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immediately glide into the position for the following vowel.
[w]

Task 34. Practise saying the words and the sentences correctly:
We, why, way, wool, walk, wood, sweet, swift, swan, twice,
twin, twist, queen, quiet, quite.
1. Away with war.
2. No sweet without sweat.
3. Time works wonder.

Task 35. Memorize the following nursery rhimes, pay special
attention to the pronounciation of [w]:
When the weather is wet
We must not fret.
When the weather is cold
We must not scold.
When the weather is warm
We must not storm,
But be thankful together
Whatever the weather.

Task 36. Practise reading these sentences aloud, paying attention to
the pronunciation of v or w:
1.We never watch television.
2.Why would anyone live in a caravan?
3. Wendy very obviously loves her work.
4. Have you travelled all over the world?
5. Twenty of our visitors want wine.
6. I’m wondering whether to have a shower.

Phoneme [j] - in its pronouncing the
central part of the tongue is raised to the
hard palate. The tip of the tongue is
lowered. A narrowing of the air passage

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