Building Blocks 2 Perfect pronuciation

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BUILDING BLOCKSBook 2

PERFECT PRONUCIATION

Get Higher Scores on Exams!

Improve your English!

Learn English Easier!

Learn English Faster! BY Thomas A. Dyer


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INTRODUCTION

Do you get frustrated because you do not know how to pronounce a

word?

Do you hate sounding bad when speaking to Foreigners?

Are you shy and because you feel your English is poor, you dont

speak in class or on the street?

Do you want to improve you spoken English?

Do you want to look at a word and be able to say it?

Pronunciation is the building block of good English!

Did you know that in the 1880s students were required to be able tolook at a word and pronounce it?

They were able to do this because they could see the sounds that

make up English words.

So, how can you as an English learner keep up?

The secret to learning new words and pronouncing them is by readingtheir sounds.

In American schools, teachers taught Phonograms and Phonics. In the

early 1960s the practice of intensive word learning stopped in favor ofthe current whole word method used today. Most teachers today do

not even know that it existed. This is one reason why Americanstudents English scores began to decline in the early 1960s.

In the year 2000, many parents and teachers frustrated at the lack ofEnglish proficiency began to revive the Word Building methods. Many

parents of both Native speakers and Chinese families started teaching

at home these skills because of the low English scores.

are one of the forgotten methods of learning English.


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PHONOGRAMS AND PHONICS

What is a PHONOGRAM?

A PHONOGRAM is a picture of a sound.

It is made up of letters (patterns).It could be one or up to four letters.

Why do we want use them?

We could just memorize words.

However, the English language has over 2 million words.

So, would take a long time

Nevertheless, what if we could look a word and the word would tell us

how it sounds.

Would that be a valuable skill?

Would you like this skill?

Would you get higher scores in your oral English classes?

Get a better job or opportunity.

Would you like to speak more fluent English?

That is the reason for this book

Inside this book are just the facts, the INFORMATION you need to lookat a word and know how to pronounce it.

The English language uses 42-48 pure sounds.

These can have 71 patterns or letter combinations to make the sounds.(71 PHONOGRAMS)

Chinese characters use about 250 radicals to modify a character.

In English, however we add more characters to change the sound of aword and its meaning.


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There is a system.

The Orton Phonogram system. In the early part of the 19th centuryEnglish was analyzed and broken down into 71 PHONOGRAMS.Almost 80% of English follows this system and it can be used topronounce a large portion of the over 2,000,000 possible words inEnglish. (Words from from other languages make up 20-30% of

English)

HOW TO USE THIS BOOK.

IT is not a dictionary.

(You should have one when using this book.)

It is in 2 parts.

Part 1 is PHONOGRAM to sounds.

Part 2 is Sounds to PHONOGRAM.

When looking at a new/unknown word you should look at its parts.

Find the PHONOGRAMS.

Pronounce each one slowly and separately.

Then pronounce them together.Speed up your pronunciation to blendthe sounds.

Try to pronounce the word by doing this first. Then check yourself

against the dictionary. This is called sounding out a word.

After a short time, you will get confidence and not need the dictionaryany more.

This is a useful skill to have when taking oral English tests

(IELTS, TOFEL) or when reading aloud.

This is Book 2 of a series of four small books. Each the books shows a

building block of English.

Book 1 Word Building

Book 3 Context is the KEYBook 4 Can you Remember it?


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From a Single Brick Grows a Nation.

To make the Future Study the Past.


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Part 1: PHONOGRAMS to SOUNDS

There are 71 Phonograms that can be further broken down to make118 total PHONOGRAMS for English. Some PHONOGRAMS make morethan one sound. This is why we sound out words to find the one thatfeels and sounds right. (yes, Feels right. A very important trick)

