Pronunciation Sound 03    
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  Sample words  
  Listen and read the following words and repeat the audio.  
                               
  age   baby   day  
       
                               
                               
  able   paper   may  
       
                               
                               
  ate   made   day  
       
                               
                               
  eight   wait   later  
       
                               
                               
  april   came   away  
       
                               
     
     
     
  Comparative words  
  Listen and read the following words and repeat the audio.  
           
  taste - test main - men  
           
       
       
  say - see later - letter  
           
       
       
  same - seem     gave - give  
               
           
           
  bake - beak     steak - stick  
               
           
           
  may - my     pail - pill  
               
                               
     
                               
     
  Listening discrimination  
  Listen to the audio, if both words have the same pronunciation sound mark Yes. If the words have different pronunciation sounds mark No.  
             
             
       
       
             
             
             
       
       
             
             
             
       
       
             
             
             
       
       
             
             
             
       
       
                               
                               
  Choose the correct word according to the audio.  
                     
  This is a pain / pen. The cake / cook is in the kitchen.  
           
           
    pain pen     cake cook    
                       
                           
  The table is in the shade / shed. Is the meal / mail ready ?  
           
               
    shade shed         meal mail    
           
           
  Pass me the paper / pepper, please.     My brother sells / sails boats.  
               
               
    paper pepper         sells sails    
           
           
  They eat / ate before nine.     The plane / plan was right on schedule.  
               
               
    eat ate         plane plan    
           
           
  Put less / lace on it.     Don’t throw the rake / rock!  
               
               
    less lace         rake rock    
                               
     
                               
     
  Example sentences  
  Listen and read the following sentences and repeat the audio.  
     
                               
  What’s your name? Wait for the train.  
           
                           
       
  What did you say ? You made a mistake.  
           
                           
           
  Wake up! It’s eight o’clock!     The cow ate the paper.  
             
                           
       
  We came by plane, they came by train. The plane leaves on Sunday.  
           
                           
       
  How much did you pay to stay here ? The baby was born in late April.  
               
                               
           
  I hate to wait when you are late.     The rain and hail made us stay inside.  
               
                               
           
  How long does it take to bake a cake ?     I explained that the stranger was her for a vacation.  
               
                               
           
  I’m afraid to make a mistake.     On Monday, Jane waited at the station because she was late.  
               
                               
         
  My birthday is on Sunday, May eighteenth.   I’m afraid the daily schedule was changed yesterday.  
               
                               
         
  We ate potatoes, tomatoes, bacon and steak on our picnic at the lake. Yesterday we put eighty plates and eight tables on sale.  
               
                               
     
                               
                   
     
      End of activity