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    English Highway Podcast: Pronunciation: /W/ vs. /G/ (#0293)

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    English Highway Podcast: Pronunciation: /W/ vs. /G/ (#0293)

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    English Highway Podcast

    Pronunciation: /w/ vs. /g/ (#0293)


    Practice words that and sentences with /g/ and /w/ sounds.

    Announcer:

    Youre about to listen to an audio lesson from OpenEnglish.com.


    Welcome back. My name is Andres Moreno, and Ill be your English
    coach for this lesson. My goal is to help you improve your listening and
    speaking skills by working on some key pronunciation tools.
    Todays lesson examines the difference between words that begin with the
    letter g as in the word girl as compared to words that begin with the
    letter w as in world.
    The g sound occurs in the back of the throat:
    girl
    While the w sound involves the lip:
    world
    Lets try the g sound. Repeat after me:
    girl
    Can you feel it in the back of your throat?
    girl
    And again:
    girl
    Good job. Now lets try the w sound. Repeat after me:
    world
    world
    Can you hear the difference?
    Lets begin by looking at words that begin with the g sound. Repeat after
    me:
    go
    And again:
    go
    great
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    great
    Come on. Focus on that g sound:
    great
    grow
    grow
    Good job. Let's keep practicing. Repeat after me:
    glasses
    glasses
    good
    good
    Way to go. Now lets practice with words that begin with the letter w.
    Listen and then repeat after me:
    wear
    wear
    would
    And again:
    would
    wash
    wash
    Good job. Let's keep practicing. Here's another word:
    win
    win
    well
    well
    Good job. Now lets try contrasting some word pairs. Repeat after me:
    good
    would
    These two words sound similar, but they're very different.
    repeat after me:
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    Listen and

    good
    Can you hear that g sound?
    good
    would
    would
    That's the w sound:
    would
    Here's another word pair. Repeat after me:
    get
    wet
    Get has a g sound, and wet begins with the letter w. So repeat after
    me:
    get
    wet
    Good job. Here's another example. Give it your best:
    gait
    wait
    Can you hear the difference?
    gait
    wait
    One more time:
    gait
    wait
    Way to go. Here's another example. Let's keep practicing:
    guest
    west
    They're similar but not the same. Repeat after me:

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    guest
    west
    girl
    world
    Good job. Lets end this lesson with a couple of sentences. Repeat after
    me:
    He is waiting at the gate.
    One more time:
    He is waiting at the gate.
    Waiting starts with w:
    waiting
    wait
    waiting
    The word gate starts with a g:
    gate
    gate
    Good job. Here's the sentence once again:
    He is waiting at the gate.
    Here's another example. Listen and repeat after me:
    You would look really good.
    You would look really good.
    would
    It starts with a w:
    would
    good
    It starts with a g:
    good
    You would look really good.
    That was really great! Way to go! Thats the end of this audio lesson.
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    Thank you for your time and effort. My recommendation is for you to listen
    to this lesson as many times as you can because remember, practice
    makes perfect!
    For additional practice, turn on your computer and go to
    OpenEnglish.com. At OpenEnglish, youll find hundreds of interactive
    lessons and videos to help you perfect your English.
    Accelerate your English today. See you soon.

    Additional practice: The g versus w sounds


    Words:
    girl
    world
    go
    great
    grow
    glasses
    good
    wear
    would
    wash
    win
    well
    waiting
    wait
    gate
    Word pairs:
    good - would
    get - wet
    gait - wait
    guest - west
    girl - world
    Sentences:
    He is waiting at the gate.
    You would look really good.

    An original Open English production in association with Cl@se.


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