ENGLISH EVERYDAY 13

In this video, we'll focus on the K and G sounds. Are you ready? This is the Langmaster Learning System. Let's go! Now, we will start with the K sound. To make the sound correctly, keep in mind the following two steps. Step 1. Raise the back of your tongue to touch the soft palate above your throat at the top back of your mouth. Step 2. Push the air forward in your mouth and quickly lower your tongue to make the K sound. This is an unvoiced consonant, so all you need is your breath and to make a short, sharp sound. Watch my mouth carefully and practice along with me. The G sound. To make the sound correctly, keep in mind the following two steps. Step 1. Raise the back of your tongue to touch the soft palate above your throat at the top back of your mouth. Step 2. Push the air out of your mouth, holding it briefly behind your tongue and then releasing it when you lower your tongue to make the G sound. This time, you guessed it, it's a voiced consonant, so be sure to get your voice punching through that G sound. Watch my mouth carefully again and practice. Now, look at these word pairs and see the difference between the K and G sounds. Back Lock Ankle Click Glug Curl Curve Car Glass Cape Dip Alright, let's practice each sound separately. First, the K sound. Come Kick Cook Kiss Take Ting Kind The cook makes cupcakes for breakfast. The cook likes to fly the kite. The cook makes cupcakes for breakfast. The cook makes for restaurant. Karin likes to fly the kite. He broke his ankle by kicking a rock. Kirsten locked herself out and forgot the keys. The kid knocked a rock. Kirsten locked herself out and forgot the keys. Karin locked herself out and forgot the keys. The kids are cute. The kids cook. Next, the L sound. The cook makes cupcakes for breakfast. Kind The cook makes cupcakes for breakfast. Karin likes to fly the kite. He broke his ankle by kicking a rock. Kirsten locked herself out and forgot the keys. The kids are cute. The kids cook. Next, the G sound. Go Good Get Agree Guarantee Dream Pray Think Go get those green grapes. Let's get together. Great to see you again. The gray bag is bigger. Think Go get those green grapes. Let's get together. Green Gray Think Fish Go get those green grapes. Let's get together. Great to see you again. The gray bag is bigger than the others. Order Can you get the beginning of the dialogue? Exercise 1 Think Go get those green grapes. Let's get together. Great to see you again. The gray bag is bigger than the others. Can you get the beginning of the dialogue? Exercise 1 Is that really gold? There's something strange in my bag. She's wearing a white coat. Those girls look pretty. How many classes did you take? Exercise 2 Listen and circle the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently. Generation Gamble Gentle Gender Gates Game Gymnast Good Kite Cooker Hiking Night Knit Kiss Gentle Those girls look pretty. How many classes did you take? Exercise 2 Listen and circle the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently. Generation Gamble Gentle Gender Gates Game Gymnast Good Kite Cooker Hiking Night Knit Kiss King Kick Church Architecture Child Change Church Architecture Child Change Exercise 1 Listen to the sentences and circle the word you hear. Is that really gold? There's something strange in my bag. She's wearing a white coat. Those girls look pretty. How many classes did you take? Exercise 2 Listen and circle the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently. Generation Gamble Gentle Gender Gates Game Gymnast Good Kite Cooker Hiking Night Knit Kiss King Kick Church Architecture Child Change And now you know how to correctly make English sounds. Learn English for free www.engvid.com