It is useful to practise pronunciation using some fun activities.
Here I share a poem which gives lots of food for thought. We can work on pronunciation rules just reading it.
Hope it helps!
«A POEM
ON ENGLISH PRONUNCIATION»
Here is
some pronunciation.
Ration
never rhymes with nation,
Say
prefer, but preferable,
Comfortable
and vegetable.
B must
not be heard in doubt,
Debt and
dumb both leave it out.
In the
words psychology,
Psychic
and psychiatry,
You must
never sound the p.
Psychiatrist
you call the man
Who cures
the complex, if he can.
In
architect, ch is k,
In arch
it is the other way.
Please
remember to say iron
So that
it’ll rhyme with lion.
Advertisers
advertise,
Advertisements
will put you wise.
Time
when work is done is leisure,
Fill it
up with useful pleasure,
Accidental,
accident,
Sound the
g in ignorant.
Relative,
but a relation,
Then say
creature but creation.
Say the a
in gas quite short,
Bought
remember rhymes with thwart,
Drought
must always rhyme with bout,
In
daughter leave the gh out.
Wear a
boot upon your foot,
Root can
never rhyme with soot.
In
muscle, sc is s,
In
muscular, it’s sk, yes!
Choir
must always rhyme with wire,
That
again, will rhyme with liar.
Then,
remember it’s address,
With an
accent like possess.
G in
sign must silent be,
In
signature, pronounce the g.
Please
remember, say towards
Just as
if it rhymed with boards.
Weight’s
like wait, but not like height,
Which
should always rhyme with might
Sew is
just the same as so,
Tie a
ribbon in a bow.
When you
meet the queen you bow,
Which
again must rhyme with how.
In
perfect English make a start.
Learn this little rhyme by heart.
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