Monday, November 22, 2010

Let´s work on pronunciation! Practice makes perfect!

Let´s work on the following sentences

Will you please sit still on the clean seat?
Three pink pigs with a big wheel
That bird is red. Your drink is pink and the cream is green
Seven girls will be here on Thursday
Welcome to our public company.
That butterfly is very colorful
The black cat is very fat. Where´s the cat? In front of the black back door
His car is in the parking lot. It´s getting dark
My mother, brother, uncle and aunt will go to the party
This company is planning to cut costs in January and March
George´s horse is white
Store the water
The coffee pot is hot
Blue shoes loose boots
Look at the cook
Push the bull
Look at the book.
The pig is eating a fig
There´s a snake in the lake
Lock the cock! It´s singing rock
The pale whale is on the scale
Sail, sail you´ve got a mail
The bear is eating a pear. That´s not fair
He has one pen. No, he has ten
The cat and the rat have a hat on the mat

Son, look at the sun
He ate eight hamburgers
That hare has a lot of hair
If you sit here you will hear the wind
Wait! It´s a lot of weight
He won one match
The man in red read the speech
I can see the sea

After a few months
Thanks for the fresh fruit
A beautiful photograph of four friendly friends
Three thieves throwing things
She´s a very big baby
Her voice is beautiful
She is a clever lovely baby
Tom takes his toothpaste and toothbrush
There is another threatening thunderstorm
Those leather clothes are theirs
Mr Smith´s birthday´s on Thursday
Sweet Sue sleeps silently
Arthur´s thinking about Math

HOMOPHONES- Let´s think of some examples!!
1-see -sea

2-eight- ate

3-one -won

4-sale -sail

5-read -red

6-here -hear

7-son -sun

8-hare- hair

9-way- weigh

10-  weight-wait
Let´s provide some examples.
Bear – pear- pair- fair -scale- pale- whale

Snake- lake- lock- rock- cock


Could you write some examples to show the meaning of these words?

live -leave

sit -seat

ship -sheep

sink -think

day -they

pay -bay

fit -feet

boss -bus

tree -three

thick -sick

2 comments:

  1. -wheare do you live? v.s At what time do you have to leave the class?
    -sit down in front of the tv for most of the day v.s The seat can face forward or backward, and it angles to recline in five different positions, including prone when rear-facing
    -I won´t to buy a ship to go on sailing on hollidays v.s The first cloned sheep´s name was Dolly.
    -He felt his mood sink as soon as he arrived at the office vs I think we shpuld talk to her, that´s the best way to solv the problem.
    -That day we arrived at 8:00 am at home v.s They didn´t know what we were doing until they found it.
    -You have to pay some extra taxes becouse you are a tourist v.s Some people think that ariba is a bay but acctually is an island.
    -That t-shirt does´t fit me v.s He broked his left feet walking at street.
    -My boss is terrible! he never wants me to do anything important v.s I'll have to take the bus earlier tomorrow if I want to arrive theare soon.
    - Cutting trees ina disproportionate way it´s demaging our place v.s Theare are only three students on the portuguese class.
    -I have a terrible headache since yesterday, maybe I am sick v.s the Amazonas is a very thick jungle.

    LUDMILA DI FONZO

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  2. Ludmila,
    Great job!!*****
    -wheRE ........
    -sit down in front of the T.V set (for) most of the day
    -I WANT to buy a ship to go (on ) sailing on hoLidays
    -He felt his mood sink as soon as he arrived at the office (NOT CLEAR)
    vs I think we shOuld talk to her, that´s the best way to solvE the problem.
    -They didn´t know what we were doing until they found OUT.
    -You have to pay some extra taxes becAuse you are a tourist v.s Some people think that Ariba is a bay but aCtually IT is an island.
    -That t-shirt doesN´t fit me v.s He brokE his left feet walking ALONG THE street.
    .......THERE .....
    - Cutting trees in a disproportionate way it´s dAmaging our place v.s ThEre are only three students IN the Portuguese class.
    -I have HAD a terrible headache since yesterday, maybe I am sick

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