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 ICE BREAKER (10 MIN)

tongue twister

Silent INTRO (10 MIN)

Syllables Video

CONTENT: (15 MIN)

Silent Syllbles

ACTIVITY TO PRACTICE: (15 MIN)

Exercise

SUM UP AND QUESTIONS: (10 MIN)

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Icebreaker
Tongue twister challenge!

If practice makes perfect and perfect needs practice, I’m

perfectly practised and practically perfect
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Intro
What are silent syllables?

A syllable is a part of a word that contains a single vowel sound and that is pronounced as a unit.
There are some syllables that are said to be silent. They are to be seen but not tobe read.
Silent syllables are common in words of three or more syllables where there is a weak vowel sound
followed by one of /l/, /r/ or /n/. Both pronunciations of these words are correct, though in connected
speech, the silent syllable is more likely in most cases.

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Content
Let’s watch the following video to find out more about silent syllables

https://youtu.be/2gcfHpGpsOw?si=TCpOEViUh8P8xWIf&t=2

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Some common examples are:
chocolate /ˈtʃɒk(ə)lət/
misery /ˈmɪz(ə)ri/
temperature /ˈtɛmp(ə)rətʃə/
bakery /ˈbeɪk(ə)ri/
family /ˈfam(ə)li/
average /ˈav(ə)rɪdʒ/
restaurant /ˈrɛst(ə)rɔːnt/
delivery /dɪˈlɪv(ə)ri/
gardener /ˈɡɑːd(ə)nə/
especially /ɪsˈpɛʃ(ə)li/

The weak vowel sound that will be silent if a silent syllable appears, is in
brackets in the IPA transcriptions: (ə)

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Questions and last practice
How many syllables are in the example
words above?

Form sentences with the following words;

beverage
opera
grocery
dangerous
naturally
restaurant

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