Lengua Inglesa I

Inglés Instrumental III

Prof. Rubén Chacón Beltrán
Prof. Jim Lawley

Pronunciación

UNIT 5

S/
Consonant practice /S

The sound /S/ is commonly written with the letters <sh>

<sh> show, shake, sharp, shut, cashier, wash, push, finish

Other spellings:
<ti> vacation, station, information, education, initial, patient
<ci> special, social, official, delicious, especially, musician
<ssi> discussion, profession, permission
<si> pension, dimension
<sci> conscious
<ss> issue, tissue, pressure
<s> sure, sugar, insurance
<ch> machine, chalet, moustache, Chicago
<ce> ocean

Activity 1: Listen (using the CALD) and repeat the following words:

- show - sheets - push

- shake - shirts - Danish
- shut - short - Swedish
- sure - washes - shrink
- sharp - special - finished

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Activity 2: Read this dialogue in pairs and take notes of your

partner’s pronunciation mistakes. Discuss the
mistakes.

A: Do you sell washing machines?

B: Yes. We’re having a special sale on this machine here.
A: Is that a Danish machine? The name looks Danish.
B: No. It’s Swedish. Would you like me to demonstrate it for you?
A: Sure. I’d like to see how it washes.
B: OK. Let me give you a demonstration. Here are some sheets and
shirts. You put them in the machine. You shut the door. And then you
just push this button.
A: The machine shouldn’t shake like that, should it?
B: Washing machines always shake. Ah! It’s finished.
A: But the sheets have shrunk. And look at how short the shirts are!
B: Oh, those shirts were short before I washed them. And cotton sheets
always shrink a little.
A: Well, I’m not sure. Could you show me another machine?
B: Yes, but this is the only machine we have at the special sale price.