{"id":1445,"date":"2019-09-05T21:17:22","date_gmt":"2019-09-05T21:17:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/english.orochinagi.com\/?p=1445"},"modified":"2024-06-13T10:15:30","modified_gmt":"2024-06-13T10:15:30","slug":"pronunciation-contractions-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/orochinagi.com\/english\/blog\/pronunciation-contractions-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Pronunciation &#038; Contractions Round 1"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Improve your fluency too!<\/p>\n<p>There are six sets, let&#8217;s go!\u00a0 You can watch the video to check, then check the notes after.<\/p>\n<p>The words in <strong>bold<\/strong> sound similar or want you to focus on fluency.<\/p>\n<h1>Set 1 of 6<\/h1>\n<p>I went to the <strong>bank<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Thanks<\/strong> for the meeting<\/p>\n<p>I am a be<strong>liever \/ the grim reaper<\/strong><br \/>\nPull the <strong>lever<br \/>\n<\/strong>I will <strong>leave her<\/strong> at the station<\/p>\n<p>Look at the pretty <strong>river<\/strong><br \/>\nI have a pain in my <strong>liver<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>For<strong>ever <\/strong>a gamer<br \/>\nI&#8217;m wearing fake <strong>leather<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I like <strong>fruit<\/strong><br \/>\nThat&#8217;s a nice <strong>suit<\/strong><br \/>\nHave you packed your<strong> suit<\/strong>case?<\/p>\n<p>Could you lend me five <strong>quid<\/strong>?<br \/>\nThis mixture is too <strong>liquid<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s <strong>our house<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>She&#8217;s <strong>gone out<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Joe&#8217;s<\/strong> back now<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h1>Set 2 of 6<\/h1>\n<p>There&#8217;s no <strong>limit<\/strong><br \/>\nI&#8217;ll be back in a <strong>minute<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>He&#8217;s <strong>done it<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Ask her<\/strong> about it<\/p>\n<p>Wher<strong>e&#8217;s he<\/strong> gone?<\/p>\n<p>She&#8217;ll be back in <strong>about an hour<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Please <strong>answer<\/strong> the question<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve been waiting <strong>for ages<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve been <strong>expecting<\/strong> you<\/p>\n<p>This drink is quite <strong>fizzy<br \/>\n<\/strong>I&#8217;m really <strong>busy <\/strong>today, there&#8217;s a lot of <strong>business <\/strong>to do.<br \/>\nWhere <strong>is he?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I went to the <strong>office<br \/>\n<\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">I&#8217;d like to order extra <\/span><strong style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">lettuce<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1>Set 3 of 6<\/h1>\n<p>I just want to <strong>lie<\/strong> in bed<br \/>\nDo you know how to <strong>tie<\/strong> a <strong>tie<\/strong>?<br \/>\nWhat <strong>type<\/strong> of cable do you need?<\/p>\n<p>Just one <strong>moment<\/strong> please&#8230;<br \/>\nI need to make a call<br \/>\nYour partner&#8217;s calling on the other line<\/p>\n<p>I visited the <strong>sea<br \/>\n<\/strong>The letter &#8220;<strong>C<\/strong>&#8220;<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong>This is<strong> serious<\/strong> business<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m in <strong>debt<\/strong><br \/>\nThis <strong>sweater<\/strong> is too big for you<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ll <strong>meet her<\/strong> tomorrow<br \/>\nThis table is a <strong>metre<\/strong>\u00a0long<\/p>\n<h1>Set 4 of 6<\/h1>\n<p>Oh, <strong>little<\/strong> child&#8230;<br \/>\n<strong>It&#8217;ll<\/strong> be difficult<\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s not <strong>fight<br \/>\n<\/strong>It&#8217;ll be <strong>quite<\/strong> difficult<\/p>\n<p>I predict a <strong>riot<\/strong><br \/>\nShe&#8217;s very <strong>quiet<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The concert is <strong>live<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I <strong>live<\/strong> in Paris<\/p>\n<p>There are some <strong>issues<br \/>\n<\/strong>I bought some new <strong>shoes<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>You&#8217;ll not believe what happened<\/p>\n<p>The <strong>goat<\/strong> went on a <strong>boat<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I <strong>thought<\/strong> you <strong>bought<\/strong> new