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JSS1 English Language

Listening to and producing different speeches with reference consonant clusters and diphthongs.

Overview

Listen to and produce different speeches with reference to vowel sounds Listen to and identify/ produce different speeches paying special attention to consonant clusters; Listen to different speeches with particular reference to diphthongs.

What you'll learn
  • Consonant clusters e.g. desks, asks, sickle, plants, planks, subject, barns, drive, school, respect, sprinkle, attacked, string, throw, please, principle, trick, strive, thrive, truth, amplify, apple, tactile, splash, spread, struggle, streams, strong, scream, screen, shutter, scatter.
  • Diphthongs e.g. /ei/ as in: Mary /Meiri/, gate / geit/ ); day (/dei/); grey, they; pain: rain, train, slate, mate, weight; /ou/ as in: so, go, no, old, gold, told, sold, /Ͻi/ as in oil, boil, toil, coil; /uә / tour, sure.
  • Weak forms e.g. after, often, listen, sister, above, away, later, alone, abound, about.