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Pronunciation - simple past endings

This activity will help you to practise pronouncing the endings on simple past verbs like "wanted" and "liked"

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Stress in 3 syllable words

Do you know where to put the main stress in three syllable words? This activity will help you to get it right!

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Linking sounds

When people speak English naturally, they tend to link words together. This activity helps you to identify the sounds that link certain words, and to practise pronouncing phrases like this more naturally.

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Counting words in connected speech

When people speak quickly in English, it can be difficult to understand where one word ends and the next one begins. This activity will help you to begin to distinguish individual words. It will also help your pronunciation.

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Words that rhyme

Words which rhyme have the same sound.

e.g. say and day

In this activity you will identify pairs of rhyming words from the story.

Even though the words may sound the same, their spelling may be very different.

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Sentences that rhyme

In this activity, you will look at some phrases and sentences from a story and match the ones which rhyme.

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Intrusive sounds in connected speech

In spoken English, we often add extra sounds between words to link our words together.

As a result, when you listen to a continuous stream of sound in English, it can be very difficult to identify the individual words.

This exercise will let you practice indentifying and saying these sounds.

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Identify stressed syllables

In phrases, words do not always have the same stress pattern.

This exercise will help you practise recognising stress patterns in spoken language

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