Oral English

/w/This sound tends to be pronounced by Italian speakers as /v/.
Exercise 10   The  teacher will read out the following sentences. Underline the alternative
that you hear.
1. There was only a little vine / wine left.
2. Where is the vest / west?
3. I saw a long whale / veil in the distance.
4. What was under the wheel / veal?
5. Her poetry has become worse / verse.
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/dʒ/
When  written  with  a  „J‟,  Italian  speakers  tend  to  pronounce  this  sound  as  /j/.  The  letter
„G‟ can also produce this sound: general, storage, as can the combination
–dge and –age: edge, storage.
Exercise 11 Tick the words that contain the /dʒ/ sound.
1. gin      5. yam    9. jet      13. damage
2. large      6. soldier    10. gear      14. mayor
3. goat      7. guilty      11. just      15. collage
4. injury      8. gum      12. get      16. college
/h/
This sound tends to be omitted by Italian speakers. However, the h is not pronounced in
such  words  as  hour,  honour,  heir  and  honest,  in  some  words  and  place  names:  exhibit,
Totten(h)am, or in rapid speech:  Tell (h)im we‟ll be late.
Exercise 12 The teacher will read out sentences. Tick the word that you hear.
1. ill      hill
2. eye    high
3. art      heart
4. air      hair
5. ear      hear
6. old      hold
7. heir    hair
8. all      hall
9. eight    hate
10. edge    hedge