(dup) American Accent Lesson 15 — American Accent Course Monthly

Lesson 15: Reducing Modals & the H, W, and Y

Goals for this Lesson:

Practice drilling modals to be able to use their rhythm and timing more naturally.
Learn to recognize and pronounce the H, W, and Y sounds correctly.
Go through the pronunciation exercises and make sure you are pronouncing everything correctly.
Pass our short quiz with at least 80% accuracy.

Step 1

Reducing Modals

This week I want to show you how stressing content words and understressing structure words affect the rhythm & timing of English. Use your workbook to follow along.

Reducing Modals

Step 2

Pronunciation Lesson 15

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Step 3

The H, W, and Y

Please repeat after me…

H, W, and Y Words- Slow Pace

H, W, and Y Words- Normal Pace

H, W, and Y Sentences- Slow Pace

H, W, and Y Sentences- Normal Pace

Will we have snowy weather this year?

Henry's backyard was behind the hotel.

Yesterday we used the yeast we bought last year.

Wesley wondered if the well on the hill was dry.

"It has powerful, yellow wings," he yelled.

How was the wind blowing when the power stopped?

Step 4

Take the Lesson 15 Quiz

Quiz 15

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Question 1

Modals should be reduced 100% of the time.

A	True
B	False

Question 2

Examples of modals are...

A	should, may, the
B	should, can't, ought to
C	can't, her, would

Question 3

The one modal which should never be reduced is...

A	CAN
B	CAN'T
C	All modals need to be reduced

Question 4

In which sentence should the word have be reduced?

A	The dogs have some bones.
B	The dogs have found some bones.
C	HAVE should be reduced in neither example above.
D	HAVE should be reduced in both examples above.

Question 5

How do you reduce modals?

A	Remove the regular vowel.
B	Replace the vowel with a schwa.
C	Say the word quickly.
D	All of the above.

Question 6

Have these modals been reduced? You shouldn't have said that.

A	Yes
B	No

Question 7

Have these modals been reduced?

They shouldn't have been talking like that.

A	Yes
B	No

Question 8

What modals that you hear? Thomas ____________ finished his dinner.

A	had
B	of
C	have
D	haven't

Question 9

What modals do you hear? You really ____________ come with us.

A	should of
B	should have
C	should
D	shouldn't

Question 10

What modals that you hear? We ____________ take it with us.

A	can
B	can't
C	can't have
D	have to

Question 11

What modals that you hear? They ____________ come to the party if you'd asked them.

A	would have
B	shouldn't have
C	wouldn't have
D	could of

Question 12

What modals that you hear? Tom says he ____________ help you with that.

A	can
B	can't
C	won't
D	had

Question 13

What modals that you hear? He ____________ thinking too much about it.

A	may not have been
B	may have
C	mightn't have been
D	might not have been

Question 14

Which of the following sounds requires your tongue, teeth, or lips to touch?

A	Y
B	W
C	H
D	All of the above.
E	None of the above.

Question 15

Which word is different from the others?

A	First
B	Second
C	Third

Question 16

Which word is different from the others?

A	First
B	Second
C	Third

Question 17

Which word is different from the others?

A	First
B	Second
C	Third

Question 18

Which word is different from the others?

A	First
B	Second
C	Third

Question 19

Which sentence do you hear?

A	He had a really bad ear.
B	He had a really bad year.

Question 20

Which sentence do you hear?

A	The airy guy started to speak.
B	The hairy guy started to speak.

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