ACCENT AND MTI

Pronounce these words

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No accent is good or bad. They are just different

There is a need to have a single, globally

comprehensible accent that removes the barriers

of understanding

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English Language

Spoken Written

Consonant ConsonantVowel Vowel

Pure Vowels

Diphthongs

Unvoiced Consonants

Voiced Consonants

Taught in school

Common mispronounced alphabets

F

Sh P

B

Father, Freeze, Forget

shift, She, Shawl, shiver

Panic, Pause, Pretend

Basket, Brief, bored

Common Mispronounced alphabets V

th (soft)

t

Vase, vegetable, vacancy

Thanks, Theatre, theft

Tribute, tree, Tax

Facts for pronunciation

E is not pronounced at end of the word. E.g. Write

When there is e at the end the vowel immediate before is pronounced harder. E.g. Hope and Hop

gh remains silent in middle of the alphabets. E.g. Eight

Ph is pronounced as f. Phobia There is no specific rule for silent letters, so

they are to be memorized. E.g. Honest

Alphabet Pronunciation

Unvoiced Voiced

p b

k g

t d

ch j

s z

sh zh

th (soft) th (hard)

f v

w

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Practice

1. How do you like your new car?2. Great! I like the automatic shift.3. Does it have power steering?4. Yes, and it’s got power brakes too.5. You’re driving too fast.6. What’s the speed limit?7. Its fifty miles per hour.8. Then, I’m under the limit.9. Now, you drive very well.10. Thanks. I Yes. I’ll always try to be cautious.

Tongue Twisters

She sells the sea shells at the sea shore Fresh fried fish, fish fresh fried Thirty thousand thoughtless boys

thought they would make a thundering noise.

Zebras zig and zebras Zag Four furious friends fought for the

phone. Bake big batches of brown blueberry

bread. Pirates private property