American English

Pronunciation Class
44 SOUNDS (PHONEMES)
k VS g
 k g
• Great • Garden
• Car • Cold
/ɡreɪt/ /ˈɡɑːr.dən/
  /kɑːr/ /koʊld/
• Good • Goal
• Key • Kid
/ɡʊd/
 /kiː/ /kɪd/ /ɡoʊl/

• Can • Cat • Game

• Guess
/kæn/ /kæt/
/ɡeɪm/ /ɡes/

• Keep • Clear • Grow • Ghost

 /kiːp/ /klɪr/
 /ɡroʊ/ /ɡoʊst/
 k g
• Crock
• Crook
/krɑːk/ • Got • Girl
/krʊk/ /ɡɝːl/
• Clue • Click   /ɡɒt/
/klɪk/ • Figure • Target
 /kluː/
• Break
• Scar /ˈfɪɡ.jɚ/   /ˈtɑːr.ɡɪt/

  /breɪk/   /skɑːr/ • Bygone • Grape

• Cake • Cute /ˈbaɪ.ɡɒn/   /ɡreɪp/

  /keɪk/ /kjuːt/
 k g
• headache • Ago • Grand
• Killer
/ˈhed.eɪk/ /əˈɡoʊ/ /ɡrænd/
/ˈkɪl.ɚ/
• Clack • Chaos • Glow • Guys
  /ˈkeɪ.ɑːs/
  /klæk/  /ɡloʊ/ /ɡaɪs/
• Cruel • Christmas
• Forgive • Gum
 /ˈkruː.əl/ /ˈkrɪs.məs/
 /fɚˈɡɪv/
 /ɡʌm/
• Kick • Chemical
/kɪk/ /ˈkem.ɪ.kəl/
 Distinguish
• Cruel • Clean • August • Target
• Gas • Crook • Grammar • Key
• chaos • Crazy • Cost • School
• Agree • Kind • Contain • Carpet
• Clack • Ghost • Gather • Crazy
 Distinguish
• Cold • bygone
• Break • cute
• Cake • game
• Great • gate
• Car • garden
• Forgive • Keep
 Intonation & Linking
“Find the stresses of the words in the sentences”

• My kids usually get up at 7 o’clock.

• A group of students go to the Golden Gate.

• Her cats are really cute.

• She gave me a Christmas present.

• Did your grandmother call you last night?

 Intonation & Linking
• I’m gonna keep this secret forever.
• I must achieve the target this month.
• She’s looking for her keys.

• I guess she will win the game.

• Why do you agree with him?
 Intonation
Linking
Polite
• One day, Bill and Tom went to a restaurant for dinner. As soon as
the waiter brought out two steaks, Bill quickly picked out the
bigger steak for himself.
• Tom wasn't happy about that: "When are you going to learn to
be polite?"
• Bill said "If you had the chance to pick first, which one would you
pick?"
• Tom answer: "The smaller piece, of course."
• Bill replies "What are you whining about then? The smaller piece
is what you want, right?"