Thursday 28 June 2012

DROPPED SYLLABLES

Words with Dropped Syllables

In many common 3-syllable words, the second syllable is dropped in spoken American English. Most American speakers do not pronounce these syllables when they speak.

Read the words in the chart below and drop the syllable as indicated in the second column. If you can remember to drop these syllables when you speak, your speech will sound much more natural. 


Word
Dropped syllable
aspirin
as-prin
average
av-rage
Barbara
Bar-bra
business
bus-ness
camera
cam-ra
different
dif-rent
evening
eve-ning
every
ev-ry
family
fam-ly
favorite
fav-rite
federal
fed-ral
general
gen-ral
interest
in-trest
Margaret
Mar-gret



 


Wednesday 27 June 2012

INTONATION PATTERNS














Intonation

Intonation is the way your voice changes in pitch and volume when you speak. English has a very wide pitch range and an archaic rhythm built of strong and weak forms. We use three patterns in our speech (pictured left). The pattern you use shows your attitude to the words you are saying. In this way, the word 'yes' could mean yes, no or maybe depending on your intonation pattern.


















HERE YOU CAN WATCH VIDEOS ABOUT INTONATION PATTERNS




http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g2bHdXcszJ4