2.9: Pronunciation Practice

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Don Bissonnette
South Seattle Community College

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R Blends

BR                CR                DR                FR                 GR             PR
branch          crew             dread            frame            gross             prime
brand            credit            drag             fragile           grille             praise
broad            crack            drain             frank             grand            price
brake            craft              drum            freeze           grow             prone
bridge           crisis             draft             frail               graph            prize

TR
truth
trial
training
trophy
trim

R Blend Sentences

The dreaded drum practice drives me crazy.
Crabby people create an uncomfortable atmosphere.
Dr. Trent treats trauma patients.
People traditionally eat cranberry sauce on Thanksgiving Day.
Drinking and driving draws a dreadful fine for drivers.

L Blends

BL                        CL                        FL               GL
blame                  climb                   flag               glass
blunder               claim                   flew              globe
blue                    clamp                  fly                 glare
blade                   club                 flame             gleam
block                   clue                     flight gloat

PL                        SL
please                  slick
plant                    sleek
plane                   slide
plus                slice
plate                    sleeve

L Blend Sentences

1. The blue blanket slipped off the bed.
2. The knife blade sliced through the chicken.
3. The girls climbed the cliff.
4. The flag flew at half-staff after the plane crash.
5. The flag flew at half-staff after the plane crash.

Triple Blends

SPL                                           THR
Splash                                      Throat
Splint                                       Three
Split                                         Thrill
Splay                                        Through
Splice                                       Throb

SCR SHR
Screw                                       Shrine
Scrape                                      Shred
Scream                                     Shrink
Scratch                                     Shrimp
Screen                                      Shrug

SPR                                           SQU                           STR
Spring Squeeze                    String
Spray                                        Squirt                      Stray
Sprain                                       Squid                       Street
Sprout                                      Square                      Strap
Spread                                      Squirrel                      Strike

1. The three grandchildren drank their grandmother’s ice cream drink.
2. The three patients’ throats throbbed with pain.
3. The injured girl scraped her knee and sprained her ankle.
4. A stray cat streaked into the street in front of a train.
5. Throw the thread to Frank.

SH/CH

Shane Chain

Sheep Cheap

Shop Chop

She’s Cheese

Shin Chin

1. I polish my shoes with shoe polish.

2. He paid a cheap price for the sheep.

3. She’s a cheese lover.

4. The cream cheese in the shop was cheap.

5. My chin hurts when I chew gum.

Wash Watch

Wish Which

Hash Hatch

Hush Hutch

Mash Match

1. I watched the dish washer wash the dishes.

2. The chicken hatched eight eggs.

3. The mother hushed her children in church.

4. Richy bought cherries at the shop.

5. Which watch do you wish to have?

Splash Splashed

Wish Wished

Wash Washed

Mash Mashed

Push Pushed

1. Did you wash the white shirt?

2. Who pushed the car after it crashed?

3. Who splashed water on the kitchen floor?

4. Where do you wish you were right now?

5. Did your mother make mashed potatoes last night?

Watch Watched

Match Matched

Punch Punched

Pinch Pinched

Patch Patched

1. The boy pinched the girl on the cheek.

2. My wife patched my son’s shirt last night.

3. The man punched the police chief in the chin.

4. The boys matched each other’s chest hair.

5. We watched the chess match on TV.

SH and ZH

she share action patient cash sugar wish crash

fish ashes should facial splash sure rational fashion

1. He wishes he were a fish and could splash in the water.

2. The plane crashed into the shack on the side of the hill.

3. The patients were in the hospital with facial injuries.

4. She should share her milk shake with her sister.

measure casual usual usually decision massage

occasionally television garage pleasure collision Asian

1. The Asian students usually had trouble with pronunciation.

2. Please measure the television in the living room.

3. It was a pleasure to occasionally get a massage.

4. That Asian mechanic does collision work in his garage.