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Unit 1: Simple Rule for Pronunciation & Intonation

4. I this your school? Notes
5. Do you eat Adobo?
Falling Intonation- is a Sentence, a Question that is not answerable by Yes or No..................
1. Where’s your pencil?
2. What is your Father’s name?
3. In STAR CITY i ride all i can.
4. My brother is adventurous.
5. What’s your name

Pronunciation of T
Notes

The American T is influenced very strongly by intonation and its position in a word or
phrase. It can be a little tricky if you try to base your pronunciation on spelling alone.

There are, however, 4 basic rules: [T is T], [T is D], [T is Silent], [T is Held].
1. Beginning of a Word [T is T]
If the T is at the beginning of a word (or the top of the staircase), it is a strong, clear T sound.
(a) In the beginning of a word: table, take, tomorrow, teach, ten, turn Thomas tried two
times.
(b) With a stressed T and ST, TS, TR, CT, LT and sometimes NT combinations: They
control the contents.
(c) In the past tense, D sounds like T, after an unvoiced consonant sound — f, k, p, s, ch,
sh, th (but not T).

Picked [pikt], hoped [houpt], raced [rast], watched [wächt], washed [wäsht]
It took Tim ten times to try the telephone.
2. Middle of a Word [T is D]
If the T is in the middle of the word, intonation changes the sound to a soft D.

Letter sounds like [ledder].
Water, daughter, bought a, caught a, lot of, got a, later, meeting, better
Note: Practice these sentences:

What a good idea. [w'd' güdäi deey']
Put it in a bottle. [pü di di n' bäd'l]
Get a better water heater. [gedda bedder wäder heeder]
Put all the data in the computer. [püdall the dayd' in the k'mpyuder]
Patty ought to write a better letter. [pædy äd' ride a bedder ledder]

3. [T is Silent]
T and N are so close in the mouth that the [t] can disappear.

Contd...

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