Introduction
PART 1 VOWELS
Unit 1 Vowel Overview
Related Units: 2-10
Unit 2 [iy] sleep and [ j ] slip
THE PERFECT GIFT
Related Units: 1, 3, 10, 19
Unit 3 [ ey ] wait, [] wet, and [ j ] wit
Alternating vowels: [ iy ] ~ [ [ ]
FRIENDS TO THE END
Related Units: 1, 2, 4, 6, 10, 19
Unit 4 [ æ ] man, and [ [] men
Alternating vowels: [ ey ] ~ [ æ]
HEALTH AND HEAVINESS
Related Units: 1, 3, 6, 8
Unit 5 [ Q ] lock and [ Y ] luck
Reduction of unstressed vowels
MONEY, MONEY, MONEY
Related Units: 1, 6, 8, 27, 28
Unit 6 [ [ ] head, [ æ ] had, [ Y ] hut, and [ Q ] hot
Reductions: -man, can, -body
WHAT IT TAKES TO GRADUATE
Related Units: 1, 3, 4, 5, 27, 28, 32-34, 44
Unit 7 Vowels followed by [r]
The complex sound in world
FIRST PLACE
Related Units: 1, 12, 20, 22, 26
Unit 8 [ ow ] boat, [ T ] bought, and [ Q ] pot
Alternating vowels: [ ow ] ~ [ Q ]
Dialects
THE COLORS OF EMOTION
Related Units: 1-6, 9, 10
Unit 9 [ uw ] cool, [ ] could, and [ yuw ] cute
Alternating vowels: [ uw/yuw ] ~ [ Y ]
The sequence [ w ] woman
THE STRESS DIET
Related Units: 1, 3, 4, 8, 10, 15, 37
Unit 10 [ ay ] wide, [ aw ] house, and [ oy ] boy
Joining vowels together
Alternating vowels: [ ay ] ~ [ j ]
MIND SIGHT
Related Units: 1-4, 8, 9, 19
PART 2 CONSONANTS
Unit 11 Consonant Overview
Related Units: 12-26
Unit 12 Beginning and final consonants
Joining final consonants
Voicing of final consonants
IT’S NOT EASY BEING GREEN
Related Units: 11, 12, 18, 26, 27, 30
Unit 13 -ed Endings
Flapped [ t ] and [ d ]
THE TWENTIETH CENTURY
Related Units: 11, 12, 18, 26, 7, 30
Unit 14 “TH” sounds: think and these
OTHER THAN YOUR MOTHER TONGUE
Related Units: 11, 12, 18, 37, 41
Unit 15 [ p ] pack, [ b ] back, [ f ] fan, [ v ] van, and [ w ] west
BIG MOVIES
Related Units: 9, 11, 12
Unit 16 [ s ] sign, [ z ] zero, [ ] shop, and [ ] television
LEISURE TIME
Related Units: 11, 12, 17, 18
Unit 17 [ t ] check and [ ñ ] judge
EDUCATIONAL CHECK
Related Units: 11, 12, 16, 18, 19, 26
Unit 18 “S” endings
GETTING PHYSICAL
Related Units: 11-17, 26, 27, 32, 42
Unit 19 [ y ] yet, and [ ñ ] jet
Joining vowels with [ y ]
Clusters with [ y ] regular
WHY ARGUE?
Related Units: 1-3, 10-12, 17, 25, 26, 37
Unit 20 [ r ] rate
Consonant clusters with [ r ] growth
NEW ARRIVALS
Related Units: 7, 11, 21, 25
Unit 21 Beginning [ l ] light
Consonant clusters with [ l ]
Contrasts: [ l ] and [ r ]
REAL LOVE
Related Units: 11, 20, 23, 25
Unit 22 Final [ l ]: feel
Contradictions of will
WHAT WILL HAPPEN?
Related Units: 11, 12, 26, 36, 42
Unit 23 [ m ] some, [ n ] sun, and [ K ] sung
Syllabic nasals: sudden
Glottalized “t” and syllabic nasals: cotton
WANT TO SHARE?
