Pronunciation

1. 
Assimilation & Reductions
Common Sound Changes

2. Objectives
 Students will be able differentiate between words with a
sound change and those without
 Understand what the 4 sound change rules for palatalization
are
 Read sentences with target sound changes
 Use correct blending to make requests and ask common Wh-
questions
 Learn to use several common phrase reductions
 Learn about pragmatics for asking and responding to requests
(especially tricky answer to Would you mind + gerund)

3. 
Assimilation

4. Warm Up
1. What are your goals this year?
2. Where’s your key?
3. Won’t you clean your room?
4. Where did you put your bag?

5. Rules!
S
+ Y
This year as in shy
Z Where’s your as in pleasure
T Won’t you as in check
D Did you as in budge

6. Listening Discrimination
1. Take this yogurt.
Take thish yogurt.
2. Do you want me to freeze your beer?
Dja want me ta freezur beer?
3. Why couldn’t you be on time?
Why couldn’tcha beyon time
4. Where did you go last night?
Wheredja go last night
5. Could you do me a favor?
Couldja do me ya favor?
6. Would you like to go there?
Wouldja like ta go there?

7. Interview
1. What’s your full name?
2. Could you please spell that?
3. When did you come to this country?
4. How did you find out about this program?
5. What’s your favorite thing to do on the weekend?
6. What did you eat for breakfast?

8. Pragmatics: Requests
Situation:
The person sitting behind you at the movie theatre is talking loudly
on his/her phone. What would you say?

9. Register
Formal
Informal

10. What would you say?
Ex. You are cold. Would you please close the window?
Would you mind closing the window?
Could you close the window?
 You trying to sleep but the television is very loud.
 You forgot money for the bus.
 You have a terrible itch on your back.
 You dropped you fork on the floor at a restaurant.

11. Making Requests
 Would you mind cleaning your room?
 Could you…
 Could you possibly…
 Can you
 Would you like to…
 Can’t you…
 Why couldn’t you…

12. Role Play
Requests: Would you mind…Could you…Could you possibly…
Questions: Why couldn’t you…Would you like to…Can’t you

13. Communicate
Would you ever
donate blood?
What would you like
to do in the future?
Would you ever pick
up a hitchhiker?
What country would
you like to visit
most?
Would you rather
have one long finger
or 10 short fingers?
What would you do
if you could
suddenly speak
English perfectly?
Would you rather
live in an apartment
building or a house?
Would you ever
consider getting
plastic surgery?
What would you do
if you won a lottery?

14. 
Common reductions
To and Have

15. Gonna,Wanna,Wansta, Hafta, Hasta, Usta,
1. Going + to = gonna I’m going to call you soon.
2. Want + to = wanna I want to pay you back.
3. Wants + to = wansta She wants to be a doctor.
4. Have + to = hafta I have to go to the bank.
5. Has + to = hasta She has to study tonight.
6. Used + to = usta Mary used to live in Paris.

16. Reductions are normal 
1. I have to go to the bank after class. I’m going to
deposit a cheque. I want to get there before it
closes.
2. My sister has to go shopping. I don’t want to go
with her. She’s going to take forever looking at
clothes.
3. He is going to study for a big test this weekend.
He’s hard working now, but he used to be so lazy.

17. Practice
1. I want to ______, but I have to ______, so I’m going
to ______.
Ex. I want to go to your party, but I have to babysit my
brother, so I’m going to stay home.
2. My sister wants to ______, but she ______, so she’s
going to ______.
Ex. My sister wants to go to the beach, but she needs to
look for a job, so she’s going to skip it.

18. Woulda, Shoulda, Coulda
 Regrets:
A: You’re late! You should have been here 2 hours ago.
B: I’m sorry. I would have called you but I didn’t have your number.
A: You could have emailed me.
B: Yes, I should have done that.
would have
+ past participle verbshould have
could have

19. What’s your regret?
1. Oh no! It was my mother’s birthday last week!
2. I wish I studied harder when I was young.
3. I’m sorry. I didn’t know that you needed help.
Should have + p.p.
Could have + p.p
Would have + p.p

20. 
THANKS!
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