Exercise 2. Pronounce the words or phrases where the following clusters occur.

Pronounce the words or phrases where the following clusters occur.

1. plosive + plosive

managed to be, creep downstairs, good place, and cold rice, look too, good game, get dressed, to take Daniel, hard to sit, bedtime, but cartoons, trip down, and put.

2. plosive + w

at waking up, quick warm-up, that we added, just when, that we, it works, a rocket with bricks, patient with.

3. plosive + r

brother, creep, breakfast, tried, trouble, trousers, trip, brakes, propulsion, unpredictable, try, children, treat, ex­tremely, programme, brave, practise, agree, pretty.

4. plosive + s

would stay, it seems, starts, what's, tastes, last say, its time, sit still, must seem, good source, fight some.

Exercise 3

Avoid false assimilation in the clusters:

1. z + s

he's six, has snapped, has some.

2. voiceless plosive + D

that this, at the moment, noticed that, think the shops.

3. s/z + D

miss the beginning, Mum's the other day, as the trip, sup­pose that.

Exercise 4

Practise the pronunciation of predicative structures.

It's 'time to 'take 'Daniel to \school. ||

The,after'noons are 'unpre'dictable. ||

The 'best 'treat of \all, | though, | is 'visiting \Nanny. ||

My bedtime is 'fixed at 'seven \thirty | and | to be \honest | I'm 'just a'bout \ready for it by,then. ||

I'm 'not a 'TV \addict | but car'toons I 'do en'joy | and my 'favourite 'programme is \Tarzan. ||

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