Read the following words aloud and note the?. spelling patterns.[r]
(1)PRONUNCIATION & SPELLING Exercise 1
Read the following words aloud and note the
spelling patterns.
Exercise 3
How many syllables are in the following words? Mark the stress in the words.
Exercise 2
(2)1. ea t read sea ea r
2. teeth th eatre mouth
3. information action
attention
4. bought caught taught
5. electrician magician musician
6. suit fruit
7. ph one dolphin
8. should could would
1. castle 2. knee 3. listen 4. knife 5. write 6. building 7. comb 8. light 9. high 10. plumber
1. easy
2. intelligent 3. beautiful 4. tired 5. photo
6. photographer 7. fruit
8. rectangle 9. comfortable 10. pronunciation 11. square
12. politics 13. desert 14. dessert
Exercise 4
A lot of words in English have been borrowed from other languages Can you guess which languages the following words come from? Say the words aloud.
15 tattoo 2 yacht 3 queue
7 crèche 6.ache
4 ballerina 5 cul de sac
10. hippopotamus
9 Duvet 8 Ski
16 tsunami 1 chef
14 psychologist 13 moustache
12 Hamburger 11 boutique
19 mattress 18 yoghurt
17 biscuit 20 opera
Exercise 5
(3)1. queue 2. laugh 3. cough 4. chef 5. physical 6. weigh 7. recipe 8. receipt 9. naughty 10. exhausted 11. scissors Answer Key
Exercise 2 1. castle 2. knee 3. listen 4. knife 5. write 6. building 7. comb 8. light 9. high 10. plumber
Exercise 3
Note: Stressed syllables are in displayed in red. 1. Ea-sy [2]
2. In-tell-i-gent [4] 3. Beau-ti-ful [3] 4. Tired [1]
5. Pho-to [2]
6. Pho-tog-ra-pher [4] 7. Fruit [1]
8. Rec-tan-gle [3] 9. Com-for-ta-ble [4] 10 Pron-un-ci-a-tion [5] 11. Square [1]
12 Pol-i-tics [1] 13. Des-ert [2] 14 Dess-ert [2]