Number PHONOGRAM SOUND Example

1 a short a atlong a tapeThe ah wantThe aw talk

2 c the k catThe s cent

3 d the d dig

4 f the f fast

5 g the g goodThe j gentle

6 o the ah oddthe long o overthe long oo dothe aw cost

7 s the s sitthe z as

8 qu the kw quit

9 b the b big

10 e the sort e endThe long e even

11 h the h head

12 i the short i itthe long i silentthe long e radio


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13 j the j just

14 k the k kind

15 l the l let

16 m the m met

17 n the n nice

18 p the p pet

19 r the r round

20 t the t tent

21 u the short u upthe long u musicthe long oo truethe short oo put

22 v the v vasethe v love

23 w the w wet

24 x the ks box

25 y the y yippeethe short i myththe long i bythe long e baby

26 z the z zero

27 er the er of her her

28 ur the er of nurse nurse

29 ir the ir of first first


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30 wor the er of work work

31 ear the er of early early

32 sh the sh shutpushfriendship

33 ee the long e feet

34 th the th th thin this

35 ay the long 2 letter a may

36 ai the long 2 letter a fail

37 ow the ow cowthe long o low

38 ou the ow outthe long o four

the long oo youThe short u touch

39 aw the aw saw

40 au the aw not sauceat the end

41 ew the long oo grewthe long u few

42 eu the long oo neutralthe long u feud

43 oy the oy toy

44 oi the oy not joinat the end


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45 oo long ooshort oo

long o

46 ch the ch checkthe k echothe sh chef

47 ng the ng ring

48 ea the long e eat

the short e headthe long a break

49 ar the ar card

50 ck the 2 letter k pack

51 ed the ed gradedthe d lovedthe t mixed

52 or the or for

53 wh the hw when

54 ui the long oo fruitthe long i guidethe short i build

55 oa the long o of boat boat

56 ey the long a theythe long e valley

57 ei the long a veilthe long e ceiling

58 eigh the 4 letter long a weigh

59 igh the 3 letter long i high


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60 ie the long e fieldthe long i lie

61 kn the 2 letter n know

62 gn the 2 letter n gnawreign

63 wr the 2 letter r write

64 ph the 2 letter f phonogram

65 dge the 3 letter j badge

66 oe the long o toeof toe

67 tch the 3 letter ch catch

68 ti the tall letter sh nation

69 si the sh sessionthe zh vision

70 ci the short letter sh special

71 ough the long o thoughthe long oo throughthe uf roughthe off coughthe aw thoughtthe ow bough


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Conversation is the KEY to prosperity.


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PART 2: SOUNDS TO PHONOGRAMS

We will use words instead of the normal IPA (International Phonics)methods you are used to. This is to start you looking at the words aspieces and parts instead of a block of text. The examples will help youpronounce the PHONOGRAM and sound.

Sound Name PHONOGRAMS Examples

Sound the short a a at

Sound the long a a cape

the long a ay paythe long a ai pailthe long a eigh eightthe long a ey theythe long a ea breakthe long a ei veil

Sound the ah a wantthe ah o odd

Sound the aw o costthe aw a allthe aw aw pawthe aw au causethe aw ough thought

Sound the b b bear

Sound the k c catthe k ch schoolthe k ck back

the k qu mosquito

Sound the s c centthe s s sat

Sound the d d dogthe d ed loved

Sound the short e e bedthe short e ea bread


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Sound the long e e bethe long e ei conceitthe long e ea meatthe long e ee feetthe long e ey keythe long e y ladythe long e i radiothe long e ie prairie

Sound the f f farthe f ph phone

Sound the g g gatethe g gh ghost

Sound the j j jugthe j dge badgethe j g charge

Sound the h h hat

Sound the short i i hitthe short i y myththe short i ui build

Sound the long i i findthe long i ie piethe long i igh sighthe long i y mythe long i ui guidethe long i uy guy

Sound the l l leg

Sound the m m man

Sound the n n nothe n kn knowthe n gn gnatthe n pn pneumonia


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Sound the long o o nothe long o oo floorthe long o ow rowthe long o ou fourthe long o ough thoughthe long o oa boatthe long o oe toe

Sound the long oo oo foodthe long oo o dothe long oo ew dew

the long oo ue duethe long oo ui fruitthe long oo ough throughthe long oo ou youthe long oo eu neutral

Sound the p p pan

Sound the kw qu quiet

Sound the r r rosethe r wr wrapthe r rh rhythm

Sound the t t tabthe t ed fixed

Sound the short u u fussthe short u ou country

Sound the long u u music

the long u ew fewthe long u eu feud

Sound the short oo u putthe short oo oo foot

Sound the v v vase

Sound the w w wet


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Sound the ks x box

Sound the y y yard

Sound the z z zoothe z s asthe z x xylophone

Sound the er er mothersthe er ur hurrythe er ir first

the er or wordthe er ear learning

Sound the ar ar car

Sound the or or order

Sound the sh sh shutthe sh ch chicthe sh ti nation

the sh si sessionthe sh ci specialthe sh ce ocean

Sound the ch ch chargethe ch tch batch

Sound the th th thin

Sound the th th this

Sound the ng ng ring

Sound the ow ow cowthe ow ou bountythe ow ough bough

Sound the oy oy boythe oy oi coin

Sound the zh si visionSound the hw wh when


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