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American English Pronunciation |
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Lesson
22 |
| Learning objectives |
- Pronounce the sound in the words
bet,
but,
bit,
beach
- Learn how to spell this sound
- Learn the proper mouth position when making this sound
- Pronunciation practice
- Tongue twisters test
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| How to spell this sound |
| b |
bet,
bass,
bat,
but,
bit,
bunch,
boring,
bony,
beach,
bill,
best,
beak |
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- Note: the red
letters all have the same sound
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| Mouth position |
- Air is released from your
mouth and then quickly stopped
- Your lips should be together at the beginning
- The front part of your tongue should be in the center part
of your mouth
- This is a VOICED sound which means:
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Your vocal cords DO vibrate when making the
sound
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You CAN listen to your vocal cords vibrating if you cover
your ears
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You CAN feel your vocal cords vibrating if
you place your hands on your neck

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| Pronunciation practice |
Look at your mouth in a mirror and practice
pronouncing the following words. Make sure your mouth, lips,
and tongue are in their proper positions.
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bet |
bass |
bat |
but |
| bit |
bunch |
boring |
bony |
| beach |
bill |
best |
beak |
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- Note: the red
letters all have the same sound
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| Tongue twisters test |
| Try saying the following Tongue Twisters
as fast as possible. |
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Betty Botter bought some butter. / "But," she
said, "this butter's bitter! / If I put it in my batter, / It
will make my batter bitter!" / So she bought a bit of butter /
Better than her bitter butter, / And she put it in her batter, /
And her batter was not bitter. / So 'twas better Betty Botter /
Bought a bit of better butter.
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Peggy Babcock.
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The black bloke's back brake block broke.
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Toy boat [repeated]
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Rubber buggy bumpers [repeated]
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Toy boat. Toy boat. Toy boat.
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A bitter biting bittern Bit a better brother
bittern, And the bitter better bittern Bit the bitter biter
back. And the bitter bittern, bitten, By the better bitten
bittern, Said: "I'm a bitter biter bit, alack!"
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I cannot bear to see a bear Bear down upon a
hare. When bare of hair he strips the hare, Right there I cry,
"Forbear!"
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A box of biscuits, a batch of mixed biscuits.
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A big black bug bit a big black bear, made the
big black bear bleed blood.
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The boot black bought the black boot back.
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Black bug's blood.
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Betty better butter Brad's bread.
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Brad's big black bath brush broke.
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Betty and Bob brought back blue balloons from
the big bazaar.
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A bloke's back bike brake block broke.
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Good blood, bad blood.
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Brisk brave brigadiers brandished broad bright
blades, blunderbusses, and bludgeons -- balancing them badly.
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The blue bluebird blinks.
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Pretty Kitty Creighton had a cotton batten
cat. The cotton batten cat was bitten by a rat. The kitten that
was bitten had a button for an eye, and biting off the button
made the cotton batten fly.
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Ruby Rugby's brother bought and brought her
back some rubber baby-buggy bumpers.
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