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New Words: R Sound Practice
* ** Refer a friend, and get two extra classes: one for you and one for your friend. Help your friend schedule a consultation here. *** If you are relaxing at home this summer, it’s a great time to develop your speaking skills. Practice the R sound with these new words. Repeat after the video…
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Vocabulary with Prefixes
Prefixes with A Prefix Meaning a, ac, ad, af, al, an, ap, as, at to, toward, near, in addition to, by These words use prefixes a- to al-. More words using prefixes with an- to at- are in the next lesson. Pronunciation tips: In these prefixes, A is usually pronounced with the schwa sound, the sound of U in up. These prefixes…
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Pronouncing ZH: New Words
Refer a friend, and get two extra classes: one for you and one for your friend. You can even take classes together. Encourage your friend to schedule a consultation. The ZH sound is a combination of SH and Z. Bring your lips forward like a fish to create SH and place your tongue in a…
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Present Perfect Progressive Questions
Last week, we introduced the present perfect progressive tense (sometimes it’s called the present perfect continuous). Use the questions below to practice using this tense. Answer the Questions 1. Have you been working on a long-term career goal? If so, what have you been doing? 2. Have you been working on a long-term personal goal?…
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Ti-/Ci-/Si- and Syllable Stress
These spellings are most common in the endings -tion, -tial, -cial, and -sion. In all of these cases, we prononce ti-, ci and si as an SH sound. This means the i is not pronounced at all so that -tion and -sion = shun with u = schwa. Also -cial and -tial = shul with…
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Present Perfect Progressive
* Refer a friend and get two extra classes, one for you and one for your friend. Help your friend get started by scheduling a consultation. For the present perfect progressive, use have or has + been + -ing verb. Examples: I have been studying English for 3 years. He has been learning to drive…
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Soft TH Sound
Create the vibrating TH sound by placing your tongue under your teeth and breathing as you slide the tongue backward to the next sound. You should feel the vibration on your tongue. Remember that vibrating sounds require a tiny amount of extra time as compared to non-vibrating sounds. Even if you are speaking simple words…
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TH Sound Practice
Refer a friend and get two bonus classes, one for you and one for your friend. Just send your friend this scheduler to get started. Create the non-vibrating TH sound by placing your tongue under your upper teeth just a bit, pressing slightly and then opening the jaw. When we create TH this way, we…
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Have you ever…?
Practice the Present Perfect with this popular question. Answer in the affirmative or the negative. When you can, tell a story beginning with the present perfect and switching to the past tense. Example: No, I have never eaten anything strange. Yes, I have gone kayaking. I went last year. 1. Have you ever eaten or drank…
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Stopped T Sound
* Refer a friend and get two extra classes, one for you and one for your friend. Just have your friend mention your name! * Help your friend get started by sharing this scheduler. The Rule When a word ends in vowel + T or vowel + NT, we can stop the T sound. This…
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