Minggu, 25 Juli 2010

Z and sh

One man's trash is another man's treasure - English proverb.

Pronunciation Guide

Adapted from http://www.soundsofenglish.org/pronunciation/shzh.html

The consonant sounds in "ship" and "measure" are both made by putting your teeth together, with top teeth in from of your back teeth, and putting your tongue in the middle of your mouth, scrunched up towards the back of your mouth.

When we make a "sh" sound, we do not use our voice; the sound is quiet. Put your hand on your throat and make the sound in "ship". You should not feel any movement in your throat.

However, when we make a "zh" sound, we do use our voice. Put your hand on your your throat and make the sound in "measure". Can you feel the vibrations?

sh/s/ - silent
z/3/ - voice

Read the following words with your partner . Decide which words are pronounced with a /z/ and which are pronounced with a /sh/.

pleasure (z)
garage (z)
vision(z)
version ( z)
action (sh)
Shut (sh)
special (sh)
masher (sh)
casual (z)
massage (z)
beige (z)
usher (sh)
measure (z)
motion ( sh)
ambitious ( sh)
illusion ( z)


/Z/ Suffixes

Z sound in suffixes (sion suffix)
version
fusion
conclusion
decision
illusion

Z sound before suffixes

s + ure suffix ----------------- s + u + al suffix
leisure ------------------------ casual
measure ---------------------- usual
exposure ---------------------- visual

/sh/ suffixes

sh sound in suffixes
-tion/-sion ------------------ cial/-tial -----------------------itious
motion -----------------------special ------------------------- ambitious
station ----------------------- partial ------------------------- fictitious
passion ----------------------- initial -------------------------- nutritious
intuition ---------------------- official ------------------------- repetitious

sh sound before suffiexes
s + ure --------------------- c + ious/t + ious
pressure ------------------- cautious
assure --------------------- precious
ensure --------------------- spacious
insure ---------------------- flitatious

notes:
at leisure ( what ever you want )
come at you leisure
come what ever you want











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