(dup) American Accent Lesson 12 — American Accent Course Monthly

Lesson 12: Content Words & the S, Z and TH

Goals for this Lesson:

Find out more about Content Words and how they are used.
Start getting an understanding of how sentence stress works in English.
Learn to recognize and pronounce the S and Z sounds correctly.
Know how to pronounce the TH in both voiced and unvoiced versions.
Pass our short quiz with at least 80% accuracy.

Step 1

Word Intonation Patterns- 1 and 2 Syllables

In this lesson you will be learning more about Content Words, or the words that carry the most information. Use your workbook to follow along.

Content Words

Step 2

Pronunciation Lesson 12

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Step 3

The American S and Z

Please repeat after me…

S and Z Words- Slow Pace

S and Z Words- Normal Pace

S and Z Sentences- Slow Pace

S and Z Sentences- Normal Pace

Sue sat at the zoo in her lacey dress.

I advise you to place your peas in the sink.

Susan has a zest for sewing that I haven’t seen since last summer.

My advice is to choose the best size first.

The racer forced lazy Zach to seize the day.

Americans say zee and Canadians say zed.

The American TH

TH Words- Slow Pace

TH Words- Normal Pace

TH Sentences- Slow Pace

TH Sentences- Normal Pace

This is my other brother.

We meet on the third Thursday of the month.

We are friends through thick and thin*.

My mother thawed out those chicken thighs before cooking them.

My father bathed my baby brother before clothing him.

Either breathe in the smell or hold your breath.

* Meaning of “through thick and thin” – through good times and bad times

Step 4

Take the Lesson 12 Quiz

Quiz 12

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Question 1

Content Words include:

(You may choose more than one)

A	prepostions (like at, to, & the)
B	nouns (like man, river, & Chicago)
C	articles (like an, the, & some)
D	adjectives (like tall, yellow & fantastic)

Question 2

Structure Words include:

(You may choose more than one)

A	prepostions (like at, to, & the)
B	nouns (like man, river, & Chicago)
C	articles (like an, the, & some)
D	adjectives (like tall, yellow & fantastic)

Question 3

Structure words get more stress than than content words.

A	True
B	False

Question 4

In a basic informational type sentence, which would you get the most stress...

She sat on a pink stool.

A	She
B	sat
C	pink
D	stool

Question 5

Which part of speech generally gets those most stress?

A	nouns
B	verbs
C	adjectives
D	adverbs

Question 6

Structure words (like to, for, on & at) are never stressed.

A	True
B	False

Question 7

The S and Z sounds are both "continuants" (they can be pronounced for several seconds.)

A	True
B	False

Question 8

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A	Sue
B	zoo

Question 9

Which word do you hear?

A	lacey
B	lazy

Question 10

Which word do you hear?

A	fuss
B	fuzz

Question 11

How would you pronounce the final S in this word?

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A	S
B	Z
C	eZ

Question 12

To pronounce the TH you have to stick your tongue out a lot.

A	True
B	False

Question 13

The TH has a voiced and an unvoiced version.

A	True
B	False

Question 14

Which word do you hear?

A	thing
B	sing

Question 15

Which word do you hear?

A	thank
B	tank

Question 16

Which word do you hear?

A	then
B	Zen

Question 17

Which word do you hear?

A	they
B	day

Question 18

Which word is different?

A	First
B	Second
C	Third

Question 19

Which sentence do you hear?

A	The clothing was right on time.
B	The closing was right on time.

Question 20

Which sentence do you hear?

A	I have never thought that.
B	I have never sought that.

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