boots<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s a story about a doctor who used a telephone <strong>booth <\/strong>and lost her<strong> tooth<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1>Set 5 of 6<\/h1>\n<p>A woman<br \/>\n<strong>We<\/strong> three <strong>wo<\/strong>men<\/p>\n<p>He&#8217;s <strong>useless\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Fred<\/strong> <strong>said<\/strong> he hit his <strong>head <\/strong>and now it&#8217;s<strong> red<br \/>\n<\/strong>He&#8217;ll go to <strong>bed<\/strong>,\u00a0 ins<strong>tead<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I <strong>found<\/strong> the <strong>sound<\/strong> very <strong>round<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Good <strong>night<\/strong>!<br \/>\nSummon the <strong>Knights<\/strong> of the round table<\/p>\n<p>Bigger and <strong>badder<\/strong><br \/>\nThere&#8217;s a <strong>ladder<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>What <strong>time<\/strong> is it?<strong><br \/>\nClimb<\/strong> the ladder<\/p>\n<p>Look at the <strong>board<\/strong><br \/>\nI&#8217;m very <strong>bored<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1>Set 6 final set<\/h1>\n<p><strong>Close<\/strong> the door<br \/>\nI bought some new <strong>clothes<\/strong> yesterday<\/p>\n<p>We need to increase <strong>staffing<\/strong><br \/>\nThey were <strong>laughing<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Stren<strong>gth<\/strong>en\u00a0(you can use a &#8220;f&#8221; sound)<\/p>\n<p>The <strong>Bay<br \/>\n<\/strong>Michael<strong> Bay<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Ba<\/strong>sic<\/p>\n<p>Variety<\/p>\n<p>Optimistic<\/p>\n<p>Optimists<\/p>\n<p>Opti<strong>mism<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This is a <strong>cow<br \/>\n<\/strong>I&#8217;d like to open an <strong>account<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I bought a <strong>bulk<\/strong> of t-shirts, <span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">I&#8217;m <\/span><strong style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">tired<br \/>\n<\/strong>Is that <strong>Iron<\/strong> Man? <span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">No, that&#8217;s Bruce, you know, the <\/span><strong style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Hulk<\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<h1>Video Check<\/h1>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"British English Accent Pronunciation Set 01\" width=\"525\" height=\"295\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/n99tcRZwF5k?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Use <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wordreference.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/www.wordreference.com\/<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to help you practice pronunciation!!<\/span><\/p>\n<h1>NOTES<\/h1>\n<p>Set 1<\/p>\n<p><strong>bank, tank, thank, dank, rank <\/strong>all have the same sound<\/p>\n<p>I am a be<strong>liever<\/strong> sounds like the grim r<strong>eaper, <\/strong>or school l<strong>eaver<\/strong><br \/>\nPull the <strong>lever <\/strong>is the same BUT in the US the sound is like &#8220;<strong>ever&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>For<strong>ev<\/strong>er, I&#8217;m wearing fake l<strong>eath<\/strong>er<strong> &#8211; <\/strong>try using a <strong>v<\/strong> or <strong>f<\/strong> or <strong>s<\/strong> sound<br \/>\nit&#8217;s the same for f<strong>eath<\/strong>er.<\/p>\n<p>I like <strong>fruit, <\/strong>That&#8217;s a nice <strong>suit &#8211; <\/strong>try<strong> &#8220;soot&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Could you lend me five <strong>quid<\/strong>?\u00a0 A quid is an English Pound (money).<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s <strong>our house &#8211; slowly we would say our like &#8220;hour&#8221; (remember there is a silent &#8220;h&#8221;)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Set 2<\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s no <strong>limit, <\/strong>I&#8217;ll be back in a <strong>minute (&#8220;NIT&#8221;)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>He&#8217;s <strong>done it &#8220;DUNIT&#8221;<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Ask her<\/strong> about it <strong>&#8220;ASKER&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Wher<strong>e&#8217;s he<\/strong> gone?