Related Units: 11, 12, 21, 26
UNIT 24 [ h ] heavy
Reductions of H-words
HEIR APPARENT
Related Units: 11, 32, 36, 37, 42
UNIT 25 Beginning consonant clusters
STRESSED OUT
Related Units: 11, 12, 19, 20, 21, 27
UNIT 26 Final consonant clusters
Joining final consonants
ELVIS PRESLEY
Related Units: 11-13, 18
PART 3 SYLLABLES AND STRESS WITHIN WORDS
Unit 27 Syllables and strews within words: overview
Related Units: 5, 28-31
Unit 28 Primary and secondary stress
Pronouncing unstressed syllables
“Dropped” syllables
Movable stress
CAREER COUNSELING
Related Units: 5, 27, 29-32
Unit 29 Predicting stress: parts of speech and suffixes
ENGLISH 101
Related Units: 5, 27, 28, 31
Unit 30 Compound nouns
Stress in numbers
DESIGNER GENES
Related Units: 13, 27, 8, 44
Unit 31 Words used as nouns or verbs
Words with prepositional prefixes
KICK THE HABIT
Related Units: 27, 28, 30
PART 4 RHYTHM
Unit 32 Rhythm overview
Related Units: 5, 28, 33-44, 48
Unit 33 Stressed and unstressed words
Stress patterns
AND THE OSCAR GOES TO …
Related Units: 5, 27-32, 34-43
Unit 34 Highlighting words
JOY RIDE
Related Units: 32, 36-42, 44, 49
Unit 35 Thought groups
Thought groups and intonation
Joining thought groups
DRESS FOR SUCCESS
Related Units: 32, 33, 44, 45, 48
Unit 36 Rhythm patterns: personal pronouns
SEEING IS BELIEVING
Related Units: 5, 22, 24, 32, 33, 42, 43
Unit 37 Rhythm patterns: articles
SENIOR SOCIETY
Related Units: 2, 5, 9, 12, 14, 19, 24, 32, 33, 35
Unit 38 Rhythm patterns: prepositional phrases
“Hafta, gonna, wanna”
MEN, WOMEN, AND MONEY
Related Units: 5, 32, 33, 35, 29, 42
Unit 39 Rhythm patterns” two-word verbs
JAMES BOND AND GI JOE
Related Units: 28, 32, 33, 25, 41
Unit 40 Rhythm patterns: as, than, if
BRILLIANT!
Related Units: 5, 12, 32, 33, 35, 41
Unit 41 Rhythm patterns: that
Consonant clusters with “TH”
Intonation and clauses
BELIEVE IT OR NOT
Related Units: 4-6, 12, 14, 26, 32, 33, 35, 40, 44, 48
Unit 42 Contractions and reductions of verbs
LOVE IS IN THE AIR
Related Units: 5, 18, 22, 24, 32-34, 36, 38, 43
Unit 43 Reduction of modal perfects
Reduction of “H-words”
THE TUNGUS EXPLOSION
Related Units: 5, 24, 32, 33, 36, 42
PART 5 INTONATION
Unit 44 Intonation overview
Related Units: 32, 34, 35, 45-49
Unit 45 Pitch range
Intonation groups
Final intonation patterns
CHARGE!
Related Units: 35, 44, 46-40
Unit 46 Listing intonation
Rising intonation on question words
HOME, SWEET HOME
Related Units: 35, 4, 45, 47-49
Unit 47 Tag questions
Drop-rise intonation
JUST THE FACTS
Related Units: 34, 42, 44-46, 48, 49
Unit 48 Nonfinal intonation
IT’S TIME TO GO
Related Units: 35, 44-47, 49
Unit 49 Expressive intonation
HIS AND HERS
Related Units: 34, 44-48
Unit exercise answers
Appendix I: for team 1 players
Appendix II: for team 2 players
Appendix III: Spelling patterns and silent letters