Patterns 3

Open and Closed sound.

Open sound is Tongue Down, Speak from your Neck and Long sound. E is usually Open.
Closed is Tongue Up, Speak from Front Top of mouth and rapid sound. I is usually Closed.
Say these words: Reach and Rich. These and This.

Most English words start with an Open Sound and end with a Closed Sound.
Cause = open sound. Because = open then closed sound.
The spelling of the final syllable is less significant than its position.
Happiness = E is usually open sound... because its the final syllable you Pronounce it as Closed Sound. Closed
sound is usually I. Pure Happiniss

E = from your neck > I = from your top front mouth

e = open > i = closed

vowel sounds open: http://www.youtube.com/watch?

v=5YZC2MsS0VY&feature=PlayList&p=9ECEC5B77FCC6FEB&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=33
vowel sounds closed: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tQwQ7FWL4MM&feature=related

W and R.
Pronounce W with both lips. Push your lips > forward. Vibrate both lips. Wwwwwwwwwwww
R is Like the sound a dog makes. Ruuuu Ruuuuu. Top teeth on bottom lip. Vibrate.
That's Rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrright

all call ball wall mall (no L, Pronounce the way your teacher shows you)
al walk/talk actual normal rational

Tea Coffee > carry + d = carried

just rust must > the rust just must learn more > I just must adjust to buy anti rust paint

mAIntAIn > vibrate the top of your mouth > gaaaaiiiin (gain) raaaaiiin (rain)
laaaane (lane) plaaaane (plane) caaaane (cane)
I gain on the rain in the fast lane using my plane I like canes I maintain my cane

how/now
nail/sail/rail/mail/out/about/mau
out/about/mouth now/cow/towel/vowel
ai/ou/ow
ou/ow = sound/pound/ground/found
practise how does it sound now the best pound I found in my mail about now on the ground
vowels and towels sound similar from my mouth, about the same, I found
wow/now/vow/how/bow/cow
I vow to buy a cow, how? I shall bow now, yes i'm thinking wow too
male/sale

Y/why
Yesterday You learned Yummy makes you Younger and Yoghurt does too after many Years Yes
Vibrate top front of mouth near teeth

O = go, sow, row, tow, vote, goat,

bought/caught/taught
bort/cort
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this = near things

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fO cus = open O sound is Like a ball in your mouth > use all the ball to say it (vibrate around your mouth)
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all = vibrate top of mouth and keep tongue down

No L in this word
push your lips forward and feel them vibrate
if your tongue moved it was probably wrong

ball call wall football basketball

alright always also
wall > walk : tall > talk

ing = this is one single sound > keep tongue at top of mouth and vibrate > i n g
1 syllable = innnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnng
sing ring thing

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singing thinking dancing
if its not correct yet, then you can say singin dancin which sounds better almost correct
sing ring > you must pronounce it with the g a bit because it has a different sound

1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th
first second third (fird) fourth fifth sixth seventh eigth nineth tenth
th = at the end of a word = fffff

accurate certificate fortunate > closed sound at the end of the word
up under us
u + t > ut
an accurate certificate is quite fortunate

er = one single quick sound

flower power > a flower lived in the tower and has power
feature teacher
better picture

series > se ries > sear ries > sear rys > series

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know how to use them)

9 yearS ago
10 yearS old/5 years old > he is 20/he is 30/she is 25
he has a 10 year old/she has one 5 year old and a 15 year old son

the lakeS are

the lake is

everybody usES it a lot : I use it a lot

everybody drinkS coffee a lot : she drinks lots of it : I don't drink coffee

own>ly = only = OOOOOO (lips forward, vibrate lips)

through = Fru

have to = need to
you haven't got to = you don't need to

all kinds of news

all kinds of coffee
all kinds of.....
all kinds of vacations
all kinds of cds
all types of....

sometimes
always sometimes
not sometime
3 examples of sometimes

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the = only one
a = one of many
the news, the weather, the countryside, the city
many things together = the internet (international network, many computers), the government
a hand, a chocolate bar, a happy person
write 3 examples of the and a
(in a suburb)

the best : the most > only one at the top (according to language)
you are the best student ever : you learn the most words

working = were kin

work = were + k = werk

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