\u00a0 &#8220;WHERSEE&#8221;<br \/>\nWhere<strong> is he<\/strong>? &#8220;IZZY&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>She&#8217;ll be back in <strong>about an hour<\/strong><br \/>\nPlease <strong>answer<\/strong> the question <strong>&#8220;ANSER&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve been waiting <strong>for ages &#8220;forayges&#8221;<\/strong><br \/>\nI&#8217;ve been <strong>expecting<\/strong> you <strong>(NOT especting, it&#8217;s X pecting)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m really <strong>busy\u00a0 &#8220;BIZZY&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">I&#8217;d like to order extra <\/span><strong style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">lettuce &#8220;LETTICE&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Set 3<\/p>\n<p>I visited the <strong>sea<\/strong><br \/>\nThis is<strong> serious<\/strong> business <strong>&#8220;SEErious&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m in <strong>debt &#8220;DET&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This <strong>sweater<\/strong> is too big for you <strong>&#8220;SWET&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ll <strong>meet her<\/strong> tomorrow <strong>&#8220;MEETER&#8221;<\/strong><br \/>\nThis table is a <strong>metre<\/strong> long\u00a0<strong>&#8220;MEETER&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Set 4<\/p>\n<p>I predict a <strong>riot<\/strong><br \/>\nShe&#8217;s very <strong>quiet &#8220;KWYI- ET&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The concert is <strong>live &#8220;LIEV&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I <strong>live<\/strong> in Paris <strong>&#8220;LIV&#8221;<\/strong> like E<strong>li<\/strong>zabeth<\/p>\n<p>I went on a <strong>Boat Throat Goat<\/strong><br \/>\nI <strong>Bought<\/strong> &#8220;<strong>BAWT&#8221;<\/strong> new <strong>boots shoots loots<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Set 5<\/p>\n<p><strong>We<\/strong> three <strong>wo<\/strong>men &#8220;<strong>WIMMEN&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>He&#8217;s <strong>useless &#8220;YOUS LESS&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>What <strong>time<\/strong> is it?<strong><br \/>\nClimb<\/strong> the ladder <strong>(B is silent)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Look at the <strong>board<\/strong><br \/>\nI&#8217;m very <strong>bored (not &#8220;BOR &#8211; ED&#8221;)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Set 6<\/p>\n<p><strong>Close<\/strong> the door<br \/>\nI bought some new <strong>clothes<\/strong> yesterday (&#8220;<strong>cloves<\/strong>&#8220;)<\/p>\n<p>They were <strong>laughing (lauffing)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Stren<strong>gth<\/strong>en\u00a0(you can use a &#8220;f&#8221; sound)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ba<\/strong>sic (the <strong>Ba<\/strong>y)<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">\u00a0<\/span><strong style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">tired TIYUD<br \/>\n<\/strong>Is that <strong>Iron<\/strong> Man? <strong>IYUN<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Improve your fluency too! There are six sets, let&#8217;s go!\u00a0 You can watch the video to check, then check the notes after. The words in bold sound similar or want you to focus on fluency. Set 1 of 6 I went to the bank Thanks for the meeting I am a believer \/ the grim &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/orochinagi.com\/english\/blog\/pronunciation-contractions-2020\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Pronunciation &#038; Contractions Round 1&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[13,19],"class_list":["post-1445","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog","tag-english-pronunciation","tag-pronunciation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/orochinagi.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1445","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/orochinagi.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/orochinagi.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/orochinagi.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/orochinagi.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1445"}],"version-history":[{"count":32,"href":"https:\/\/orochinagi.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1445\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2166,"href":"https:\/\/orochinagi.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1445\/revisions\/2166"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/orochinagi.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1445"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/orochinagi.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1445"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/orochinagi.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1445"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}