Let's Practice //

The phonetic sound // is a voiced palatal fricative.

voiced = vocal cords vibrate while making this sound

palatal fricative = touch the sides of your tongue to the sides of your teeth - round your lips slightly and push air over your tongue.

 

Listen and repeat words with //

word initial // sounds like:

middle // sounds like: liesure, television, casual, measure, usual, occassion

final // sounds like: beige, massage

// in consonant clusters:

 

Spelling Tips:

s: usual, pleasure, Asia

g: beige, massage

 

Choose from these // practice activities

 

Cloze Listening

Take me there...

 

Tongue Twister:

casual occassional

 

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