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Task 68. Practise saying the words and the sentences correctly:
Joy, jar, job, large, edge, age, page, major.
1. Change the subject.
2. Jim’s just my age.
3. Joe, make a margin on the left of the page.
Task 69. Memorize the following nursery rhimes, pay special
attention to the pronounciation of [ʤ]:
Jack and Jill went up the hill
To fetch a pail of water.
Jack fell down and broke his crown,
And Jill came tumbling after.
Jack and Jane jumped on a plane
To fly to Barcelona.
What a surprise!
They rubbed their eyes,
And saw their sister Mona!
DESCRIPTION OF PHONEMES
VOWEL PHONEMES
[ i ] front-retracted, high-broad,
unrounded, short and lax vowel. -
this vowel is pronounced with the
bulk of the tongue in the front part
of the cavity, but slightly retracted.
The front of the tongue is raised in
the direction of the hard palate, but
not so high as for [ I:]. The lips are
spread or neutral. The opening
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