Topic: Omission of the consonant sound /t/
Level: intermediate to advanced.
[See and Listen Jennifer on Screen]
Group 1
Now here’s a list of words in which a t- sound is left out. Note that this list is not complete. Listen as I say the words. Now bustle and hustle are similar words and they refer to busy, noisy activity. Kind of like that holiday shopping you see in stores. Mistletoe is a kind of plant with a white berry and there is a Christmas tradition that is two people caught under the mistletoe, they have to kiss. Whistle is as you know the sound; that’s me whistling. And wrestle means to struggler, fight with. Let me say the words again and you repeat after me.
[See and Listen Jennifer on Screen]
Text 1
Listen as I read the text. [See and Listen Jennifer on Screen]
Now I’ll read text again. I’ll pause after each sentence and I want you to repeat after me.
Group 2
[See and Listen Jennifer on Screen]
Here is the list of the words that all share the same prefix, inter-; I’ll first read the word with careful pronunciation. You will hear the pronunciation of /t/. Then, I’ll repeat the word with fast and informal pronunciation. You will not hear the /t/. Listen carefully and try to repeat.
[See and Listen Jennifer on Screen]
Text 2
Listen as I read the text. I will not read slowly and carefully. I will be reading fast so that you will hear the omission of the consonant sound /t/. The Ts that are underline are the Ts that are omitted. [See and Listen Jennifer on Screen]
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If you like to go back, you may use the pause key ( || ) to pause and repeat after me. That this is mainly an exercise and listening; I’d like you to understand the spoken English.
Group 3
[See and Listen Jennifer on Screen]
Now by consonant group, I mean three consonant sounds or more, for example the word, acts, we have three consonant sounds, these are voiceless sounds and we dropped the middle one, which happens to be a /t/, instead of /acts/, we say /aks/.
voiceless sounds: /[BBC Pronunciation Tips] Vocing(vibration), voiced sound).
[BBC Pronunciation Tips]
Here’s a group of five common words in English. They all end with the consonant group that even for native speakers is difficult to pronounce. That’s why in fast speech, we’ll leave out the /t/ sound. Listen closely and try to repeat after me. [See and Listen Jennifer on Screen]
In the final two words, you need to lengthen the final /s/ sound. Make it long so that people can understand the word you’re saying. [See and Listen Jennifer on Screen]
Text 3
Listen as I read the text. I will not be reading at slow rate and I’ll read fast so that the omission of /t/ sound’s natural. [See and Listen Jennifer on Screen] Note: Listen is one of those words which we always omit the /t/ sound. Now if you’d like to go back, you can use your pause button to repeat after me. But, again this is another text in which I feel it’s more important to understand rather than repeat.
Group 4
[See and Listen Jennifer on Screen] Now with careful speech, you’ll hear the /t/. But in fast and informal speech, we drop the /t/ in that consonant group: the consonant group is , she kept shopping.
First I will state the question, you can repeat after me, and then you can state your answer.
No.1, Let’s drop the /t/ in the consonant group, (s), (t), (j); what’s the worst joke you’ve heard?
No.2, we’re going to drop the /t/ in the consonant group, (s), (t), (p); which animals make the best pets?
3, we’re going to drop the /t/ sound in the consonant group, (s), (t), (j); what’s the worst job in the world?
End of Lesson. Happy Holidays Everyone!
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