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Articles and letters h and u
The sound [h] |
........................ ......
here | head | hair |
hat | home | hide |
hen | hot | hungry |
happy | behind | ahead |
The 'h' is not heard in a few words: | |||
heir | honest | honour | hour |
heiress | honestly | honourable | hourglass |
heirloom | honesty | honourably | hourly |
The sound /j/ |
.....................................
you | yellow | behaviour |
pure | yearn | yam |
senior | cure | yard |
year | yield | yen |
A few examples : | |||
ubiquity | unicorn | uniform | unify |
union | united | university | use |
unanimous | uranium | utensil | usurper |
A / AN |
Look at the first sound of the next word : |
1. a book, a house (h is heard), a university ( sound /j/ ) |
BUT |
2. an apple, an hour (h is not pronounced), an ugly duckling (u sound: /ʌ/) |
an hourglass | an umbrella | an octopus | a rabbit | a horse | a unicycle |
THE |
The = [ðə] before consonant sounds: The hare runs fast |
The = thi [ði:] before vowels sounds: The (thi) elephant is a big animal |
The (thi) Obama family | lives in the White [wait] House |
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