ENGLISH VI

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Read words with Consonant [d].

Word Drills

Initial Medial Final

damage audience bind

deliver audio collide

denture editor divide

dimension garden God

doble incident mud

dare indeed pond

disgusting media wood

Read words with Consonant [ð].

Word Drills

Initial Medial Final

those bother breathe

the leather soothe

thereby feather lithe

though gather with

therefore although clothe

that whether width

thereafter rhythm wreathe

Word Pairs

bread - breathe dough – though

dare – their ladder – lather
day – they seed – seethe
dine – thine wordy – worthy
dish – this den – then

Phrase Drills

1. in the den 6. plenty of seeds

2. dare to be different 7. thy will be done
3. defend yourself 8. a wordy essay
4. dribble the ball 9. southern part of the country
5. a worthy cause 10. a responsible father

Sentence Drills

1. His father went to the doctor to seek medical advice.

2. She wears a polka dotted dress.
3. All the other women joined the rally for a worthy cause.
4. Do not disobey your mother.
5. My brother likes leather jacket.

Tongue Twisters

1. Dan stunned by standing stooped down than stand and be stunned. (repeat 3x)
2. D and th are two different things
Though at time they sound the same,
When you and I don’t choose our ears.

We say Dan when we mean than;

And den when we mean then.
“This book is mine and that is yours.”
Are habits we can easily form
By saying this and that many times.
“This is mine” and “That is yours.”
“I would rather have this dish,
Though that one is the best.”
Are good practice drills
For those who say “den instead of then.”

Philippine Copyright, 2007

By Rex Book Store, Inc.