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Week 6: The /tʃ/-consonant sound in English

Monday, November 5, 2012


The /tʃ/-consonant sound in English
Voicing
voiceless
Place of articulation
palatal
Manner of articulation
affricate





1.  Words containing /tʃ/

cheese
kitchen
each
itch
H /eytʃ/
cheat
hatch
situation

2.  Contrastive words

/tʃ/
/ʤ/
/tʃ/
/ʤ/
cheap
jeep
riches
ridges
choke
joke
lunch
lunge
chew
Jew
match
Madge
choice
Joyce
etch
edge
chin
gin
chain
Jane

3.  Sentences to practice

1
A
Did Jane like the mats in the yard?
B
Did Jane like the match in the yard?
2
A
I simply want my share, don’t you?
B
I simply want my chair, don’t you?
3
a
She has a very little chin.
B
She has a very little gin.
4
A
Sounds like George is choking.
B
Sounds like George is joking.
5
A
Believe it or not, Dan did the watching.
B
Believe it or not, Dan did the washing.


 

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