Lip Reading Activity

Pronunciation Practice

Preparation

• Find a partner.

• Stand facing your partner.

• Do not talk to your partner.

• One partner is Partner A. One partner is Partner B.

• Raise your hand if you are Partner A.

Directions

• You are going to see a series of short sentences and phrases.

• Partner A is going to choose one sentence or phrase.

• Partner A is then going to “say” the sentence or phrase without actually speaking. Just move your lips!

Directions

• Partner B is going to watch Partner A’s lips and guess which sentence or phrase they are “saying.”

• Keep “saying” your sentence or phrase (silently) until your partner can guess which one you are saying.

• Switch roles. Partner B chooses a sentence and Partner A guesses.

• Ready?

Here we go!

• It’s time to pay.

•It’s time to play

•It’s time to pray.

Here we go!

•I need a map.

•I need a mat.

•I need a cap.

Here we go!

•It’s in the fire.

•It’s in the flyer

•It’s in the file.

Here we go!

•Where’s the movie?

•What’s the movie?

•Why’s he moving?

Here we go!

•You need to do the math.

•You need to do the mass.

•You need to do the map.

Here we go!

• green gas

• clean gas

• free gas

Here we go!

•That was a terrible fight.

•That was a terrible flight.

•That was a terrible fright.

Here we go!

•It’s on the web.

•It’s on the bed.

•It’s on the bill.