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English pronunciation made simple part 39

Be aware of situations in your daily life that provide parallel practice. Have fun recognizing and producing the sound in other poems, readings, and conversations, and try to find other ways to incorporate what you have learned in your daily encounters with English. | More Practice EXERCISE A QJ Read the poem aloud. Be sure to pronounce all the plural endings correctly. The Pied Piper of Hamelin Excerpt Robert Browning ÎIZ Is And out of the houses the rats came tumbling. S S s M Great rats small rats lean rats brawny rats s s s M Brown rats black rats gray rats tawny rats z M Grave old plodders gay young friskers z z lz z Fathers mothers uncles cousins z z Cocking tails and pricking whiskers z z z Families by tens and dozens z z z tz Brothers sisters husbands wives . . . z Followed the Piper for their lives. EXERCISE B lil Work with a partner and think of at least ten different categories of things for example vehicles fruits flowers items of clothing. Think of related questions to ask each other. Responses should contain at least four plural nouns related to that category. EXAMPLE A What types of flowers do you like B I like yellow roses tulips daisies and carnations. What types of flowers do YOU like A I like gardenias red roses lilies and orchids. EXERCISE C Every time you go to the cleaners practice the plural endings of words that identify clothing. Use phrases such as 7 have two dresses to clean These shirts need to be laundered Can you clean these ties 254 Part 3 Consonants Appendices Appendix I To the Teacher Welcome to the challenge You recommended English Pronunciation Made Simple to your students because you are committed to helping them improve their pronunciation of English. This is a difficult task but it s not impossible. Teaching and learning English pronunciation can be difficult tedious work. It can also be more fun than you ever imagined possible. In our accentreduction classes there have been countless occasions when we along with our students have laughed long and hard enough for tears to roll Some of you are already experienced teachers of English for nonnative speakers or speech instructors and or speech pathologists involved in teaching foreign-accent-reduction classes and you already employ a variety of