Pattern
Date: 2015-10-07; view: 594.
Pattern
Reduced Forms
Patterns
Reduction
One-Syllable Words
Pattern
One-Syllable Words
Practice
Vowel Sounds
| 1 written vowel | 1 written vowel + r = /ər/ | 2 written vowelsThe first vowel is pronounced like the letter of the alphabet | |
| a | cap = /æ/ | car >> war >> | cape = /ey/ |
| e | set = /ɛ/ | her clerk berth verb | see = /iy/ |
| i | big = /ɪ/ | fir sir birth myrrh | dine = /ay/ |
| o | cop = /ɑ/ | born >> wo = word world | road rode = /ow/ |
| u | cup = /ʌ/ | burn fur nurse urn | blue = /uw/ |
Consonant Sound
Voiced r = /ər/
| 1 written vowel + r = = /ər/ | |
| a | car >> war >> |
| e | her clerk berth verb |
| i | fir sir stir bird birth myrrh |
| o | born >> wo = word work world |
| u | burn burst fur hurt nurse urn |
The vowel in an unstressed syllable becomes
schwa /ə/, /I/, or disappears completely.
| + to |
| + of |
| + have |
| + me |
| + you |
| can |
| donno |
| Unstressed Vowel + R |
| Contractions Pronoun + Verb I ... you he ... she ... it we ...you ... they |
Reduction
+ 'to'
Reductions are common in natural speech.
Written reduced forms in advertisements, songs, personal writing, reflect natural spoken language.
They are not standard written English.
| reduced formreflects natural spoken language | standard written form |
| gotta hafta hasta wanna gonna oughta | got to have to has to want to going to ought to |
Reduction
+ 'of'
Reductions are common in natural speech.
Written reduced forms in advertisements, songs, personal writing, reflect natural spoken language.
They are not standard written English.
| reduced form | standard written form |
| kinda kindsa lotta lotsa | kind of kinds of lot of lots of |
Reduction
+ 'have'
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