PRONUNCIATION: /ʃ/, /dʒ/, /tʃ/, /k/

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Below you have 4 series of words. Listen to the words in each series and underline the odd man out, that is to say, the word in which the letter(s) in bold type sound(s) differently.

Ana Losada e José Luis Murado. CC BY-SA

 

  1. shoulders - shiver -  unconscious - scan
  2. allergy - bandage - girl - emergency
  3. temperature  - culture - cholesterol - check-up
  4. ache -stomach - chocolate - chemist

 

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The “odd men out” are:

  1. scan
  2. girl
  3. cholesterol
  4. chocolate

/ʃ/, /dʒ/, /tʃ/ and /k/

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Each series of words above match one of the four sounds below. Click each phonetic symbol to listen to its pronunciation.

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Listen to the pronunciation of the words in the box below. Each wordis pronounced twice. Write them in the corresponding column.

shampoo - cholesterol - injection - choose - adventure - nature - baggage

short - specialist - operation - ship - damage - chemistry

 


Ana Losada e José Luis Murado. CC BY-SA

 

/ʃ/ /dʒ/ /tʃ/ /k/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Go to Unit 2.2 to review the pronunciation of /ʃ/, /dʒ/ and /tʃ/.