

EXERCISE AI

1. A. ramp B. lamp

2. A. road B. load

3. A. reaped B. leaped

4. A. robbed B. lobbed

5. A. roar B. iore C. role

6. A. leer B. r'ear C. r'eal

7. A. rare B. lair C. rail

8. A. rule B. lure C. rurarl

9. A. rou'. . . lour B. lou'. . ro\v

10. A. rain...lane B. lane... rain

1 1. A. rent . . . lent B. lent . . . rent

12. A. room . . .loom B. loom . . room

13. A. rid... rice B. lid...Iice C. rid...lice

14. A. racecl ... rake B. Iaced...Iake C. r'aced...lake
15. A. robes...rack B. lobes...lack C. robes...lack

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CONSONANT SOUNDS: SH, CH, J

SH: shout, shirt, should, share, shoot, shine

CH: chair, chain, chop, child, cheap, chore

): jail, just, jar, judge, job, jazz, jam

EXERCISE 42

l. A. sheet B. cheat

2. A. sheaf B. chief

3. A. gel B. shell

4. A. chop B. shop

5. A. jest...junk B. chest...junk C. chest...chunk

6. A. chill ...Jill B. chill ...shill C. Jill ...chill
7. A. shin...charir B. chin...chair C. gin...share
8. A. jam...jar B. sham...jar C. jam...char
9. A. joked. . . chunk B. chc-rked...junk C. choked...chunk
10. A. chip. . . chore B. ship...shore C. chip...shore
1 1. A. cheap . . . jeep B. cheap...sheep C. jeep...cheap
12. A. choke...jest B. joke...jest C. choke...chest
13. A. share. . . ships B. chair...chips C. share...chips
14. A. iot. . . sheet B. shot...sheet C. iot...cheat
15. A. shore. . . sheer B. chore...shear C. chore...cheer
. . . sheep . . . sheep . . . cheap