Daily English - Day 18

As you pronounce, ha, remember not to use your voice. Don't let the tongue touch the roof of the mouth. Look at my mouth and practice again. Next, we'll learn how to make the ya sound. Step one. Open your mouth naturally. Step two. Raise the sides of your tongue to touch the roof of your mouth side of the upper jaw. Step three. Quickly lower the back of your tongue away from the roof of your mouth and drop your jaws as you pronounce ya, ya, ya, ya, ya, ya. Say it out loud with me. ya, ya, ya, ya, ya, ya. All right. Let's practice each sound carefully with words and sentences. The h sound. He. His. Hot. How. House. Home. Humorous. Humorous. He had ham at home. He had ham at home. Henry has a great sense. Henry has a great sense of humor. Of humor. How do you differentiate? How do you differentiate? House and home. And home. How. How do you differentiate? How do you differentiate house and home? How. Hit the nail with. How. Hit the nail with a hammer. A hammer. Hammer. Hammer. They held hands. They held hands and and smiled happily. Smiled happily. Next the y sound. Yes. University. Beyond. Yell. Yard. Yard. Yard. Yogurt. Yogurt. Uniform. Uniform. Computer. We don't wear uniform. We don't wear uniform at the university. At the university. Did you say yes to him? Say yes to his offer? Did you say yes to his offer? I spilled yogurt. I spilled yogurt. On my new computer. On my new computer. Students usually yawn. Students usually yawn. During yoga class. During yoga class. Exercise one. Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently. Home. Home. House. House. Hook. Hook. Hour. Hour. Who. Who. When. When. Who. When. Honest. Honour. Horn. Air. Air. Vehicle. Ahead. Ghost. Exhaust. Exhaust. Vehicle. Ahead. Ghost. Exhaust. Ahead. Exercise two. Listen to the sentences and circle the words you hear. I heard that their son went to Yale. Yale. Did you taste the strawberry jam? Jam. We didn't get his joke. Joke. What's the use of yelling anyway? Use. How will you get Jessica to say yes? Yes. Exercise one. Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently. Home. House. Hook. Hour. Who. Whom. When. When. Who. Who. Honest. Honour. Horn. Air. Vehicle. Ahead. Air. Vehicle. Ahead. Ahead. Ghost. Exhaust. Exercise two. Listen to the sentences and circle the words you hear. I heard that their son went to Yale. Did you taste the strawberry jam? We didn't get his joke. Joke. What's the use of yelling anyway? How will you get Jessica to say yes? Yes. All right. You'll need to go to Yale.