SCHWA / ə / OR SHORT / ɪ / ?
Listen and choose the sound you hear in the unstressed syllable: / ə / or / ɪ /
SCHWA IN UNSTRESSED SYLLABLES
Listen to the poem and pay attention to the words which rhyme.
Mr Porter loves his pasta.
No one else can eat it faster.
Mr Porter's sister Rita,
Buys the pasta by the metre.
Mr Porter's older daughter,
Boils it all in tubs of water.
(From the book English Pronunciation in Use, by Mark Hancock)
The syllables in red ink are schwas
WHY IS PRONUNCIATION SO IMPORTANT? (II)
INTRODUCTION (II)
Watch the video and write the words in the boxes.
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