Phonetics: Consonant clusters

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Phonology: Consonant clusters

English contains many words with combinations of two or three consonant sounds together which can sometimes be difficult to pronounce. Let's practice these clusters!

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Now, let's practice saying the words below!

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It's time to practice these clusters in connected speech!

a. Next Friday, I’ll meet you around four by the bus station. b. Jack’s a freelance translator but she’s planning on switching careers. c. We can go pick Steve up from the school before going out for dinner.

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Let's take it up a notch!

a. She sells seashells by the seashore.

b. How can a clam cram in a clean cream can?

c. Which wrist watches are Swiss wrist watches?

d. I scream, you scream, we all scream for ice cream.

e. Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers. How many pickled peppers did Peter Piper pick?

d.How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood? He would chuck, he would, as much as he could, and chuck as much wood as a woodchuck would if a woodchuck could chuck wood

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