Daily English - Day 10
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IPA: /t/ & /d/
It should be a light, sharp sound with air being released.
Look at my mouth carefully.
The d sound.
Now, we have a very similar mouth position,
but this time we'll use the voice.
D.
So, step one.
Raise the tip of your tongue to the position
as you pronounce d correctly.
D.
We'll look at some word pairs to see the differences
between these two sounds.
T and d.
Tie.
Die.
Try.
Dry.
Tear.
Dear.
Kit.
Kid.
Right.
Ride.
Cut.
Kind.
Alright.
Now we're going to practice everything separately.
First, the t sound.
Repeat after me.
T.
Time.
Total.
Tone.
Tall.
Talk.
Tuck.
Twenty.
Tom is as tall as Tim.
Tom is as tall.
It takes me twenty minutes.
Tom is as tall as Tim.
Is as tall as Tim.
Think.
It takes me.
Twenty minutes.
In total to talk to him.
It's tea time.
Next, the d sound.
Repeat after me.
D.
Dinner.
Down.
Duck.
Hand.
Dream.
Do.
Director.
Daughter.
The director handed down.
Some documents.
Dare to live your dreams.
Teddy bought his daughter.
A new doll.
Every weekend.
Do you know where the dog is?
Again.
Exercise 1.
Listen and circle the word you hear.
Do you have the time?
Time.
I want to try this shirt.
Try this shirt.
I'll give you my card.
Give you the card.
Are there any seats left?
I'll give you my card.
Card.
Are there any seats left?
Seats.
She's very good at riding horses.
Riding horses.
We sent all the packages away on Monday.
Exercise 2.
Listen to the word pairs.
Write S if they're the same and D if they're different.
Tag.
Dang.
Tag.
Dang.
Ten.
Dan.
Tip.
Dent.
Teal.
Deal.
Tap.
Top.
Exercise 1.
Listen and circle the word you hear.
Do you have the time?
Time.
Do you have the time?
I want to try this shirt.
Want to try this shirt.
I'll give you my card.
Give you my card.
Are there any seats left?
Seats.
I'll give you my card.
Are there any seats left?
I can move this.
She's very good at riding horses.
We sent all the packages away on Monday.
Exercise 2.
We sent all the packages away on Monday.
Packages.
Away on Monday.
Packages.
We sent all the packages away on Monday.
Away on Monday.
Monday.
Exercise 2.
Listen to the word pairs.
Write S if they're the same
and D if they're different.
Tent.
Day.
Ten.
Den.
Tip.
Tent.
Dent.
Teal.
Deal.
Tap.
Top.
Alright.

