Date: / / Lesson Outcome: To have a clear understanding of the sound /f/. To pronounce /f/ correctly. Lesson Summary: Introduction to /f/ in words and sentences /f/ Homework Target Word List 1 6 2 7 3 8 4 9 5 10 See the IPA and hear the word pronounced at www.dictionary.cambridge.org PAGE 1
/f/ and /p/ at the start of words pea fee pa far pair = pear fair pour = poor = paw four = for pat fat packs fax pit fit peat feet pill fill peel feel past fast pine fine PAGE 2
/f/ at the start of words fit fix fence festival fat fax fantastic fancy fun funny fox font fee feet feeling female fast future funeral fork formal forward further fine five finance financial face Facebook fake favour found fountain fear false. PAGE 3
/f/ clusters and ph fresh friend Friday franchise flame flavour flexible phone phase photo photograph PAGE 4
/f/ in the middle of words differ offer surfer muffin careful office laughing coughing briefly safely terrific traffic inform comfort /f/ at the end of words if stiff tough rough deaf chef shelf self brief chief staff half life knife off cough safe surf PAGE 5
Words with /f/ and /p/ perfect portfolio professor profit prefer proof Words /p/ - After you have finished the lesson, use the /p/ words from the list below to make up practice sentences with /f/ and /p/. Focus carefully on your mouth position. page package painful process pair pen pink procedure plenty push pull approach appreciate appropriate apparent report expert open expand suppose PAGE 6
/f/ in sentences found forgotten I found it. I ve forgotten! phone He s on the phone. phone fax officer You can phone or fax my manager said the officer. focus findings from finance Focus on the findings from the finance department. PAGE 7
/f/ and /p/ in sentences office perfect This office is perfect. four = for packages There are four packages. page four = for folio It s on page four of the folio. found different approach He s found a different approach. page five financial report It s on page 5 of the financial report. PAGE 8
Star Joke Two elderly couples were enjoying friendly conversation when one of the men asked the other, Fred, how was the memory clinic you went to last month? Fantastic! Fred replied. They taught us all the latest psychological techniques - visualization, association - it's made a big difference for me That's great! What was the name of the clinic?. Fred went blank. He thought and thought but he had forgotten. Then a smile broke across his face and he asked What do you call that flower with the long stem and thorns? You mean a rose? Yes, that's it! He turned to his wife. Rose, what was the name of that clinic? Star Joke - /f/ words friendly Fred fantastic difference for forgotten face flower wife Star Joke - Word Stress enjoying memory psychological techniques Remember that in words ending in ation the stress is on the a and it is a diphthong vowel /eɪ/ conversation visualisation association to converse to visualise to associate PAGE 9
Star Joke - Sentence Stress How was the memory clinic.. He thought and thought.. Then a smile broke across his face.. He turned to his wife.. Homework for /f/: pay more attention to /f/ use Star Audio practise the words with /f/ on your Target Word List focusing on your /f/ sound talk out loud for 5 minutes and describe: - each one of your family members - what you want to do this Friday - your favourite foods and your least favourite foods Doing your best means never stop trying. Unkown (somebody wise). PAGE 10