• Shadowing Practice: Words with "extra" syllables

  • Jul 19 2024
  • Durée: 10 min
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Shadowing Practice: Words with "extra" syllables

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  • One of the error patterns which is common for non-native speakers of English is to say an extra syllable in certain words. This usually occurs because the spelled word looks like it should have additional sounds/syllables, or the root word has a different syllable pattern.

    Here are some words to work on, written so you can see the syllables:

    Different DIF rint

    Difference DIF rinss

    General GEN rul

    Groceries GROS(H) reez

    Vegetables VEG tuh blz

    Several SEV rul

    Interest IN trist

    Interested IN tris tid

    Interesting IN tris ting

    Preferable PREF ruh bl

    Specifically spuh SIF ick lee

    Basically BAY sick lee

    Actually ACK shuh lee

    Practice these repeated phrases:

    I need a different ____.
    How may different ___-s do we have?
    It makes a difference to ___.
    It doesn't make any difference for the ___.
    A general ___.
    In general, they ___.
    A vegetable ___.
    We have vegetables ____.
    We need several ___-s.
    There are several different ___-s.
    I have an interest in ____.
    We're interested in ___.
    It's an interesting ___.
    ___ would be preferable to ____.
    She specifically said ___.
    I think it's basically about ___.
    We actually want ___.


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