Sit VS Seat Advanced English Pronunciation Lesson
hi i’m vanessa from speak english with
vanessa calm sit see let’s talk about it
in today’s pronunciation lesson we’re
going to talk about two sounds that give
a lot of English learners troubles it is
the e and e sound
first of all let’s focus on just one of
those sounds because if you repeat the
same sound again and again you’re
training your muscles to feel
comfortable with it and then we’ll talk
about the second sound and then we’ll
mix them together for a final challenge
let’s start with the it sit sound in
this sentence we’re going to use four
words that have the SH sound are you
ready I want you to listen and if you
would like repeat after me
on the ship please sit on the dip if you
want to live a dip is a little down area
so we can imagine a boat that’s rocking
and if you sit in the dip you’re a
little more stable it’s kind of a crazy
sentence but it’s a good chance to
practice it on the ship sit on the dip
if you want to live so let’s take a
closer look at my mouth to see what it’s
doing for that east sound the first word
is put on the ship please sit
notice my mouth isn’t going to wide here
it’s actually kind of loose sit on the
dip if you want to live it live ship dip
sit my mouth isn’t going wide and kind
of tense that’s going to be the next
sound so make sure that your mouth is a
little more relaxed here sit
sit and then we’ll go to the next out
are you ready this sentence is a little
crazy but it’s okay sometimes it’s fun
to learn English with crazy sentences
are you ready we’re going to be using
the e sound so here you’ll notice that
my mouth is a little more tense there’s
more muscles that are engaged listen
watch my mouth and repeat with me
are you ready before you leave put the
sheep on the deep seat kind of crazy but
it’s okay we have four words that are
using e before you leave Eve Eve here we
have a pair of words one of them we just
use leave and the other one with a short
I sound Liv if Liv leave one of them is
going to use more muscles in the sides
of your mouth here and that’s what we’re
doing now leave put the sheep on the
deep seat okay I hope that you had a
chance to repeat that sentence with me
now let’s have a good challenge let’s
mix these sounds together in a sentence
are you ready I’m going to say the
sentence a couple times and what I want
you to do is I want you to write the
sentence and I want to see if you can
hear which word I’m saying is it an
eastbound is it an e sound rice a
sentence kind of like a mini dictation
practice and then we’ll say it together
let’s listen to our challenge sentence
it is sheep robots live deep on the ship
kind of crazy but that’s okay sheep
robots live deep on the ship can you
write this sentence accurately first
challenge is to write it accurately and
then we’re going to say it slowly
together I want you to repeat with me
are you ready listen and try to notice
if my mouth is tighter here or if it’s
looser ready sheep
BOTS live deep on the ship if you saw my
hands moving a little bit you probably
got some tips we can say cheap robots
live it we’re lifting up a little bit
it’s not tight here live deep on the
ship whoo I hope that this quick
practice is useful for you write your
sentence in the comments below let us
know did you get it correct and thanks
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