Daily English - Day 7

Smoothly turn i to a, emphasizing the i a little bit more. Next, we'll learn the i sound. Follow these steps. First, spread your lips slightly to the sides, with the tongue in a middle-high position, and make the sound, e. Next, let the corners of the mouth come together. The tongue is also down in a relaxed position, but pull back on it a little bit, and then make the sound, u. Watch my mouth, and then listen carefully as you try to mimic it. Great! I hope that you understand everything. Now, we'll slow down to see the difference between ia and ea. Look at these word pairs. hear, tear, chair, beer, bear, ear, pear, pear, clear, spear, spare Thirdly, we'll learn the ua sound. Step one, round your lips into a circle, raise the tongue to the middle-high position, and make the sound, u. Step two, relax your lips, pull your tongue back a little to make the u sound. Practice along with me again. Alright, now we're going to practice everything separately. First, with the ia sound. Repeat after me. hear, tear, clear, career I can't hear you clearly. Let's grab a beer. Cheers. It's not near here. The atmosphere here is very clear. The air sound. Repeat after me. air, share, square, care airport, rare, hair Claire has fair hair. It's not fair. I can't eat dairy products. It's not fair. I can't eat dairy products. Would you care for a coffee? There's an airport over there. The u sound. Again, repeat after me. pure, sure, cure tour, poor, tournament secure, manure Are you sure the tourist is cured? I'm sure the manure is pure. I took a tour to Kuala Lumpur. He's very poor. Exercise 1. Listen to the sentences and circle the word that has ear, air or oa. ear, air, oa Pierre has a fear of airplanes. A pair of bears lives here. Are we clear here? She suddenly burst into tears. He's a weird man with a hairy beard. Exercise 2. Listen to the word pairs. Write S if they're the same. Write D if they're different. Chair Stair Horse Chair Steer Dairy Earring Rarely Fair Weary Exercise 3. Weary Fair Weary Exercise 3. Circle the word that has different pronunciation. Square Pair Bear Polly Librarian Tourism Jury Polly Librarian Tourism Jury Bear Near Hear Clear Wear There Here Sincere Wear Pair Fear Swear Exercise 1. Listen to the sentences and circle the word that has ear, air, or oar. Ear Air Oar Pair has a fear of aeroplanes. Pair has a fear of aeroplanes Pair has a fear of aeroplanes. aeroplanes A pair of bears lives here. Are we clear here? She suddenly burst into tears. He's a weird man with a hairy beard. Exercise 2. Listen to the word pairs. Write S if they are the same. Write D if they are different. Chair Stare Steer Dairy Earring Rarely Fair Wary Exercise 3. Circle the word that has different pronunciation. Fair Wary Exercise 3. Circle the word that has different pronunciation. Square There Pair Beer Poorly Tourism Jury There Near Here Clear Where They Here Sincere Way Where Pair Fear Swear Let's wrap.