NGOẠI NGỮ 24H WWW.NGOAINGU24H.VN Lesson 5: Sound /t/ in American English I How to make sound /t/ - Press the tip of your tongue onto the alveolar ridge - Let the sides of your tongue touch the top molars - Start to breathe out, and let a little air build up behind your tongue Don't let any air out through your nose! - Drop your tongue tip quickly, and continue breathing out - No vibration II When is sound /t/ used? Spelling t tt th Examples top, atom, sat butter Thomas, Thailand, thyme Frequency Often Often Rarely, just in names III True /t/ Group Beginning or in a consonant cluster at the beginning of a word Table /ˈteɪbl/ Talk /tɔk/ Tap /tæp/ Teach /titʃ/ Time /taɪm/ Traffic /ˈtræfɪk/ Train /treɪn/ Tree /tri/ Trend /trɛnd/ Triangle /ˈtraɪˌæŋɡl/ Đăng ký học: 0962 60 8801 – 04 6260 3948 Địa chỉ: Số 18 Trần Đại Nghĩa – Q Hai Bà Trưng – Hà nội NGOẠI NGỮ 24H WWW.NGOAINGU24H.VN Group Beginning of a stressed syllable Attack /əˈtæk/ Between /bɪˈtwin/ Eternal /ɪˈtərnl/ Italian /ɪˈtælyən/ Mistake /mɪˈsteɪk/ Particular /pərˈtɪkyələr/ Retire /rɪˈtaɪər/ Return /rɪˈtərn/ IV Flap /t/ When? Between two vowel sounds Or Between a vowel sound and a /l/ + Unstressed syllable Flap /t/ How? - Quite similar to a quick /d/ - No puff of air Liter Writer Metal Kettle Bottle Which words? Hint 1: Vowel length There’s a longer vowel sound before a voiced consonant Liter Leader Writer Rider Hint 2: Context Ex: I won a (metal / medal) => medal Đăng ký học: 0962 60 8801 – 04 6260 3948 Địa chỉ: Số 18 Trần Đại Nghĩa – Q Hai Bà Trưng – Hà nội NGOẠI NGỮ 24H WWW.NGOAINGU24H.VN V Glottal stop In some varieties of spoken English, a glottal stop is often used instead of a /t/ sound in the middle or at the end of a word Symbol for a glottal stop: ʔ A glottal stop is similar to the sound in the middle of the word 'uh-oh' When? Before /ən/ Fountain Curtain Button Important Final /t/ (+ consonant, especially “w”) I can't /aɪ kænt/ You're right / jɔː raɪt/ Call me if you find it /kɔːl mi ɪf juː faɪndɪt/ • • • • • /aɪ kỉnʔ/ / jɔː raɪʔ /kɔːl mi ɪf juː faɪndɪʔ/ How? Stop the air flow in your throat Try holding your breath not with your lips or tongue, but with your throat muscles Then release the air by relaxing your throat muscles Practice with “uh-oh”, “uh-uh” Ex: fountain, button, cotton, mountain, bitten, curtain, certain VI Omission of /t/ Group Always omit the /t/ in some words Bustle Christmas Hustle Mistletoe Whistle Wrestle Text I love the hustle and bustle of Christmas Even while I wrestle with shopping bags, I want to whistle a merry holiday tune And I’m never too busy to share a sweet kiss under the mistletoe Đăng ký học: 0962 60 8801 – 04 6260 3948 Địa chỉ: Số 18 Trần Đại Nghĩa – Q Hai Bà Trưng – Hà nội NGOẠI NGỮ 24H WWW.NGOAINGU24H.VN Group In fast, informal speech we sometimes omit the /t/ in the prefix “inter-” Interactive Intermediate International Internet Text English is truly an international language It’s easier now than ever to learn English, whether you’re a beginner, intermediate, or advanced student The Internet offers language videos and lots of interactive exercises Group In fast, informal speech we sometimes omit the /t/ in a consonant group at the end of a word Accepts Acts Lifts Rests Tests If the /t/ is omitted, the speaker will lengthen the final /s/ Text Grandpa accepts help from no one It’s sad He lifts heavy things and acts like it’s easy, but the weight tests his strength He rests when he thinks no one is looking I keep telling him to let me help One day maybe he’ll listen Group In fast, informal speech we sometimes omit the /t/ when the ending of a word and the beginning of another form a consonant group What’s the worst joke you’ve heard? Which animals make the best pets? What’s the worst job in the world? Đăng ký học: 0962 60 8801 – 04 6260 3948 Địa chỉ: Số 18 Trần Đại Nghĩa – Q Hai Bà Trưng – Hà nội NGOẠI NGỮ 24H WWW.NGOAINGU24H.VN VII Practice Exercise Listen and identify the true /t/ and flap /t/ Hotel Computer Bottom Comfortable Bottle Tsunami Return Potential Taste Pretend Technique Ability Retell Safety University City Television Better Street Tourism Matter Exercise Identify all the flap Ts and listen to check your answer Automatic Starting Photocopy Total Potato Titanic Mentality Guitar Tattoo Competitive Exercise Which kind of /t/ ? Betty needs a little help today Patrick can’t remember his doctor’s name Tim and Kurt need to stop fighting over toys Are you certain you want one? Stop it! Exercise Listen and fill in the blanks with words having letter “t” or sound /t/ He wrote _ It _ good A published _ We _ Berlin It's in _ gear We _ over It was _ him 10 I'll _ Ann _ a left turn 11 He _ first They _ quiet 12 I _ badly Exercise Listen to these sentences and focus on the highlighted /t/ sounds Write the number of the sentence in the table below according to what happens to the /t/ sound Almost there She stopped playing I asked her to leave My left ankle hurts Just a bit I'll have a soft drink We must be nearly there 10 I've already dealt with it Tell us what you did 11 I washed all my clothes I expect an answer soon 12 I can't wait Các em xem đáp án chữa ngoaingu24h.vn nhé!! Đáp án chữa website ngoaingu24.vn Đăng ký học: 0962 60 8801 – 04 6260 3948 Địa chỉ: Số 18 Trần Đại Nghĩa – Q Hai Bà Trưng – Hà nội