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Accents

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    Make the students pronounce difficult word combinations correctly; these words are difficult for Russian speakers
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  • Pronounce: This tea is totally terrible
  •  15
  • Pronounce like an American: Hillary Clinton better be bartering in the Centre
    Hillary Clinnon bedder be bardering in the cenner
  •  15
  • Pronounce like a Posh British person: class, Grass, path!
    clo0o0o0o0s, gro0o0o0ss, po0o0oth
  •  15
  • Pronounce 'grass' in 3 ways!
    American, Southern British, Northern English/Scottish/Irish
  •  15
  • Pronounce like an English person: The student's new tuna is due on Tuesday!
    The styudent's nyew tyuna is dyu on Tyuesday
  •  15
  • OPEN YOUR MOUTH: my mother is opening bacon
    Don't speak with your mouth closed!
  •  15
  • Pronounce: do you wanna bop in a shop or mope in a boat?
    /bɒp/ in a /ʃɑp/ or /moʊp/ in a /boʊt/?
  •  15
  • Pronounce: She left her sheet on the beach.
    Not: she left her sh*t on the b*tch
  •  15
  • Pronounce: What is wrong with Welsh water?
    Not: vat is vrong vith Velsh voter
  •  15
  • What are the two types of TH?
    1st type: the, then, there 2nd type: think, thank
  •  15
  • Pronounce: thorough
    /ˈθʌɹoʊ/, /ˈθɜɹoʊ/
  •  15
  • Pronounce: I got up and found my files corrupt.
    Use a short 'u', not a 'oo'. /ʌp/ not /u:p/
  •  15
  • Shout the word 'onomotopoeia' correctly with more than 2 people at one!
    O-NO-MAT-O-PEE-A
  •  25
  •  Name 4 English accents that are *not* nationalities!
    E.g. scouse, cockney, Southern (American), Jersey, Brummie, Geordie, pirate
  •  20
  • Wild card! Pretend you are eating a sandwich, your name is Brenda and you are from Ireland.
    Good acting = 25 points.
  •  25
  • Wild card: Pretend your name is Max, you are 48, your wife is pregnant, and you speak with a Posh (RP) English accent!
    Full points for convincing acting/accent
  •  25