Daily English - Day 2

3. Make the sound e with the lips staying still. This is a short sound so you need to pronounce it in less than a second. Your e sound should be short, strong and firm. Now watch my mouth carefully and listen to how I pronounce the sound. Then, try your best to mimic it. 4. Next, we study the a sound. To make the sound correctly, please follow these 3 steps. Step 1. Open your mouth wide. Step 2. Put your tongue down in the lowest place it can go. The tip of the tongue should slightly touch the bottom of the front teeth. Step 3. Make the a sound in less than a second while the lips stay still. Look at my mouth carefully and listen to how I pronounce the sound again. We're going to practice some to see how different the e and a sounds are. Alright, let's do some more practice of each of these sounds. Listen carefully and repeat after me. Send his friend a letter. Let's rent a tent. Fred said it again and again. Pig slept from 6 until 10 and then left. The a sound. Cat. Candle. Caption. Hand. Map. Black. Bag. Pack the bags. Sad is the opposite of happy. There is a man with black pants. Pat's cat is fat. Exercise 1. Listen and circle the word you hear. Bell. Pen. Wrist. Chicks. Spell. Bitter. Exercise 2. Listen to the sentences and circle the word you hear. I dropped a pen. Is that the bill? This coffee tastes better. Her name is Jenny. Whose chicks are these? He spilled the soup. Exercise 3. Match column A with column B to make a sentence. He said thank you. I haven't got any milk. I'll be back again tomorrow. My friends live in a flat over there. Exercise 1. Listen and circle the word you hear. Bell. Pen. Wrist. Chicks. Spell. Bitter. Exercise 2. Listen to the sentences and circle the word you hear. I dropped a pen. Is that the bill? This coffee tastes better. Her name is Jenny. Whose chicks are these? He spilled the soup. Exercise 3. Match column A with column B to make a sentence. He said thank you. I haven't got any milk. I'll be back again tomorrow. My friends live in a flat over there. Great! Now you know how to make the right sounds in English.