Educación Secundaria para Personas Adultas 2módulo - aulAragon

INGLÉS
PHONETICS
English consonants: /∫/ - /á/
Consonant sounds /∫/ and /á/
The sound /∫/ is usually spelt sh: short, shape or bush. But in the middle of a word we have: passion,
station, pension, social, ocean or machine.
The sound /á/ is spelt: s in measure or decision. And it is spelt g in: garage or beige. It never occurs at
the beginning of a word.
Note the difference between /∫/ (nation) and /á/ (evasion)
There are no cases in which /∫/ and /á/ distinguish words. Practise first, one sound and the examples
words and then, the other.
Listen and repeat
/∫/
shirt
sure
should
ffinish
discussion
condition
relation
Listen and repeat
/E/
treasure
invasion
prestige
explosion
garage
occasion
usual
Practise now these lists of words
/z/ /E/ /s/ /∫/
risen vision sock shock
raisin revision sort short
razor pleasure missing wishing
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