Week 6: Contrastive Words with Schwa

Contrastive Words with Schwa and Other Vowels

/ʌ/	/æ/	/ʌ/	/æ/
luck	lack	suck	sack
some	Sam	fun	fan
but	bat	stuck	stack
mud	mad	ton	tan
dumb	dam	much	match

/ʌ/	/ɛ/	/ʌ/	/ɛ/
but	bet	flood	fled
ton	ten	bug	beg
done	den	must	messed
blood	bled	bunch	bench

/ʌ/	/a/	/ʌ/	/a/
cup	cop	duck	dock
shut	shot	dull	doll
rub	rob	bum	bomb
fund	fond	stuck	stock

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Week 5: Conversation for Linking Practice

Two Parents-to-be

Read the following conversation that you can find on your textbooks on pages 29 & 30. Mark all linking in it.

Donna	Bob, I want to talk to you.
Bob	Are you all right, Donna?
Donna	Don’t be alarmed. I saw Dr. Johnson at the hospital. You’re going to be a father! Our baby will be born in October.
Bob	I’m in shock. How do you feel?
Donna	I’m feeling on top of the world. I’ve got a list of names for the baby.
Bob	If it is a girl, let’s call her Donna after her mom.
Donna	Donna is fine for a middle name. How about Connie or Barbara for her first name?
Bob	Fine. If it is a boy, we’ll name him Don.
Donna	Better yet, if it is a boy, let’s call him Bob after his father. If it is a girl, we’ll call her Barbara.
Bob	Donna, maybe you want to name her Rhonda after your father’s sister. Then, if it is a boy, we can name him Ron.
Donna	We don´t want to forget your mother Carla. So, let’s call him Carl if he is a boy.
Bob	I think we ought to stop. This could go on and on.
Donna	It’s not really a problem. Now we have name for our first four darling babies.
Bob	Donna, you’ve gone too far. One at a time is enough for this mom and pop. Donna or Don is a good start for now!

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